Tag Archives: Fairy tales

CFPs: SF inequality, Twin Peaks, Georgette Heyer, Through the Looking-Glass, Oceans, The Exorcist, fairy tales, reviewers

Posted on 16th April 2021 by William the Bloody

Calls for papers for conferences and journals: 1. The Future of/as Inequality, Science Fiction Research Association (Virtual) Annual Conference 2021, 18-21 June 2021. Deadline: 1 May 2021. The Science Fiction Research Association invites proposals for its 2021 annual conference, to … Continue reading →

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Gothic Fairies conference – new plenaries

Posted on 29th January 2021 by William the Bloody

We are beyond excited to announce that we have two more very special plenary speakers for OGOM’s online Gothic Fairies conference, ‘Ill met by moonlight’: Gothic encounters with enchantment and the Faerie realm in literature and culture, on 8-11 April … Continue reading →

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Calls for submissions: Fairy tale and fantasy, Angela Carter and Barthes, sex and Supernatural

Posted on 28th January 2021 by William the Bloody

We have various calls for articles, creative writing, and reviews coming up: 1. Call for Submissions: Articles, creative writing, reviews and visual art relating to fairy tales, fantasy and speculative fiction, Gramarye.Deadline: 21 March 2021 The Chichester Centre for Fairy … Continue reading →

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CFPs: Hans Andersen, fairy tales, The Vampire Diaries

Posted on 18th July 2020 by William the Bloody

Despite everything, research goes on and there are some calls for submissions here that have come to our attention. 1. The Swan’s Egg: A Student Journal of Hans Christian Andersen Studies. Deadline: 15 January 2021 The editors of The Swan’s Egg invite … Continue reading →

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Resources: Fairies, fairy tales, YA and children’s literature, preternature

Posted on 8th July 2020 by William the Bloody

We’ve added some useful links to various resources from the website. These appear in the Related Links and Journals sections on the right-hand side of the Blog and Resources pages. The International Fairy-Tale Filmography is a fantastic database of film … Continue reading →

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YA Gothic, fairytale retellings, demon lovers, mermaids and Scottish myths

Posted on 7th November 2019 by William the Bloody

Here’s a selection of interesting articles on OGOM-related topics. First, an article on YA Gothic with some recommended novels in the genre. Much of our research has focused on these texts–they are often more adventurous than their adult counterpart, especially … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tales: Form and Language, PC Princesses

Posted on 2nd July 2018 by William the Bloody

We at OGOM are fascinated by fairy tales, and there are many posts on the blog about them. My own research has been looking generally at how genres collide and intermingle to create new genres such as Paranormal Romance; in … Continue reading →

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Big Bad Humans and Benevolent Wolves

Posted on 26th January 2018 by Sam George

Followers of OGOM will know that we have been at the forefront of debates around the cultural representation of the wolf since the Company of Wolves Conference in 2015. We went on to collaborate more fully with the UK Wolf … Continue reading →

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Happy Hallowe’en with Betty Boop

Posted on 31st October 2017 by William the Bloody

Happy Hallowe’en to all from OGOM. What a fabulous party this is! Don’t forget to book for the free Being Human: Redeeming the Wolf event on 18 November 2017–tickets here!  

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Fairy Tales and Medieval Latin Literature

Posted on 17th May 2017 by William the Bloody

There’s a new book from the University of Michigan Press by Jan M. Ziolkowski, Fairy Tales from Before Fairy Tales: The Medieval Latin Past of Wonderful Lies which traces the connections between the classic tales of Grimm, Andersen, and so on, and … Continue reading →

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