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Author Archives: William the Bloody
OGOM website changes
I’ve made some changes–I hope for the better–to the OGOM website. I’m working towards a redesign that will make the site more attractive, more informative and interactively communal, and easier to use. There is now a sitemap (with a link, … Continue reading
Changes to Twitter – @OGOMProject
If you’re following either Sam, Kaja, or myself via our Twitter accounts, I’ve now set up a special OGOM one — @OGOMProject. Any future blog posts will send a Tweet via this account as well as our original ones. To … Continue reading
Free Course: Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales
I came across this free on-line course on Hans Christian Andersen’s Fairy Tales, presented by The Hans Christian Andersen Centre at the University of Southern Denmark in Odense, Denmark, via Future Learn (with whom I’m also doing a fascinating course … Continue reading
OGOM developments April 2016
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
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged art, Conferences, Publications
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The Jungle Book and wild children
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
Posted in Critical thoughts, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Kipling, Wild children, Wolves
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Retelling Fairy Tales: Little Red is Armed by the NRA
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
Shakespearian YA
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.
Adaptation Again! Neverland and Wonderland
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
Fairy Tale Adaptation by Disney
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
A Dark Reading List for Your Inner Teen Goth
Exactly what it sounds like; a diverse and intriguing list of recommendations by Alison Nastasi, including Anne Rice, Edward Gorey, Neil Gaiman, and Sade.
Posted in Books and Articles, Reading Lists
Tagged Anne Rice, Goth subculture, Gothic, Neil Gaiman, Sade, Vampires
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