A fascinating list for any Neo-Victorian or Sherlock Holmes scholars or fans: 🔍

Only ONE WEEK left to send your proposals for the London 19C Studies Seminar ‘Grad Strand’ conference on ‘Storytelling through Objects in the Long Nineteenth Century’. For all PGRs and ECRs, this is a great opportunity to share your research and meet #19thC colleagues. Check out our full CFP and get submitting!

What is the place of video games in our Sixth Mass Extinction? International Symposium Imagining Extinction in Video Games 🦕🎮 April 26 (one-day event, online) Detailed description here: sigarra.up.pt/flup/en/notici… Register here! videoconf-colibri.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Great to know this is now completed & in print! What a fantastic resource

If you're working in learner development definitely check this short blog out; had a great time working with Kate Coulson to survey colleagues to ascertain the training they've had & feel would be useful! Looking forward to sharing next steps at #ALDCon #LoveLD

Interesting to see how many Vampire Survivors 🦇 Emerald Diorama OUT NOW 🧄 clones share its #Gothic & #monster theme. Is it just imitation or do they think these are a big part of its appeal? Saw this on the Nintendo of Europe #eShop - described as a 'pulse-pounding action-adventure' but the screenshots are clear

#Dracula's dad is getting his butt kicked. His best prose might bactually be in his short fiction. Plus he wrote The Jewel of Seven Stars, and the one with all the mongooses.

CFP for contributions on #DennisWheatley - a great topic and writer whose #Gothic works need more discussion

Dr Janine Hatter & Craig Johnson (online) delivering some riveting detective work on the ME Braddon brand, hushed-up writer's block, & the secret lives & networks of (surpringly well-known!) Victorian ghost writers here at #VPFAPlaces

The always excellent RomancingTheGothic has a talk this weekend by Jen Cooke / @jenniferjtcooke.bsky.social that hits a very sweet spot of #horror #folklore and #videogames well worth a look, as is the #RomancingTheGothic programme in general, tickets are free/pay what you can eventbrite.co.uk/e/cycles-repea…

International Conference on Victorian and American Myths in Video Games! 🕹️🎮👾 9-11 April 2025 NOVA University Lisbon, Portugal Send your proposals!! Learn more: vam2025.fcsh.unl.pt

'Delighted to announce' doesn't quite cut it 🎉🦇 I'll be hosting the IGA conference in Hull in late July/early August 2026. Save the date! #gothsassemble #gothicstudies HullEnglish International Gothic Association IGA Postgrads

This is undoubtedly amazing & an essential read for anyone working on these areas. Dr Helena Esser is a very knowledgeable (& friendly!) scholar

Super stoked for this month's Third Sex Reading Group reading group, where we'll discuss all the fabulous #queer #steampunk of Gail Carriger's novels which I enjoy so much and which I wrote about in my (new! and very pretty!) book, Steampunk London.

Just a dazzling array of 'Dracula' covers 🦇

What a finale! Baby Frills has claimed victory in the #CreepyDollBattle, triumphing over Marianne the Mended from Ipswich Museums. Kudos to Marianne for a well-fought match and a big cheer for Baby Frills! Thank you to all who voted and joined us on this supernatural journey!

An important annual reminder:

I am so excited about this! Come join us! I look forward to speaking about the Demeter scene in Bram Stoker’s Dracula: of how it’s a reworking and how it’s been reworked 🧛‍♀️

I didn't actually know this, but it bears out my argument that it is the best adaptation anyway because it's one of the few that realises that Dickens is meant to be funny rather than Heritage That Is Good For You.

Amazing new #VampireSurvivors DLC last week from Vampire Survivors 🦇 Emerald Diorama OUT NOW 🧄 paying homage to #Castlevania! If it's a series you've not encountered before, I had a short The Conversation article last year on the series' connection to #Dracula 🦇 theconversation.com/castlevania-ho…