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Author Archives: Sam George
Writing the Occult: Vampires, 28th October, 2023 Online
I am thrilled to be part of ‘Writing the Occult: Vampires’; it is taking place online on Saturday 28th October, 1pm-9pm (UK time). It features a wide range of speakers and sessions for writers and readers in the genre including: … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM Research
Tagged Black vampyres, Folklore, Jewelle Gomez, lesbian fiction, occult, Sam George, vampire fiction, Vampires, writing vampire fiction
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Sam George, The Dark Origin of the Fairy, at London Month of the Dead, 29th October, 2023
London Month of the Dead, is an annual festival of arts to inform, entertain and provoke on the subject of death and the city; it is now a decade old. This year’s grand calendar boasts a haunting array of over … Continue reading
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Tagged cemeteries, Dark Fairies, death, Folklore, Gothic fairies, London Month of the Dead
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In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children – out in paperback August 2023
We are delighted to announce that the OGOM publication In the Company of Wolves is out in paperback from MUP this month priced at £20.00. The book connects together innovative research from a variety of perspectives on the cultural significance … Continue reading
Haunted Landscapes Conference: Sam George Keynote ‘This Spectred Isle: Werewolves and the English Eerie in Contemporary UK Myth’, 6 July 2023
Delighted to reveal that I have been invited to give a keynote at Haunted Landscapes: Nature, Super-Nature, and Global Environments Conference: Falmouth University, 4-6 July 2023. The event is produced in Association with Falmouth University’s Dark Economies Research Group. I … Continue reading
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Tagged eerie, haunted landscapes, myth, UK, weird, werewolf, werewolf sightings, wolf
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Lost Hearts: A Gothic Love Story
The poet Shelley was drawn to the young Mary Godwin due to her melancholy habit of reading on her mother’s grave; the gothic site of their courtship; it’s said to be where they consummated their passion…. When Shelley died in … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research
Tagged Gothic, grave, Mary Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, Percy Bysshe Shelley, Valentines
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Breaking Through to Faery
Thank you to everyone who attended our Breaking Through to Faery: Re-enchantment and the Gothic Folklore of Fungi event on 19th November. We had 177 bookings and the event sold out after just a few days of the tickets being released! … Continue reading
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Tagged botany, crafts, enchantment, fairies, Folklore, fungi, Gothic
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Blood & Celluloid: Vampire Film Festival – October 15th 2022
Fangtastic news – OGOM will be taking part in Blood and Celluloid: an all day Vampire Film Festival at The Ultimate Picture Palace, Cowley Road, Oxford. This is part of the BFI In Dreams are Monsters Season – a major … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News
Tagged Film, horror, Monsters, Neil Jordan, vampire lovers, Vampires
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Werewolves and the Gothic: In Search of the Spectre Wolf (22nd October 2022 – London Month of the Dead)
London Month of the Dead is an annual festival of death and the arts supporting London’s magnificent seven cemeteries: Kensal Green (1832); West Norwood (1837); Highgate (1839); Abney Park (1840); Nunhead (1840); Brompton (1840); Tower Hamlets (1841). The programme this … Continue reading
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Tagged Brompton cemetery, London Month of the Dead, Sam George, Werewolves, Wolves
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The Folkloric Vampire and its English Progeny
I am delighted to announce that I will be speaking at the Centre for Folklore, Myth and Magic in Todmorden, Yorkshire on 6th August. My new research is specifically focussed on the intersection between folklore and the gothic, and this … Continue reading
In Our Time – Polidori’s ‘The Vampyre’
It’s the Year of the Vampire! A good time to share vampiric projects. In April 2022 I was excited to be a guest on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time alongside Martin Rady (University College London) and Prof. Nick Groom … Continue reading