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CFPs: Magical cities, coastal folklore, folk horror, folklore and the fantastic, Walpole
Some more CFPs to tempt you: 1. From the brilliant people at Supernatural Cities (who were such good partners at our Urban Weird conference in April this year), the Magical Cities conference, 15 June 2019, University of Portsmouth. Deadline: 31 … Continue reading
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Tagged cities, ecology, Eighteenth century, fairy tale, Fantasy, Folk Horror, Folklore, Gothic novel, Horace Walpole, magic, place, queer, sea, urban
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Reading Lists: Urban Fantasy, Imaginary Cities, New YA, Women in SF & Fantasy
I’ve gathered together here four reading lists of interesting writing in the literature of the fantastic. The first, which ties in nicely with OGOM’s forthcoming conference The Urban Weird, is a guide by Chelsea Mueller to the genre of urban … Continue reading
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Tagged cities, Fantasy, SF, urban fantasy, urban weird, women writers, YA Fiction
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CFP: OGOM & Supernatural Cities Present: The Urban Weird
To coincide with the eclipse here is the CFP for our next conference! It promises to eclipse all other events….it’s cosmic! University of Hertfordshire, 6-7 April, 2018 The permanent link for the CFP, with a PDF version available, is here. … Continue reading
CFP: Gendering the Urban Imaginary: Fantasy, Affect, Transgression, University of Debrecen, Hungary, 12-13 May 2017
Another conference that followers of OGOM may be interested in: Gendering the Urban Imaginary: Fantasy, Affect, Transgression at the University of Debrecen, Hungary. The Gender, Translocality and the City Research Group based at the University of Debrecen is pleased to … Continue reading
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Tagged art, cities, Fantasy, psychogeography, urban fantasy
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CFP: Fantastic London: Dream, Speculation and Nightmare, University of London, 13–14 July 2017
Call for papers for a conference on London and the fantastic (deadline 17 March 2017): Proposals are invited for papers, comprised panels, and roundtable sessions, which consider any period or genre of literature about, set in, inspired by, or alluding … Continue reading
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Tagged cities, fantastic literature, London, the fantastic, urban gothic
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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