Monthly Archives: April 2016

Supernatural Shakespeare

Posted on 21st April 2016 by firekrank

Shakespeare’s 400th Deathday* is fast approaching and there are plenty of activities taking place to commemorate this. One article which has caught my eye is called ‘”Supp’d full with horrors”: 400 years of Shakespeare’s supernaturalism’. It’s an excellent overview of … Continue reading →

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OGOM developments April 2016

Posted on 19th April 2016 by William the Bloody

Sam and I met up with Kaja yesterday in Café Rouge, St Albans to plan various developments for the OGOM Project. There was much enthusiasm and some exciting ideas will be coming to fruition over the next few months. First … Continue reading →

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The Jungle Book and wild children

Posted on 19th April 2016 by William the Bloody

Here’s an interesting article on the new film of The Jungle Book, touching on themes of wolves, wild children, and the opposition of nature and culture much discussed at the Company of Wolves conference (and covered in the forthcoming book, … Continue reading →

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Growing Up with the Undead: Vampires in the 20th- and 21st-Century Literature, Films and Television for Young Children

Posted on 7th April 2016 by firekrank

The following CFP had been released on the subject of vampires in children’s literature: ‘Since Bram Stoker’s seminal vampire novel, Dracula, published in 1897, the figure of the vampire has been a persistent presence in Western popular culture. Though largely … Continue reading →

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Retelling Fairy Tales: Little Red is Armed by the NRA

Posted on 7th April 2016 by William the Bloody

Here are some more recent fairy tale adaptations, for younger readers this time–thanks, once again, to the excellent Barnes & Noble blog (there is one for teen books and one for children). Fairy tales, of course, are never innocent; their … Continue reading →

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Shakespearian YA

Posted on 7th April 2016 by William the Bloody

Continuing the theme of adaptation of classic plots, here are five reworkings of Shakespeare as YA fiction. A couple of them are cast in the genre of paranormal romance, but they all look worth reading.

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Adaptation Again! Neverland and Wonderland

Posted on 7th April 2016 by William the Bloody

Literature is a fluctuating web of reinvention, translation, and reworking, of plots and genres. Classic literary fictions can be adapted as well as myths and folklore; here’s a review of five YA variations on Peter Pan and the Alice books, … Continue reading →

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Bram Stoker: The Disappearing Vampire at Dublin Writer’s Museum

Posted on 6th April 2016 by Sam George

When I found myself in Ireland over Easter I headed to the Dublin Writer’s Museum to look for material on Bram Stoker. The museum presents ‘the literary heritage left by writers of the past’ and it was established ‘to promote interest, … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Adaptation by Disney

Posted on 6th April 2016 by William the Bloody

An interesting little snippet here about Disney’s recent spate of fairy tale adaptations–the Grimms’ ‘Rose Red and Snow White being the latest, but with an intertextual twist that aligns it with the better-known ‘Snow White’. The writer also describes some … Continue reading →

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Limerick School of Art Hosts OGOM

Posted on 2nd April 2016 by Sam George

Lovely meeting with Tracy Fahey at Limerick School of Art. The Books of Blood Exhibition is going to be hosted here and then travel to Lincoln and UH, finishing at the Wellcome if we get our funding. Very exciting and … Continue reading →

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