Term has begun, emails and powerpoints a-poppin'. But I picked this up at the weekend, and it is a very welcome distraction (and James is an excellent psychopomp to take us back into the semester). Congratulations @profdarryljones.bsky.social!
Jimmy Packham
@jfpackham.bsky.social
Researching and writing about literature of the sea and the gothic: mostly coastly, the seabed and deep ocean, blue hums, and gothic voices. Co-runs the Haunted Shores network. Senior Lecturer at University of Birmingham.
I'm not totally convinced this edition has a terribly high opinion of its readers...
VPFA are now accepting abstracts for our 19th Annual Conference "Beaches and Borders in Victorian Popular Fiction and Culture". To read the full CfP and submission guidelines, head to: victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-annual-...
The utter horror that would be accidentally buying a copy of Silent Spring that has AI generated cover artslop...
Next week: join us for a brilliant first online talk of our autumn programme: Tabitha Stanmore @magicnotwitches.bsky.social, 'Storytelling in the Fens'. Tuesday 8 September, 19:00-20:30 BST on Zoom. Tickets £6.00 (£4 for members with promo code) www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/storytelli...
Haunted Shores in Spaaace.
Haunted Shores@hauntedshores.bsky.social · last mo.New CFP! We're delighted to invite abstracts for the next Haunted Shores conference: Beyond the Blue Planet: Outer Space, Inner Space, and Extraterrestrial Oceans – online 2 April 2027 Please share with anyone who might be interested! Thank you! Full info: haunted-shores.com/beyond-the-b...
New #coastalstudies special issue just published – on 'Haunted Space, Story and Place'! My piece on container shipping sits alongside some excellent looking essays - lots open access. Many thanks to @karlbell.bsky.social & Brad Beaven for overseeing all this! journals.sagepub.com/toc/CLS/curr....
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Coming up this Thursday The 2026 Malcolm Dick Lecture in Midlands History 'Warwick Castle During the English Civil War' by Prof. Andrew Hopper Details below 👇
Midland History Journal@midlandhistory.bsky.social · 6mo agoJoin us for the inaugural Malcolm Dick OBE Annual Lecture in Midlands History ⚔️ Warwick Castle During the English Civil War by Professor Andrew Hopper ⚔️ When: 21 May, 16:30 (followed by drinks reception) Where: University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Alan Walters Building, Room G11 Everyone welcome!
Join us online this Wednesday for a celebration of some of the work being done by the wonderful members of Haunted Shores! – programme and registration info linked below.
Haunted Shores@hauntedshores.bsky.social · 5mo agoHaunted Shores is 5 years old! Come to our Showcase on Wednesday 20 May, 1400-1800 BST. Register here for the Zoom link: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F... #gothic #coastalstudies #literature #academia
**Call for book reviewers** As the Gothic Nature journal gears up for Issue VI (cfp linked), we're on the look out for people to undertake book reviews for the issue (draft deadline Nov 2026). If any of the titles listed below sound intriguing, get in touch!
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So nice to see copies of this out in the world: A perfect winter beach read... should you prefer your beaches gloomy, chilly, and possibly haunted.
Angela Wright@angelawright1794.bsky.social · 9mo agoDelighted to receive the hard copy of Jimmy Packham’s fabulous Coastal Gothic, 1719-2020 from our Cambridge Elements in the Gothic @dalegothic96.bsky.social @jfpackham.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
Delighted to receive the hard copy of Jimmy Packham’s fabulous Coastal Gothic, 1719-2020 from our Cambridge Elements in the Gothic @dalegothic96.bsky.social @jfpackham.bsky.social @universitypress.cambridge.org
Really looking forward to visiting @gihnyu.bsky.social on March 12 to talk about new book #IrishRomanticism @universitypress.cambridge.org
Glucksman Ireland House NYU@gihnyu.bsky.social · 9mo agoCongratulations to @claireconnolly.bsky.social on the publication of "Irish Romanticism: A Literary History" @universitypress.cambridge.org ❗We're looking forward to launching this book in @gihnyu.bsky.social on Thursday, March 12 at 6:00pm ⬇️⬇️⬇️ as.nyu.edu/research-cen...
I’m very excited to teach a free online class on Robert Aickman and the art of the artifice ghost story as part of @romgothsam.bsky.social’s brilliant Romancing the Gothic series on 21 February! Join me: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/robert-aic...
