A cold and clear moonlit night seemed the perfect time to travel back to the bewitching, Gothic realm of Jane Eyre. A favourite among classic Victorian novels, Charlotte Bronte’s mesmerising tale of the plucky orphan girl’s journey into womanhood and […]
I’m thrilled to launch my brand new ‘Academic Insights’ seminar series designed especially for graduate research students in Macquarie University’s Faculty of Arts with the first seminar “Why We Need Arts and Humanities Research in Today’s World.” This seminar is […]
I’m honoured to have contributed an entry on Victorian author Lucas Malet (Mary St. Leger Kingsley Harrison) to The Palgrave Encyclopedia of Victorian Women’s Writing, edited by Lesa Scholl, which is now published online [read it here]. Lucas Malet was […]
My first post of 2022 is an exciting one for me: another publication is out in the world! “The Poetics of Space, the Mind, and the Supernatural in S. T. Coleridge” is my contribution to the excellent Palgrave Handbook of […]
Despite the ongoing pandemic that most of us are struggling with, 2021 has proven to be year of increased assurance, confidence and sense of direction for me than the (equally apocalyptic) previous year. At the start of 2020, right before […]
One of the most exciting things as a researcher is seeing writing, long worked for behind-the-scenes, finally enter the world! I’m so pleased to share that my latest article, ‘Haunted by “Lenore”: The Fragment as Gothic Form, Creative Practice and […]
I recently had the honour of being interviewed on ABC Radio Sydney for a segment on why we love to return to and reimagine the Victorian era. I joined ABC Evenings host Sarah Macdonald to chat about some of the […]
Here in Sydney, it’s cold, rainy, and we’re in the midst of another greater city-wide lockdown. You know what that means? Perfect TV binging time! In my latest story for Macquarie University’s The Lighthouse, I wrote about why modern television […]
Kirstin Mills is an Australian artist, writer, lecturer and researcher following her endless curiosity into realms of imagination and wonder. Read more about her life & projects here.
