4th of July

(Dodgson's original drawing of the fictional Alice, via British Libary)

Today marks 4th of July 1862, the day that Charles Dodgson, on a whim during a boat trip in Oxford, began telling the story that would become Alice's adventures in Wonderland to Robinson Duckworth, Edith Liddell, Alice Liddell, and Lorina Liddell. The tale continued over subsequent weeks and further into the summer.

(Photo, detail of Christ Church, Oxford, image by Wordlander)

ARTE's documentary which now is uploaded with English subtitles to my Youtube and Archive.org (with thanks to @Hatteriastrange for subbing) goes into this day in more detail :)

Alice's day 2021

Happy Alice's Day 2021!

Above you can watch Chris Riddell's drawing session and talk for the Story Museum which has just premiered on Youtube.

There are also other online events which you can find inside the 2021 programme. 

As always #alice'sday is very active on instagram today and you can catch up with what is happening currently in Oxford there :)

For Portuguese speaking Carrollians, Carrollsday in Brasil is on the 4th of July and an online programme including a talk by Adriana Peliano is available. 

Other suggestions on how to celebrate this day:

Go and watch an alice adaptation, or a film inspired by the Alice books. There are many and can fit most tastes and styles. 

Go and read the Alice books, or other works by Carroll (Link via Phantomwise blog)

Learn about Lewis Carroll (essay by Jenny Woolf)