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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Events and CFPs: Fairytale ballads, water horses, Romanticism, Victorian, Gothic others, science, Ann Radcliffe
NB: The BARS deadline is approaching–29 September!! Edit: I forgot to include the Haunted Landscape event at Conwy Hall–my apologies. The Singing Bones: Ballads for the Witching Season The Carterhaugh School, four weeks from 4 November, 2025; on line. A … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Courses, Events
Tagged AI, Ann Radcliffe, ballads, fairy tale, Folklore, gender, Ghosts, Gothic, graveyards, kelpies, landscape, magic, otherness, Romanticism, science, science fiction, The Devil, tradition
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Open Graves, Open Minds: Halloween Newsletter 2025
Welcome to the Open Graves Open Minds Newsletter for October. We’re delighted to bring you our news and activities for the 2025 spooky season. We are trying out a new way of publishing the newsletter, directly from the website (other … Continue reading
Posted in Newsletter
Tagged fairies, Hallowe'en, Halloween, John Polidori, mermaids, selkies, storytelling, Werewolves
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Events & CFPs: Fairytales, folklore, female Gothic, fairies, Dracula, fantasy
There are some fantastic events coming up – all our favourite themes! – but first we’d like to thank everyone again who participated in the Sea Changes conference and helped make it such a fabulous event. We have reviews and … Continue reading
Sea Changes with Molly the Merrow: Latest news
A few words on how the Sea Changes conference planning is progressing. First, let me introduce you to Molly the Merrow, from the waters off the coast of Ireland. Female merrows, as you can see, are very beautiful; sadly, merrow-men … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: Sea Changes
Tagged Fairy tales, Folklore, gender, Hybridity, mermaids, merrows, ningyo, postcolonialism, selkies, sirens
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1816: The Year Without a Summer – Polidori, the musical; and OGOM research
OGOM’s book on John William Polidori (1795-1821) (who wrote the first vampire tale in English, ‘The Vampyre’, in 1819), The Legacy of John Polidori: The Romantic Vampire and its Progeny has been out nearly a year. Now, the perfect accompaniment … Continue reading
Posted in Events
Tagged Byron, comic Gothic, Mary Shelley, Matt Beresford, musicals, Percy Shelley, Polidori, theatre, Vampires
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Gramarye: Rats and vampires, dark fairies, mermaid, and more magic
The latest issue of Gramarye, the journal of the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction is now out. This journal is always beautifully designed, and the current issue features articles by Sam and myself, from OGOM. Sam’s … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM Research, Publications
Tagged Dracula, enchantment, fairies, Folklore, Gothic fairies, mermaids, nosferatu, paramormal romance, PiedPiper, rats, Vampires
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Return to the Enchanted Forest: Review of My Neighbour Totoro (play) by Jane Gill
My Neighbour Totoro, winner of six Olivier Awards, is now playing at the Gillian Lynne Theatre in London’s West End. The show is an adaptation of the 1988 animated feature film (dir. by Hayao Miyazaki) from Studio Ghibli and is … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged adaptation, animation, anime, forest spirits, Studio Ghibli, theatre
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Black-eyed Dracula! Review of Blackeyed Theatre’s production (touring from September 2024) by Jane Gill
Nick Lane’s adaptation of Dracula preserves the eerie essence of Bram Stoker’s classic while adding a fresh, contemporary twist. The promotional blurb promises that ‘as a new shadow looms large over England, a small group of young men and women, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Reviews
Tagged adaptation, Bram Stoker, Dracula, theatre, vampire plays, Vampires
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CFP and Events: ECR prize, horror, Green Children, fairy tales and race, Scottish and Irish Gothic, folklore
We’ve had a fabulous response to our CFP for the Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river conference. We’ll keep you updated with news on what looks to be an amazing event. … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences), Events
Tagged changelings, digital humanities, ECRs, fairies, Fairy tales, Folklore, Gothic, horror, racism, Scandinavian folklore, Scottish Gothic
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