Brontë Schiltz
@bronteschiltz.bsky.social
🖊: @bigissue.com @bigissuenorth.bsky.social 👻 PhD on the Televisual Gothic @manmetuni.bsky.social 👩💼 Members Coordinator @igagoths.bsky.social
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9 years ago we lost Mark Fisher, whose work offers perhaps the best diagnosis of the situation we find ourselves in.
In his memory, we've tasked authors with using Fisher's ideas as a jumping off point for all-new horror fictions.
📘THE MONSTER, CAPITAL (Feb 26)
commapress.co.uk/books/monste...
In his memory, we've tasked authors with using Fisher's ideas as a jumping off point for all-new horror fictions.
📘THE MONSTER, CAPITAL (Feb 26)
commapress.co.uk/books/monste...
I was thrilled to be asked to contribute a story to this collection!
Preorder your copy ⬇️
Preorder your copy ⬇️
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Misconceptions aren’t a rare occurrence for those at risk of homelessness. In 2023, YouGov found that 32% of people think that ‘most homeless people have themselves to blame’.
Organisations such as @bigissuenorth.bsky.social and INSP are fighting back: www.insp.ngo/articles/liv...
Organisations such as @bigissuenorth.bsky.social and INSP are fighting back: www.insp.ngo/articles/liv...
February 10, 2026 at 5:20 PM
Misconceptions aren’t a rare occurrence for those at risk of homelessness. In 2023, YouGov found that 32% of people think that ‘most homeless people have themselves to blame’.
Organisations such as @bigissuenorth.bsky.social and INSP are fighting back: www.insp.ngo/articles/liv...
Organisations such as @bigissuenorth.bsky.social and INSP are fighting back: www.insp.ngo/articles/liv...
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For vendors like Vasile, selling The Big Issue means more than earning an income - it also gives him self-respect and pride in his work.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
February 8, 2026 at 11:00 AM
For vendors like Vasile, selling The Big Issue means more than earning an income - it also gives him self-respect and pride in his work.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
What a delight it was getting to interview Jacqueline Wilson - one of my childhood heroes!
Beloved children’s author Jacqueline Wilson hopes her Imagine festival will inspire a new generation of readers.
Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is in danger'
www.bigissue.com
February 8, 2026 at 10:34 AM
What a delight it was getting to interview Jacqueline Wilson - one of my childhood heroes!
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Beloved children’s author Jacqueline Wilson hopes her Imagine festival will inspire a new generation of readers.
Children's author Jacqueline Wilson: 'Reading is in danger'
www.bigissue.com
February 7, 2026 at 10:09 AM
Beloved children’s author Jacqueline Wilson hopes her Imagine festival will inspire a new generation of readers.
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Join us from 6pm on Thursday 17 February at The Social Hub, Glasgow for the launch of a new report that celebrates the impact of our Changing the Narrative Journalism Training Academy: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/insp-chang...
INSP Changing the Narrative Report Launch
Join the International Network of Street Papers (INSP) to celebrate the impact of the Changing the Narrative Journalism Academy
www.eventbrite.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 12:26 PM
Join us from 6pm on Thursday 17 February at The Social Hub, Glasgow for the launch of a new report that celebrates the impact of our Changing the Narrative Journalism Training Academy: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/insp-chang...
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Join me for The Bonehouse - a ghost story, streamed live on Zoom. Thurs 12 February, 7.15pm. Pay what you feel...
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
The Bonehouse: A Live-Streamed Ghost Story
A live-streamed performed reading of an original tale of terror
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
February 4, 2026 at 10:08 AM
Join me for The Bonehouse - a ghost story, streamed live on Zoom. Thurs 12 February, 7.15pm. Pay what you feel...
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
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After Leeds vendor Martin escaped an abusive relationship, selling The Big Issue helped him to rebuild his life.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
February 1, 2026 at 11:00 AM
After Leeds vendor Martin escaped an abusive relationship, selling The Big Issue helped him to rebuild his life.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
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On request, the deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to 13 February, so you have two more weeks to get yours in!
hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/
hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/
January 30, 2026 at 5:11 PM
On request, the deadline for abstract submissions has been extended to 13 February, so you have two more weeks to get yours in!
hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/
hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/
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Read about Doctor Who's conception, from first ideas to its troubled early months of production, in Pull to Open, an immersive history by @paul-hayes.bsky.social, available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk.
January 30, 2026 at 11:49 AM
Read about Doctor Who's conception, from first ideas to its troubled early months of production, in Pull to Open, an immersive history by @paul-hayes.bsky.social, available now from tenacrebooks.co.uk.
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QUEER FICTION WRITERS' DAY ✍️
📅 MAR 1 (11-2pm)
📍 Chorlton Library, M21 9PN
🎫 FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...