Check out Walk Midlands latest newsletter for walks on the English midlands boundaries and borderlands; plus get to know The Derwent Press and learn about the lost Lapal Canal Tunnel 👇
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Walk Midland's monthly round-up of new day walks in the English Midlands accessible without a car, for walkers interested in all aspects of the region’s people, landscape and history and other content...
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Just the thing for @whitbynats.bsky.social and @whitbymuseum.bsky.social and has a section on Stoker, the seaside and lighthouses. Looking forward to reading it over the weekend holidays.
Jimmy Packham@jfpackham.bsky.social · 10mo agoIt's very exciting to say that Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020 has just been published in @universitypress.cambridge.org's Elements in the Gothic series – and it's currently open access and *free* to download until the end of December! doi.org/10.1017/9781...
I'm delighted to announce that I'll be co-editing a special issue of Gothic Studies: Arctic Gothic with Monica Germanà and Sara Wasson. Check out the CFP here: www.globalgoth.org/blog/arctic-...
Arctic Gothic: A new cfp for a Special Issue of Gothic Studies - Gothic Association
An exciting new issue of Gothic Studies is in the making!
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It's very exciting to say that Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020 has just been published in @universitypress.cambridge.org's Elements in the Gothic series – and it's currently open access and *free* to download until the end of December! doi.org/10.1017/9781...
Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020
Cambridge Core - English Literature: General Interest - Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020
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A Q. for detective fiction scholars! Do people have an opinion on whether or not discussions should refrain from revealing twists/whodunnit, if they can? I am writing about a Christie book and discussing the character who turns out to be the murderer (a fact irrelevant to my discussion!). Thanks!
Sound but unnerving advice from the evil looking toy in our eldest’s latest party bag.
Exciting update! ‘Summoned to the Séance’ is out next Thursday 12th December! 👻 Find it at @britishlibrary.bsky.social @waterstones.bsky.social @whsmithofficial.bsky.social and many more: shop.bl.uk/products/sum...
Dr Emily Vincent@dremilyvincent.bsky.social · 2y agoVERY exciting news! I’m joining the @britishlibrary.bsky.social #TalesOfTheWeird series this December with ‘Summoned to the Séance: Spirit Tales from Beyond the Veil’!👻 Join hands around the séance table for 14 classics & lost gems of fiction inspired by the spiritualism movement🕯️
2 days until our online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp: join us on Zoom at 3pm (UK) this Thursday – details below!
Jimmy Packham@jfpackham.bsky.social · 2y agoPlease share, as Haunted Shores hasn’t quite made it to the new place yet! The next Haunted Shores online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp — on reindeer, Sámi herders, & shipboard transportation in Canada — on Thursday 5 December, 3pm (UK). Info/registration here! haunted-shores.com/2024/11/26/h...
Hi everybody: I’m excited to be able to share a new special issue from the Midland History journal on the ‘Haunted Midlands’ – all articles open access! Thanks to all involved! Please share with anyone who might enjoy spooky Midlands! www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/4...
Midland History
Haunted Midlands. Volume 49, Issue 3 of Midland History
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Please share, as Haunted Shores hasn’t quite made it to the new place yet! The next Haunted Shores online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp — on reindeer, Sámi herders, & shipboard transportation in Canada — on Thursday 5 December, 3pm (UK). Info/registration here! haunted-shores.com/2024/11/26/h...
Haunted Shores online seminar: Dr Isabelle Gapp, 5 December 2024
Haunted Shores online seminar series 3pm (UK time) 5 December 2024 Online (Zoom): link to be circulated ahead of seminar to registered attendees. We are delighted to invite you to the Haunted Shore…
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When you’re trying to feed the angry robo-dog from A Close Shave.
The painting of this Barbara Steele-a-like at the top of the stairs at this b&b is definitely haunted, right…
Turns out you can produce a frantic panic in the eyes of your students if you start reciting Carly Rae Jepsen lyrics in an effort to analyse “Call me Ishmael…” “We thought you might start singing.”
VERY exciting news! I’m joining the @britishlibrary.bsky.social #TalesOfTheWeird series this December with ‘Summoned to the Séance: Spirit Tales from Beyond the Veil’!👻 Join hands around the séance table for 14 classics & lost gems of fiction inspired by the spiritualism movement🕯️
