Romancing the Gothic
Folklore and Fear: April Round Up
The April talks (and most of the book groups) were dedicated to folklore, folk music and folk tales from a range of traditions: from Indo-Carribean folklore and horror to British and Irish traditional songs. This was one of our most popular months with lots of people signing up to and attending the talks. Folklore always…
March Round Up
This month’s Romancing the Gothic theme was ‘Introductions to…’. We have a few of these months a year. It basically allows for a very open field of the types of topic people can suggest, but also that each week instead of a deep dive into the specifics of a particular text, we guarantee more of…
Upcoming Courses with Dr Sam Hirst
I have a number of upcoming courses running in different places on a range of topics. Have a look below and see if anything catches your fancy. I’d love to see you there! Also, let me know in the comments what you’d like me to run a course or a workshop on! Transformations of the…
February Round-Up
Our February was dedicated to ‘writing the ghostly’ although the book group selections stuck to that a little more closely than the talks this month! That being said, as always we found threads binding together the talks and our readings for the month in interesting ways, illuminating facets of each that might not have come…
Goths for Breakfast 2026
Online, all-day Charity Teach-a-thon to raise money for Magic Breakfast, feeding hungry kids! Get your tickets here 28th February – open 9am-10pm GMT, pop in and out as much as you want! The event is a day of online classes and workshops with academics, experts and writers. You can come in and out as often…
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…
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