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Tag Archives: Fantasy
Adaptation Again! Neverland and Wonderland
Literature is a fluctuating web of reinvention, translation, and reworking, of plots and genres. Classic literary fictions can be adapted as well as myths and folklore; here’s a review of five YA variations on Peter Pan and the Alice books, … Continue reading
Trends in YA paranormal fiction
While procrastinating the other day, I found myself browsing the recommendations that Amazon makes, following a chain of YA paranormal fiction. Three hours later, I recovered from my obsessive frenzy to find £260 worth of books in my basket. The … Continue reading
The Difference between British and American Children’s Fiction
I read this article, ‘Why the British Tell Better Children’s Stories’, yesterday and found it very intriguing. Don’t be misled by the title, though the author of the article compares American and British children’s literature, they don’t make a definitive … Continue reading
Posted in Books and Articles, Critical thoughts
Tagged America, Britain, C S Lewis, Children's literature, Fairy tales, Fantasy, Folklore, Harry Potter, Narnia, Tolkien
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CFP: FINNCON 2016: Fantastic Visions from Faerie to Dystopia, July 1–3, 2016, University of Tampere, Tampere, Finland
Yet another exciting conference on the fantastic–Fantastic Visions from Faerie to Dystopia. Finncon 2016 is one of the largest events in Europe for anyone interested in science fiction and fantasy. By tradition, it is free of membership fee, and offers … Continue reading
CFP: Fantasies of Contemporary Culture, Cardiff University, 23 May 2016
There are so many exciting conferences coming up this year; they usually get winnowed down for me by my forgetting to meet the deadlines. This Fantasies of Contemporary Culture conference, at Cardiff University, is yet another very tempting event on … Continue reading
Various CFPs: October 2015
There are a few CFPs for conferences and publications nearing their deadline, so I’m bundling them together on this page: Domestic Entanglements in the Works of Joss Whedon (Edited Collection) (Deadline: 1 Nov 2015) Call for Papers Haunted Europe: Continental … Continue reading
Posted in Call for Articles, CFP (Conferences)
Tagged CFP, fantastic, Fantasy, Film, Genre, Gothic, Joss Whedon, new media, postcolonialism, technology
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Review of ‘Locating Fantastika’, University of Lancaster, 7th-8th July 2015
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
Posted in Conferences, Reviews
Tagged adaptation, aesthetics, Fantasy, nature, Vampires, Werewolves
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12 of the Best New YA Books in May
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.
Posted in Reviews
Tagged adaptation, dystopia, Fairy tales, Fantasy, gender, Paranormal romance, YA Fiction
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Studying Fantasy
An interview with Prof. Robert Maslen of the University of Glasgow on their exciting new M.Litt in fantasy literature.
Neil Gaiman and Kazuo Ishiguro
The YA Gothic and fantastic writer Neil Gaiman discusses the boundaries of genre with the writer of ‘literary fiction’ Kazuo Ishiguro, whose latest novel draws on epic fantasy.