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YA Shapeshifters: The Selkie

Posted on 19th January 2016 by Sam George

The ‘Animal Kinship’ panel at OGOM Company of Wolves included some discussion of the ‘Selkie’ or shapeshifting seal. This elusive creature was discussed in Peter Le Couteur’s paper ‘Sealskins: Finns, Seal Wives, and Mythmaking’. We were rather excited to receive … Continue reading →

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The Alchemy of Young Adult Fiction

Posted on 19th January 2016 by Sam George

By some additional alchemy that this genre alone brings […] infusing the cankered souls of the rest of us – they will make me read as if I were young again – in one mad, open-minded, unstoppable rush. What delight. What … Continue reading →

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