LiteratureEvents

Paracinema Film Festival 2025Friday May 2nd‐Sunday May 4thQUAD Market Place Derby DE1 3ASFull weekend passes £40‐£50 for all four daysIndividual screening tickets also availableParacinema returns for 2025 with its annual deep dive into the world of genre cinema taking us…

Writing Magic Realism6‐week course starts 6th MayTuesdays 1pm‐2:30pmTickets £90 from https:www.eventbrite.co.ukewriting‐magic‐realism‐6‐weeks‐tickets‐1253152074589From literary and genre fiction to poetry film and TV magic realism expresses a deeper truth to the everyday. It lets our themes and emotions take physical form and allows…

Writing the Occult: RelicsSaturday 10 May 2025Starts 1pm UK9am ETEarly bird tickets are £35 until 13 April 2025 or £40 from 14th April. Sales end at midnight GMT on 9 May.Tickets from https:www.eventbrite.co.ukewriting‐the‐occult‐relics‐tickets‐1258146834049Those that came before us left…

Varney The VampireToy Theatre performanceDerby Museum and Art Gallery Derby DE1 1BSSaturday 10th May 2025 1:00PMTickets from https:www.ticketsource.co.ukderby‐museumst‐dvzjqezVarney the Vampire is a New Model Theatre show by Robert Poulter that has taken two incidents from the extremely long…

Dracula Returns: A Conference and CelebrationThe Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill Derby DE1 3AFThursday 15th May 2025 to Sunday 18th MayTickets from https:www.ticketsource.co.ukderbydraculadracula‐returns‐a‐conference‐and‐celebration2025‐05‐15d‐nxpnkwhebymzmThis event brings together scholars practitioners and members of the public for four days of events…

Poetry Doesnt Suck: The Vampire Poetry SlamFriday 16th May Museum of Making DerbyTickets £5 from https:www.ticketsource.co.ukderby‐museumst‐pqekzonWho will be crowned Derbys First Count of PoetryOn 15th May 1924 Dracula stepped foot on stage for the first time at The Grand Theatre…

PACING AND STRUCTURE FOR YOUR WRITINGSaturday 31st May 10am‐1pmWith Dr Charlotte BakerOnline via Google MeetTickets from £15 at https:www.eventbrite.co.ukepacing‐and‐structure‐for‐your‐writing‐tickets‐1223236596589This three hour workshop will run you through all the fundamental elements of pacing structuring and editing your work. We will look…

SUMMER SCARES6 week online horror writing schoolRuns from June 3rd‐July 10th online via Google MeetWorkshops on Tuesdays June 3rd to July 8th 6:30pm‐8:30pm UK timeFeedback sessions on Thursdays June 5th July 10th 6:30pm‐8:30pm UK timeTickets from £55 at https:www.eventbrite.co.ukesummer‐scares‐6‐week‐horror‐writing‐school‐tickets‐1273601238589Just because…

DARKNESS IN THE FIELDS: MIDSUMMER 3ONLINE FOLK HORROR FESTIVALWednesday 25th June‐ Sunday 29th June 2025Online via Google Meet ‐ EVENT LINKS WILL BE SENT TO YOU BY EMAIL. Please look our for an email from alexdaviseventshotmail.co.uk with all the info…

WRITING GHOST STORIES4‐week online courseThursdays 26th June‐17th July 12pm‐1:30pm each weekTickets £40 from https:www.eventbrite.co.ukewriting‐ghost‐stories‐4‐week‐course‐tickets‐1284316839239Sessions delivered via Google MeetThis 4‐week course examines the essentials of writing a ghost story Led by lecturer and workshopper Alex Davis also the originator of the…

Gothic ImaginingsOnline Course With Dr Charlotte BakerSaturday 12th July 10am‐1pm£15£25 including 30 minute writing 1‐2‐1Tickets from https:www.eventbrite.co.ukegothic‐imaginings‐tickets‐1296606086709This three‐hour course examines the Gothic genre its tropes and why the Gothic still appeals to readers. We will address: setting the supernatural unreliable…

.From The Woman in White and The Murders in the Rue Morgue to the most modern of monsters and their makers a fascination with the Gothic has always lent colour to crime fiction.As the summer sizzles let the shadows creep…

A Writers LifeFour‐week course with Dr Charlotte BakerTickets £45 from https:www.eventbrite.co.ukea‐writers‐life‐tickets‐1296609567119Mondays September 1st to September 22nd 7pm‐8:30pmThis four week course will break down the some of the attributes required to succeed as a writer. The aim of each of these…

Writing the Occult: BeliefSaturday 6 September 2025Starts 1pm UK9am ETEarly bird tickets are £35 until 16 August 2025 or £40 from 17 August. Sales end at midnight GMT on 5 September. Tickets from https:www.eventbrite.co.ukewriting‐the‐occult‐belief‐tickets‐1258315909759Its one of the few…

Get ready for a day packed with all things fantasy sci‐fi and speculative fiction. Spotlight Indie 2025 is a one‐day celebration of indie books writing and creativity. Taking place at The Nerdy Caf in Shrewsbury on Saturday September 20th from…

Character and Worldbuilding in Horror FictionMondays 6th‐13th October. 7pm‐8:30pmWith Dr Charlotte BakerTickets £20 from https:www.eventbrite.co.ukecharacter‐and‐worldbuilding‐in‐horror‐fiction‐tickets‐1296620178859This two week course will examine the function of world building in the horror genre; in the first session we will assess how narrative rules must…