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macbeth, shakespeare, witches, three witches, magic, women, feminism
Witches & the Magic of Shakespeare’s Macbeth: New Podcast Guest Appearance
May 8, 2020 In All Blog Posts No Comment

My latest guest spot on From the Lighthouse – the literary podcast from Macquarie University’s Department of English – involved one of my favourite things to talk about: witches! Specifically, those gnarled, wisened, wonderful witches whose enduring mystery goes some […]

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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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Illustration of Gottfried August Burger's Lenore
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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  • 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.

  • Recent Publications

    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.

    Fairies: A Companion, featuring the chapter 'Fairies and Science' by Kirstin A. Mills. Book edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Simon Bacon.

    ‘Fairies and Science.’ Fairies: A Companion, 2025.

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  • INCSA Journal and Series

    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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  • Recent Posts

    • Fairies: A Companion, edited by Lorna Piatti-Farnell and Simon Bacon. Featuring original research and illustrations by Kirstin Mills.
      Fairies and Science: New Publication
      September 12, 2025
    • 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
  • Recent 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.
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    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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