The VPFA Annual Conference
The VPFA holds an Annual Conference which is recognised as an important event on the annual conference circuit. It offers a friendly and invigorating opportunity for established academics and postgraduate students to share their current research.
Recent conference locations have included the Birmingham and Midland Institute, Canterbury Christ Church University (Kent), and Lincoln Bishop University.
To find out more about our forthcoming conference, click here.
Details of past conferences can be found here. Why not check out the VPFA Blog for Conference Tweeter Reports (from the 2025 conference), and other contemplations?
VPFA Study Days
We run regular study days that are dedicated to particular topics, allowing in-depth discussions on specific popular fiction authors, genres, and cultural forms.
Details of previous study days can be found here.
f you are interested in running a VPFA study day, please download the Study Days Guide for Organisers (Word): this includes the Study Day Proposal Form, to be filled out and emailed to Jeremy Newton at vpfainfo@gmail.com.
The Code of Conduct for Conferences and Study Days can be found here.
Last updated: 2 June 2026