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A publishing giant believes AI can help break writers’ block. We asked 5 creative writing experts if they’d use it that way – and the range of results surprised us.
Melbourne Theatre Company’s stage adaptation of Daphne du Maurier’s story dazzles with its lighting, set and costume design. But it lacks thematic depth.
Students in this literature course read a range of novels, short stories and more on grave robbing, murder, terror and grief.
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Jackson was overlooked for decades by a predominantly male literary establishment who didn’t know how to categorise her deeply unsettling and uncomfortable writing.
These five works of Welsh gothic literature will not only help you explore Wales through the macabre but are likely to give you a good scare too.
A recent addition to the “spooky” calendar of events are Gothic festivals, inspired by Gothic literature classics such as “Dracula”.
Dark academia novels romanticise student life, but their stories of friendship are inspiring.
Gothic storytelling, with its sinister atmosphere of conspiracy and other hallmarks, offers a way to reframe the Kennedy family lore.
The Gothic horrorshow of Ottessa Moshfegh’s latest novel has sharply divided critical opinion.
Everyone is going ‘goblin mode’, but does the trend unfairly malign goblins of folklore?
Peatlands have been central to how northern European folklore has explored fear and a sense of the supernatural for hundreds of years. Their persistence is also key to slowing down climate change.
A new Netflix adaptation of Rebecca stars Lily James and Armie Hammer. The novel on which it is based, first published in 1938, explores domestic entrapment.
Wild coastlines, rich folklore and a sense that it’s a place unto itself, at once England and not, has made Cornwall the ideal setting for Gothic tales.
Australia has a long history of gothic storytelling in literature and cinema. A new podcast series shows how ordinary life can have an edge of malice.
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Senior Lecturer, Writing, Department of Media and Communication, Swinburne University of Technology
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Lecturer in Victorian literature and culture, University of Bristol
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