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CFP: Fourth World Dracula Congress

Posted on 14th February 2016 by firekrank

The Fourth World Dracula Congress organised by the Transylvanian Society of Dracula will be taking place on the 2oth-21st October 2016, at Trinity College, Dublin. The CFP has been released and abstracts of 150-250 words need to be sent in by … Continue reading →

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Tracy Hastie, ‘Leather Clad Heroines and the Monster Within’

Posted on 15th October 2015 by William the Bloody

An excellent blog post by Tracy Hastie on the ambivalent sexual politics of the female protagonist of paranormal romance/urban fantasy.

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Life and Death: Gender-inverted Twilight

Posted on 6th October 2015 by firekrank

To celebrate the 10 year anniversary of the publication of Twilight (2005), Stephenie Meyer is releasing a re-telling of the first novel entitled Love and Death: Twilight Reimagined later this month. This version re-imagines Bella as Beau (short for Beaufort) and Edward as Edythe. … Continue reading →

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UPDATE: Extended Deadline: Monstrous Messengers 17 Aug. 2015

Posted on 1st August 2015 by William the Bloody

Chapters still required for this collection of essays on ‘supernatural figures in children’s picture books and early readers’, edited by Leslie Ormandy. For this collection, three more papers from any discipline are welcome; however, advantaged are those focusing on a … Continue reading →

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CFP: “Expanding the Scope of Horror”

Posted on 1st August 2015 by William the Bloody

A Call for Articles for a special journal issue of Interdisciplinary Humanities exploring new approaches to the study of horror. The proposed set of essays and book reviews would have as its main objective to offer a new practical model … 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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New trends in YA fiction

Posted on 30th May 2015 by William the Bloody

This article by Sue Corbett on the latest trends in YA fiction is very interesting, highlighting the genre of horror, narratives of mental illness and gender identity, and the continuing appeal of dystopias, including religious apocalypse.

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She-wolves in Reformation Germany

Posted on 26th May 2015 by firekrank

Hannah Priest, the editor of She-Wolf: A Cultural History of Female Werewolves (Manchester University Press, 2015), has written an interesting article on the case of the she-wolves of Jülich for History Today. She analyses a newspaper article about these female werewolves and … Continue reading →

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CFP Books of Blood: Collaborative Project and Funding Bid

Posted on 12th April 2015 by Sam George

*Extended Deadline – submissions by 1st November 2015* All humans ‘are books of blood—wherever you open us, we’re red’ (Clive Barker). If our bodies are books of blood, then they can be read; we invite such readings and contributions where … Continue reading →

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OGOM Company of Wolves Conference: Extended Call for Papers

Posted on 5th April 2015 by Sam George

OGOM: ‘The Company of Wolves’: Sociality, Animality, and Subjectivity in Literary and Cultural Narratives—Werewolves, Shapeshifters, and Feral Humans Conference, University of Hertfordshire, Sept 3rd-5th 2015 Extended Call for Papers and Panels OGOM is extending its call for papers for its … Continue reading →

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