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Author Archives: Sam George
CFP Company of Wolves: only ten days left to submit and actually walk with wolves!!
Following my post yesterday where I lamented the last wolf and talked about Maggie Stiefvater’s ‘Wolves of Mercy Falls’ Shiver books, Radio 4 today featured a discussion of this very topic – in a moment of surprising serendipity. Again, this … Continue reading
Lamenting the Last Wolf: lupine lovers of the world unite
To say I have had quite a few conversations about wolves over the last two years would be an understatement. My PhD student Kaja, familiar to followers of this blog, researches werewolves and another Matt, has written an entire book … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM: The Company of Wolves
Tagged Maggie Stiefvater, Werewolves, Wolves, YA Fiction
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Booking now: Daughter of Fangdom: Women and the Television Vampire
Just posting a reminder about this informative and entertaining event. Students should book before 18th March to get the cheap rate. I will be there hopefully doing some chairing and listening to the interesting talks. Look forward to seeing you. … Continue reading
Posted in Conferences
Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, True Blood, TV, Vampire Diaries, Vampires, women
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Folklore, Vampires, and Haunted Landscapes: Research Seminars to Die For!!
I am delighted to have the following speakers coming to the university in the spring. Their papers tie in well with OGOM whilst opening up some interesting new research strands around folklore, gothic tourism and uncanny topographies. These research seminars … Continue reading
Finding the Gothic in Mary Poppins
“When I’m writing for kids …I’m always assuming that a story, if it is loved, is going to be re-read. So I try and be much more conscious of it than I am with adults, just in terms of word … Continue reading
Angels play host – new trends in YA fiction
Thanks to everyone who responded to my call for angel fiction. It seems I am not the only one who is curious about the impact of these heavenly hosts on YA Fiction. The Guardian has also explored this teenage fiction … Continue reading
New Vampire Study Centre: OGOM’S proudest moment
Maybe we had found the perfect moment in history, the perfect balance between the monstrous and the human, the time when the ‘vampire romance’ born in my imagination […] should find its greatest enhancement (Lestat). I am beyond excited to … Continue reading
Generation Dead: Teaching the new High School Gothic
‘All over the country’ (in the world of young adult fiction) ‘teenagers who die aren’t staying dead’ (blurb for Generation Dead). This module will interrogate the new high school Gothic, exploring the representation of the undead or living dead in dark … Continue reading
UH Gothic Reading Group: First Session of 2015 – ‘In the Flesh’
The UH Gothic Reading Group is starting again in early Feb…why read about it when you can be there in the flesh! Find out how below…… First Session of 2015 – ‘In the Flesh’.
Posted in UH Reading the Gothic reading group
Tagged Gothic, In the Flesh, TV, Zombies
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Generation Dead: Young Adult Fiction and the Gothic- starting soon
Only days away from the start of my new course: ‘Generation Dead: Young Adult Fiction and the Gothic’. I have over 50 students signed up and it is a level six undergraduate optional module. I wanted to share with you … Continue reading