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Dr Tim Rideout

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Father of daughters, health services leader, chair of school governors, academic Gothicist, literary interviewer, crime fiction lover, Doctor Who fan (he/him/his) https://www.precariousgothic.com

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 23d

PUBLICATION DAY!

I am delighted to announce that Gothic Precarity: Fear and Anxiety in Twenty-First-Century Fiction is published today!

The Gothic has always been a literature of unease, but today it feels especially urgent.

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Gothic Precarity | UWP

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 2d

Lincoln’s windmill, at the setting of the sun.

Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 3d

With Hitchcockian skill, @philippaeast.bsky.social ensnares the reader in a complex web of fallible memory, psychological trauma and deadly secrets. A GUILTY SECRET exemplifies her ability to keep the reader on the edge of their seat as the past threatens to consume her protagonists’ present.

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AJ Hawley's World of Crime @ajhawley.bsky.social · 3d

I had a great time in Lincoln last night seeing @philippaeast.bsky.social, @tommeadauthor.bsky.social and @drtimrideout.bsky.social and #JackCartwright. Here's my review of Jack's book: hawleyreviews.wordpress.com/2025/10/05/r...

Reading of Lincolnshire

Last night I went back to where I was at Uni with the Lincoln book festival, listening to Jack Cartwright, Philippa East and Tom Mead. With this being the festival’s only crime panel I though…

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 4d

Always so good to chat with you, Philippa. Really looking forward to what comes next 😊

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 4d

And the next book…

Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 11d

A Conceit
by Maya Angelou

Give me your hand

Make room for me
to lead and follow
you
beyond this rage of poetry.

Let others have
the privacy of
touching words
and love of loss
of love.

For me
Give me your hand.

Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 11d

Still light, at 6pm. The long dark nights are coming. But not quite yet.

Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 13d

Stars, I have seen them fall,
But when they drop and die
No star is lost at all
From all the star-sown sky.
The toil of all that be
Helps not the primal fault;
It rains into the sea
And still the sea is salt.

A.E. Housman, A Shropshire Lad

Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 15d

One of the highlights of my literary year will be my ‘in conversation’ session with Marcia Hutchinson at this year’s Lincoln Book Festival. Marcia’s solo literary debut, ‘The Mercy Step’, has been widely praised.

Do join us! Tickets are available at: lincolnartscentre.co.uk/event/the-me...

The Mercy Step: Marcia Hutchinson in conversation with Tim Rideout - Lincoln Arts Centre

Loosely inspired by Marcia Hutchinson’s childhood in Bradford as the middle child of a Windrush era...

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 16d

MAXIMUM POWER!

Very happy with today’s post ❤️

#Blakes7 #Liberator

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 17d

Cannot wait for this! Do come join me, @drtim @tommeadauthor.bsky.social and #JackCarteright for an evening of Crime (writing) on Saturday 4th October in Lincoln.
This #LincolnBookFestival event will also be streamed online 👍👍👍
Grab your tickets here!
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Crime Fiction Panel
Saturday, 4th October
7:30pm
Lincoln Arts Centre
8 / 5 per ticket
Join us for a deliciously dark event celebrating all things literary crime as we bring…

BOOK TICKETS
What to expect at this event

Join us for a deliciously dark event celebrating all things literary crime as we bring together an exciting panel of authors in the genre. Featuring Jack Cartwright, Philippa East and Tom Mead. Hosted by Tim Rideout.

£8 // Live Pass £5

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 17d

Wonderful celebration of @paulmagrs.bsky.social⁦‪‬⁩ Brenda & Effie novels on @essiefox.bsky.social brilliant podcast (and a little bit of Doctor Who 🖤).

I'm listening to TALKING THE GOTHIC | Dark Humour in The Gothic ~ Episode 4 on Podbean, check it out! www.podbean.com/ei/dir-iceeb...

