Alex Davis's profile

Gothic Imaginings Online Course With Dr Charlotte Baker Saturday 12th July, 10am-1pm £15/£25 including 30 minute writing 1-2-1 Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/gothic-imaginings-tickets-1296606086709 This three-hour course examines the Gothic genre, its tropes, and why the Gothic still appeals to readers. We will address: setting, the supernatural...

Varney The Vampire – Toy Theatre performance Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, DE1 1BS Saturday 10th May 2025 1:00PM Tickets from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/derby-museums/t-dvzjqez Varney the Vampire is a New Model Theatre show by Robert Poulter, that has taken two incidents from the extremely long Penny Dreadful novel of 1837. Published in monthly in...

WRITING SHORT STORIES Tuesdays 17th June to 8th July 12:30pm-1:30pm via Google Meet Tickets £30 from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-short-stories-4-week-course-tickets-1284301804269 This four-week course zooms in on the form of the short story, taking in not only its definition and history but exploring its key elements, such as pacing, description, ...

WRITING GHOST STORIES 4-week online course Thursdays 26th June-17th July, 12pm-1:30pm each week Tickets £40 from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-ghost-stories-4-week-course-tickets-1284316839239 Sessions delivered via Google Meet This 4-week course examines the essentials of writing a ghost story! Led by lecturer and workshopper Alex Davis (also the o...

Paracinema Film Festival 2025 Friday May 2nd-Monday May 5th QUAD, Market Place, Derby, DE1 3AS Full weekend passes £40-£50 for all four days Individual screening tickets also available Paracinema returns for 2025 with its annual deep dive into the world of genre cinema, taking us through horror, sci-fi, comedy, fantasy, crime and more! We’ll be serving up a ...

SUMMER SCARES 6 week online horror writing school Runs from June 3rd-July 10th online via Google Meet Workshops on Tuesdays, June 3rd to July 8th, 6:30pm-8:30pm UK time Feedback sessions on Thursdays, June 5th July 10th, 6:30pm-8:30pm UK time Tickets from £55 at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/summer-scares-6-week-horror-writing-school-tickets-1273601238589 J...

PACING AND STRUCTURE FOR YOUR WRITING Saturday 31st May, 10am-1pm With Dr Charlotte Baker Online via Google Meet Tickets from £15 at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pacing-and-structure-for-your-writing-tickets-1223236596589 This three hour workshop will run you through all the fundamental elements of pacing, structuring and editing your work. We will look at...

Writing the Occult: Relics Saturday 10 May, 2025 Starts 1pm UK / 9am ET Early 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.uk/e/writing-the-occult-relics-tickets-1258146834049 Those that came before us left traces of their lives, their interests, their beliefs, th...

Writing Magic Realism 6-week course starts 6th May Tuesdays 1pm-2:30pm Tickets £90 from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/writing-magic-realism-6-weeks-tickets-1253152074589 From 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 the worlds we ...

Dracula Returns… Again Friday July 11th, Dubrek Studios, Derby Tickets from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbydracula/dracula-returns-again/e-zorgqo Derby Dracula day may have been in May, but we still haven’t seen the last of Bram Stoker’s legendary count… Prepare to meet Dracula again at a spooktacular evening of live music at Dubrek Studios in Derby sho...

Vampire Games Day – Vampire Themed Roleplaying Games Derby Museum and Art Gallery, Derby, DE1 1BS Sat 3rd May 2025 Tickets from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/derby/derby-museum-and-art-gallery/vampire-games-day-vampire-themed-roleplaying-games/e-ddkkxz Mythic Echoes present ‘Vampire Games Day’; a celebration of vampire-themed roleplaying games that...

Dracula Returns: A Conference and Celebration The Museum of Making at Derby Silk Mill, Derby, DE1 3AF Thursday 15th May 2025 to Sunday 18th May Tickets from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/derbydracula/dracula-returns-a-conference-and-celebration/2025-05-15/d-nxpnkwhebymzm This event brings together scholars, practitioners, and members of the public for four ...

Poetry Doesn’t Suck: The Vampire Poetry Slam Friday 16th May, Museum of Making, Derby Tickets £5 from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/derby-museums/t-pqekzon Who will be crowned Derby’s First Count of Poetry? On 15th May 1924, Dracula stepped foot on stage for the first time at The Grand Theatre Derby, now over 100 years later Dracula Returns To Derby and Der...

DERBY MONSTER MASH Saturday 17th May The Hairy Dog, Derby 7:30pm onwards, tickets £10 from https://tinyurl.com/derbymonstermash The DERBY MONSTER MASH celebrates the centenary of Dracula’s links with Derby with an evening of monster-themed live trash punk sleaze rock, in true go-go garage style! Bands! Music! Prizes for the best fancy dress! Dracula was firs...

UK Ghost Story Festival In-Person event, Museum of Making, Derby, DE1 3AF 21st-23rd February Individual tickets and passes available from https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/ukghoststoryfestival The UK Ghost Story Festival returns to the haunted city of Derby for the fifth time in 2025! Serving up a mix of talks, panels, interviews and workshops, this is the idea...

The Influence of Mike Flanagan on Horror and Gothic Fiction With Dr Charlotte Baker Mondays 10th March-31st March, 6:30pm-8:30pm Tickets £40, online via Google Meet Tickets from https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-influence-of-mike-flanagan-on-horror-and-gothic-fiction-tickets-1067867373059 This four week course, which includes creative writing tasks througho...