Tag Archives: Contemporary Fairy Tales

Beauty and Beastliness: Intertextuality, genre mutation, and utopian possibilities in paranormal romance

Posted on 26th April 2017 by William the Bloody

We now have a repository where we hope to make talks and other research outputs available. I’ve uploaded my talk, ‘Beauty and Beastliness: Intertextuality, genre mutation, and utopian possibilities in paranormal romance‘, which I gave recently at the excellent ‘Damsels … Continue reading →

Posted in Critical thoughts, Resources | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Conference review: Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings, Queen’s University Belfast, 7-8 April 2017

Posted on 25th April 2017 by William the Bloody

At last I’ve managed to review the ‘Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings’ conference at Queen’s University Belfast which I attended recently. My thanks to the organisers, Lisa Kennedy, Amy Finlay, and Christina Collins for such an inspiring … Continue reading →

Posted in Conferences, Reviews | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

CFP: Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings, Queen’s University Belfast, 7-8 April 2017

Posted on 29th July 2016 by William the Bloody

Reworkings of classic fairy tales is one of OGOM’s principal areas of research (and a favourite topic of my own). This conference at QU Belfast, Damsels in Redress: Women in Contemporary Fairy-Tale Reimaginings looks very exciting. I’ve posted about this … Continue reading →

Posted in CFP (Conferences) | Tagged , , , , , , | Leave a comment

Fairy Tale Review

Posted on 13th March 2016 by William the Bloody

I’ve recently been following this journal, Fairy Tale Review, on Twitter; it looks a valuable source for all those interested in fairy tale and in fiction or poetry derived from that genre. I’ve added a permanent link on the Blogroll … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Articles, Call for Articles, Generation Dead: YA Fiction and the Gothic news | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

YA Fiction–March 2016

Posted on 11th March 2016 by William the Bloody

There are some exciting new YA novels appearing this month; this site lists 10 of the best. They’re not all Paranormal Romance (though they all look pretty good), but there are a few which fall into the OGOM sphere. Lady … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Articles, Generation Dead: YA Fiction and the Gothic news, Reading Lists | Tagged , , , | 2 Comments

’10 Books That Will Change How You Think About Fairy Tales’

Posted on 26th February 2016 by firekrank

’10 Books That Will Change How You Think About Fairy Tales’ is a lovely article that lists both academic books, anthologies and new fiction inspired by fairy tales. Hopefully you will find something to inspire you and give you ideas … Continue reading →

Posted in Books and Articles, Reading Lists | Tagged , , , | Leave a comment