Category Archives: OGOM Research

CFA: OGOM Company of Wolves Book and Journal Issue

Thank you once more for your contribution to the wonderful Company of Wolves Conference. There was a diverse range of papers, all fascinating, and this was one of the factors that made the conference work so well. As promised, we … Continue reading

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Want to be an IGA postgrad rep?

From the International Gothic Association: Our wonderful current reps Chloe Buckley and Laura Kremmel have come to the end of their term and we are looking for their replacements. It is a two-year position and involves facilitating monthly bloggers, keeping … Continue reading

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Gothic Imagination Reviews OGOM

Matt Foley, Lecturer at the University of Stirling, has given a thoughtful and positive review of the Open Graves, Open Minds book for Gothic Imagination: Under the stewardship of Dr Sam George and Dr Bill Hughes, The Open Graves, Open … Continue reading

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CFP Books of Blood: Collaborative Project and Funding Bid

*Extended Deadline – submissions by 1st November 2015* All humans ‘are books of blood—wherever you open us, we’re red’ (Clive Barker). If our bodies are books of blood, then they can be read; we invite such readings and contributions where … Continue reading

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New Vampire Study Centre: OGOM’S proudest moment

Maybe we had found the perfect moment in history, the perfect balance between the monstrous and the human, the time when the ‘vampire romance’ born in my imagination […] should find its greatest enhancement (Lestat). I am beyond excited to … Continue reading

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Open Graves Evening in St Albans: Post Millennial Happy Gothic!

Thanks to everyone who came down to the OGOM Gothic Writing Evening on Friday 7th in St Albans with myself, Catherine Spooner and Matt Beresford. This was our first contribution to the St Albans Literary Festival and as you can … Continue reading

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PhD Life After a Year

I did mention that I would write a little about the realities of being a PhD student and as I am just over a year into my PhD this seems a suitable time to reflect on my experience. Thus I … Continue reading

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