Romancing the Gothic
January Round-Up
I’m starting a new project this year. Each month, I’ll be rounding up the previous months offerings. You can go back and explore everything you’ve missed! This month’s theme was focused on women and people of marginalised genders in film. We had a host of fascinating talks which picked up on very different films, depicting…
Romancing Wuthering Heights: A History of Adaptation – Interactive Online Workshop
There are two available dates: 13th February at 7pm-10pm GMT and 15th February 2pm-5pm GMT. I’ve spent a lot of time in the Bronte archives, watching endless adaptations of Wuthering Heights and conducting research so I thought I’d share that all with you! Just in time for the release of the new Wuthering Heights. Sign…
New Romancing the Gothic Online Course: Radcliffe at 200
Sign up now and get your tickets here This year, we’re celebrating 200 years since the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final (posthumous) works. This interactive course on the works of Gothic enchantress Ann Radcliffe will run for 7 sessions, once a month at 7pm British time on the fourth Thursday of the month. The classes are all online (zoom)…
Romancing the Gothic’s Top Ten Most-Watched New Talks of 2025
2025 was a great year for talks but it’s hard to catch them all! Here are the top ten most-watched new talks of 2025. Did you catch them? What was your favourite talk this year? Share it and give it some love! 10) An Introduction to Radio Gothic with Alexia Ainsworth The radio Gothic is…
Romancing the Gothic Five-Star Reads
Every year, the Romancing the Gothic book group votes on the books it has read this last year to give you our top recommendations! I tried for a top 5 but we had 6 books tied in third place so… it’s a top 3 composed of 8 books! Joint Third Picnic at Hanging Rock by…
Secret Chambers by Mrs Wilson Woodrow (1909)
First published in Harper’s Monthly Magazine in 1909, ‘Secret Chambers’ is often compared to Daphne Du Maurier’s later book Rebecca. I was curious about the story but found it hard to track down in a readable copy online. I found it, transcribed it, and here you go! I would love to hear people’s thoughts on…
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Online Conference CFP
More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 22nd/23rd August 2026 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final posthumous works. Often paid scant attention in critical writing on Radcliffe, they challenge a number of common assumptions about Radcliffean form. In doing so,…
The ‘Scare a Day’ Challenge – October 2025
It’s almost October, which means it’s almost time for the #AScareADay challenge! One poem or scary short-story a day for a whole month. You can read along with us using the links below. Feel free to add your comments or follow along on social media using the hashtag #AScareADay (remember the capitals to make it…
The Buried Alive by John Galt (1821)
We’re closing in October and I’m preparing for our annual #AScareADay challenge. I’ll be putting up the full list in the next week but today I’m posting one of our upcoming stories that can be a bit difficult to get hold of in a readable copy. This is John Galt’s short tale of … well,…
Romancing the Gothic 2026 Talk Series – Call for Papers
CLOSED – All talk spaces filled In 2026, our annual conference will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ann Radcliffe’s final, posthumous, publications. An early Gothic writer, Radcliffe was known to some as the ‘Great Enchantress’, to others as the ‘Shakespeare of Romance writers’. She was a key figure in the early Gothic – both…
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