Dark Humour in The Gothic ~ Episode 4

Join me as I talk to Paul Magrs about his wonderfully humorous series of novels, The Brenda and Effie Mysteries.Paul also has his own youtube channel which you can find here.If you would like to meet ...

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 18d

Autumn’s eve at Lincoln Cathedral.

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 18d

Done!

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Philippa East (Author) @philippaeast.bsky.social · 19d

Okay, fantastic opportunity here!

#BeyondTheSpectrum is a free creative writing project run by and for autistic people, but open to any neurodivergent person who thinks it's right for them.

They currently have three FREE workshops and groups running for adults in #Lincolnshire

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Beyond the Spectrum is a three-year UK-wide creative writing programme for Autistic people, led by professional Autistic writers.
The programme takes the form of in-person and online creative writing groups, where participants write together, learn and support each other. The programme is open to both Autistic adults and young people, who take part in writing workshops, events, festivals and masterclasses.
By taking part, participants gain confidence in their experience of autism and writing skills, build a community and have fun! Our Beyond the Spectrum groups are completely free to join.

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Sadie Hartmann (Mother Horror) @sadiehartmann.bsky.social · 20d

3 Auto-buy authors: Mariana Enriquez, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and Isabel Cañas

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 20d

GOTHIC PRECARITY

Delighted with Professor Nicholas Royle’s endorsement of my first book, Gothic Precarity. His own work, on the uncanny, is a landmark text and informed my own research.

#Gothic #GothicPrecarity @uniwalespress.bsky.social

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 20d

'Gothic Precarity: Fear and Anxiety in Twenty-First-Century Fiction' by @drtimrideout.bsky.social offers a ground-breaking examination of the Gothic mode's conceptual affinity with notions of neoliberal precarity.

📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/gothic-...

‘Rideout’s Gothic Precarity is a lucid, excellent and
quietly impassioned study, advancing a new
appreciation of the Gothic in contemporary world
fiction. Historically informed and geographically wide
ranging, it deftly shows how the concerns of Gothic
literature can illuminate the disturbing and destructive
effects of neoliberalism, with particular attention to
the emergence of “a new social class”, the precariat.’

Nicholas Royle, author of ‘The uncanny’ (2003)

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 21d

‘I was a slum goddess and in college. He looked something like Richard Burton; I resembled Liz.’

A series of encounters that are funny, strange, unrelenting and, in my view, simply sad. A desire for connection met with odd mundanity and distance. In other words, life. Unsparing and brilliant.

Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 21d

Ordered immediately. A series that has never let me down - always superb 🖤

Hellebore @helleborezine.bsky.social · 21d

Ready for a new issue? Pre-orders for The Mirror Issue are now open worldwide! ✨🪞✨

Mirror magic, ritual masks, films that cast a spell, doppelgängers and fetches, changelings, evil portraits, spirit traps and much more.

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Cover of Hellebore: The Mirror Issue, showing a woman with eyes closed and her reflections in two mirrors, both with open eyes

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 23d

BACK TO IT…

The nights are drawing in (🥲) so I gain solace from returning to my @openuniversity.bsky.social studies.

It’s the second year of Politics, Philosophy & Economics (PPE): Understanding Politics 😊

Audio accompaniment: Harry Christophers and The Sixteen - The Deer’s Cry ❤️

Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 23d

Thank you!

Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 23d

Gothic Precarity | UWP

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · 24d

Huge thanks to Gill Hart and Sasha Drennan for the party yesterday evening to launch my book, Gothic Precarity, at @LindumBooks.

Lovely to see so many kind friends celebrating publication ❤️

#GothicPrecarity @uniwalespress.bsky.social

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Dr Tim Rideout @drtimrideout.bsky.social · Sep 7

THE BLEEDING TREE by Hollie Starling

Starting my autumn reading slightly earlier this year.

I struggle with the shortening days and the seemingly endless autumn/winter nights. Reading helps me, particularly reading to a defined rhythm or pattern, so I’ve been saving this book just for this moment.