Talk: Lewis Carroll: Early Transmedial Storyteller
28 June 2026
Christ Church in Oxford (UK) is hosting a talk about how Lewis Carroll and illustrator John Tenniel developed foundational visual storytelling techniques together.
The speaker, professor Halsall, is a 2026-2027 Lewis Carroll Visiting Fellow. Halsall: “From the playful typography to the illustrations, Carroll helped invent visual, interactive storytelling and taught children (and adults) to read across words and images.”. She will share recent research on how the ‘Alice’ story developed from manuscript to printed page, showing how Carroll and Tenniel worked together to create visual pacing strategies.