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OGOM Company of Wolves CFP – Beyond excited to announce this!

Posted on 19th November 2014 by Sam George

Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015: Call for Papers and Panels OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Wolves have long been the archetypal enemy of human company, … Continue reading →

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Neil Gaiman on Fairy Tales Revisited

Posted on 15th November 2014 by William the Bloody

Of interest to anyone concerned with the contemporary transformation of fairy tales, in YA Gothic and elsewhere, this podcast by the always brilliant and imaginative author Neil Gaiman discusses his new interpretation of the Grimms’ tale ‘Hansel and Gretel’.

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Grimm brothers’ fairytales have blood and horror restored in new translation

Posted on 13th November 2014 by William the Bloody

A review by Alison Flood of Jack Zipes’s new translation of the first edition of the Grimms’ tales (never before done into English), without the censorship and Christianising of later editions. I, for one, am desperate to get a copy!

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‘Into the Woods’: Go behind the scenes with Meryl Streep, Johnny Depp, and more

Posted on 24th October 2014 by William the Bloody

I can’t wait to see this film version of Stephen Sondheim’s brilliant musical Into the Woods, where he weaves several of Grimms’ fairy tales into one witty interconnected narrative. Sondheim’s music and lyrics are perfect.

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Artistic Takes on 9 Classic Fairy Tales

Posted on 17th October 2014 by William the Bloody

Some witty and rather lovely pictorial reinterpretations of classic fairy tales.

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Fairytales and Storytelling

Posted on 17th October 2014 by William the Bloody

An exciting season of broadcasts on fairy tales and storytelling on BBC Radio 4

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The top 10 fairytales

Posted on 11th October 2014 by William the Bloody

Mariner Warner discusses the appeal of the fairy tale and lists her top ten from classic folkloric versions to contemporary reinterpretations.

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