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OGOM Events
The OGOM Project has resulted in a number of very successful conferences, symposia, and other events, and we will continue to organise further events on these lines. Each event has resulted in an astonishing amount of world-wide media coverage, great … Continue reading
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Night of the Gorgeous Goth Girls: A Paranormal Romance
I’ve done a little retouching and extending to my poem, which envisages a comic Walpurgisnacht scene, with witches wildly celebrating their creativity. It’s a homage to lecturers and students of the Gothic and fantastic. Not sure if it quite works; … Continue reading
Review of Matthew Bourne’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’
Last night I attended Matthew Bourne’s ‘Sleeping Beauty’ at Sadler’s Wells. Based upon Tchaikovsky’s ballet ‘The Sleeping Beauty’ (first performed in 1890), which in turn was based upon Charles Perrault’s ‘La belle au bois dormant’ (1696) and some aspects from … Continue reading
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Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, ballet, dance, fairy, Gothic, Matthew Bourne, Sleeping Beauty
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MA ‘Reading the Vampire’: Starts 5th October
My MA module ‘Reading the Vampire: Science, Sexuality and Alterity in Modern Culture’ is about to begin again on the 5th October. I’ve made some changes this year and included Holly Black’s The Coldest Girl in Coldtown. The session is … Continue reading
Reading the Vampire
On-line MA ‘Reading the Vampire’ Module ‘Reading the Vampire’ can be taken as a stand-alone course in September 2023 and will enable you to get involved with the Open Graves, Open Minds Project. The module developed out of the first … Continue reading
Conference Programme
* You can download a PDF version of the Conference Programme here. 3 September 2015 09:15 10:45 Registration with Coffee and Mini-pastries Atrium 10:45 11:00 Welcome Dr Sam George Lecture Hall N003 11:00 … Continue reading
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Review of ‘Werewolf Cop’ by Andrew Klavan
Following the release of the Company of Wolves CFP, Sam aka Lucy Northernra was sent a copy of Werewolf Cop by Andrew Klavan to be published in March 2015. Knowing that I am masquerading as Werewolf Lady, Sam passed the … Continue reading