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Friday, 15 July 2011

Review: K.A. Laity, 'Vironsusi'

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I'm suddenly aware that it's been a while since I recommended a good werewolf story. And given my interest in werewolves, that seems...
Tuesday, 12 July 2011

CFP: Shield Maidens and Sacred Mothers: Medieval Women in Truth and Legend

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Cardiff University October 7, 2011 Call for Papers This forthcoming interdisciplinary international conference seeks to examine images and r...

CFP: 10th Medieval English Studies Symposium

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19-20 November 2011 Poznań, Poland The 10th Medieval English Studies Symposium , organised by the School of English, Adam Mickiewicz Univers...
Thursday, 26 May 2011

Review: Tales From the Asylum: A Steampunk Compilation (The Last Line, 2010)

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Tales From the Asylum is a collection of steampunk short stories, published by small press The Last Line in 2010. I came across the book at...
Saturday, 21 May 2011

Can Zombies Be Gothic?

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Two things have inspired tonight's post. Firstly, I have just returned from an international conference on the Gothic in Warsaw . Second...
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Tuesday, 26 April 2011

Interview with D.L. King

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D.L. King is a YA and picture book author, currently querying literary agencies for representation. Her first YA novel, Scarlette Hood , is...
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Friday, 15 April 2011

RIP Larry Cat

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A little bit of a self-indulgent post from me tonight, but it's my blog and I'll cry if I want to. As some of you know, my cat died ...
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Wednesday, 6 April 2011

Call for Submissions: Read in Tooth and Claw: Shapeshifters in Popular Culture

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This proposed collection seeks essays on any aspect of shapeshifters in film, fiction, online, even on architecture. We are interested in es...
Saturday, 2 April 2011

Childlore and the Folklore of Childhood

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The Folklore Society's AGM Conference 2011 Friday 15 to Sunday 17 April 2011 The University of Worcester, St John's Campus, Henwick ...
Thursday, 31 March 2011

CFP: Gender and Medieval Studies Conference 2012

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Gender and Medieval Studies Conference 2012 The University of Manchester Gender and Punishment With keynote speakers Professor Karen Pratt (...
Tuesday, 29 March 2011

Press Release from Anarchy Books

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Just got this press release for something cool... Are you feeling lucky, punk? ANARCHY BOOKS A fusion of writing, music, game and film AN...
Wednesday, 23 March 2011

CFP: 1st Global Conference: Space and Place

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Wednesday 14th September – Friday 16th September 2011 Mansfield College, Oxford, United Kingdom Call for Papers Questions of space and place...
Wednesday, 16 March 2011

CFP: Further Adventures in Wonderland: The Afterlife of Alice

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Thursday 1st December 2011 A one-day inter-disciplinary conference in Manchester, UK, exploring the influence, interpretation and representa...
Thursday, 3 March 2011

Book Launch: David Matthews (ed), In Strange Countries

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An invitation to the launch of a new collection of essays in memory of J.J. Anderson, a respected medievalist and a wonderful teacher. In St...
Monday, 28 February 2011

Journal Announcement and Call for Submissions

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A message from the lovely people at ID.net. The first issue is out, and I've got a review in it! Monsters and the Monstrous Volume 1, Nu...
Sunday, 27 February 2011

Save the Date: Hic Dragones Manchester Monster Convention

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Thursday 12th - Sunday 15th April 2012 Venues tbc Thursday 12th - Friday 13th April Monsters: Subject, Object, Abject A two-day, interdiscip...

Review: Stephen M. Irwin, The Dead Path (Doubleday, 2009)

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Published in 2010 by Doubleday , The Dead Path is Stephen M. Irwin's first novel. It tells the story of Nicholas Close, a man troubled ...
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Thursday, 24 February 2011

CFP: Medievalism Transformed: Texts and Territories in the Middle Ages

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17th June 2011, Bangor University We would like to invite all postgraduate and early career students interested in the Middle Ages to ‘Medie...
Thursday, 10 February 2011

Submissions Wanted: Cottonopolis: Steampunk Manchester

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Please note: the deadline for Cottonopolis submissions has been extended until October 31st 2011. Submissions wanted for a new anthology of...

CFP: The Monster Inside Us, The Monsters Around Us: Monstrosity and Humanity

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A three-day conference De Montfort University, Leicester, UK In association with the Centre for Adaptation 18-20 November 2011 Keynote speak...