Goths for Breakfast: Charity Teach-a-thon

Romancing the Gothic is an independent online education project run by Dr Sam Hirst which offers a range of classes, courses and groups

Romancing the Gothic

A full day of back to back classes and workshops on Gothic themes to raise money for the charity Magic Breakfast

Romancing the Gothic is running an online charity event to support Magic Breakfast, which provides school breakfasts for children who need them.The event is a day of online classes and workshops with academics, experts and writers. You can come in and out as often or as infrequently as you like through the day.You can choose your ticket price at £5, £10, £20 or £50 for the day. We want to make sure everyone can come so support at the level you can :) At Magic Breakfast £5 buys approx. a month of breakfasts and support for one child. As of 2025, £14 could give 50 children breakfast for a day. £42 could get a whole class breakfast for a week!The programme is as follows and will be updated to as the final classes are confirmed. Sessions will be recorded and sent out so you won't miss anything whatever time zone you're in! Interactive sessions i.e. interactive workshops may not be recorded. You can join us from anywhere in the world. All times are GMT (British time)9am - KJ Charles - Writing Workshop - "Fashioned Creatures, But Half Made Up" : A Workshop on Building Character through Your Text'10am - Artemis Writers - Writing Workshop - 'The Secret Language of Flowers'11am - Nicole Wolverton - 'Horror, Hospitality, and the Social Risk of Saying No'12 noon - Evan Hayles Gledhill - 'Consumption and Identity: The Cultural Significance of the Cannibal Queer Trope'1pm - Alessandra Pino - Cooking Workshop - 'A Shock to the System: Frankenstein in the Kitchen: Villain or Vermicelli'?2pm - Siân Pearce – 'All of Us Renfield: The Gothic Solicitor'3pm - Cat Irving - 'The Sack 'em Up Men on Screen: Body-Snatching Goes to the Movies'4pm - Dan Pietersen - 'Follow Me, and I Will be Thy Guide: A Day-Trip to Dante's Inferno'5pm - Johannes Evans - 'Buttoned Up Tight: Gothic Themes in Costume Design'6pm - Raquel Souza - 'Latin Final Girls'7pm - Sam Hirst - Reimagining Jane: The Afterlives of Jane Eyre8pm - B. Rae Grosz - Writing Workshop - 'Limnal Spaces; or, Lakes and How To Haunt Them'9 pm - Paul Riddell - Meat-Eating Greenery: An Overview of Carnivorous Plants You can find out more about the charity Magic Breakfast here - https://www.magicbreakfast.com/

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