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Author Archives: Sam George
Gothic Manchester Festival: OGOM’s Werewolf research hits the media ahead of Halloween
Just back from the Gothic North and catching up on some stories in the media following the inspiring and fun event that was the Manchester Gothic Festival (which had some excellent papers and its own live mouse at the venue). There … Continue reading
CFP Supernatural Cities, Gothic Cities
Here’s an exciting CFP from our friends in Limerick and Portsmouth. Dr Tracy Fahey is co-curator of the Limerick leg of our Books of Blood Project in 2017 and Dr Karl Bell has previously been a guest of OGOM and delivered … Continue reading
Choose Life, Choose Love. Claire Anderson on Zombie Novel ‘Generation Dead’
I am very happy to post another insightful introduction to Dan Waters’s novel from one of my ‘Generation Dead: YA fiction and the Gothic’ students Claire Anderson. Claire completed the module in 2015-16. This is very readable and engaged. I … Continue reading
UH ARTS: Vampires on Screen
The University of Hertfordshire is currently presenting BLOODLUST, a vampire themed film event for October. The season should be of interest to all lovers of Gothic cinema. If you are one of our UH MA: Modern Literary Cultures students (who will take … Continue reading
Hallowe’en Special Offer from Manchester University Press
More on the special MUP Hallowe’en offer. To get your 30% discount on their gothic list simply go to the MUP website and enter Halloween16 at the checkout. Offer expires at midnight on 31st October……don’t wait for the witching hour … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, Publications
Tagged Gothic, Manchester University Press, Open Graves Open Minds
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Spooky Book Offers You Won’t Want to Miss in October!!
Happy October OGOMERs! To celebrate Hallowe’en the latest edition of Gothic Studies is free to access in October @MUPjournals. Have a look here As if that was not exciting enough MUP are cooking up a special gothic themed Hallowe’en offer … Continue reading
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Tagged Gothic, Manchester University Press, MUP, Open Graves Open Minds
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Werewolves in the Academy
OGOM’s very own Kaja Franck submitted her PhD thesis yesterday. It has been an absolute pleasure and a joy to supervise this project and see it grow into such a substantial piece of research. ‘The Development of the Literary Werewolf: … Continue reading
Aiken Drum and the Scottish Brownie
The last time I was in Glasgow I came across this rather spooky painting of Aiken Drum or ‘the Brownie of Blednoch’ by E.A. Hornel (1889) in the Kelvin Grove Gallery and Museum The image is inspired by a poem … Continue reading
Posted in Critical thoughts, exhibitions
Tagged Aiken Drum, Kelvin Grove Gallery, Scottish Brownie, William Nicholson
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Werewolves and Wildness: OGOM Publication News
This is the second publication to develop out of our fantastic Company of Wolves conference. There has never been an edition of Gothic Studies on werewolves so this is an absolute first! Thank you to all the contributors for their … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, OGOM News, OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Company of Wolves, feral children, Gothic Studies, OGOM, Werewolves, Wolves
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Saint Death: 2017 The Year of Mexican Gothic
Marcus Sedgwick has been linked to OGOM since its beginnings in 2010. He has appeared at all 3 conferences and has generously offered up essays for both of the OGOM edited collections. His latest essay is intriguingly called ‘Wolves and … Continue reading