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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

There's still plenty of time to buy tickets (£15/25) for this week's online conference. For talks, writing workshops, poetry readings, author panels and more! Come for the full time or a single session! Sessions you can't make are almost all recorded! www.tickettailor.com/events/roman...

RTG Annual Conference: More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify: Celebrating 200 Years of Ann Radcliffe's Posthumous Publication. 22-23 Aug. 100% online 09.30am-9.00PM BST Tickets via eventbrite or ticket tailor
Panels: Papers on Radcliffe's work, themes, and the Gothic
Writing workshops: Interactive writing workshops
Author Roundtable: Chat with authors or Gothic Novels

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 06/08/2026

Announcing: ‘Dancing with the Derby Dracula’ Funded by the AHRC IAA, we are working with with the Derby Dracula to deliver a series of dance workshops for the public and local dancers to create a performance inspired by Derby’s vampiric history.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

This was my in to Discworld, entirely thanks to a high school friend who I widh I'd kept in touch with. In hindsight I think he knew me better than I knew myself.

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Micah @rincewind.run · 18/07/2023

DO YOU LIKE GOTH SHIT? Start with Mort, the first of the Death books. DO YOU LIKE DRAGONS? Start with Guards! Guards! the first of the Watch books. DO YOU LIKE ANTITHEISM? Start with Small Gods, a standalone skewering of organized religion. From there, follow this guide to find your next book.

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Dale Townshend @dalegothic96.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Heads up, Goths: Laura Kremmel's new book on 'Gothic Dementia' has just been published online in our Elements in the Gothic series, and is free to download for the next 2 weeks @angelawright1794.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/element...

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Gothic Dementia

Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - Gothic Dementia

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 08/03/2026

Catching up on some of the fabulous talks from Goths for Breakfast last weekend that I sadly couldn't join live.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Soft Play think they don't need a bassist. They are incorrect.

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

So happy to see my monograph out! I’m so thankful to everyone at UWP for their amazing work and support through this process 🖤

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

For Day 22 of #31DaysofMacbreDanse, we have the Danse Macabre crew on Romancing the Gothic (www.youtube.com/@RomancingTh...). The image is from our screening of Guy Maddin's 'Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary' (see Day 15) for Dracula in Derby conference.

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

A belated day 20 of #31DaysofMacabreDanse with the classic novel of death, a young woman and dance: 'Bruges-la-Morte' (1892) by Georges Rodenbach. The narrative follows a widower haunted by his dead wife, and still living amongst her relics. Image: Fernand Khnopff's cover design, 1892.

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

Our Dancing Dead Girl for Day 17 of #31DaysOfMacabreDanse is Monster High's Draculaura. Daughter of Dracula, our girl is harbouring a secret; she might be a Vampire but she's also a Witch and the two are mortal enemies.

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Day 15 of #31DaysofMacabreDanse and it's Guy Maddin's 'Dracula: Pages from a Virgin's Diary' (2002), a film of Royal Winnipeg's Baller adaptation of 'Dracula' (1897). Filmed in the silent film tradition, the addition of colours - golden, green and red - add depth and symbolism.

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Day 9 of #31DaysOfMacabreDanse, and our dancing dead girls are stitching a seam across the eye. Season 2 of So You Think You Can Dance in 2006 gave us a zombie group number to Ramalama (Bang Bang) by Roísín Murphy

Still of the female dancers from season two of So You Think You Can Dance, dressed in zombie makeup and dance hall style costumes

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

Day 8 of #31DaysofMacabreDanse and we wonder 'to sleep, perchance to dream' (Hamlet, 3:1) with 'La Sonnambula'. Premiering in 1946, at the City Center of Music and Drama, New York, it was created by George Balanchine.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 04/10/2025

It took me ages to get those screenshots from the video. I'm rather pleased with myself for this one.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Over on the Danse Macabre socials, we are about to start our epic annual daily gothic dance post for the whole of October. Follow along on twitter, bluesky, or Instagram with #31DaysOfMacabreDanse for a whole month on Dancing Dead Girls.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Correction, the original had Ms McKenzie as 33.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 20/09/2025

Gearing up for reliving my youth with my baby sis at Busted v McFly in a couple of weeks. I can't decide how I feel about What I Go To School For 2.0 updating Ms Mckenzie's age from 23 to 53. But I am very much looking forward to hearing 3am with Charlie's love vocal.

