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Exciting new issue of Punk and Post-Punk on Goth Histories, edited by Claire Nally & Matthew Worley! If you don’t have access through your uni library, the pre-copy-edit version of my chapter on Goth nostalgia & authenticity is on my Lancaster Uni webpage: intellectbooks.com/punk-post-punk…

I've been raving about Calypso all year to anyone who will listen and am so pleased it's getting the recognition it deserves!

Emma McEvoy's great book on the Music of the Gothic now published online in Angela Wright and my 'Elements in the Gothic' series Cambridge UP - Literature & Performance It contains wonderful, original recordings of the music discussed -- and free to download for a few weeks: cambridge.org/gb/universityp…

THIS WEDS 18 Dec! Join me, authors Andrew Michael Hurley and Jenn Ashworth for a live-streamed episode of The Ghost Story Book Club podcast. We'll be discussing our favourite Xmas ghost stories and asking for your questions and comments, too! It's Pay What You Decide.

🎥 We are all over Cinema Events! Not sure what to do after seeing Robert Eggers Nosferatu? Looking for something exclusive? Or are you fascinated by historical drama set during the war? We got a little something for everyone! 🎟️ loom.ly/d648AgA

Come see me talk about vampires then watch the new Nosferatu in January…

Don’t miss this groundbreaking new book on the ‘original’ Gothic Music by Emma McEvoy while it’s free to download - with music files included!

SIRENS So excited for Open Graves & Minds Sea Changes Conference on gothic #mermaids and other enchanted water hybrids 5-6 Sept 2025. Abstracts have been flowing in; we'd love to hear from those who'd like to take part before 7 Feb Catherine Spooner International Gothic Association IGA Postgrads

Seen Nosferatu and want to know more? Or fancy an introduction to whet your appetite before a screening fo the film? Come and see me talk about vampires The Dukes Cinema on Sunday - free but booking required. dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/cinem…

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Last day tomorrow (9 Jan)...

Another *free* ebook from Cambridge University Press's gothic series, from the venerable @maishawester. "African American Gothic in the Era of Black Lives Matter" looks to GET OUT, CANDYMAN '21, LOVECRAFT COUNTRY and more, w/in the movement that helped define our times. doi.org/10.1017/978100…

Hey, have you tried cheese? 😈🧀

Super excited to contribute to this event on Tim Burton and Goth fashion at the Design Museum in April! designmuseum.org/whats-on/talks…

The Gothic Centre have kindly organised a small hybrid event next Wednesday evening. For anyone interested, I'll be chatting to the wonderful Brontë Schiltz about all things body #horror. The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies English at Manchester Met BlackwellsManchester Cambridge UP - Literature & Performance eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…

1 week to go until our Valentine's Special! 💘🖤 🗣 Dr Jimmy Packham 🥀 Gothic & Love 📅 13th Feb 🕐 5 - 6.30pm GMT 📍Zoom Dr Jimmy Packham is a senior lecturer at Uni of Birmingham, with research specialisms in gothic literature & the blue humanities 🌊

Another walk amongst the stars tonight in Glastonbury. The moon was bright but guided my way below the beautiful night sky. Orion looking as gorgeous as ever.

Publishing today ⬇️ UNBURIED by Hannah Priest For those who love a touch of the macabre...This is the tale of an C18th woman immortalised in folklore as the 'Manchester Mummy' Out NOW! Launching Manchester Museum on 11th June tinyurl.com/3ua6bu5u Buy here ⬇️ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175922/

I spoke to a Guardian journalist about my current research project. theguardian.com/fashion/2025/j…

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