Tag Archives: women’s writing

CFPs: Hauntings, Southern Gothic, YA, fantasy, female Gothic, queer Arthuriana

Posted on 20th April 2022 by William the Bloody

Conference papers and articles for publication requested: 1. CFP: Hauntings Halloween Symposium, online, 30 October 2022. Deadline: 1 June 2022 The CFP is now live for our second annual Halloween Symposium! The theme this year is ‘hauntings’ and presentations on … Continue reading →

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CFPs and Events: Shirley Jackson, zombie theory, Victorian popular fiction, Angela Carter

Posted on 1st November 2020 by William the Bloody

Academic and cultural life is still persisting, thankfully. The Gothic creative spirit is resisting Gothic times! So, some announcements here on events, conferences, and edited collections. 1. CFP for an edited collection, Dark Tales: Re-evaluating the Short Fiction of Shirley … Continue reading →

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Manderley Today: 80 Years of Du Maurier’s Rebecca

Posted on 3rd March 2018 by William the Bloody

I first read Daphne du Maurier’s haunting Gothic Romances in my early teens. In my thirties I did an evening class in Female Gothic run by the pioneering Avril Horner and Sue Zloznik. This featured Rebecca among other exciting texts. … Continue reading →

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Shapeshifters, female geeks, and exotic mathematics

Posted on 28th August 2016 by William the Bloody

A good article on ‘The Latest in Science Fiction and Fantasy‘ by N.K. Jesmin, reviewing some exciting new fantasy/SF novels and a collection of essays on geek feminism.

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Women and Speculative Fiction

Posted on 24th August 2016 by William the Bloody

Here are two more inspiring reading lists: one of women writers of speculative fiction in translation; one of space operas (typically, a very male genre) written by women.

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Nineteenth-Century Women and Speculative Fiction

Posted on 5th August 2016 by William the Bloody

This is a fascinating and scholarly essay, ‘Cavendish’s Daughters: Speculative Fiction and Women’s History‘ by Jonathan Kearnes which traces fantastic fictions by women from Margaret Cavendish’s Blazing New World in the seventeenth century, through Frankenstein, then focusing on some little-known … Continue reading →

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Women Writing SF and Fantasy

Posted on 7th May 2016 by William the Bloody

Some of the most interesting and innovative writing in speculative fiction, science fiction, and fantasy have been women, despite these genre’s domination by men and, possibly, the prevalence of masculine values (especially true of SF). This is a list of … Continue reading →

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CFP: Representations of Romantic Relationships and the Romance Genre in Contemporary Women’s Writing, Saturday 11th June 2016, Sheffield Hallam University

Posted on 25th March 2016 by William the Bloody

For any postgraduates interested in the hybrid genre that is Paranormal Romance, this symposium by the Postgraduate Contemporary Women’s Writing Network looks an excellent opportunity to enter the much-contested debate about the Romance element. I’ve mentioned briefly before here how … Continue reading →

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Feeling Gothicky? OGOM Welcomes Prof. Lucie Armitt for ‘Haunted Landscapes’ May 13th at UH

Posted on 8th May 2015 by Sam George

Looking forward to meeting our next speaker Prof. Lucie Armitt (University of Lincoln) on 13th May. Many of you will know Lucie’s work. She is greatly esteemed in the field of Gothic studies and is a specialist in the fantastic, … Continue reading →

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