Resonance (UC Press) is looking for humanities research across the following topics: Sound in Political Crisis, Sound and Social Justice, Experiments in Sound, Sound Archives and Preservation, and we're convening a permanent series that'll examine "Film and Cinema Sound" this Fall. Please circulate!
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Poster for "'Ann Radcliffe, Then and Now' presents Women in White and the New Gothic Cinema. A free lecture by Professor Catherine Spooner + a screening of Guillermo Del Toro's Crimson Peak. The Showroom Cinema, 18th June, 6pm." Next to the text, the poster features a photo of a blonde woman in a white linen dress, holding a butterfly and candlesticks.
If you'll be near Sheffield on 18th June, check out this free lecture and film screening hosted by @radcliffecup.bsky.social!
Tickets and more info on their Eventbrite page: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/women-in-w...
For anyone with outstanding Audible credits (cough, hint)
Did you miss yesterday's fab talk on bodily transformation and horror in British and Irish traditional songs?
Watch it here!
youtu.be/Yfw6wvTFvLI
Folklore Matters logo: a green man image in the centre of a circle with the text folklore matters around the outside
We’re busy planning series two of our podcast, Folklore Matters, but @dianearodgers.bsky.social and Sophie found some time to do a quick ‘best bits’ of series one. You can listen here: folklore-matters.captivate.fm/episode/seri...
Today at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social in Calgary 4:00pm co-presented by Calgary Underground FF! I'll be talking about our Robert Downey Sr. book w/ some clips + reading from my book COCKFIGHT. The store will have these and other books in stock, like SATANIC PANIC, HOPW + YULETIDE TERROR!
Have you got your free tickets for this week's online talk yet?
(Donations welcome!)
I never thought the first film I ever release on my own label would be a documentary about a rock. But that should tell you something about how good it is.
Did you miss this weekend's talk on Well Folklore and horror?
Worry not, here it is!
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IMAGINARY present FRIENDS Meet the Makers James Strong on Directing Interviewed by Chris Chibnall International Emmy & Multiple BAFTA award winning director known for Mr Bates vs The Post Office, Broadchurch, Doctor Who & Vigil Wed 22 Apr, 1pm, Bridport Town Hall Francesca Massariol & Caroline Greville-Morris on Production Design Interviewed by Chris Chibnall Best known for Pillion & Mutant Chronicles Thur 23 Apr, 1pm, Bridport Town Hall David Arnold on Composing Interviewed by Chris Chibnall Best known for Casino Royale, Tomorrow Never Dies, Independence Day, Stargate, Hot Fuzz & Sherlock Fri 24 Apr, 1pm, Bridport Town Hall Suzanne Mackie on Producing Interviewed by Chris Chibnall Best known for The Crown, Calendar Girls, Kinky Boots & Agatha Christie's Seven Dials Sat 25 Apr, 1pm, Bridport Town Hall Eddy Pearce on Location Management Interviewed by Caroline Greville-Morris Best known for Ammonite, Persuasion, Paddington in Peru & the upcoming Sense and Sensibility Sun 26 Apr, 1pm, Bridport Town Hall
For anyone wanting to get in to film/TV, I’ve put together a series of lunchtime talks from Wednesday to Sunday next week on directing, design, composing, producing & locations with fantastic guests. Free for under 25s.
Do share! Part of From Page to Screen festival. @bridportarts.bsky.social
Made another little animation to lure poor innocent people to my articles 😉
If you want to know more, read my article here;
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Or here;
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The new episode of Telefantasy Time Jump is out now, free wherever you get your podcasts. It's 1968, and @lizbethmyles.bsky.social and I are watching ITC's superspy show The Champions! www.patreon.com/posts/telefa...
And I think the best Mycroft as well!
SPECTACULAR OPTICAL LAUNCHES FILM DISTRIBUTION BRANCH - First Slate of Titles Includes new restorations of Waris Hussein’s MELODY (1971), Bert Deling’s PURE SHIT (1975) and Andrew Horn’s DOOMED LOVE (1984), plus BAFTA Award Winning Documentarian Christopher Morris’ A YEAR IN A FIELD (2023) and more
The Jeremy Brett-starring Sherlock Holmes series is now being uploaded to ITV's Drama YouTube channel #SherlockHolmes www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWd0...
Our co-designed Career Boost Programme @qubelfastofficial.bsky.social supports students who are neurodivergent, have additional learning needs / health conditions, have caring responsibilities, or are seeking to change career direction, to develop employability skills.
www.qub.ac.uk/sites/StaffG...
A non-academic related thing - last month I published a collection of short stories. They're a mix of speculative and contemporary fiction, and if you know anyone who is interested, send them here: www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0GTSG9B6...
We are open for applications to the MA Victorian Gothic: History, Literature and Culture for Sept 2026. Tutors include @c19thceleb.bsky.social @christopherpittard.bsky.social @bradbeaven.bsky.social @karlbell.bsky.social
For info on our distance learning course see 👇 www.port.ac.uk/study/course...
Fancy joining me and @bobfischer.bsky.social in Colchester on Friday 30 July? The Scarred For Life Folk Horror show is coming, and there'll be ancient rituals and cursed eyebrows...
I'll be in Calgary next week for the Calgary Underground Film Festival and while I'm there I'm doing a reading + signing at @shelflifebooks.bsky.social to plug my two most recent books TRUTH & SOUL and COCKFIGHT (although I'll sign whatever you have!) spectacularoptical.com/events/kier-...
I'm running some more interactive workshops next week. We'll exploring the difficulties and possibilities of constructing queer histories and looking at early queer writing by Byron. Come join us!
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Fingers crossed (and if enough people sign up) I should be running two separate romance fiction courses at the University of Liverpool in Continuing Education next year and like... what a dream come true!
New @severinfilms.bsky.social video series of genre celebs taking you through the cinemas of their lives: youtu.be/JRJO7pAF6J4?...
*Three Year Post-Doc opportunity*: 'The Horror of Place-Based Harms’
Details here:
tinyurl.com/5cfr8xnb
Deadline: 05/07/2026, 11:59 PM
#horrorNU
The two reprint volumes of The Hammer Horror Omnibus by John Burke, with cover art by Graham Humphreys
The Hammer Horror Omnibus. Out of print for decades, for release in January 2027 and available for preorder, prose adaptations that warped a generation. Volumes 1 and 2 with intros by me and Stephen Laws; afterwords from Ramsey Campbell and Stephen Volk. Cover art by - who else - Graham Humphreys
Very pleased to tell you that I will be appearing in human form as part of the Fiends In The Furrows folk horror film festival panel discussion, here in Edinburgh. I’ll be joined by the illustrious Drs Catherine Lester and Jonny Murray with host Morvern Cunningham. Full programme and tix linked 👇
