Researching and writing about literature of the sea and the gothic: mostly coastly, the seabed and deep ocean, blue hums, and gothic voices. Co-runs the Haunted Shores network. Senior Lecturer at University of Birmingham.https://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3mmti56fvzc2qNew #coastalstudies special issue just published – on 'Haunted Space, Story and Place'! My piece on container shipping sits alongside some excellent looking essays - lots open access. Many thanks to @karlbell.bsky.social & Brad Beaven for overseeing all this! https://journals.sagepub.com/toc/CLS/current?_gl=1*ry3fut*_up*MQ..*_ga*OTM0NjE0MzIwLjE3Nzk4ODI2OTc.*_ga_60R758KFDG*czE3Nzk4ODI2OTYkbzEkZzAkdDE3Nzk4ODI2OTYkajYwJGwxJGg1NjgzNzQ4OTk.27 May 2026 12:12 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmti56fvzc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3mm4lfqnnas2nJoin us online this Wednesday for a celebration of some of the work being done by the wonderful members of Haunted Shores! – programme and registration info linked below. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 May 2026 09:39 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mm4lfqnnas2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3mlnzapinsc2j**Call for book reviewers** As the Gothic Nature journal gears up for Issue VI (cfp linked), we're on the look out for people to undertake book reviews for the issue (draft deadline Nov 2026). If any of the titles listed below sound intriguing, get in touch! https://gothicnaturejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/GNJ_Issue_VI_CFP.pdf12 May 2026 14:37 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlnzapinsc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3mee2xoxci22nSo nice to see copies of this out in the world: A perfect winter beach read... should you prefer your beaches gloomy, chilly, and possibly haunted. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2026 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mee2xoxci22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3mabev5e6rs2eIt's very exciting to say that Coastal Gothic, 1719–2020 has just been published in @universitypress.cambridge.org's Elements in the Gothic series – and it's currently open access and *free* to download until the end of December! https://doi.org/10.1017/978100943373018 Dec 2025 14:23 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mabev5e6rs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lfarmodf422qA Q. for detective fiction scholars! Do people have an opinion on whether or not discussions should refrain from revealing twists/whodunnit, if they can? I am writing about a Christie book and discussing the character who turns out to be the murderer (a fact irrelevant to my discussion!). Thanks!08 Jan 2025 18:19 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lfarmodf422qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lcsqyttrxs2qSound but unnerving advice from the evil looking toy in our eldest’s latest party bag.08 Dec 2024 17:40 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcsqyttrxs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lcfwjt65vk2t2 days until our online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp: join us on Zoom at 3pm (UK) this Thursday – details below! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Dec 2024 15:14 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfwjt65vk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lcfggpckcs2hHi everybody: I’m excited to be able to share a new special issue from the Midland History journal on the ‘Haunted Midlands’ – all articles open access! Thanks to all involved! Please share with anyone who might enjoy spooky Midlands! https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ymdh20/49/303 Dec 2024 10:26 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcfggpckcs2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lcbmaz4ffk2qPlease share, as Haunted Shores hasn’t quite made it to the new place yet! The next Haunted Shores online seminar with Dr Isabelle Gapp — on reindeer, Sámi herders, & shipboard transportation in Canada — on Thursday 5 December, 3pm (UK). Info/registration here! https://haunted-shores.com/2024/11/26/haunted-shores-online-seminar-dr-isabelle-gapp-5-december-2024/01 Dec 2024 22:00 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lcbmaz4ffk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lc4c5iu6ck2wProject Servator — seemingly run by the animorphs29 Nov 2024 19:15 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lc4c5iu6ck2whttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lbprfwhezs2cWhen you’re trying to feed the angry robo-dog from A Close Shave.24 Nov 2024 19:44 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbprfwhezs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lbi3i6dvwk24The painting of this Barbara Steele-a-like at the top of the stairs at this b&b is definitely haunted, right…21 Nov 2024 18:23 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi3i6dvwk24https://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lbi343zo5224Turns out you can produce a frantic panic in the eyes of your students if you start reciting Carly Rae Jepsen lyrics in an effort to analyse “Call me Ishmael…” “We thought you might start singing.”21 Nov 2024 18:16 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lbi343zo5224https://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3layd4w263223I always suspected this of sport...15 Nov 2024 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3layd4w263223https://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lay3vtbps22fA crisp misty morning as backdrop for a writing day about hazy and lazy gothic beaches: looking forward to getting all these stories talking to each other today.15 Nov 2024 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lay3vtbps22fhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3laxrqro6rc2zWhile I'm bumping into new people here, an intro 🧵! I work across gothic studies and blue humanities. My first book, Gothic Utterance (UWP), thought about the voices of the dead and their ethical imperatives in 19C US writing. https://www.uwp.co.uk/book/gothic-utterance/15 Nov 2024 06:46 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3laxrqro6rc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/jfpackham.bsky.social/post/3lawusuu6ja24Hello everybody! Having spent much of this week traipsing across the local fields to make the most of the November sunshine... I have finally traipsed into these other sunlit uploads! Will slowly get round to finding everybody again!14 Nov 2024 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:o7v24ccwbjrcxtkllznp6qn5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lawusuu6ja24