Blown away that my book, Memory and the Gothic Aesthetic in Film, has been longlisted for the Allan Lloyd Smith Prize by the International Gothic Association (@igagoths.bsky.social). Honoured to be amongst such brilliant colleagues. A big thank you to my wonderful gothic peers! @uclselcs.bsky.social

It's up! You can book! My new course with the University of Liverpool starts in May! 'Transformations of the Gothic' Online. Open to all. You can join from anywhere. No previous experience necessary. Just bring a love of the subject! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

Now that all nominations have been received and verified, it is a pleasure to announce the longlists for the two IGA book Prizes: www.globalgoth.org/blog/longlis...

Arrived home to find this beauty waiting for me! Thanks to the editors and to @uniwalespress.bsky.social for making my first scholarly publication experience so rewarding. @dal-english.bsky.social @igagoths.bsky.social

✨️ 📚️ International Gothic Association Book Prize Longlist 📚️ ✨️ We are delighted to have two books nominated for @igagoths.bsky.social 2026 prizes! Congratulations to @dalegothic96.bsky.social, @barbarachamberlin.bsky.social, Kom Kunyosying, and @hypnojoo.bsky.social!

Congrats to those longlisted for the International #Gothic Association Book Prizes 2026 (and to our own @dalegothic96.bsky.social)! @igagoths.bsky.social www.globalgoth.org/blog/longlis...

TONIGHT: Join us for 11 Newstead Grove: A Very Dark Tale. Places are Pay What You Decide. Every donation is so gratefully received. It's a real horrid tale... TONIGHT: Tues 24 March 7.30pm. Book your place: newsteadgrove.eventbrite.co.uk

We’re thrilled to announce that six of our books are included in the longlist for this year’s International Gothic Association Book Prizes @igagoths.bsky.social Congratulations to all our nominated authors, it’s a fantastic recognition of their work! manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2026/03...

Heading to the IGA this summer! Some much needed time with the goths in these dark times! 🖤 @igagoths.bsky.social

A final reminder to @igagoths.bsky.social members that the call for nominations for the IGA Book Prizes closes soon! www.globalgoth.org/blog/call-fo... #gothic

The deadline for IGA Hull 2026 has now closed: we're delighted to have received a large number of submissions, and will be informing potential delegates as soon as possible. Don't forget to register for IGA membership if you'd like to join us there: www.globalgoth.org/join/

Essaka Joshua’s wonderful study Disability and the Gothic has just been published! Even better, it’s free online from today until the 3rd March 2026: www.cambridge.org/core/element... @dalegothic96.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org @igagoths.bsky.social

ONE WEEK to go. Submissions close 20 February for stories and articles in our next zine. Got something strange, scary, or splendidly unsettling hiding in your drafts folder? Send it our way: tinyurl.com/zinemay26 Illustrators, we need you too

The call for nominations for The Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize for a Monograph of Gothic Criticism 2026 and The Justin D. Edwards Memorial Prize for an Edited Collection of Gothic Criticism 2026 is now open! Submit by March 2nd: www.globalgoth.org/blog/call-fo...

On request, the deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to 13 February, so you have two more weeks to get yours in! hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/

Looking forward to speaking at the 'Trans-scriptions: Cultural Codings and the Poetics of the Body' in a couple of weeks. And what a gorgeous poster their team has come up with! #bodyhorror #conference wordpre150.wordpress.com

Hi everyone, I'm organising a conference in Leuven, 4-5 June, and you're all invited*! It's called 'Performing evil: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres 1700-2000' and here is the call for papers (get in touch if you'd like a pdf!). Please share widely! *to submit an abstract before 21/3

Publication day! My special issue on Algernon Blackwood and the Gothic is officially out: www.euppublishing.com/toc/gothic/c... My heartfelt thanks to all the contributors. So much in here - will cover in future posts. The issue positions B as a major force in C20th British Gothic.

Gothic Studies is recruiting! We seek a new assistant editor 🧛‍♂️

Planning to attend our conference in July? Don’t forget that you need an active IGA membership! Members get a monthly newsletter, listing on our interactive Goth Map, subscription to @gothicstudies.bsky.social and more, with prices starting at just £6! Join us: www.globalgoth.org/join/

Tomorrow’s the final day to get your abstract in for this year’s IGA, ‘Gothic Selves/Artificial Others’, to be held at the @universityofhull.bsky.social, UK from 28-31 July. You can find more details at hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/

Join @gothicstudies.bsky.social as our new Assistant Editor! Deadline Monday 9th March. Annual honorarium of £200. More information in attached image, via the @igagoths.bsky.social newsletter or you can message me and I can send you the text if preferred.

