Tag Archives: Gothic

Gothic Manchester Festival 2014, 23rd-26th October 2014, Manchester

A fabulous set of events, covering all things Gothic, at MMU’s Gothic Manchester Festival

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Gothic Spaces / Gothic Places, 25th October 2014, Manchester Metropolitan University

A great conference at MMU relating the Gothic and spatiality, part of MMU’s Gothic Festival. Catherine Spooner, who has contributed much to the OGOM project, will be speaking: ‘This day conference brings together some of the UK’s foremost gothic scholars … Continue reading

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Sideways in Time: Alternate History and Counterfactual Narratives – March 30-31, 2015, Liverpool

An exciting conference at the University of Liverpool that embraces fantasy, SF, steampunk, and–I’m sure Gothic and the Undead: ‘Sideways in Time is an Alternate History Conference to be held at the University of Liverpool – in association with Lancaster … Continue reading

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Prof. Nick Groom on the Gothic

On BBC 6 Music, you can hear Cerys Matthews, with Professor Nick Groom talking on the Gothic.

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Which Gothic literary character are you?

Some light-hearted fun. I was Rebecca de Winter! Take the quiz here.

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Some interesting YA and the Gothic texts …

Apologies for the least inspired title for a post ever hopefully the ellipsis adds a sense of anticipation. (I fear it doesn’t). During my trawls of the internet, in which I use Twitter and Google Alerts like a whale uses … Continue reading

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Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination

A suitably eerie trailer for the Terror and Wonder: The Gothic Imagination exhibition at the British Library, opening tomorrow (3 October 2014).

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Open Graves, Open Minds: Gothic Writing Evening 7th Nov, St Albans Literary Festival

Excited to report that I will be joined by Dr Catherine Spooner, leading spokesperson for the contemporary Gothic, and Matt Beresford, writer, archaeologist and folklorist for a Gothic Writing Evening to mark the St Albans Literary Festival on 7th November, … Continue reading

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Locating the Gothic Conference, Limerick, 22-25 October 2014

This looks a fantastic conference: “‘Locating the Gothic“, [. . .] is an international conference and series of interlinked events exploring the concept of Gothic locations.’

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