I'm highly jealous

Nice! Point Reyes!

Image from 1980 film The Fog featuring vengeful ghost pirates in a fog filled church

Happy John Carpenter's 'The Fog' Day to all who celebrate*

*hopefully they fare better than the justly cursed citizens of Antonio Bay

Associate Professor (297742) | NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology Job title: Associate Professor (297742), Employer: NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Deadline: Sunday, May 3, 2026

My old university NTNU in Trondheim is finally! recruiting a fully tenured associate professor in modern environmental history. This is a great opportunity for the right person. #envhist

Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children's Publishing Right Now: Book Censorship News, April 10, 2026 Publishing imprints for young readers are shuttering thanks to a softening school and library market. That's the result of book censorship.

Where and How Book Censorship Is Impacting Children’s Publishing Right Now.

Publishing imprints for young readers are shuttering thanks to a softening school and library market. That's the result of book censorship.

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Very sad news! We just learned that Valancourt author Thomas Tessier (RAPTURE, FINISHING TOUCHES, and THE NIGHTWALKER) passed away recently. We were honored to be able to republish those three classics of horror recently and are saddened to hear of his passing. www.legacy.com/us/obituarie...

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 👇

'The Sound of Falling' - achieves Haneke-like depths of icy grimness but is also a genuinely unsettling take on the idea of the haunted place/family, with a particular focus on women-centered intergenerational trauma.

Paid opportunity for PhD students and ECRs! The Elizabeth Montagu Correspondence Online (@montaguletters.bsky.social) 2026 Summer Internship Programme is open for applications.

Deadline: 1st April 2026

More details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6359

It's definitely a memorable turn!

100%

It's a terrific performance

Nothing works out for that poor woman!

'If I Had Legs I'd Kick You' is a tremendous addition to that worthy pantheon of non-horror films that manage to be significantly more unsettling than 90% of actual horror films. Bonus points for the terrifying hamster.

Tomorrow! 7pm Irish time! Join us for a fab deep dive into the world of Irish spooky podcasting! All welcome: you just need to register via the link below:

It's one of those books I will be cajoling others to read for the forseeable

Needs must, I suppose!

Looks great: all you need is one of these -

I really adored this - 'Brian' by Jeremy Cooper (2023). Really moving & affirming short novel about an isolated man whose life gradually transforms after he joins the BFI & becomes ever more absorbed in the world of film.

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🚨We're hiring! The Research Ireland Centre ADAPT at Trinity College Dublin is hiring a Post-Doctoral Researcher in NLP for Historical Texts and Knowledge Graphs with Prof John Kelleher on the VOICEs project.
💡Find out more here www.adaptcentre.ie/careers/ @researchireland.ie

Podcasting Fear: Conversations with Irish Podcasters Join the INGHS in conversation with leading Irish podcasts in the fields of horror, the gothic, and the weird.

Join us on 25th February at 7 pm Irish Time for the first of our discussions with Irish podcasters! We'll be talking to folks from Petrified & Scream Queens about their work, the genre, and the practice of podcasting. This online event is free & open to all (registration necessary). bit.ly/4qufUTv

Basic Income for the Arts scheme to be made permanent The Government has announced details of a new permanent Basic Income for the Arts (BIA) scheme, which will succeed the pilot programme introduced in 2022.

Such good news - basic Income for Artists to become permanent: www.rte.ie/culture/2026...

“There are places in the Pacific almost as far away as another star.”

STRANGE SOUTH SEAS | Beatrice Grimshaw

#StrangeStoriesbyIrishWomen

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Really enjoyed seeing Friedkin's Sorcerer for the first time at the Lighthouse this afternoon: it looked amazing in new 4k restoration. Rain, sweat & driving peril so realistic you feel unpleasantly damp just watching it...

The plenary speakers have just been announced! And a reminder that the CfP for the 18th biennial conference of the International #Gothic Association closes on the 31st of January. hullgothic.wordpress.com @igagoths.bsky.social @gothicstudies.bsky.social

One of the reasons why I love ‘Arrival’ is because it suggests that with adequate whiteboard access, academics can save humanity

New BARS Digital Event Announcement: Re-reading the Minerva Press

Taking place 22 Jan 2026, 6pm GMT

For more info and to register for the Zoom link:
www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6265

THE DARK RETURN OF TIME by R. B. Russell is a title in our catalogue occasionally overlooked.

It's an uncanny tale for bibliophiles: It concerns an antiquarian bookshop in Paris. One day a gentleman enters the shop searching for a book that should not exist.

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A proclivity for producing v large tomes must run in the family...