The Victorian Gothic Librarian 🌙

All things Victorian gothic | PhD on gothic lit & journalism @UofGlasgow/@StirUni | Ko-fi: | hosted by @GeorginaGale_

[The Victorian Gothic Librarian 🌙 @VictorianGothik]

I've been away a while and have come back to some asking if I'm moving elsewhere, and why the website isn't working. So, here's a quick 🧵about this #openaccess resource.
But first, I am already on 🐘 + 🩵🌥️, so you can find me there with the handles below:
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[Dr Emily Vincent (dremilyvincent.bsky.social) @Emily__Vincent]

Drop me a line if you’d like to write a 2,000-word piece about topical 19C concerns for the Forums section of the new @WeAreTandF journal ‘Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research’ launching in 2026! 🎉✍️📄

[Dr Alastair Gunn @AlastairGGunn]

Rhoda Broughton was born in Denbigh, north Wales, in 1840, granddaughter of the eighth baronet of Broughton, and a niece to J. S. Le Fanu. Her collection, Tales for Christmas Eve (1873) contained five ghost stories that have been described as ‘skilfully wrought’. #ghosts #gothic

[Tatiana Fajardo @Tatiana19796]

Adolph Menzel, 'Death as an Unwelcome Guest,' 1844/1845

[Dr Emily Vincent (dremilyvincent.bsky.social) @Emily__Vincent]

Register below for an array of papers on disease, decay, and degeneration in the nineteenth century ⬇️ @CN_CSI

[Coffin Boffin @DrSamGeorge1]

LUELLA MILLER A psychic #vampire story written by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman c.1902. Luella drains everyone she comes into contact with, whilst retaining a youthful vitality herself. Psychic vampires steal souls, energy, ideas & creativity, rather than blood!

[Clay Franklin Johnson @ClayFJohnson]

“Upon her neck and breast was blood, and upon her throat were the marks of teeth having opened the vein…”

Dr. Polidori’s “The Vampyre” was first published #OTD 1 April 1819 (April Fools’ Day). It was falsely attributed to Lord Byron. Only later editions carried Polidori’s name.

[The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies @gothicmmu]

Delighted to announce this free public lecture on seminal 1790s Gothic writer, Ann Radcliffe, by Dr. Deborah Russell (University of York). Reserve your spot for the 16th May here: https://t.co/7xqDMt3U0U

[GOTHICA 🦇 (gothicauob.bsky.social) @Gothica_UoB]

Don't miss 'Festive Gothic'🎄

📅Mon 9th Dec
🕔5pm–6.30pm
📍Zoom

Our spooky panel:
🗣️Dr Jen Baker – Ghostly Children in c19th Xmas Periodicals
🗣️Dr Alessandra Pino – The Dark Side of Food: A Gothic Cookbook
🗣️Dr Derek Johnston – Dark Dickens: Historical Drama in the Gothic Mode

[The Victorian Gothic Librarian 🌙 @VictorianGothik]

@BayanHedonist While this is a beautiful copy, it is not the first edition, which has a yellow cover with red font

[Open Graves & Minds @OGOMProject]

📢CFP Sea changes: The fairytale Gothic of mermaids, selkies, and enchanted hybrids of ocean and river 5-6 Sept 2025
Beyond excited to announce our next conference!! https://t.co/9rA988jQVD Pls RT

[The Manchester Centre for Gothic Studies @gothicmmu]

🖤 CFP ALERT🖤We are delighted to announce the call for papers and plenary speakers for our international conference 'Gothic Crossroads', @ManMetUni @MMUEnglishDept , 25th-27th June 2025. Do send us your abstracts and proposals:
https://t.co/xMKFEa5GhI

[Xavier Aldana Reyes @XAldanaReyes]

🚨 Conference call for papers alert! #Gothic Crossroads, 25-27 June 2025. Info also here: https://t.co/xZ6ivybiFi @gothicmmu @IGA_Goths @MMUEnglishDept @rosarioariasUMA @maishawester

[The Victorian Gothic Librarian 🌙 @VictorianGothik]

So while I appreciate those asking about it being re-activated, please be patient. I have a Ko-fi if you want to support the project, but the Library will be dormant a little longer. I say this to give some perspective, and do appreciate the enthusiasm for this project 🖤
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[The Victorian Gothic Librarian 🌙 @VictorianGothik]

I've been away a while and have come back to some asking if I'm moving elsewhere, and why the website isn't working. So, here's a quick 🧵about this #openaccess resource.
But first, I am already on 🐘 + 🩵🌥️, so you can find me there with the handles below:
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[The Victorian Gothic Librarian 🌙 @VictorianGothik]

I am looking into alternatives, but this takes time. Remember, this is a project I run voluntarily in my spare time alongside my PhD and my job, both of which will always come first. Wix offers a quick and easy way for me to design, host and share this resource
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[UofG Fantasy @UofGFantasy]

@MarianaRiosMal1 Next, @VictorianGothik delivers a “bloody fantastic” talk on ‘The Gothic History of Victorian Popular Fiction’.

[Madeline Potter @madeline_cct]

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 🧛‍♀️