Today, June 30, is my brother's birthday. Born in 1956, he was like a second family for my parents. There had been 4 girls and the youngest was 14. On the day that Kelly (my brother) was born, I was in Europe on a 3-month university study-tour scholarship. To be more precise, I was behind the Iron Curtain in East Berlin! I just dug our the copious ( Read more... )

Dacre Stoker and I will be signing copies of our book "The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker" at HODGES & FIGGIS Bookstore in Dublin (56-58 Dawson Street) on Friday July 6. We will start at 6:30 pm with a short slide presentation.


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In 4 weeks I will be in Dublin where more events are being planned for the Stoker centenary ( Read more... )

There were several other centenary events that I did not attend, due to the fact that I have yet to figure out how to be in two different places at the same time. Dublin marked the event in a number of ways: the issuing of an Irish postage stamp commemorating Stoker; a conference on "Vampires and/as Science" held at Trinity College, a tour of the ( Read more... )

Now for details about events on the actual day - April 20 - on which Stoker died in 1912 ( Read more... )

Our book, The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker, was launched at a reception held on April 19, the eve of the 100th anniversary of Stoker’s death. The event took place at the offices of the publisher (The Robson Press, division of Biteback Publishing) on the 10th floor of Westminster Tower on the Albert Embankment. Rain had been threatening all afternoon ( Read more... )

The second conference in which Dacre and I participated was a symposium sponsored by the University of Hertfordshire. Organized by Dr Sam George, it was a much smaller affair than the gathering in Hull, thus allowing for all participants to attend all sessions ( Read more... )

April 20, 2012 marked the 100th anniversary of the death of Bram Stoker. Numerous events were held to mark this special date. In this and subsequent entries, I will focus on events in which I personally participated, mentioning at the end some others that I have been made aware of. Feel free to add comments or questions ( Read more... )

On Monday I will begin my account of the various events I attended during April to mark the centenary of Bram Stoker's death. Will include photos.

Just got back a few days ago from Orlando where I attended the annual International Conference for the Fantastic in the Arts. This year I was invited as guest scholar by the Lord Ruthven Assembly (a group within IAFA with specific interest in vampires and/or revenants) to mark the centenary of Bram Stoker's death ( Read more... )