Category Archives: Events

Event: Bram Stoker and the History of the Vampire’s Reflection

Posted on 14th September 2017 by Sam George

Join me to view the figure of the vampire through the looking glass of the Victorian age. The evening will include a question and answers session and will be followed by a wine reception. The event takes place at the wonderful … Continue reading →

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Gothic Style(s), Gothic Substance: Gothic Manchester Festival Conference, 28 October 2017

Posted on 11th September 2017 by William the Bloody

The full schedule for the Gothic Style(s), Gothic Substance conference (one of the many exciting events in the Gothic Manchester Festival) is now on line. Both Dr Sam George and I will be representing OGOM; the other papers promise to … Continue reading →

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Worlds, Wrestling and Wolves

Posted on 8th September 2017 by Sam George

Here’s an Exciting Preview of the Being Human Festival 2017 showing OGOM’s Big Bad Wolf as one of the most anticipated events! Put November 18th in your diary and get ready to redeem the wolf!   

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Redeeming the Wolf: Something to Howl About #BeingHuman

Posted on 23rd August 2017 by Sam George

Something to howl about ….on 18th November OGOM will seek to Redeem the Wolf  at the Being Human Festival!!! This is a free event held at the University of Hertfordshire. You should book through the Being Human website from September! … Continue reading →

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Gothic Styles: Gothic Substance – OGOM at Gothic Manchester Festival

Posted on 19th August 2017 by Sam George

OGOM will have a strong presence at the Gothic Manchester Festival  this year with Bill and myself both giving talks. This year’s theme is Gothic Style(s). I’m a displaced Mancunian so I always welcome a return to my first city. We … Continue reading →

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Angela Carter’s The Tiger’s Bride – Oxford Playhouse, 11-16 September 2017

Posted on 15th August 2017 by William the Bloody

Marvellous Machine will be performing their stage adaptation of Angela Carter’s ‘The Tiger’s Bride’ at the Oxford Playhouse, 11-16 September 2017. ‘The Tiger’s Bride’ is one of Carter’s marvellous transformations of the ‘Beauty and the Beast’ tale in her famous … Continue reading →

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The Cottingley Fairies: 100 Years On, University of Bradford, 1 July 2017

Posted on 11th June 2017 by William the Bloody

Talks on the Cottingley Fairies, the photographs of which in 1917 convinced Sir Arthur Conan Doyle among others of their existence. John Hyatt, musician, artist, and Professor of Contemporary Art and Director of ART LABS at LJMU; children’s author Vivian French; … Continue reading →

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Lincoln Book Festival Goes Gothic

Posted on 26th May 2017 by firekrank

As I have no doubt mentioned before, I grew up in Lincolnshire. Therefore I was very interested to see that the Lincoln Book Festival (25th-30th September, 2017) this year has a Gothic theme, including a Gothic flashfiction competition. With its endless … Continue reading →

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Art project: Martin O’Brien: For The Dead Travel Fast

Posted on 17th May 2017 by William the Bloody

A great opportunity here for artists who have Undead affinities with Martin O’Brien and the For The Dead Travel Fast project, with funded workshops and visits to Dracula-related sites in Whitby and Transylvania. This project will take 5 artists on … Continue reading →

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White Wolves in and out of the Academy

Posted on 16th May 2017 by Sam George

OGOM is keeping track of wolf related stories ahead of the Being Human Festival in November. I posted earlier that May is the month of the wolf and Dr Catherine Spooner, a plenary at the now legendary Company of Wolves … Continue reading →

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