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    Most of us are familiar with the kooky, ooky, spoo Most of us are familiar with the kooky, ooky, spooky bunch that is the Addams Family. The latest iteration in this deliciously dark and Gothic tradition is Netflix’s Wednesday, and – to cut straight to the point – I absolutely adored it! Find out why in my latest review for Macquarie University’s Lighthouse magazine (online via the link in my bio) 🖤💀🫳🏻
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    Loved speaking about ‘Lucas Malet’s Occult Got Loved speaking about ‘Lucas Malet’s Occult Gothic at the Victorian Fin de Siècle’ for the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International’s ‘Beyond the Veil’ event! Honoured to be amongst such great speakers & grateful for the brilliant discussions happening! Excellent way to spend a Halloween night! 👻🦇🖤
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    Happy Halloween & also happy CFP day for “Victor Happy Halloween & also happy CFP day for “Victorian Gothic and the Occult”! Abstracts due Dec 31st, papers due Halloween 2023. Check out the full CFP via the link in my bio, send in those abstracts & please share widely 🙏! 🦇🔮👻✨

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    Over the moon to celebrate along with some of our Over the moon to celebrate along with some of our excellent Modern History @ArtsMResMQ researchers as they submitted their theses!! What a moment!! Can honestly say I have loved every minute of seeing through these past 2 years with you in the MRes! Congratulations!! 🎉#ArtsMResMQ
    This week marks the 175th Anniversary of Charlotte This week marks the 175th Anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre! To celebrate, I recorded a special episode of From the Lighthouse (the podcast of the Discipline of Literature at Macquarie University) in conversation with special guest & @ArtsMResMQ researcher Rachel Baldacchino who is currently researching Charlotte Brontë. We talked about what makes the novel so enduring, Victorian approaches to the mind and madness, and all things Jane and Rochester and their film and TV adaptations! Check it out via the link in my bio!
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    Always nice to pop up on the @macquarieuni Twitter Always nice to pop up on the @macquarieuni Twitter! The amazing @shakeandstir Jane Eyre adaptation I reviewed is coming back to Sydney at the end of this month, and it’s well worth seeing! Check out why via the link in my profile 🖤
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New Podcast Chat: What to Read and Watch during Covid-19 Lockdown
April 5, 2020 In All Blog Posts No Comment

Wherever you are, you are likely adjusting to the strange and potentially stressful new world of lockdowns and social distancing during Covid-19. It can be hard in a time like this to find the energy, concentration or willpower to continue […]

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Upcoming Talk: “The Gothic Horse”, Macquarie University, 5 March 2020
March 1, 2020 In All Blog Posts No Comment

Do you like ghosts, goblins, and all things gothic? What about horses, horse-riding and all things equestrian? What happens if you put both of those things together? Heads will roll… On Thursday the 5th March I will be talking about […]

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The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance Review (New podcast episode)
February 27, 2020 In All Blog Posts No Comment

The Dark Crystal (1982) was one of the many fantasy films on high rotation for me and my siblings growing up. Its blend of enchanting, ethereal beauty and hideous, brutal darkness, and its adventure story steeped in deep mythology made […]

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Sinking our Teeth into Netflix’s Dracula: Review (New Podcast Episode!)
January 29, 2020 In All Blog Posts 1 Comment

Dracula (BBC and Netflix, 2020) is the latest adaptation of Bram Stoker’s classic Victorian Gothic vampire novel. Dark, gory, and beautifully cinematic, it both returns to and departs from the novel in many different ways. Indulging liberally in well recognised […]

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Gothic Animals, Palgrave, Ruth Heholt, Melissa Edmundson, Gothic Literature, Gothic Horse, Demonic Horses, Horse, Folklore, Supernatural, Kirstin Mills
Gothic Horsemanship in Washington Irving & Edgar Allan Poe: New Chapter Published
January 19, 2020 In All Blog Posts No Comment

I’m very excited to share the newly released collection of essays entitled Gothic Animals: Uncanny Otherness and the Animal With-Out, edited by Ruth Heholt and Melissa Edmundson, and published by Palgrave MacMillan (with gorgeous design and quality production work). Brimming […]

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Witches, Comics, Horror Films & Feminism: Chilling Adventures of Sabrina (New Podcast ep)
October 4, 2019 In All Blog Posts No Comment

I’m excited to share with you my latest guest appearance on From the Lighthouse, the podcast of Macquarie University’s Department of English. In this episode, which was incredibly fun to record, I chat with Dr Stephanie Russo about our mutual […]

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Informing the Inklings, the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy, George MacDonald, Lewis Carroll, fantasy literature
Lewis Carroll, George MacDonald, Dreams, Hyperspace & Victorian Fantasy: Informing the Inklings
July 7, 2019 In Academic Research All Blog Posts News, Announcements & Events No Comment

I am very excited to announce the publication of a wonderful collection of essays entitled Informing the Inklings: George MacDonald and the Victorian Roots of Modern Fantasy, edited by Michael Partridge and Kirstin Jeffrey Johnson (Winged Lion Press, 2018). Based […]

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Global Frankenstein, Palgrave, Carol Davison, Marie Mulvey Roberts, Gothic Literature, Science Fiction Studies
Global Frankenstein: Mary Shelley, Ghosts and Hyperspace – New Published Chapter!
December 9, 2018 In Academic Research All Blog Posts News, Announcements & Events No Comment

I’m very excited to announce the release of a wonderful new book on Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, which includes 17 chapters by international scholars (including my own) in celebration of Frankenstein‘s 200th anniversary! Global Frankenstein, edited by Carol Margaret Davison and […]

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  • Dr Kirstin Mills, writer, artist, illustrator, researcher, academic

    Kirstin Mills is an Australian artist, writer, and academic following her endless curiosity into realms of imagination and wonder. Read more about her life & projects here.

