Ghost stories/weird fiction - Upcoming Digital Events

Quatermass at 70 and humanity’s future – a Zoom talk with Jon Dear
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Jon Dear leads us through the work of Nigel Kneale, one of Britain’s most significant screenwriters of the 20th century – the creator of Professor Bernard Quatermass
Mar 29th 2023

Introducing the Ghost Club (1882–1936) – a Zoom talk with Roger Luckhurst
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Professor Roger Luckhurst explores the history of London's famous 1882 Ghost Club.
Apr 05th 2023

Fairies & The Witches Who Loved Them – Professor Diane Purkiss
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
In this talk, I will tell you the truth about fairies in the British Isles. It's a truth known to some of our ancestors
Apr 16th 2023

Gef the Talking Mongoose – a Zoom talk with Christopher Josiffe
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
"I am a ghost in the form of a mongoose, and I shall haunt you with weird noises..." Find out about the Isle of Man's most-famous spook in this Zoom talk with Christopher Josiffe.
Apr 28th 2023

Ghost stories/weird fiction - Past Digital Events

Beowulf – performed at bedtime by Hugh Lupton
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Beowulf is the oldest story in the English language – and it still has the power to raise the hairs on the back of the neck.
Mar 20th 2023

Early Paranormal Theories of the Late Nineteenth Century – a Zoom talk by Dr Robert Radakovic
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
This talk explores the complex culture and history of the late nineteenth century and how the earliest theories of the paranormal were developed.
Feb 22nd 2023

Borley Rectory: The Most Haunted House in England – a Zoom talk by Sean O’Connor
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Sean O'Connor's book 'The Haunting of Borley Rectory' (Simon & Schuster, Oct 2022) details the strange history of this infamous house...
Feb 01st 2023

The Fairies of Suffolk – From Green Children to Tom Tit Tot: Francis Young
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
This talk will explore the fairy lore of Suffolk
Jan 30th 2023

Suffolk Ghost Tales – Kirsty Hartsiotis
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
So, it’s time to tell these winter tales, these stories of ‘spirits and ghosts that glide by night,’
Jan 12th 2023

Zombies: The New Dead – a Zoom talk with Roger Luckhurst
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Professor Roger Luckhurst explores advances in medical science, the modern zombie story and its role in horror fiction and film.
Nov 24th 2022

In the Fort Archive: Charles Fort and the Making of the Twentieth Century
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
A Zoom talk by Colin Dickey on the father of all things Fortean: Charles Fort
Nov 13th 2022

Shirley Jackson: A Rather Haunted Life – a Zoom lecture by Ruth Franklin
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
An online Zoom lecture about one of the greatest American women writers of unsettling fiction, Shirley Jackson (1916–1965).
Nov 06th 2022

Folklore, the Gothic and Urban Myth in Scooby-Doo – a Zoom talk by Mark Norman
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Folklorist Mark Norman takes us through the real world folklore, urban myth and legend that populates the cartoon universe of Scooby-Doo.
Sep 15th 2022

J. Sheridan Le Fanu: Irish Master of Mystery – a Zoom talk by Jim Rockhill
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Jim Rockhill gives an illustrated talk on the Irish ghost story writer and novelist Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu, who was born this day (28 Aug) in 1814.
Aug 28th 2022

The Recognition of H. P. Lovecraft – a Zoom lecture by S. T. Joshi
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
An illustrated Zoom lecture on H. P. Lovecraft, the New England writer of weird, science-fiction and horror fiction, by S. T. Joshi.
Jul 09th 2022

Dark Folklore – an illustrated Zoom talk by Mark Norman
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
In this illustrated Zoom talk, Mark will discuss some of the themes which he explores in his most-recent book, 'Dark Folklore'.
Jul 06th 2022

An introduction to Arthur Machen – a Zoom talk by James Machin
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
James Machin gives an introduction to Welsh writer Arthur Machen, ‘The Flower-Tunicked Priest of Nightmare’
May 05th 2022

Robert Aickman – Master of the ‘strange story’: a Zoom talk by R. B. Russell & Rosalie Parker
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
R. B. Russell and Rosalie Parker talk about the master of 'strange stories', Robert Aickman (1914–1981).
Mar 24th 2022

Matthew Holness and Edward Parnell’s Darkplaces – Zoom lecture
Digital Event - Zoom Lecture
Join Matthew Holness and Edward Parnell as they talk about their favourite ghost stories and tales of the weird and eerie.
Dec 04th 2021