The Dark Academicals Book Club
Primarily a podcast. Secretly a syllabus. Definitely a descent into the beautiful mess of dark academia.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 192 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 10 days ago |
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In Conversation with I.V. Marie, author of ‘Immortal Consequences’ and Ruinous Ends’
Back in the summer, we were offered the opportunity to read ‘Immortal Consequences’ and an early copy of ‘Ruinous Ends’ by IV Marie and also interview her for The Dark Academicals!
We loved our time at Blackwood Academy so we had a lot of...
On Solace House, overwriting, and why “too much” is often part of the fun in Dark Academia
There is a line in ‘Solace House’ that could probably stand as a warning above the entrance to the entire Dark Academia genre:
“Gothic always tries too hard.”
It absolutely does. And sure, context is key and we’re talking more architectur...
Turns out the secret society wasn’t very secret...
We LOVE a secret society. Obviously.
What is Dark Academia without a locked door in an old college, a mysterious Latin password and a handful of worryingly intense students, ill-met by moonlight, eating dinner and debating if Aristotle wa...
‘An Arcane Inheritance’ and Dark Academia’s money problem
I don’t think the argument is simply that Dark Academia, as a genre, is full of rich people. I mean, it absolutely is, but that’s not a good enough assessment. It’s perhaps more that the genre’s central fantasy (beautiful libraries, prestig...
Annotated Extras: ‘Fundamentals of Being a Good Girl’ by Julie Murphy and Sierra Simone
It’s no secret that we’re die hard fans of Sierra Simone - we featured ‘A Lesson in Thorns’ wayyyy back in season three and loved it - so the second we realised we were getting an academic-set romance from this duo.
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The Dark Academicals: where we delve into the mythos of dark academia one book at a time. We're Sophie & Sarah. Our fortnightly podcast discusses dark academia books, examining whether they belong in the genre. Let’s get darkly academical.
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