Monthly Archives: September 2020

Australian Gothic is a style that’s tough to get right and Christie Nieman’s Where We Begin is perhaps the best YA rendition out there, writes Mary Ali in Happy Mag

“Gothic literature is that perpetual form which finds itself extending across centuries. Emerging in the late 18th century, it has divided itself into multiple sub-genres such as Romantic Gothic (think the Brontë sisters and Dracula), Modern Gothic (for example, horror films like The Babadook). Though Australian Gothic is an increasingly rare sub-genre, it’s the particular corner ofContinue reading “Australian Gothic is a style that’s tough to get right and Christie Nieman’s Where We Begin is perhaps the best YA rendition out there, writes Mary Ali in Happy Mag”