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Kevin Corstorphine @drkevcorstorphine.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

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

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Gothic Selves/Artificial Others

18th Biennual Conference of the International Gothic Association: 28-31 July, 2026. Hull, UK

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

I have just seen someone post "I guess some of you do mourn the wicked" referencing Charlie Kirk and I cannot articulate how mad that makes me. Never mind media literacy and subtext is dead, this next generation can't even undersand the absolute surface reading of a text that's spoon fed to them.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

For those of you wondering if Im doing any better at knowing when it is: I have been convinced all morning that it is (still) Thursday.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Scotrail it is August and 17° out. Why in the name of all that is holy is the heating on in this train?!? I worked hard on my make up, I do not want it melted off by the time I get where I'm going.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 31/07/2025

What's this? An exciting talk introducing you to the Gothic work of Patrick McGrapth? Free!? Online? This Saturday at 10am and 7pm BST 10 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1018472016... 7 - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1018513399...

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Patrick McGrath’s Gothic Fiction: An Introduction with Tatiana Farjado

An introduction to the Gothic work of author Patrick McGraph

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Rabbi Danya Ruttenberg @theradr.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

It doesn't matter if they are ever coming for you. It was always ever already too much that they were coming for anyone.

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Lysistrata’s Stone Phallus @lubottom.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

It’s exhausting thst our govt is quicker & more vociferous in condemning chants vs the indiscriminate murder of innocent civilians inc thousands of children. Whatever you think abiut the chanting, there must be a part of you that can see the IDF’s actions are worse. 🧵 news.sky.com/story/israel...

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Israeli embassy 'deeply disturbed' by Bob Vylan's 'death to the IDF' Glastonbury chant

The government and the Tories have condemned the outburst - which happened in front of thousands at the festival's West Holts Stage.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

You can try and tell me that representation doesn't make a difference, and we should concentrate on bigger things but my little girl is currently watching Spiritbox's set from Rock Am Ring and is blown away by Courtney LaPlante and that a girl can do that.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 18/05/2025

Well, Hull's got a lot to live up to if the IGA goth disco is to beat the Dracula Returns to Derby Monster Mash.

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Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Join the @bavs-uk.bsky.social Early Career Reps today on Zoom at 2.30 - 3.30pm (BST) for Tea Time - an informal chat about all things Victorian and postdoc 🫖 ☕️ DM me for link 🔗

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ALT: a cup of tea is being poured from a teapot on a saucer

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Kayla (Martell) Feldman @kaylatmf.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

over 1500 UK writers including caryl churchill, hollie mcnish, michaela coel & max porter (pick your genre) signed this letter and call to action in support of the trans community. if you’re a UK writer, sign. if you know a UK writer, send it to ‘em! docs.google.com/document/u/0...

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An Open Letter of Solidarity With the Trans Community from UK Writers

An Open Letter of Solidarity With the Trans Community from UK Writers The UK Supreme Court ruling of 16th April 2025 was the result of a coordinated and privately funded attack on the human rights an...

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Dr Ellie Mackin Roberts @elliemackinroberts.net · 19/04/2025

If you’re a cis woman in the UK and you’re not now terrified that a male police officer has a ready excuse to take off all your clothes (‘I thought she was trans!’) then you don’t understand how the erosion of trans rights is also the erosion of women’s rights.

