Tag Archives: adaptation

Company of Wolves: Werewolf Conference on Youtube

Posted on 6th September 2015 by Sam George

OGOM Werewolf conference on Youtube – just in case you missed it!

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“Yay for sparkly monsters!”

Posted on 28th August 2015 by firekrank

Werewolf conference will see academics shine a light on folkloric shapeshifters See the above link for Sam and Kaja interviewed in The Independent……yikes

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BBC Interview with Kaja Franck

Posted on 24th August 2015 by William the Bloody

Kaja Franck, fellow OGOM researcher and conference coorganiser, responds brilliantly here in an interview for BBC Three Counties Radio on werewolves and the Company of Wolves conference. The interview begins at 1:37:00–just after Duran Duran’s ‘Hungry Like the Wolf’ is … Continue reading →

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On the Trail of the Big Bad Wolf

Posted on 15th July 2015 by Sam George

If you find yourself in the north this week try to see ‘Neck of the Woods’, a new play by Turner prizewinner Douglas Gordon based on Perrault’s fairytale. It is just in time to whet appetites for our ‘Company of … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘Locating Fantastika’, University of Lancaster, 7th-8th July 2015

Posted on 14th July 2015 by firekrank

I have now been to enough conferences in my research area to start recognising people so that conferences become not only a place to proffer your work to other academics (flinching slightly when it gets to questions) but also to … Continue reading →

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Spectral Visions: Grim Fairy Tales

Posted on 17th June 2015 by William the Bloody

From the Spectral Visions Press at the University of Sunderland comes this new anthology of Gothic reworkings of fairy tales, edited by Colin Younger, designed by David Newton, introduced by Ian Rowan, and with fabulous illustrations by Katie Loyd. Oh, … Continue reading →

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Get in the mood for OGOM Company of Wolves with this must see Little Red Riding Hood

Posted on 14th June 2015 by William the Bloody

Deliciously camp, erotic, creepy and funny adaptation of one of the ‘Red Riding Hood’ variants (most likely, this one collected by Paul Delarue), with echoes of Doré’s illustrations and German Expressionist cinema. . 16-year-old Christina Ricci stars as a not-so-innocent … Continue reading →

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12 of the Best New YA Books in May

Posted on 14th June 2015 by William the Bloody

Eric Smith reviews 12 new YA books–fantasy, paranormal romance, dystopias, fairytale retellings, as well as conventionally realistic novels. There are some here that look very promising.

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10 Books That Will Change How You Think About Fairy Tales

Posted on 29th May 2015 by William the Bloody

And more on fairy tales. Some of the books on this list will be familiar (including The Bloody Chamber); some less so. There are books on the fairy tale, and reworkings of fairy tale themes and new fairy tales–for young … Continue reading →

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Lauren Chochinov, ‘Carmilla Rising: Adapting Le Fanu’s Novella In the Age of Social Media’

Posted on 31st March 2015 by William the Bloody

A very interesting review by Lauren Chochinov on the recent (2014) web-based adaptation of Le Fanu’s Carmilla by Jordan Hall and Ellen Simpson. I’ve only had glimpses of this series, but Chochinov’s article here has certainly whet my appetite for … Continue reading →

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