Join us for a Queer Fiction workshop led by @cdelull.bsky.social, followed by a panel, readings & Q&A w/ @adambeyoncelowe.bsky.social & another writer TBA.
📅 MAR 1 (11-2pm)
📍 Chorlton Library, M21 9PN
🎫 FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...
Join us for a Queer Fiction workshop led by @cdelull.bsky.social, followed by a panel, readings & Q&A w/ @adambeyoncelowe.bsky.social & another writer TBA.
January 29, 2026 at 2:29 PM
QUEER FICTION WRITERS' DAY ✍️
📅 MAR 1 (11-2pm)
📍 Chorlton Library, M21 9PN
🎫 FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...
Join us for a Queer Fiction workshop led by @cdelull.bsky.social, followed by a panel, readings & Q&A w/ @adambeyoncelowe.bsky.social & another writer TBA.
📅 MAR 1 (11-2pm)
📍 Chorlton Library, M21 9PN
🎫 FREE ENTRY www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/queer-fict...
Join us for a Queer Fiction workshop led by @cdelull.bsky.social, followed by a panel, readings & Q&A w/ @adambeyoncelowe.bsky.social & another writer TBA.
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Planning to attend our conference in July? Don’t forget that you need an active IGA membership!
Members get a monthly newsletter, listing on our interactive Goth Map, subscription to @gothicstudies.bsky.social and more, with prices starting at just £6!
Join us: www.globalgoth.org/join/
Members get a monthly newsletter, listing on our interactive Goth Map, subscription to @gothicstudies.bsky.social and more, with prices starting at just £6!
Join us: www.globalgoth.org/join/
January 30, 2026 at 10:34 AM
Planning to attend our conference in July? Don’t forget that you need an active IGA membership!
Members get a monthly newsletter, listing on our interactive Goth Map, subscription to @gothicstudies.bsky.social and more, with prices starting at just £6!
Join us: www.globalgoth.org/join/
Members get a monthly newsletter, listing on our interactive Goth Map, subscription to @gothicstudies.bsky.social and more, with prices starting at just £6!
Join us: www.globalgoth.org/join/
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Gothic Studies is recruiting! We seek a new assistant editor 🧛♂️
January 27, 2026 at 2:45 PM
Gothic Studies is recruiting! We seek a new assistant editor 🧛♂️
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Hi everyone, I'm organising a conference in Leuven, 4-5 June, and you're all invited*! It's called 'Performing evil: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres 1700-2000' and here is the call for papers (get in touch if you'd like a pdf!). Please share widely!
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
January 27, 2026 at 1:32 PM
Hi everyone, I'm organising a conference in Leuven, 4-5 June, and you're all invited*! It's called 'Performing evil: the mediation and display of diabolic spectres 1700-2000' and here is the call for papers (get in touch if you'd like a pdf!). Please share widely!
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
*to submit an abstract before 21/3
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Looking forward to speaking at the 'Trans-scriptions: Cultural Codings and the Poetics of the Body' in a couple of weeks. And what a gorgeous poster their team has come up with! #bodyhorror #conference wordpre150.wordpress.com
January 30, 2026 at 10:53 AM
Looking forward to speaking at the 'Trans-scriptions: Cultural Codings and the Poetics of the Body' in a couple of weeks. And what a gorgeous poster their team has come up with! #bodyhorror #conference wordpre150.wordpress.com
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Your generous donations helped us to give Prestwich vendor Joe a card reader and new furniture to help him to turn his life around.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
January 29, 2026 at 5:15 PM
Your generous donations helped us to give Prestwich vendor Joe a card reader and new furniture to help him to turn his life around.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
Please help us to change more lives today. To donate, text BINORTH to 70970 to give £5, or go to https://easydonate.org/big-issue-north/binorth
Thank you.
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Tomorrow’s the final day to get your abstract in for this year’s IGA, ‘Gothic Selves/Artificial Others’, to be held at the @universityofhull.bsky.social, UK from 28-31 July.
You can find more details at hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/
You can find more details at hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/
January 29, 2026 at 5:00 PM
Tomorrow’s the final day to get your abstract in for this year’s IGA, ‘Gothic Selves/Artificial Others’, to be held at the @universityofhull.bsky.social, UK from 28-31 July.
You can find more details at hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/
You can find more details at hullgothic.wordpress.com/cfp/
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JOIN ME on Thursday 12 February for THE BONEHOUSE - a live-streamed ghost story. Tickets are Pay What You Decide and are available at the link in the image. Book now!
January 28, 2026 at 5:30 PM
JOIN ME on Thursday 12 February for THE BONEHOUSE - a live-streamed ghost story. Tickets are Pay What You Decide and are available at the link in the image. Book now!
