Our open online book group here at Romancing the Gothic is looking very exciting going into the end of the year! Check out our upcoming reads and sign up for some of our author visits with Nilima Rao and KJ Charles! romancingthegothic.com/book-group-a...

Listening to this now. An interesting introduction to a subject that's new to me! (You can still sign up for this evening's version)

Joseph Crawford 's written an open access essay which addresses ethical issues he's considered while teaching a course about romantic fiction.

The conclusion

A bit of a wild reading day. It included: Jane-Eyre inspired dinosaur erotica A book on Romani history and culture Articles on film and tv adaptations of Bronte novels An article on dinosaur erotica An article on archaeology porn Let it never be said that I don't have range!

The conclusion

Looking for something fun to do tomorrow?

If you enjoy watching talks by experts in Gothic and horror that are free to access and made internationally available... why not support the project so I can keep running it and keep paying people to participate. www.patreon.com/c/romancingt...

Seen as it looks like I won't have a main job for a while (and seen as I haven't been paid anything since September) if you'd like to support the work that I do through Romancing the Gothic, you can! You can also buy courses (in case you didn't know!) ko-fi.com/samhirst

Did you miss our talk this week at Romancing the Gothic? Catch it here! youtu.be/LmX8CWpAFNE

Excited to finally be able to share my book with the world! Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga 💀⭐️ The book explores the relationship between celebrity culture and the Gothic in literature, media and popular culture. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...

Anyone near Battle Abbey, Hastings? Join us for in November for a ghostly event: www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/whats-...

Actually the other benefit is that I immediately contacted everyone who has tried to prebook me for catsitting next year with the good news xD

As predicted I did not get this. The only uplift here among how sad and desperate I feel is that I can say I told you so to everyone who was like 'have hope!' If there is one thing I have learned on the academic job market it is do not allow yourself to hope.

Do you enjoy k-dramas? Do you enjoy the Gothic? Do you enjoy powerful supernatural women? Do we have the talk for you! This Saturday at 10am and 4pm British time. Online and free to access! 10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman... 4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

Do you enjoy k-dramas? Do you enjoy the Gothic? Do you enjoy powerful supernatural women? Do we have the talk for you! This Saturday at 10am and 4pm British time. Online and free to access! 10 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman... 4 - www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

I had largely forgotten the joys of relying entirely on freelancing. Having a great time doing my accounts and glaring at the empty space where payments should, but do not, sit from the last two months.

All the places I've lived since January 2024.

I have been full-time cat-sitting for over a year now. Many benefits - not being stuck commuting to one place when my job changes every 6-12 months; no rent so money is less of a worry; most importantly - cat friends! This is how far I've got since I started in 2024 with doing it part-time!

Come and study with me! Call for doctoral proposals in the field of Romance and/or Erotica at Falmouth University: www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd...

The Romancing the Gothic Muse strikes again! Didn't even make it a full three and a half minutes into re-watching this talk before I came up with a new story idea. youtu.be/9HCCr4Wvfjo?...

I have done the interview for this and am now in the awful waiting stage when you are about 99% sure they've rejected you (because they always call on the day if you get it in my experience) but there's 1% that refuses to give up. So I am still actively tense, feeling sick, and in pain. Yay.

I always love it when you interrogate a text through the vocabulary and ideas of another field. It can lead to such interesting insights and analyses.

These were all excellent and will introduce you to some new and exciting rabbit holes you may never have explored before!

I'm teaching Vathek by William Beckford today. I've set my students the task to watch Reyam Rammahi's excellent talk on the depiction of 'Oriental Women in the Romantic Gothic'. You too can watch it here (highly recommended) It also talks Frankenstein! www.youtube.com/watch?v=B280...

Did you know Mary Shelley once had to correct Sir Walter Scott for crediting her novel, Frankenstein, to her husband? 🔍 For one day only, see this story on paper at the National Library: ➡️ Mary Shelley's letter to Sir Walter Scott ➡️ Rare early editions & items from our archives ➡️ and more!

New blog post! Check out my reflections on this year’s #AScareADay reading challenge for October: www.thegothiclibrary.com/ascareaday-2...

I've just finished updating the upcoming talks page for Romancing the Gothic right up until February next year! Why not have a look at what's coming up. If you've never been to a live talk - it's a great new year's resolution! romancingthegothic.com/class-schedu...

