Really enjoyed Friday’s Conan Doyle’s Orient event @ies-sas.bsky.social with 6 great papers which explored Conan Doyle’s representations of Asia and Africa, empire, race, Orientalism, health, travel and tourism @jfmachin.bsky.social @profdarryljones.bsky.social 🌎🌏
James Machin
@jfmachin.bsky.social
Editor, proof reader, writer, researcher etc. Recent books: The Strange Stories of John Buchan (British Library Publishing, 2025) The Stark Munro Letters by Arthur Conan Doyle (Edinburgh University Press, 2024)
Matthew Harle and James Machin examine one of Alan Clarke's most eccentric works, the psychogeographical fantasia, Penda's Fen
Penda’s Fen re-examined #ThePortal: Your Weekly Quietus Archive Dive
Very much looking forward to this -- fast approaching!
Join us in person to investigate Arthur Conan Doyle’s representations of and ideas about Asia and Africa, exploring themes and issues such as empire, race, Orientalism, health, travel and tourism
🎟️ Ticket price: £20
⏰ Friday, 2 Oct 2026, 10am - 5:30pm
🔗 ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
People have been messaging me for months, Ash, Ash, why has there been no short fiction from you for ages, only your short fiction can save the world? Well, the wait is over, Hip Priests and Kamarads. I give you, DIM STARS in Supernatural Tales 62. More soon