Enjoyed chatting #bodyhorror to @radiotimes.bsky.social on the occasion of the release of #TheBeauty. www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/ne...

Just out in the Horror Studies book series! www.uwp.co.uk/book/urban-l... #horror #horrorstudies #newbook #urbanlegends @uniwalespress.bsky.social

I'm excited to share that you can now pre-order your copy of this forthcoming intervention in the Gothic. I have a piece on the Windigo in it! @universitypress.cambridge.org @msvuenglish.bsky.social @igagoths.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/se/universit...

Deadline for abstracts is 30 January 2026 #CallforPapers #CfP #GothicStudies #Gothic

The plenary speakers have just been announced! And a reminder that the CfP for the 18th biennial conference of the International #Gothic Association closes on the 31st of January. hullgothic.wordpress.com @igagoths.bsky.social @gothicstudies.bsky.social

The new paperback for Graveyard Gothic is 40% off at @ManchesterUP until 31 January. #gothic #gothicstudies #newbook manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/gothic-studi...

Discover new paperback editions of some of our bestselling #GothicStudies books, and save *40%* in the BIG January Sale! Don't miss out! Shop now manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/gothic-studi... #Gothic #GothicLiterature #GothicCinema #FilmStudies @mlhouston.bsky.social @igagoths.bsky.social

Abstracts due in 10 days! Reposting partially to remind myself!

There are two weeks to get your abstracts in for the International Gothic Association's 18th Biennial Conference at Hull! 28th-31st July 2026 🦇 hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/

9 years ago we lost Mark Fisher, whose work offers perhaps the best diagnosis of the situation we find ourselves in. In his memory, we've tasked authors with using Fisher's ideas as a jumping off point for all-new horror fictions. 📘THE MONSTER, CAPITAL (Feb 26) commapress.co.uk/books/monste...

The deadline for applications to the role of Secretary to The Allan Lloyd Smith and Justin D. Edwards Memorial Book Prizes has been extended to 19 January! The successful applicant will receive a fee of £300. More information and application details: www.globalgoth.org/blog/applica...

*TEN PLACES LEFT* Join me for this six-workshop online Ghost Story Writing Course, starting this January. Beginners and experienced writers alike will explore this thrilling, chilling genre and pen their own ghostly tales. Find out more... ghoststorycourse.eventbrite.co.uk

www.globalgoth.org/blog/iga-boo... @igagoths.bsky.social

Woohoo! 💀

Final CFP reminder (deadline November 30)! PETER STRAUB: NEW CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES. Seeking proposals (up to 500 words) on Straub's novels, stories, poetry, and essays. More info: mikethornwrites.com/2025/11/17/p... @igagoths.bsky.social @horrorstudies.bsky.social @scmshorrorsig.bsky.social

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...

The cover of my upcoming special issue of @gothicstudies.bsky.social - 'Algernon Blackwood and the Gothic' - is here! Eight essays on Blackwood's fiction, delving into questions of genre, war, empathy, occultism, and much more. Full issue out soon! @edinburghup.bsky.social @igagoths.bsky.social

All #Gothic researchers, check out this call for papers 👇 #CFP

Wo hoo the IGA is in Yorkshire this year and there's rumoured to be a trip to Whitby. Count us in!

Great theme for this, and the conference is in Yorkshire this year and includes a day trip to Whitby. What's not to like! Gothtastic. Count me in!

The next IGA conference will be at the University of Hull, England on 28-31 July 2026! You can find the CFP and more information at hullgothic.wordpress.com

#CFP for the next @igagoths.bsky.social conference! CFP for the next International Gothic Association conference! #GothsAssemble

Heads up @igagoths.bsky.social - delighted to announce the CFP for IGA 2026: 'Gothic Selves/Artificial Others' hosted at the University of Hull 28-31 July! hullgothic.wordpress.com

3 WEEKS TO GO ⌛️👻 HORROR w/ @mrgeetsromo.bsky.social We'll journey from the most terrifying concept; a blank page, and arrive at a polished story which we'll publish in a Comma eBook. 📍Chorlton Library 🗓️Sep 30-Dec 9 📩DM to avoid booking fees 🎟️ www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/horror-sho...

JOIN ME for a live-streamed ghost story, one week today. Weds 17 Sept, 7.15pm. Pay Whatever You Feel - just book a place: cryofthebubak.eventbrite.co.uk

A few months ago I was commissioned by the National Centre for Writing to create a self-paced spooky writing course for people aged 11+. Here it is, if you have young horrors in your life who might enjoy it... ncw-online.teachable.com/p/writing-sc...

Calling all artists, writers and performers, we are still accepting submissions for our creative call!!