Blog post: update

Hello hello! It’s been quite a while since I’ve put together an update, so I thought I’d do a wee … More

How can new audiences be encouraged to engage with texts from the long 19th century?

Earlier this year, I attended the International Centre for Women Writers From Brontë to Bloomsbury: Realism, Sensation and the New in … More

Peaches, pearls and pornography: The Handmaiden (Director’s Cut) review

I’ve long been a fan of Sarah Waters’ writing. Her works, often complex tales of romantic female relationships during the … More

Willkommen, Bienvenue, Welcome

[Image: Nameless and Friendless, 1857, Emily Mary Osborn] Hello, friends, Romans, and lovers of the creative, historical, queer, and macabre! … More

‘Shadows, and creaks, and groans’: Re-presenting the past in Crimson Peak

[This story was published on August 19 on the BAVS Neo-Victorian blog. Read the original story at victorianist.wordpress.com/2016/08/19/neo-victorian-review-shadows-and-creaks-and-groans-re-presenting-the-past-in-crimson-peak] This is a rewrite of … More