I've just finished updating the upcoming talks page for Romancing the Gothic right up until February next year! Why not have a look at what's coming up. If you've never been to a live talk - it's a great new year's resolution! romancingthegothic.com/class-schedu...

I have been asked so ... I will most likely run two times so that time zones are not an issue. If you are based in the States, so is the Regency academe so your time zones will definitly be covered! I am in the UK so a morning time for me will cover to Australia and New Zealand. I got you!

All about that accessibility, baby!

I have been asked so ... I will most likely run two times so that time zones are not an issue. If you are based in the States, so is the Regency academe so your time zones will definitly be covered! I am in the UK so a morning time for me will cover to Australia and New Zealand. I got you!

We'll be exploring female tricksters, saucy tales, scandalous memoirs, Gothic murderesses, radical poetry, utopian communes, Black writing, revolution, travel, alternate histories and so much more! The long eighteenth century has some amazing reads! Explore them with me.

Designed for writers but open to all!

If you’re still in the Halloween spirit, come and celebrate with me on 11th November at The Horse Hospital, where I’ll be giving a talk on the Televisual Gothic for this year’s @miskatonicihs.bsky.social autumn semester! 🎟️: miskatonicinstitute.com/events/telev...

Aimed at regency fiction writers, but good grist for general readers and writers as well!

We'll be exploring female tricksters, saucy tales, scandalous memoirs, Gothic murderesses, radical poetry, utopian communes, Black writing, revolution, travel, alternate histories and so much more! The long eighteenth century has some amazing reads! Explore them with me.

Have you ever wanted to do a course with me? Wanted to explore women's writing in the long-eighteenth century? Over a year, all online, costing a mere $55 dollars!!!!! Now's your chance! regencyfictionwriters.org/academe/12-b...

The link to the book this is from: buy.bookfunnel.com/15hgnsk6t9 #BookSky #Folklore

Here are four talks I’ve done for #RomancingTheGothic Gloomy Sunday youtu.be/9092GFAyfys?... “Spiritualistic Science” of Thomas Lynn Bradford youtu.be/O2k13xAvwBc?... Pied Piper youtu.be/2bTOqcTbePA?... Lost Children of the Alleghenies youtu.be/rvSxFkaZhw4?...

If you missed last week's absolutely fantastic talk by John Hartley on Hugh Walpole, catch it here! youtu.be/2_elR9E53lc Early 20th century pulp Gothic!

This week's Saturday Romancing the Gothic blast from the past! We were joined by author CM Rosens to read her story 'The Punch and Judy Man of Hangman's Walk' It actually freaked me right out! youtu.be/uIDg-UkEAUE

If you missed last week's absolutely fantastic talk by John Hartley on Hugh Walpole, catch it here! youtu.be/2_elR9E53lc Early 20th century pulp Gothic!

This week's Saturday Romancing the Gothic blast from the past! We were joined by author CM Rosens to read her story 'The Punch and Judy Man of Hangman's Walk' It actually freaked me right out! youtu.be/uIDg-UkEAUE

I STILL have an extraordinary amount of reading to do and this is the month I meet my goals! So... I'm going to try the same challenge as the last three months: one book, novella, story, critical article or other form of written text a day. Month's aim: 10 novels, 3 non-fiction, 15 articles

Well... completely failed to meet my goals this month. A shout out to the 10 or so Wuthering Heights adaptations I had to watch for helping me not meet my goals 5 novels 3 non-fiction 24 short stories 1 novella 4 chapbooks 1 play 1 web comic

Following along! I enjoyed quite a few things about this version. Once you accustom your ears to the worst accents you have ever heard, there is some interesting filmmakig and some good acting.

TODAY👇🏻

I loved the prose style of this one. “The cold earth speaks. I enter the earth, I follow the worms. I flee the creeping mist—I flee Death—into the arms of the Dead.” 3/ #AScareADay

And that's a wrap! My 9-episode mini-series has come to an end with the final episode for #AScareADay. I close out with the last 2 stories + creative responses; my top 5 from the challenge this year; and lastly, my top 10 movies from the #100HorrorMoviesIn92Days challenge. rss.com/podcasts/eld...