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Category Archives: OGOM News
Hellebore: The Darkness Issue
As the ancient festival of Samhain approaches and Halloween events are still underway, I’d like to draw your attention to HELLEBORE, a publication founded in 2019 by writer and editor Maria J. Pérez Cuervo, with art direction by Nathaniel Hébert. It is … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM Research, Publications
Tagged English vampires, Folk Horror, Folklore, Hellebore, vampire
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OGOM Halloween Event Diary
The spooky season is the busiest time of the year for gothic scholars; here are some of the Halloween events that you can catch up with the OGOM crew at between now and 31st October. Friday 20th October: OGOM: In … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News
Tagged events, fairies, Halloween, Monsters, Vampires, Werewolves
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Invitation to join us in the Company of Wolves
We’re excited to share the fabulous poster for the forthcoming online event In the Company of Wolves: Wolves, Werewolves and Wild Children 2023. We look forward to seeing you and joining you in a lively discussion on representations of wolves … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News
Tagged Angela Carter, Dr Who, Fashion, Gothic, nature, Paranormal romance, Werewolves, Wild children, wol;ves
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In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children 2023
Online Event: Friday, 20 October 2023, 18.00–20.30 BST OGOM cordially invites you to our next event, In The Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves, and Wild Children. Tickets are limited. Please book early to avoid disappointment. This event invites you into the … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News
Tagged Angela Carter, Dr Who, eco-Gothic, Fashion, Gothic, Marcus Sedgwick, nature, storytelling, Werewolves, Wild children, wildness, Wolves, YA Gothic
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In the Company of Wolves: Werewolves, Wolves and Wild Children – out in paperback August 2023
We are delighted to announce that the OGOM publication In the Company of Wolves is out in paperback from MUP this month priced at £20.00. The book connects together innovative research from a variety of perspectives on the cultural significance … Continue reading
Gramarye ‘Ill met by moonlight’ special issue
The ‘Ill met by moonlight’ special issue of Gramarye: The Journal of the Chichester Centre for Fairy Tales, Fantasy and Speculative Fiction, guest edited by Sam and I, is now available to preorder here. This special issue has emerged out … Continue reading
Posted in OGOM News, OGOM: Ill met by moonlight, Publications
Tagged enchantment, Faerie, fairies, Gothic, journal
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OGOM Hallowe’en 2022
OGOM are involved in some very exciting and spooky events this Hallowe’en. We will be distributing our stylish new OGOM postcards as informative souvenirs of the events and our Project. Blood and Celluloid Vampire Film Festival First, on 15 October, … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News
Tagged Faery, fairies, Film, Folklore, fungi, Gothic, horror, The Company of Wolves, Vampires, Werewolves, women
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Blood & Celluloid: Vampire Film Festival – October 15th 2022
Fangtastic news – OGOM will be taking part in Blood and Celluloid: an all day Vampire Film Festival at The Ultimate Picture Palace, Cowley Road, Oxford. This is part of the BFI In Dreams are Monsters Season – a major … Continue reading
Posted in Events, OGOM News
Tagged Film, horror, Monsters, Neil Jordan, vampire lovers, Vampires
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2022: The Year of the Vampire
2022 is the YEAR of the VAMPIRE!! 100 years of Nosferatu, 125 years of Dracula, 150 years of Carmilla, 175 of Varney the Vampire, 25 years of Buffy and many more. OGOM has a special focus on vampire studies, so … Continue reading
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Tagged Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Carmilla, Dracula, Gothic, John Polidori, nosferatu, Open Graves Open Minds, Vampires, Varney the Vampire
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Coffin Boffin’s #31DaysofHalloween
Halloween is finally here! @DrSamGeorge1, The ‘Coffin Boffin’, would like to thank all those who have accompanied her on this Gothtober Halloween journey. If you are still to view the gothic wonders she has uncover, click to enjoy her spooky … Continue reading
Posted in Events, Fun stuff, OGOM News, Uncategorized
Tagged Gothic, Halloween, Spooky
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