Tag Archives: Werewolves

Young Adult Classes about Werewolves

Posted on 19th January 2016 by Sam George

As we have just begun the Generation Dead module which includes some werewolf texts and following the sad demise of Alan Rickman I thought I’d post a link to Severus Snape teaching the dark arts class about werewolves.  It seems … Continue reading →

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Bill Hughes, ‘”But by blood no wolf am I”: Language and Agency, Instinct and Essence – Transcending Antinomies in Maggie Stiefvater’s Shiver series’

Posted on 10th January 2016 by William the Bloody

More from me on YA paranormal romance. This time, I’m writing about Maggie Stiefvater’s beautifully written and very moving werewolf romance, Shiver. Shapeshifter fictions, for obvious reasons, allow writers to explore all that is animal and instinctive about human beings … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘Rules for Werewolves’ by Kirk Lynn

Posted on 20th December 2015 by firekrank

This is a very exciting and promising review from The Guardian for Kirk Lynn’s Rules for Werewolves (2015). It shows the increasing variation in presentations of lycanthropy and the overlaps between weres and feral children. Definitely one to get your teeth into … Continue reading →

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‘Wolfgirl’ Trailer

Posted on 16th December 2015 by firekrank

Earlier this year NBC ran a competition to find the next ‘ground-breaking comedy’. One of the potential comedies was called ‘Wolfgirl’ and the mini-episode is still available to watch on YouTube. Unfortunately voting is no longer open and the winner … Continue reading →

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L’Abbe Bordelon’s ‘Monsieur Oufle’ on Radio 4 Extra

Posted on 7th December 2015 by firekrank

There is currently a radio adaptation of Abbe Laurent Bordelon’s A History of the Ridiculous Extravagancies of Monsieur Oufle (1710) on the BBC iPlayer. In the story, the eponymous M. Oufle, a believer in the supernatural and reader of works such … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter’

Posted on 7th December 2015 by firekrank

The New York Times has reviewed the new television programme Neon Joe: Werewolf Hunter (2015-) which is appearing on the channel Adult Swim. It looks like a great show for the festive season as our brains get addled by excessive food and … Continue reading →

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Review of ‘Howl’ (2015)

Posted on 30th November 2015 by firekrank

Earlier this year I posted about an upcoming British werewolf movie called Howl (2015) and a little about how it had been received and last week I managed to get a copy from my local library. The film stars Ed Speleers as … Continue reading →

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Wilderness, National Parks and Hybrid Wolves

Posted on 5th November 2015 by firekrank

My good friend Karen Graham (who I met at the inaugural OGOM conference) sent me this very interesting article, ‘Coydogs and Lynxcats and Pizzlies, Oh My’. Though the title is a little ridiculous, it is an interesting look at science’s … Continue reading →

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Chris Riddell’s Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright

Posted on 5th November 2015 by firekrank

I have been lucky enough to finish reading Chris Riddell’s latest book in the Goth Girl series, Goth Girl and the Wuthering Fright (2015). The series follows the adventures of Ada Goth, the daughter of the renowned poet Lord Goth who is ‘mad, … Continue reading →

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CFP: Promises of Monsters

Posted on 3rd November 2015 by firekrank

Temptation comes in the form of this CFP for the conference, ‘Promises of Monsters’ taking place in Stavanger, Norway on the 28th-29th April 2016. Abstracts are due by 15th December 2015.

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