You haven't booked for 'Exploration of Female Characters in the Modern Romance Novel' yet? Well, (insert preferred gender) Smith says you're a very bad/good/friend-adjacent little (insert gender) then Better get that done before you get a good spanking/hug/nonsexual kinship

It's now just a few days until the fabulous Dr Francesca Pierini joins us from the University of Basel to deliver her lecture: "Female Characters in the Modern and Contemporary Anglophone Romance Novel" Book using the link below: #romance #popculture eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-chara…

Romanicists, Pop Culture Scholars, Modern Lit Scholars... 2 Days left to book this talk for free #RomanceBooks #romancenovels #PopCulture #LiteraturePosts #conference #AcademicChatter #female #scholars #Switzerland #Basel @CAL_Postgrads University of Basel eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-chara…

3.00 tomorrow UK time: Dr Pierini's speech summarises a seminar series conducted at the Uni of Basel The series looks at "the most popular and least respected" (Regis, 2003) of fiction genres and acts as an exploration of the works via their heriones eventbrite.co.uk/e/female-chara…

We are delighted to reveal an upcoming event: An Evening Symposium from the Untold Depths: Lovecraft and the Popular Join us on the 25th of March with a guest panel from The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies and a paper from our own Dr Rhys James Jenkins See abstracts and book below: eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-s…

Join us in two days time for our book launch event with @krakengoddess. We are delighted that Rebecca is spending some time with us discussing her upcoming publication on the works of Stephen King. Book onto the event below: eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-function… #StephenKing #HorrorCommunity

We're excited to announce an evening symposium on #Lovecraft organised by Midlands Network of Popular Culture and featuring talks by three of our excellent PGRs: Kate Moloney, Dr Oliver Rendle and Fredrik Blanc. Attendance is free, but registration needed. #gothic #weird #horror eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-s…

You dirty birdy! You haven't booked for our Stephen King book launch event tomorrow at eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-function… Oh boy, that's a cockadoodie shame. We sure hope that you manage to make it. Maybe we need to think of how to make sure you won't be leaving your desk. After all...

'During the boom in Weird fiction... writers have challenged Lovecraft’s (own) argument by using humour to emphasise the philosophical ideas at the core of his tradition' Dr Oliver Rendle explores the infusion of humour into the weird in C21 at our next event eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-s…

Join us online THIS FRIDAY at 3:30 for an Evening Symposium from the Untold Depths. Register for free #lovecraft #gothic #weird #Literature eventbrite.co.uk/e/an-evening-s…

"Thalassophobic reactions to the sea are juxtaposed with feelings of exaltation towards underwater seascapes" Do you year the call? Fredrik Blanc Friday, 3.30

Join us shortly at 3.30 with Dr Rhys James Jenkins and the team from The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies for a free afternoon conference addressing Lovecraft and The Weird in Popular Contemporary Culture. Book your tickets for free on the pinned link. We hope to see you there

Kate Moloney kicking off our Weird event by exploring the fears of the nonhuman and natural world during the 50s and 60s - “nature strikes back”! #MidsPopWeird

A new perspective on the cosmic horror boom by Dr Oliver Rendle - Lovecraft “rising from the depths” as an icon of modern popular culture. #MidsPopWeird

Thalassophobia and the Oceanic Weird discussed in-depth by Fredrik Blanc and its impact within the narrative of The Shadow Over Innsmouth! 🐙💀 #MidsPopWeird

Sign up for our event on 3rd June at the pinned link. Our conversations will cover Steampunk, reenactment, Scareacting, LARP, Cosplay and more. Whether you're an academic or a hobbyist you are more than welcome to join us. #larp #cosplay #steampunk #reenactment #haunt

"An information community where fans obtain and share information about cosplay costume making" Emily Vardell and Dr Paul Thomas join us to talk about their ethnographic study of the Rey Cosplay Community Register for free at the pinned link #starwars #rey #cosplay

Join us on Friday for our Playing Communities lectures and workshop: what are the barriers to play and how can we overcome them? #play #rpg #cosplay #steampunk #haunt #larp

Story time. My first day of postdoc fell on a UCU strike week in 2018. I agonised about what to do but decided I needed to go in. Why? Because I’d been living below the minimum wage for *years*. It was late Feb/early March in Sheffield and I hadn’t had heating for weeks. 1/