Presenting part two of our in-depth interview with S.P. Miskowski, author of 'Knock Knock' and 'The Skillute Cycle'.

Inspired by a recent visit to Edinburgh’s underground vaults (courtesy of City of the Dead Tours) – I now want to share my thoughts on this particularly Gothic phenomenon. The focus here is with the curious aftermath of identifying with the Sublime through a much specified use of fear.

In the first of a two-part interview S.P. Miskowski, author of 'Knock Knock' and 'The Skillute Cycle,' discusses writing, labelling and marketing her work; the role of 'horror' in North American culture; 'women in horror'; and the current renaissance in small-press publishing.

Eleventh Biennial Conference of the International Gothic Association: Gothic Technologies/Gothic Techniques For four days in August the bustling town of Guildford was flooded by academics with a penchant for the Gothic. The University of Surrey was the location for the 11th biennial International Gothic Association Conference, and as a first-timer, the experience exceeded all expectations. The conference was opened on Monday with a keynote address by Fred Botting (Kingston University), entitled ‘automaton’, this captivating presentation served as an ideal introduction to the

Contemporary Gothic (7th, 14th & 21st October 2013) Convened by Dr Xavier Aldana Reyes The Gothic is, quite simply, everywhere: from the record-breaking successes of the Twilight vampire films and the TV series The Walking Dead, to the critically acclaimed videogames Left for Dead and Dead Space. Its ubiquity is nothing new. Since its first wave of success in the late eighteenth century, the Gothic has proved to be a truly chameleonic artistic mode, consistently adapting itself to suit the tastes of contemporary audiences whilst simultaneously projecting their innermost anxieties

Midwest Victorian Studies Association conferencesubmissions@midwestvictorian.org 2014 MVSA Conference "Victorian Violence" University of Michigan–Ann Arbor, April 11-13 The Midwest Victorian Studies Association will hold its 2014 annual conference at the University of Michigan—Ann Arbor, April 11-13, 2014. Papers are sought for topics related to the conference theme of "Victorian Violence." Contributions may consider any aspect of conflict or resistance and its representations in art, music, history, or literature: violence in the army, the colonies, the prisons, the streets, the wo

F.R. Tallis is a writer with a keen awareness of the Gothic tradition. Under the name Frank Tallis he has held lecturing posts at the Institute of Psychiatry and King's College, London. He has written self help manuals, non-fiction for the general reader, academic text books and journal papers, as well as several novels, including The Liebermann Papers detective books. Installments of The Liebermann series have been translated into fourteen languages. The Sleep Room, his second novel as F.R. Tallis, is out this week. It follows 2012's The Forbidden. *****************************************

Women’s Writing (Taylor & Francis) Special issue on Ann Radcliffe Call for Papers This special issue on Ann Radcliffe invites consideration of any aspect of her work which explores the gender implications of her diverse range of writings. 2014 sees the 250th anniversary of Radcliffe’s birth – an event which will be marked by a major international conference on Radcliffe held at the University of Sheffield. This special issue will also mark that anniversary. Radcliffe is conventionally regarded as a central figure in the Female Gothic tradition and we would welcome articles

Conference: Locating the Gothic, October 22-25, 2014 Limerick School of Art and Design and Mary Immaculate College, Limerick mariabeville@gmail.com and tracy.fahey@lit.ie The Gothic is a mode that is intimately connected to location. Sites and spaces both define and demarcate the limits of Gothic aesthetics and have shaped the way varieties of the Gothic have developed over time. From hazy moors and dense forests, to urban labyrinths, contemporary cyberscapes and postmodern dystopi-as, the Gothic has traversed many varied landscapes, both internal and externa

Università degli Studi di Perugia / Università per Stranieri di Perugia perugiairishgothic@gmail.com 5-6 December, 2013 Confirmed Speakers: • Professor W. J. McCormack (Former Professor of Literary History at Goldsmiths College, University of London) • Professor Francesca Romana Paci (Full Professor, Università del Piemonte Orientale) • Dr Laura Pelaschiar (Senior Lecturer in English Literature, Università di Trieste) • Dr Derek Hand (Senior Lecturer in English, Saint' Patrick's College, Dublin City University) Gothic studies have recently been expandi