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Angela Carter: Lisa Appignanesi on ‘The Company of Wolves’

Posted on 25th January 2016 by William the Bloody

More on Angela Carter (I forgot to include this!). A special showing of Neil Jordan’s brilliant film The Company of Wolves, based on Carter’s stories: 26 February 2016 at 7 p.m., London Review Bookshop: Lisa Appignesi introduces it. Neil Jordan’s … Continue reading →

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This is what it sounds like when wolves cry

Posted on 20th August 2015 by Sam George

Watch these white wolves howl owoooooooooooooo

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Wolves in Poetry

Posted on 20th May 2015 by Sam George

Following my previous post on wolf children and books featuring wolves I wanted to post this moving poem which was mentioned in one of the lists. It is written by Ted Hughes remembering the suicide of his then wife Sylvia … Continue reading →

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‘Company of Wolves’: Wolf Children

Posted on 19th September 2014 by Sam George

Thanks to Kaja for her wonderful post on wolves and weres. Wolves seem very current just now hence our OGOM ‘Company of Wolves’ conference in July. The Guardian have today chosen the wolf to front their article on the rewilding … Continue reading →

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Marcus Sedgwick (1968-2022)

Posted on 2nd December 2022 by William the Bloody

We are very saddened to hear of the death of August Sedgwick, who wrote as Marcus Sedgwick, on 15 November. August was a brilliant writer who wrote novels for children, young adults, and adults (though he wasn’t fond of the … Continue reading →

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2022: The Year of the Vampire

Posted on 2nd May 2022 by William the Bloody

2022 is an exciting year for vampire scholars and fans! It is the anniversary of quite a few classic vampire texts, including F.W. Murnau’s Expressionist reworking of Dracula from 1922, Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror. Sam has captured some of … Continue reading →

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Session Speakers and Abstracts

Posted on 23rd February 2021 by William the Bloody

* Click on the arrows to expand author biographies and abstracts of papers. 1. Marita Arvaniti (University of Glasgow) Marita Arvaniti is a PhD student in the University of Glasgow. Her research examines the lasting effect theatre has had in … Continue reading →

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Keynotes and Activities

Posted on 21st February 2021 by William the Bloody

* Click on the title in blue of the talk to expand and get a full summary. Dr Merrick Burrow (Curator of forthcoming Cottingley Fairies exhibition; Head of English, University of Huddersfield) The Cottingley Fairies: Conan Doyle’s war on materialism … Continue reading →

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Call for Papers

Posted on 21st February 2021 by William the Bloody

OGOM Online Conference 2021 ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic encounters with enchantment and the Faerie realm in literature and culture University of Hertfordshire, 8‒11 April 2021 The Open Graves, Open Minds (OGOM) Project was launched in 2010 with the Vampires and … Continue reading →

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Sam George, ‘Black Roses: The representation of Sophie Lancaster from Broken Britain to Brexit’

Posted on 25th November 2020 by Sam George

It is over ten years since Sophie Lancaster and Robert Maltby were attacked in Stubbylee Park, in Lancashire, reputedly for being ‘goths’. Rob, who was punched unconscious and put in a coma by his assailants, eventually recovered (though he suffered … Continue reading →

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