The Ghost Stories of E Nesbit (online talk)

We're back with our sixth online talk with Kate Macdonald, historian and director of Handheld Press.

In this discussion, we are delighted to welcome back, Melissa Edmundson, editor of Women’s Weird and many other Handheld Weirds, to celebrate the publication of the tenth Handheld Weird: The House of Silence, Ghost stories 1887-1920 by E Nesbit.

E Nesbit is one of the most famous British Edwardian storytellers for children, but few remember that she was an acclaimed writer of scary short fiction for the adult market.

How to join the event:

All those who book will receive the link to join via email 48hrs before the event, and on the day of the event.

The talk will be 40 – 50 minutes long, followed by a Q & A. You will have the opportunity to submit questions in writing via the Q & A live chat. You won’t need a camera or microphone for this talk, as audience members won’t be seen or heard. This event is listed as UK time. If you are joining us from another country, please check for time differences.

If you have any questions about this event please email: paddingtonlibrary@westminster.gov.uk

About Handheld Press:

Handheld Press sells remarkable and wonderful stories from the past and the present. They publish the novels that you won’t want to put down, and the stories you’ll want to give as presents. Handheld Press books are beautiful objects, designed with care, a pleasure to read.

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About Melissa Edmundson:

Melissa Edmundson is Lecturer in British Literature at Clemson University and specializes in nineteenth and early twentieth-century British women writers, with a particular interest in women's supernatural fiction.

"As a literary historian, I'm interested in 19th and 20th-century British women writers, ghost stories, the supernatural, the Gothic, and Anglo-Indian popular fiction. I am also interested in representations of empire and gender in British literature and print culture."

Melissa earned her PhD in Victorian literature in 2007, and since that time, most of her work centers on (re)discovering neglected women writers who excelled in the areas of supernatural literature and popular fiction.