On the 22nd and 23rd of August, Romancing the Gothic is hosting its latest Gothic conference. It’s online. It’s as cheap as we can make it. It’s full of great talks, writing workshops, author roundtables and more! This year, we’re celebrating 200 years since the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s posthumous works. We’ve got two panelsContinue reading “More Terrors than Her Reason Could Justify: Online Conference”
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19th Century Women Writers of the Gothic
Our June programme was dedicated to 19th century writers of the Gothic, the ghostly an the weird. We were joined by a fantastic range of scholars (Helen Dallas, Emma Liggins, Brooke Morrison and Yanrong Tan) to talk some of the most well-known and some of the most overlooked 19th century women writers of the Gothic,Continue reading “19th Century Women Writers of the Gothic”
Supernatural Women: May Round Up
I am only just scraping in under the wire on this one but here is the May round up… just in time for me to have to write the June one next week. May was dedicated to supernatural women and people of marginalised genders. It was a broad theme so we had a great rangeContinue reading “Supernatural Women: May Round Up”
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 alwaysContinue reading “Folklore and Fear: April Round Up”
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 ofContinue reading “March Round Up”
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 theContinue reading “Upcoming Courses with Dr Sam Hirst”
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 comeContinue reading “February Round-Up”
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 oftenContinue reading “Goths for Breakfast 2026”
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, depictingContinue reading “January Round-Up”
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. SignContinue reading “Romancing Wuthering Heights: A History of Adaptation – Interactive Online Workshop”
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