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Author Archives: William the Bloody
Nick Stead: The Company of Wolves
I know it’s a while since the fabulous Company of Wolves conference in September, but I’m still revelling in the memories. I’ve been a bit ill, and was exhausted after the conference, so my blogging has got a little behind. … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Reviews
Tagged Company of Wolves, Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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The Vampire Sex Machine Suit
It’s well known that sexuality and vampires go together. This fabulous suit epitomises that connection–mine is on its way!
Books and Articles: Secondary reading material for OGOM research
I’ve created a new category for posts on the OGOM blog: ‘Books and Articles‘. Tags and categories can be a bit fuzzy and imprecise (not always a bad thing) but this one is meant to help students and scholars of … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources
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The Vampire in Folklore, History, Literature, Film and Television: A Comprehensive Bibliography
OGOM luminary and vampire scholar Stacey Abbott has drawn our attention to this bibliography of vampire representations by J. Gordon Melton and Alysa Hornick. It looks very comprehensive and would be a brilliant resource for all those studying the multifarious … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Resources
Tagged Film, Folklore, History, TV, Vampires
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Gothic Manchester Festival 2015
Just a reminder that this fabulous series of events, Manchester Metropolitan University’s Gothic Festival, is on next week. There is the brilliant Darkness and Light exhibition at the beautifully Gothic John Rylands Library, which has been on a while; there … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences, Events
Tagged Film, Goth subculture, Gothic, Gothic novel, Horror Film, Paranormal romance, steampunk
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Cat v. Woolf
Morticia and Virginia in the eternal battle between feline and canine. Virginia isn’t doing too well here.
Who’s afraid?
I’m still recovering from the wonderful Company of Wolves conference, but now working up to adding things to the blog–I hope to put some reviews and my (inept) photos up soon. But first, I want to introduce you to Virginia–the … Continue reading
BBC West Midlands Radio interview with Bill Hughes
After being awake all night, in suitably vampiric mode, working on conference and other things, I was interviewed by the very likeable Mollie Green of BBC WM 95.6 about the Company of Wolves conference. The interview starts at 7:50 and … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: The Company of Wolves, Press Coverage
Tagged Company of Wolves, Werewolves, Wolves
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Want to be an IGA postgrad rep?
From the International Gothic Association: Our wonderful current reps Chloe Buckley and Laura Kremmel have come to the end of their term and we are looking for their replacements. It is a two-year position and involves facilitating monthly bloggers, keeping … Continue reading
Posted in Jobs, MA Reading the Vampire module news, OGOM Research
Tagged Gothic, IGA, Postgraduates
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Ivan Phillips, ‘The Lycanthrope;
Ivan Phillips, of the University of Hertfordshire’s School of Creative Arts, has been involved with the OGOM Project from the beginning. He has written a powerful poem about werewolves here: The Lycanthrope Hypocrisy is woven of a fine small thread, … Continue reading