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Werewolves, Witches and Ghosts (Oh My!): New Halloween Podcast Episode
October 27, 2017 In Academic Research All Blog Posts News, Announcements & Events Reviews No Comment

As a Gothic scholar and long-time lover of all things eerie, spooky, and supernatural, I was honoured to chat recently about some of my favourite scary texts and traditions for a new Halloween-themed episode of From the Lighthouse, the podcast […]

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New Podcast Episode: Buffy the Vampire Slayer 20 Year Anniversary
October 25, 2017 In Academic Research All Blog Posts News, Announcements & Events Reviews No Comment

As someone who grew up watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer (my Dad would stay up to record it for me when it was aired too late on a school night), I’ve been enjoying the resurgence of Buffy nostalgia around its […]

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A Sketch for Mad Hatter Day!
October 6, 2017 In Academic Research All Blog Posts Art & Illustration 2 Comments

If you’re a fan of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland, then today is a rather special day – Mad Hatter Day! In some parts of the world (not any part I’ve ever lived in, but hey, I’ll take any chance […]

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Strawberry Hill: Horace Walpole’s Gothic Fairytale Castle
September 27, 2017 In Academic Research All Blog Posts Gothic Landscapes Literary Landscapes: In the Footsteps of Authors & Characters Wanderings 4 Comments

As the crisp London days grew shorter, and Christmas rolled ever closer, I found myself on a train trundling towards the outskirts of London to visit one of the most unique and magical houses in the country. ‘Strawberry Hill’ is […]

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Designing a Logo for Macquarie University’s Literature Podcast
August 12, 2017 In Academic Research All Blog Posts Art & Illustration No Comment

One of my favourite things is when my artistic and academic worlds collide, and I get to delight in my passions for drawing, books, photography and academia all at once! This year I was excited to be asked to design […]

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Ballarat: A Victorian Adventure
April 3, 2017 In All Blog Posts Conferences Wanderings No Comment

“We had a wild, free life of it, sticking up a station from time to time, or stopping the wagons on the road to the diggings. Black Jack of Ballarat was the name I went under, and our party is […]

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Summer Flower Garden at Trinity Hall, University of Cambridge
Magic, Mystics & George MacDonald, Trinity Hall, Cambridge
October 5, 2016 In Academic Research All Blog Posts Conferences Wanderings No Comment

Over three sun-drenched summer days in July of 2016, the magical grounds of Trinity Hall at the University of Cambridge, England, cast their spell over a group of scholars who had travelled to this ancient seat of learning in order […]

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Video: International Scholars at ‘Consuming the Victorians’, Cardiff
September 28, 2016 In Academic Research All Blog Posts Conferences No Comment

The first of two short documentaries filmed and narrated by Kirstin Mills for the BAVS2016 ‘Consuming the Victorians’ conference in Cardiff, Wales. This film traces Kirstin’s footsteps as she travels to Cardiff, Wales and interviews some of the international scholars […]

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