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North Berwick trip for Martin Potter’s birthday 🌊

For no particular reason, have you seen these gorgeous illustrations by Isabella Mazzanti to Le Fanu’s vampire novella ‘Carmilla’. And did you know that in ‘Dracula’s Guest’ Bram Stoker pays tribute to Le Fanu with a reference to a countess in Styria, as in his ‘Carmilla’? 🧛‍♀️

Hi Jen; Here’s mine for this week:
Jen Feroze 💙 TopTweetTuesday Black Bough Poetry / Barddoniaeth Y Gangen Ddu

the Quebec woman who rented a horse-drawn hearse in 1871 just to ride around town while smoking her pipe.

I think this article meant well, but what a sorry state of affairs when a marginalised community has to highlight its own sacrifices in a war in order to prove that it shouldn’t be ostracised and racially attacked within its own borders during peace time

NEW FELLOWSHIP FOR 2025
We are delighted to announce a new fellowship opportunity in 2025 to mark the 90th anniversary of the British Council 🎉

We are offering two 12-month Fellowships for international early career researchers (at £2,500 per month) starting in January.
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‘My example can change minds’: Roma fighting for place in postwar Ukraine theguardian.com/world/2024/apr…

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In September, I gave a talk on Byron and Vampires going into the sources he was inspired by, his own vampiric writing, and, of course, the vampire he inspired!

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It turns out.... I've actually done quite a lot of stuff about Byron this year!

DRACULA GIVEAWAY!
in honor of May 3rd, the beginning of Bram Stoker's Dracula, a giveaway of one Dracula postcard!

These are repros of the only full length portrait known of Vlad Tepes, held at Forchtenstein Castle.

rules
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-rt
draw is May 3rd!

more info 👇

You absolute MONSTERS

You can sign up for any and all of these talks here!

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Have you signed up for this month's exciting series of Romancing the Gothic talks?

We've got:

Eric Parisot on Jane Austen and Vampires
Komal Salman (Folkloristan) on Pakistani Folklore
Charlotte Beyer on Selkies
Divya Nair on Persian demons and deities!

Check it out ⬇️

There can be only one.

And that one is clearly Hogg.

Of course, 'The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner' is one of the best Gothic books ever written. But also, his short stories are phenomenal!

Today’s Gothic tournament match is a face-off between Oscar Wilde and James Hogg. Ooof 👀 👇