Tag Archives: Wolves
Company of Wolves Book Launch, The Odyssey Cinema 29 February, 2020. A Roaring Success.
OGOM would like to say a huge thank you to everyone who found themselves in the company of wolves at our book launch for Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children at the Odyssey Cinema, St Albans on 29 February. The book … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Carter, Book launch, Company of Wolves, Neil Jordan, Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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Amazing offer! 50% or more discount on In the Company of Wolves book
We’ve been posting about the book launch for OGOM’s latest publication, In the Company of Wolves: Wolves, Werewolves, and Wild Children. If you attend the book launch, you will be able to buy the book at 50% discount (possibly more–it’s … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Carter, Book launch, Neil Jordan, Shapeshifters, Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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In the Company of Wolves – Book Launch and Film Screening 29 February 2020
Friends and Colleagues, You are cordially invited to a special event to celebrate ten years of the Open Graves, Open Minds project and to launch our new book In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children. In the Company of Wolves presents further … Continue reading
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Tagged Angela Carter, Book launch, Neil Jordan, Shapeshifters, Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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In the Company of Wolves book – news!
We’re very excited to have received the proofs for our forthcoming collection of essays, In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves, and Wild Children – it looks fabulous! This book is published by Manchester University Press and will appear in … Continue reading
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Tagged Werewolves, Wild children, Wolves
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Werewolves and Wildness
Woo hoo we’re excited to announce that OGOM’s Dr Sam George and Dr Bill Hughes have edited the first ever issue of Gothic Studies on werewolves and it is out now from Edinburgh University Press: ‘Werewolves and Wildness’ 21.1 (May … Continue reading
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Tagged Werewolves, Wild children, wildness, Wolves
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Angela Carter: BBC Documentary and The Angela Carter Society
Angela Carter’s work has been one of the centres OGOM’s research has revolved around, particularly since our very successful 2015 Company of Wolves conference. My own writing on paranormal romance has covered both werewolf narratives (for example, my chapter on … Continue reading
Review: Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic
Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic, edited by Robert McKay and John Miller (Cardiff: University of Wales Press, 2017. 272 pages). The eleven essays in McKay and Miller’s Werewolves, Wolves and the Gothic focus on a creature that has already been analysed … Continue reading
Direwolves: Dogs in Wolves’ Clothing in Game of Thrones
OGOM’s ‘Redeeming the Wolf’ event explored how literature, folklore, fairytale, and film have shaped our perceptions of the wolf and could be impeding its return. Odin and Thor (above) are two ‘wolf dogs’ from Northern Ireland who play ‘direwolves’ in … Continue reading
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Tagged Direwolves, Game of Thrones, Northern Innuits, wolf dogs, Wolves
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Redeeming Beauties and Beasts, Wolves and Humans
Kaja and Sam have made me feel guilty, so I’ll just give an account of what I’ll be talking about at the Being Human: Redeeming the Wolf event. I’ll be following up some of the themes that Sam and Kaja have … Continue reading
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Tagged animality, Beauty and the Beast, fairy tale, Maggie Stiefvater, Paranormal romance, Red Riding Hood, Werewolves, Wolves
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Redeeming the Wolf / Reclaiming the (Were)Wolf
As I am sure you are aware, it’s only three days until our Being Human event, ‘Redeeming the Wolf: A Story of Persecution, Loss and Rediscover’. There’s still time to book if you wish to learn more about wolves. I … Continue reading