Author Archives: Sam George

About Sam George

Associate Professor of Research, School of Humanities, University of Hertfordshire Co-convenor OGOM Project

OGOM Company of Wolves: Booking closes 1st September

Just a quick post to remind interested parties that booking closes for the much reported ‘Company of Wolves’ werewolf conference on 1st September. Only one day left to secure your place and find out what everyone is talking about. Booking … Continue reading

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Monsters Invade University of Hertfordshire for Werewolves Conference

This Daily Mail article on the Company of Wolves conference is quite extensive and well illustrated and, whilst it does refer to conference talks as ‘bizarre’, it successfully picks up on the wolves element and the important debates about re-wilding … Continue reading

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Werewolves in a dog eat dog world: Kathryn Hughes in The Guardian

Kathryn Hughes has written a lengthy and pertinent article in The Guardian today in response to our werewolves conference In Our Dog Eat Dog World its Time for Werewolves This article has been shared many many times by Guardian readers … Continue reading

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The Lycanthrope: A Werewolf Poem

OGOM members are wonderfully creative, Marcus wrote us a special story for the Bram Stoker Centenary event, and now Ivan Phillips has unearthed a rather splendid werewolf poem of his (see Bill’s post below). I like the reference to werewolf … Continue reading

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What do you do at a werewolf conference?

Here’s What you do at a werewolf conference according to Britain Weekly

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Hashtags and wolf cup cakes

Another day at the coal face at Company of Wolves. Today I sorted the stock for the book signings for Marcus and Sir Chris and arranged the promotional material. We are getting advanced copies of ‘The Bloody Chamber’ before the … Continue reading

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When the wolves come out of the walls

A crazy day here preparing for the conference. Kaja, Bill and I have been frantically exchanging messages, fielding hundreds of emails and sorting through the many werewolf novels that have been sent to us in the post. The afternoon was … Continue reading

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US, Russia and China Debate UK Werewolf Conference

Following Reuters news of our werewolf conference ‘Company of Wolves’ has gone global! Here are some stories from around the world There’s a Conference in the UK all About Werewolves Smithsonian Magazine It’ll be a Howler: Werewolf Conference Aims to … Continue reading

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The Howl Truth: Press coverage for OGOM Company of Wolves

Here’s a summary of the latest press coverage for the OGOM Company of Wolves Conference, 3-5 September. There are still places available for those who want to come along (possibly the most fun you can have at an academic conference). … Continue reading

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This is what it sounds like when wolves cry

Watch these white wolves howl owoooooooooooooo

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