VICTORIAN PSYCHO – Virginia Feito in conversation with Xavier Aldana Reyes
146 Oxford Road Manchester M13 9GP 146 Oxford Road, Manchester, United KingdomBlackwell'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 […]
Ghosts: In History & Performance
The Old Dining Room, Thirsk Hall Kirkgate, Thirsk, North Yorkshire, United KingdomEver 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 […]
Writing the Gothic Short Story Course
Grosvenor East Cavendish Street, ManchesterWRITING 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 […]
North West Long 19C seminar
, 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 […]
The Lithic Gathering: a symposium exploring shifting temporalities and mythologies of ritual stone structures within art and visual culture.
SODA (School of Digital Arts) 14 Higher Chatham Street, Manchester, United KingdomThis one-day symposium organised by The Scholars of the Stones at MMU gathers Arts and Humanities academics and/or artists working in relation to Neolithic or other ancient stone structures, focusing […]
Ann Radcliffe and Women’s Gothic Writing
Mappin Hall Sir Frederick Mappin Building, Sheffield, United KingdomFree public lecture on seminal 1790s Gothic writer, Ann Radcliffe, by Dr. Deborah Russell (university of York). Ann Radcliffe (1764-1823) was “the great enchantress” of her generation, in the words […]
Contemporary Gothic Reading Group 1: T. Kingfisher, The Hollow Places
OnlineJoin members of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies for the first of our Spring/Summer Contemporary Reading Groups for 2025. This is the first of a series of 4 reading […]
Contemporary Gothic Reading Group 2, Special Edition: Susan Barker Reading Old Soul
As part of Manchester City of Literature’s Festival of Libraries 2025, Manchester Metropolitan University presents a special edition of its Contemporary Gothic Reading Group. This event will take place at […]
Contemporary Gothic Reading Group 3: Hell Followed with Us
Manchester Poetry LibraryJoin members of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies for the third of our Spring/Summer Contemporary Gothic Reading Groups for 2025. This in-person reading group takes place during our Gothic […]
Contemporary Gothic Reading Group 4: Heather Parry, Carrion Crow
OnlineJoin members of the Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies for the final discussion of our Spring/Summer Contemporary Reading Groups for 2025. This is the last of a series of 4 […]