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Holly Norris, 73, has lived unsheltered for more than a decade. Her story cuts through one of the most common myths about homelessness: that people living on the streets choose to be there. @denvervoice.bsky.social reports: www.insp.ngo/articles/liv...
January 28, 2026 at 11:36 AM
Holly Norris, 73, has lived unsheltered for more than a decade. Her story cuts through one of the most common myths about homelessness: that people living on the streets choose to be there. @denvervoice.bsky.social reports: www.insp.ngo/articles/liv...
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Join @gothicstudies.bsky.social as our new Assistant Editor!
Deadline Monday 9th March.
Annual honorarium of £200.
More information in attached image, via the @igagoths.bsky.social newsletter or you can message me and I can send you the text if preferred.
Deadline Monday 9th March.
Annual honorarium of £200.
More information in attached image, via the @igagoths.bsky.social newsletter or you can message me and I can send you the text if preferred.
January 27, 2026 at 2:49 PM
Join @gothicstudies.bsky.social as our new Assistant Editor!
Deadline Monday 9th March.
Annual honorarium of £200.
More information in attached image, via the @igagoths.bsky.social newsletter or you can message me and I can send you the text if preferred.
Deadline Monday 9th March.
Annual honorarium of £200.
More information in attached image, via the @igagoths.bsky.social newsletter or you can message me and I can send you the text if preferred.
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Warnings about resilience in a privatised water system have been issued for decades in the UK. From sewage-choked rivers to water-guzzling AI data centres, we investigate failures, accountability, and possibilities for meaningful reform.
Find your local vendor: https://bit.ly/4c3eLdE
Find your local vendor: https://bit.ly/4c3eLdE
January 26, 2026 at 12:00 PM
Warnings about resilience in a privatised water system have been issued for decades in the UK. From sewage-choked rivers to water-guzzling AI data centres, we investigate failures, accountability, and possibilities for meaningful reform.
Find your local vendor: https://bit.ly/4c3eLdE
Find your local vendor: https://bit.ly/4c3eLdE
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@tobyhadoke.bsky.social A lovely tribute to our fallen heroes. I particularly appreciate you mentioning John Baddeley amongst others. Nothing to do with Sci-Fi, but I wanted to highlight his voice work as Top Hat in Tugs and The Colonel and Dennis’s dad in the 90s adaptation of Dennis the Menace.
January 26, 2026 at 12:40 AM
@tobyhadoke.bsky.social A lovely tribute to our fallen heroes. I particularly appreciate you mentioning John Baddeley amongst others. Nothing to do with Sci-Fi, but I wanted to highlight his voice work as Top Hat in Tugs and The Colonel and Dennis’s dad in the 90s adaptation of Dennis the Menace.
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If you missed us for Darkness & Light on stage last autumn (or if you want to revisit the terror!), join @adamzed.bsky.social for one of the tales, The Bonehouse, told live online. Thurs 12 February, 7.15pm. Tickets are Pay What You Decide.
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
The Bonehouse: A Live-Streamed Ghost Story
A live-streamed performed reading of an original tale of terror
TheBonehouseLive.eventbrite.co.uk
January 16, 2026 at 3:42 PM
If you missed us for Darkness & Light on stage last autumn (or if you want to revisit the terror!), join @adamzed.bsky.social for one of the tales, The Bonehouse, told live online. Thurs 12 February, 7.15pm. Tickets are Pay What You Decide.
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
thebonehouselive.eventbrite.co.uk
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Enjoyed chatting #bodyhorror to @radiotimes.bsky.social on the occasion of the release of #TheBeauty. www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/ne...
From The Beauty to The Substance, why is the new age of body horror having its moment?
From The Beauty to The Substance, body horror is becoming increasingly popular among creators and audiences – but why is it having such a moment?
www.radiotimes.com
January 26, 2026 at 9:34 AM
Enjoyed chatting #bodyhorror to @radiotimes.bsky.social on the occasion of the release of #TheBeauty. www.radiotimes.com/tv/sci-fi/ne...
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I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us.
The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
How Wall Street Turned Its Back on Climate Change
www.nytimes.com
January 19, 2026 at 6:20 PM
I published This Changes Everything: Capitalism vs. the Climate in 2014. Lots of serious people explained that we didn't have time to tackle capitalism, climate was too important. Let the market fix it for us.
The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
The track record is 12 wasted years and a world on fire. www.nytimes.com/2026/01/17/c...
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Just out in the Horror Studies book series! www.uwp.co.uk/book/urban-l... #horror #horrorstudies #newbook #urbanlegends @uniwalespress.bsky.social
January 23, 2026 at 4:02 PM
Just out in the Horror Studies book series! www.uwp.co.uk/book/urban-l... #horror #horrorstudies #newbook #urbanlegends @uniwalespress.bsky.social