@harrietfletcher.bsky.social
Writer & academic | Senior Lecturer in Media & Communication @ ARU | 💀⭐ #GothicCelebrity (Bloomsbury) | pop culture | horror | feminism | bimbo-ologist 💅 | she/her | https://linktr.ee/harrietfletcher
Thank you!
04.03.2026 16:51 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join me on for the launch of my book Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga! The event will take place on 20 March at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge. If you'd like to attend, you can sign up via Eventbrite
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
I've been watching #Poirot since it was added to #Netflix and I'm becoming increasingly convinced that Hastings is one of the biggest himbos in British television history
01.03.2026 23:37 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Join us for the virtual launch of Women in Hollywood’s Dream Factory: Tales of Inequality, Abuse, and Resistance edited by Karen McNally.
I have an essay in this collection on Megan Fox and will be taking part in the discussion.
Register here 👇
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...
Excited to finally be able to share my book with the world!
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga 💀⭐️
The book explores the relationship between celebrity culture and the Gothic in literature, media and popular culture.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
A good screening this evening and well received overall! Interesting discussions had about the film's unconventional narrative structure, style of humour, impressive special effects, and comparisons to the TV series.
20.02.2026 00:59 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
A screenshot from "Fire Walk With Me", the 1992 prequel to Twin Peaks the series. In black and white, Dale Cooper (Kyle McLachlan) speaks to Gordon Cole (David Lynch) saying "Gordon, it's 10:10am on February 16th".
"I was worried about today because of the dream I told you about..."
16.02.2026 10:10 — 👍 86 🔁 33 💬 4 📌 0Thank you Liz! I hope you're doing well 🙂
17.02.2026 01:13 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking forward to introducing What We Do in the Shadows (2014) at @angliaruskin.bsky.social this week as part of the CSCI Film Club. I showed students a clip in my Gothic class today and I'm pleased to say they found it amusing! #vampires #gothic #filmclub
17.02.2026 01:07 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 1
Fun and celebrations at the Ghouls Magazine relaunch last weekend, including vampire cakes and a spooky souvenir! 👻
www.ghoulsmagazine.com
It's publication day! My book is now officially out and available to buy! @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
#GothicCelebrity
The call for nominations for The Allan Lloyd Smith Memorial Prize for a Monograph of Gothic Criticism 2026 and The Justin D. Edwards Memorial Prize for an Edited Collection of Gothic Criticism 2026 is now open!
Submit by March 2nd: www.globalgoth.org/blog/call-fo...
Had fun introducing my students to #zines this week in my Cult Media module. Excited to see what they'll produce later in the term! ✂️
07.02.2026 00:27 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Looking forward to introducing and screening #DavidLynch #MulhollandDrive later this week at @angliaruskin.bsky.social. A favourite of mine and a massive influence on my research. I hope our students will find it as intriguing (and perplexing!) as I did on a first watch.
27.01.2026 02:32 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Just out in the Horror Studies book series! www.uwp.co.uk/book/urban-l... #horror #horrorstudies #newbook #urbanlegends @uniwalespress.bsky.social
23.01.2026 16:02 — 👍 25 🔁 11 💬 0 📌 1I owe a great deal to #DavidLynch and his creativity. The idea for my book #GothicCelebrity first grew from an essay I wrote about #MulhollandDrive during my MA back in 2014!
17.01.2026 00:30 — 👍 6 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My contributer profile for Ghouls Magazine is now on the website! Thrilled to be a part of the newly resurrected Ghouls and their brilliant team of writers 👻
www.ghoulsmagazine.com/meet-the-team
This is genius! Charli continues to fascinate me www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pxqh...
13.01.2026 12:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Ghouls Magazine has risen from the dead 🧛♀️ - check out their fab new website! Lots of exciting stuff on the horizon 👀🩸
www.ghoulsmagazine.com
*TEN PLACES LEFT* Join me for this six-workshop online Ghost Story Writing Course, starting this January. Beginners and experienced writers alike will explore this thrilling, chilling genre and pen their own ghostly tales. Find out more...
ghoststorycourse.eventbrite.co.uk
The next IGA conference will be at the University of Hull, England on 28-31 July 2026!
You can find the CFP and more information at hullgothic.wordpress.com
Today is the 10-year anniversary of David #Bowie's death. In fact, 2016 was quite a year for celebrity death! My book #GothicCelebrity opens with a discussion of this, exploring how our relationship with #celebrity & death can be understood through a #Gothic lens
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
Some pictures from a very fun special screening of #TheHousemaid last week. I particularly liked my Christmas card from the Winchester family!
17.12.2025 22:05 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
My review of #TheHousemaid for @theconversation.com is out now!
theconversation.com/the-housemai...
It's publication day! My book is now officially out and available to buy! @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @bloomsburylit.bsky.social
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
#GothicCelebrity
@igagoths.bsky.social @gothicstudies.bsky.social @irishgothichorror.bsky.social @dundeegothic.bsky.social
07.11.2025 10:54 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Excited to finally be able to share my book with the world!
Gothic Celebrity: Fame and Immortality from Lord Byron to Lady Gaga 💀⭐️
The book explores the relationship between celebrity culture and the Gothic in literature, media and popular culture.
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/gothic-ce...
Pleased to say that I am now a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy! Thank you to Anglia Learning and Teaching at @angliaruskin.bsky.social for all their support 🎓⭐️
17.10.2025 09:04 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some pictures from a fantastic evening at Elemental Cinema - an exhibition of experimental film featuring work by three talented @angliaruskin.bsky.social colleagues
07.10.2025 22:22 — 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
Some of my favourite shots from my visit to the #LeighBowery exhibition at #TateModern last week. An audacious and inspiring collection - Bowery really was one of a kind!
26.08.2025 22:21 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0