About this Event
Forget hearts and flowers this Valentine’s: on Friday the 13th, join us as we step into the shadows and the dark side of love.
A Bloody Valentine delves into the twisted passions and tragic romances at the heart of Gothic storytelling. Gothic authors and experts, Claire O’Callaghan and Michael Stewart, wander through the shadowy corridors of Gothic fiction and history alike, uncovering why doomed love remains so irresistibly seductive. Expect tales of desire turned deadly, devotion turned delusion, and figures who are truly 'mad, bad, and dangerous to know.’
Come for the heartbreak, stay for the horror—sometimes, love is the most terrifying story of all.
Dr Michael Stewart is the author of nine books, including four Gothic influenced novels: King Crow; Café Assassin; Ill Will: The Untold Story of Heathcliff; and Black Wood Women. He is also the creator of the Brontë Stones project, four monumental stones situated in the landscape between the birthplace and the parsonage, inscribed with poems by Kate Bush, Carol Ann Duffy, Jeannette Winterson and Jackie Kay. He is the director of the Brontë Writing Centre.
Dr Claire O'Callaghan is the author of Emily Brontë Reappraised, the most up-to-date biography of the enigmatic writer. She has written extensively about Gothic Literature and is an expert on the lives and works of the Brontës and in the writing of the contemporary historical novelist, Sarah Waters, an author known and celebrated for her delightfully haunting texts. She is also the editor-in-chief of Brontë Studies: the foremost academic journal on the lives and works of the Brontë family.
As part of the 2nd Halifax Goth Festival. See https://thegraystonunity.co.uk/whats-on/ for festival passes & tickets for music events, gothic burlesque, and more.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
The Book Corner Halifax, 23, 24 The Piece Hall, Halifax, United Kingdom
GBP 7.21 to GBP 8.30