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    Gothic Dreams and Nightmares, edited by Carol Margaret Davison

    ‘Morphean Space and the metaphysics of nightmare: Gothic theories of dreaming in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Notebooks’ in Gothic Dreams and Nightmares, 2024.
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#macquarie #macquarieuniversity #macquarieuni #sunrise #sydney
    Happy New Year! Sending you all magic wishes for 2 Happy New Year! Sending you all magic wishes for 2023 ✨🔥 

#NewYear #newyear2023
    Most of us are familiar with the kooky, ooky, spoo Most of us are familiar with the kooky, ooky, spooky bunch that is the Addams Family. The latest iteration in this deliciously dark and Gothic tradition is Netflix’s Wednesday, and – to cut straight to the point – I absolutely adored it! Find out why in my latest review for Macquarie University’s Lighthouse magazine (online via the link in my bio) 🖤💀🫳🏻
    Early birthday present! Hoping this will help me u Early birthday present! Hoping this will help me unwind after all the end-of-semester marking! #janeausten #puzzletime
    Loved speaking about ‘Lucas Malet’s Occult Got Loved speaking about ‘Lucas Malet’s Occult Gothic at the Victorian Fin de Siècle’ for the Centre for Nineteenth-Century Studies International’s ‘Beyond the Veil’ event! Honoured to be amongst such great speakers & grateful for the brilliant discussions happening! Excellent way to spend a Halloween night! 👻🦇🖤
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#gothic #Occult #victoriangothic
    Happy Halloween & also happy CFP day for “Victor Happy Halloween & also happy CFP day for “Victorian Gothic and the Occult”! Abstracts due Dec 31st, papers due Halloween 2023. Check out the full CFP via the link in my bio, send in those abstracts & please share widely 🙏! 🦇🔮👻✨

#gothic #occult #CFP #literatureCFP #victorian #victorianliterature #victoriangothic #gothicliterature #spiritualism
    Over the moon to celebrate along with some of our Over the moon to celebrate along with some of our excellent Modern History @ArtsMResMQ researchers as they submitted their theses!! What a moment!! Can honestly say I have loved every minute of seeing through these past 2 years with you in the MRes! Congratulations!! 🎉#ArtsMResMQ
    This week marks the 175th Anniversary of Charlotte This week marks the 175th Anniversary of Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre! To celebrate, I recorded a special episode of From the Lighthouse (the podcast of the Discipline of Literature at Macquarie University) in conversation with special guest & @ArtsMResMQ researcher Rachel Baldacchino who is currently researching Charlotte Brontë. We talked about what makes the novel so enduring, Victorian approaches to the mind and madness, and all things Jane and Rochester and their film and TV adaptations! Check it out via the link in my bio!
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#OTD #brontë #brontesisters #victorian #victorianliterature #charlottebronte #charlottebrontë #books #booktok #bookaholic #podcast #bookcommunity #booklovers #gothicliterature #nineteenthcenturyliterature #classicliterature
    Always nice to pop up on the @macquarieuni Twitter Always nice to pop up on the @macquarieuni Twitter! The amazing @shakeandstir Jane Eyre adaptation I reviewed is coming back to Sydney at the end of this month, and it’s well worth seeing! Check out why via the link in my profile 🖤
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#janeeyre #charlottebronte #charlottebrontë #brontesisters #gothic #gothicliterature #victoriangothic #victorianliterature #theatre #sydney #sydneylife #thingstodosydney #sydneytheatre
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  • Recent Posts

    • Beetlejuice Beetlejuice promotional image depicting some of the cast members
      Beetlejuice Beetlejuice: Why We're Hooked on Horror (new article for MQU's The Lighthouse)
      September 10, 2024
    • Zahra Newman as Dracula for Sydney Theatre Company. Review by Kirstin Mills.
      Sydney Theatre Company's Dracula: Review for MQU Magazine
      July 15, 2024
    • New journal: Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research (Routledge)
      July 9, 2024
    • Gothic Dreams and Nightmares, edited by Carol Margaret Davison, with a chapter by Kirstin Mills titled 'Gothic Theories of Dreaming in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Notebooks.'
      New Publication: Gothic Theories of Dreaming in Samuel Taylor Coleridge's Notebooks (Gothic Dreams and Nightmares)
      March 25, 2024
    • Vampire emojis; Dr Kirstin Mills explains the meaning and function of vampires on mobile devices
      New Publication: Vampires in Digital Mobile Media
      December 19, 2023
  • Latest Publication

    Gothic Dreams and Nightmares, edited by Carol Margaret Davison

    ‘Morphean Space and the metaphysics of nightmare: Gothic theories of dreaming in Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s Notebooks’ in Gothic Dreams and Nightmares, 2024.
    SEE ALL PUBLICATIONS

  • Further links

    International Nineteenth Century Studies Association Book Series, Clemson University Press
    Advances in Nineteenth-Century Research (Routledge/Taylor and Francis)

    International Nineteenth-Century Studies Association Book Series (Clemson UP)

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