Tag Archives: Ghosts

Phantasmagoria : The Dark Side of the Light

Posted on 19th March 2015 by William the Bloody

A fascinating short film with Mervyn Heard on the spooky spectacle of the late eighteenth-century/early nineteenth-century phantasmagoria and its uncanny foreshadowings of cinematic thrills. If this whets your appetite, come to the OGOM Company of Wolves Conference in September–we will … Continue reading →

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17 of March 2015’s Best YA Books

Posted on 10th March 2015 by William the Bloody

The YA novels listed here look very exciting, and many have a Gothic, paranormal tinge to them, featuring witches, ghosts, and so on. I have to confess to not knowing any of these but I’ll be investigating them!

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A guide to ghosts by Jonathan Stroud

Posted on 16th November 2014 by William the Bloody

A pictorial exploration of the different types of ghosts, ghouls, spectres, and the like.

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Marcus Sedgwick, The Ghosts of Heaven

Posted on 3rd October 2014 by William the Bloody

The celebrated YA author Marcus Sedgwick, who has been a generous contributor to OGOM from its inception, has a new novel out which looks very exciting: The Ghosts of Heaven. Visit the website and watch the brilliant trailer.

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Locating the Gothic Conference, Limerick, 22-25 October 2014

Posted on 30th September 2014 by Admin

This looks a fantastic conference: “‘Locating the Gothic“, [. . .] is an international conference and series of interlinked events exploring the concept of Gothic locations.’

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