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Author Archives: William the Bloody
CFP: Slayage Conference on Joss Whedon, Kingston University, 7-10 July 2016
This looks a fantastic conference on all things Whedonesque: Here are dates for the diary – Slayage – the Biennial Conference on the Whedonverse is coming to the UK in 2016. Here is the CFP. I hope to see loads … Continue reading
Posted in CFP (Conferences)
Tagged Angel, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, comics, Film, Joss Whedon, new media, TV
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Company of Wolves Conference Meeting
A very productive OGOM meeting today, preparing the programme for the Company of Wolves conference in September, with Sam, Kaja, Teddy, Willow, and I. A glorious lunch of sandwiches, tea, and cakes was prepared by Sam.
Monstrous media/spectral subjects
Catherine Spooner, who has contributed to OGOM since the beginning, has co-edited a new collection of essays with Fred Botting: Monstrous media/spectral subjects: Imaging Gothic from the nineteenth century to the present (from Manchester University Press, who have an excellent Gothic … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Publications
Tagged Film, Ghosts, Gothic, media, Monsters, music, phantasmagoria, technology, TV, Victorian Gothic
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Get in the mood for OGOM Company of Wolves with this must see Little Red Riding Hood
Deliciously camp, erotic, creepy and funny adaptation of one of the ‘Red Riding Hood’ variants (most likely, this one collected by Paul Delarue), with echoes of Doré’s illustrations and German Expressionist cinema. . 16-year-old Christina Ricci stars as a not-so-innocent … Continue reading
The Fabularium Fairytale Festival, The South Bank, 24 Jul-2 Aug 2015
This storytelling event at the South Bank looks marvellous: IT’S LANDED! The Crick Crack Club’s Fabularium – a nomadic haven of fairytales for grown-ups and myths for kids – comes to the South Bank this summer!
12 of the Best New YA Books in May
Eric Smith reviews 12 new YA books–fantasy, paranormal romance, dystopias, fairytale retellings, as well as conventionally realistic novels. There are some here that look very promising.
Posted in Reviews
Tagged adaptation, dystopia, Fairy tales, Fantasy, gender, Paranormal romance, YA Fiction
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Top 10 Vampire Films
A stimulating review of the ten best vampire films from the Gothic scholar Roger Luckhurst of Birkbech College. Some familiar ones, some new ones, and some rarely discussed choices.
Studying Fantasy
An interview with Prof. Robert Maslen of the University of Glasgow on their exciting new M.Litt in fantasy literature.
Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro
The YA Gothic and fantastic writer Neil Gaiman discusses the boundaries of genre with the writer of ‘literary fiction’ Kazuo Ishiguro, whose latest novel draws on epic fantasy.
Dracula Quiz
The Gothic scholar Roger Lockhurst has set a quiz here to test your knowledge of Dracula. I made s a silly mistake and only got 9/10!