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Ethel Weapon @lousadzak.bsky.social · 19/04/2025

Here’s a protest involving many thousands of people which will be met with total silence in the media, in stark contrast to the champagne popping photos of half a dozen vile bigots being plastered everywhere

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 06/04/2025

Drinking half a bottle of tequila with your Hubs seems like a good idea until 7am the next morning when the kids want breakfast. I make a damn good margarita though.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Since this has come up today elsewhere I figured I'd share. No human being is illegal. (To the tune of "Yes, its okay to punch nazis" by Cheap Perfume)

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Anna Phylaxis @quatoria.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

one of the most important things to learn, if you're out there doing things: you don't get to talk about it. you don't get to brag about it, you don't get to tell your friends, you don't get drinks bought for you in the bar off the story. it's *always* shut the fuck up friday

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Our speaker can't make it this Saturday so I'm throwing myself into the breach this Saturday! Come here me talk about VICE! Virtue! and Gothic Sensibility in Ann Radcliffe's Romance of the Forest 10am - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1273198584... 7pm - www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1273199577...

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Virtue, Vice and Gothic Sensibility in The Romance of the Forest

Negative Virtue, Natural Vice and Gothic Sensibility in Ann Radcliffe's 'The Romance of the Forest' with Dr Sam Hirst

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

How does one navigate Lent when one no longer considers oneself Christian in the traditional sense, but still believes in God (of some sort), but also has a complicated relationship with faith and The Church? Asking for a friend.

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Karen Graham @kartook.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Finay got to see all of Wicked today. I don't like Jeff Goldblum's Wizard. Which is not a take I expected to have. He's not...menacing enough or charming enough. He's misses the mark on both and ends up just bland.

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

We've received a few requests to extend the CfP for 'Unquiet Shores'. The new deadline is now Monday 17 Feb 2025. We've had a really amazing range of abstracts so far, so please do feel free to be creative in your interpretation. Conference is 18-20 June 2025 at Edinburgh Napier and online.

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Unquiet Shores conference 2025

18-20 June 2025, Edinburgh Napier University, Craiglockhart Campus, and online deadline for proposals: Monday 17 February 2025. In June 2025, Haunted Shores, in collaboration with the Macabre Danse…

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Sometimes people think that GtB might not be for them. That we might be a bit daunting. Not a bit of it! Everyone is welcome! We let everyone know how it all works before every talk so no need to worry AND you can just come in cameras off and lurk quietly unbothered. Living your best life!

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

MEDIA REQUEST: Looking to speak with some historians of science, ideally but not necessarily historians of ocean science. DMs open, or whysharksmatter at gmail

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Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

Join us to awaken from our academic slumber for 2 exciting online events next week: - Part 2 of our funding workshop for BAVS ECRs on Monday 20th at 5.30pm (GMT) - Coastal Gothic with Dr Emily Alder for @gothicauob.bsky.social on Thursday 23rd at 5pm (GMT)

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Smooth Dunk @smoothdunk2.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

“I never liked Gaiman’s work anyway”

2 panel Comic with a yellow guy and a purple guy.

Panel 1
Yellow guy: Did you hear? Neil Gaiman’s a piece of shit
Purple guy: I never liked Gaiman’s work anyway

Panel 2:
Newspaper front page saying “This guy never liked Gaiman’s work anyway” featuring a photo of the Purple Guy (looking smug) Text under headline says “I guess I’m just better than you”

Tiny text in the corner reads: Girls also abused.

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Macabre Danse @macabredanse.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

There's still time to get your abstract in for 'Unquiet Shores'. We welcome proposals for individual papers, pre-formed panels, or workshops. If you would like to propose something that falls outside of the above, let us know, as we are interested in interdisciplinary and multimodal scholarship.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

GOTHS FOR BREAKFAST is here! 15 February A full day of online classes, talks and workshops on all things horror and Gothic to raise money for charity Magic Breakfast Pick your price point and join us! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/goths-for-...

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Goths for Breakfast

An online days of Gothic and horror classes and workshops to support the charity Magic Breakfast

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 01/01/2025

I've done 'top ten Romancing the Gothic talks' lists for 2024 but I wanted to do a slightly different list today. 5 'hidden' gems of 2024 5 videos that don't have as many views but which stuck out for me because I learnt something new or got an entirely new perspective! Check them out below.

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