Lancaster Gothic & SF

Attending the @IGA_Goths conference next week? Commissioning Editor @houston_ml will be there too and wants to hear about your proposal ideas! Email michelle.houston@manchester.ac.uk to arrange a meeting Not attending? Check out our stocklist here ⏬ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2024/06/2…

BLOG: 'How might contemporary Spanish Gothic authors have portrayed the spectral presence of the dictatorial past, and – if indeed they had – what could we learn from their rendering of the ghostly forms of memory?' Heidi Backes introduces Spectral Spain: uwp.co.uk/spectral-spain…

It's tonight! See you all there!

If you enjoy Dickens, and want to explore the non-realist aspects of his prose, you can still sign up to our event. It’s free and online: cn-csi.com/event/charles-….

It’s arrived! Happy publication day, Graveyard #Gothic! Thanks a million to @ManchesterUP and @GothicMUP for all their help and support, and to all contributors for their excellent chapters.

The programme for the 2nd International Gothic Summer School (11-14 June) is now out and registration open. Join us for an exclusive series of lectures, workshops and seminars! @gothicmmu ⁦@MMUEnglishDept⁩ ⁦@IGA_Goths⁩ ⁦@McrWritingSchl⁩ mmu.ac.uk/news-and-event…

💀📢 Event Alert!! 💀📢 Join @literaryla & @MazGoing A.K.A. @TheGhoulGuides for a delightfully spooky talk & Q+A on viewing popular culture through the Gothic 👻 16th May, 4.30-6pm, Pom Kitchen, Crookes, Sheffield. Tickets here: eventbrite.com/e/pop-gothic-v… And pls RT! 🪦🪦🪦

Publishing today, Graveyard Gothic edited by @Trabbs_Bhoy @XAldanaReyes and @ebp_flinders manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526166319/… The book examines how #Gothic #graveyards are expressed in #poetry #fiction #TV #Film #VideoGames, from the US, Mexico, Japan, Australia, India and Eastern Europe

I’ll be running 5 sessions on contemporary body horror for @GothicFutures Summer Institute. Link here: gothiccentre.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/events/gothic-…

Exciting #Gothic event at @TheDukesTheatre Lancaster: imitating the dog and Leeds Playhouse’s multimedia exploration of Mary Shelley’s Gothic classic is a psychological thriller which dares to ask the question - what is it to be human? Book tickets here: dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/theat…

Attention all Goths & Darklings - Gothic Studies is Open Access for the month of January! Read & download to your heart's content 🤓📚 (I recommend the special issue on the Gothic 1980s - ;) ) euppublishing.com/loi/gothic

Have you seen that the registration for @DisastersDivine is now live? 😱 We have 18 panellists, the amazing @patymurrieta from @LancasterUni as our keynote speaker and interactive workshops. Did I mention it's also hybrid? 😍 Full details here 👇 warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/hrc/c…

‘Elizabeth Gunning: The Foresters’ by @Valster11, the latest in our new Gothic Originals series, is available now! In print for the first time since 1796, The Foresters offers an entertaining romp through the many tropes of Gothic literature. 📚uwp.co.uk/book/elizabeth…

Do you know about The Manchester Gothic digital collection? It includes 58 #gothic literature books and the #GothicStudies journal (1999-2018), covering #literature #film #television #theatre #visualarts Find out more on manchesterhive ⬇️ manchesterhive.com/page/95

7pm tonight... Register for this talk given by PhD student @HannahOFlanaga1 👏

We are thrilled that Karen Grumberg has received an honourable mention for the Modern Language Association (@MLAnews) Prize for an Edited Collection for her title 'Middle Eastern Gothics: Literature, Spectral Modernities and the Restless Past', hailed 'a valuable teaching tool'!

Tuesday 21 Nov at The Storey: @maishawester asks 'Who's the Real Monster Here?: BLM Gothic and the Problem of Monstrosity' Please book your FREE tickets at the link for what is sure to be a fascinating talk: lancaster.ac.uk/english-litera…

Coming up this Saturday, WINTER HAUNTS will be presenting interviews and panels with @rosieandrews22, @lucysmallbark, @TananariveDue Mariana Enriquez, Alix E Harrow, @JessKiddHerself, @lindyryanwrites, @stu_turton, @Catrionaward and many more! eventbrite.co.uk/e/winter-haunt…

This conference should be an exquisite banquet of dark delights. CfP here: ucd.ie/humanities/eve…

Scuttling its way to a bookshop near you this autumn. 🍁🐀💀📚