We are delighted to welcome visiting international scholar Eric Parisot to Manchester Metropolitan University this week to work with our staff and students. This event is only open to students at Manchester Metropolitan University and is on campus. It is hosted by the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies in association with PAHC. Please come to […]

We're delighted to welcome visiting international scholar Assistant Professor Eric Parisot (University of Adelaide, Australia) to the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies this November. He will be working with our Gothic postgraduates and offering a series of workshops. Join us for this hybrid event drawing on work for Eric's recently published book Jane Austen and Vampires: […]

Comma Press Writers' days are perfect opportunities for writers of all experience levels to experiment with new forms and meet new people! Join us at Manchester Metropolitain University, in association with the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, for a gothic workshop (10am-12.00pm) led by author Bronte Schiltz, followed by a panel discussion, readings and a Q&A […]

In partnership with The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies and showcasing the Creative Excellence of the Manchester Metropolitan University English Department, the Festival of Research invites you to join us for a Q&A and chat with award-winning author Andrew Michael Hurley, followed by a screening of his novel Starve Acre (2019), now a major film. Andrew Michael Hurley is […]

Join us for an evening of Gothic Reading with a Lancashire lens. Co-hosted by Natalie Zacek, Senior Lecturer on American Studies, School of Arts, Languages and Cultures, University of Manchester and Dale Townsend, Professor of Gothic Literature at the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies, in conversation with Creative Producer, Dr Debbie Challis. Following on from […]

Join the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies for this book launch to celebrate the exciting recent publication of Contemporary Body Horror (Cambridge Elements, 2024) by our Centre member, Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes. The book addresses biopolitics, infection, embodied identities and metamorphosis and the consequences of the biotechnological revolution on the human, focussing specifically on 21st-century body horror […]

We are delighted to celebrate the publication of OLD SOUL by Susan Barker in partnership with Centre for Gothic Studies at Manchester Metropolitan University. Susan will be in conversation with Zoe Li, founder of online bookshop Juniper by the Sea. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4.00. Admission is free when purchasing a copy of the […]

Blackwell's Bookshop, Manchester, welcomes Virginia Feito to the shop to discussion her gruesomely brilliant new novel VICTORIAN PSYCHO, which probes the psyche of a bloodthirsty governess in Victorian England. Virginia will be in conversation with Xavier Aldana Reyes, a founder of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies. Doors: 6.30pm, starts: 6.45pm Tickets are £4. Admission is […]

Ever wondered why Gothic fiction and nineteenth-century ghost stories were often set in old-fashioned country houses? This special event combines a short talk on Gothic architecture by researcher Dr Emma Liggins with a spine-chilling ghost story performance by award-winner writer and theatre maker Adam Z Robinson. Emma’s talk, ‘Gothic architecture and the development of the […]

WRITING THE GOTHICThis writing course offers six two-hour workshops from March to September, learning the craft of gothic fiction from author and Gothic PhD candidate Bronte Schiltz. Participants on this course will create up to three short stories (up to 5k words) over the duration of this course. Your best story will be published in a […]

, Wednesday 2 April, 12-5 pm Our friends The North West Long Nineteenth Century Network are a group of Man Met scholars and postgraduates that share interests and collaborate with Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies on aspects and topics of Victorian Gothic. Join them for the next North West Long Nineteenth Century research seminar on the topic […]