Congratulations to the student editors of Double Space, who have just launched the journal's third issue.

 Registration for the Global Undergraduate Awards is now open.  All students who submit work to the Global Undergraduate Awards are eligible to submit work to the UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards.  The rules/requirements for the UCC Department of English Undergraduate Awards are the same as those for the Global Undergraduate Awards, with the exception that 2nd and 3rd year entrants will be judged separately.  There will be one winner for the Department of English Undergraduate Awards in each year and 3 to 4 highly recommended entrants.

Our colleague Dr Miranda Corcoran participated in the opening roundtable discussion on witchcraft and the representation of witches at the inugural Society for the Study of the American Gothic symposium. The symposim took place at the historic Hawthorne Hotel in Salem, Massachusetts, and ran from March 21st-23rd.