Events

Overview An exploration of the lesser-known but fascinating nineteenth-century author Amelia Edwards. Amelia Edwards was a popular and unconventional British writer of ghost stories, murder mysteries and novels in the mid-Victorian period. She was also iconic for her celebrated work in Ancient Egypt, becoming one of the first female Egyptologists and founding the Egyptian Exploration […]

Please join us on June 18th for a keynote talk by Tabish Khair (University of Aarhus, Denmark) for the Global Ghosts and Regional Hauntologies International Symposium; a two-day research discussion and exchange on British and Indian ghosts. This Talk is chaired by Dr Matt Foley (Manchester Metropolitan University) and has been made a public event by symposium coordinators at: […]

Please join us on June 19th for a keynote talk on Alice Kipling's Haunted Life by Melissa Edmundson Makala (Clemson University, USA.) for the Global Ghosts and Regional Hauntologies International Symposium; a two-day research discussion and exchange on British and Indian ghosts. This Talk is chaired by Dr Emma Liggins (Manchester Metropolitan University) and has been made a public […]

A Free 2-Part creative writing workshop on ghosts, haunting and the uncanny Workshop 1: Monday 29th June 6-8pm Workshop 2: Wednesday 8th July 6-8pm Overview Dare to dive into the supernatural: join our free workshops and write haunting tales for Flush Fiction! Step into the shadows at Levenshulme Old Library for a two-part, free creative writing workshop […]

A Free 2-Part creative writing workshop on ghosts, haunting and the uncanny Workshop 1: Monday 29th June 6-8pm Workshop 2: Wednesday 8th July 6-8pm Overview Dare to dive into the supernatural: join our free workshops and write haunting tales for Flush Fiction! Step into the shadows at Levenshulme Old Library for a two-part, free creative writing workshop […]

Tickets are now on sale for the Penzance LitFest, taking place from 7-11 July. See the full lineup Here DOWNLOAD PDF PROGRAMME Featured Gothic Event: FROM PERIODIC TABLE TO POETRY, WITH PROFESSOR SHARON RUSTON (Manchester Metropolitan) Thu 9th July: 3:00pm to 4:30pm Sir Humphry Davy was perhaps the most famous 19th-century chemist but, here in […]

From Benighted to Rocky Horror: A Gothic Lineage (11 July). Discover the dark and fascinating world of J.B. Priestley’s Benighted in this compelling panel exploring the novel’s place within the tradition of British Gothic literature.   Bringing together leading voices in Gothic studies and performance, the discussion examines how Priestley’s eerie country house setting, psychological tension and unsettling […]

with Dr Emma Liggins, Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies: join us for a fascinating talk about C19th women writers and the haunted house! This talk considers women writers' fascination with the haunted house in the nineteenth century. From Mary Shelley to Elizabeth Gaskell, Mary Braddon to Rosa Mulholland, women used the ghost story format to […]

‘Speculative Fiction and Criticism in Precarious Times’ is a conference celebrating a rich network of postgraduate research students working with speculative fiction and criticism across the United Kingdom. Taking place on Friday 18th September at Lancaster University, the conference will feature an array of diverse papers along with a plenary lecture (tbc) and a roundtable […]

Whilst popular culture remembers the lightning flash and the stitched-together creature, Frankenstein remains one of the most searching meditations on science, loneliness, and what it means to be human. Remarkably, Mary Shelley was still a teenager when she wrote it. Book now From the icy wastes of the Arctic in Frankenstein to the uncanny resurrections and transformations […]

Ghost Month - Simon Wroe in conversation with Susan Barker Serenity Booksellers (Romiley), Stockport, SK6 4EA Tuesday 13th October 2026 Spooky season approaches and we're delighted to be hosting a suitably sinister evening with Simon Wroe to celebrate the release of his new book Ghost Month. Based on real-life traditions, Ghost Month is a darkly funny […]

Join Alex Bevan and Hannah Singleton, in partnershipwith the Centre for Gothic Studies at ManchesterMetropolitan University, for two talks which explorethe ways the trial and executions of the PendleWitches are remembered through tourism, souvenirs,and artworks in the Lancashire landscape. Since the1612 execution of the ten accused Pendle Witches,many writers and artists have imagined their story […]