Projects per year
Personal profile
Research Interests
I am a writer of speculative fiction especially interested in the weird, horror and genre-bending work. My research interests include the novella as a form - I am the author of two novellas, McTavish Manor (Holland House, 2016) and Kabuki (Dairea, 2017) although I am also a keen writer of novels and short stories. My latest novel, The Three Lives of Saint Ciarán (Blackwater Press, 2024), expeirments with different genres (including magic realism, the weird and dystopia) and languages to establish cultural and literary connections between Ireland and Spain and celebrate characters that move across genders and cultures.
Other research interests are multilingual and transcultural narratives, migrant narratives, queer literature, magic realism, RPGs, monstrous fiction and the gothic. I'm also keen on graphic novels - and have years of experience as freelance illustrator and cartoonist. I am also interested in podcasts - I worked as a radio journalist for a while and I have been a frelance podcast editor, writer and producer since 2014 - I was Litro's magazine podcast editor from 2020-2021 and I produced podcasts like The Writing Life and The Wandering Bard, which you can listen to here.
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Queering the Bull: A common tale for Ireland and Spain, Lancaster University
1/10/2015 → 30/09/2019
Award Date: 30/09/2019
MA, Creative Writing, Lancaster University
1/10/2014 → 30/09/2015
External positions
External Examiner, University of Iceland
1/06/2023 → 30/06/2026
Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Plymouth
20/03/2022 → 30/09/2023
Lecturer in Creative Writing, University of Wolverhampton
21/09/2020 → 17/03/2022
Associate Lecturer in Creative Writing, UCLan
1/11/2016 → 30/06/2020
Keywords
- Transcultural writing
- Literature and gender
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Graphic Futures
Braun, R. (Principal Investigator), Spiers, E. (Principal Investigator), Peeters, B. (Principal Investigator), Dean, C. (Research Associate), Gregori Labarta, I. (Research Associate), Unger, J. (Team Member), Fulop, E. (Team Member), Gere, C. (Team Member), Brewster, L. (Team Member), Easton, C. (Team Member), Nordin, A. (Team Member), Tutton, R. (Team Member), Deville, J. (Team Member), Darby, A. (Team Member) & Hayer, T. (Team Member)
17/10/17 → 30/06/18
Project: Research
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Queering the Bull: A common tale for Ireland and Spain
Gregori Labarta, I., 19/09/2019, (Unpublished) Lancaster University. 344 p.Research output: Thesis › Doctoral Thesis
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On Peripheries: graphic short story
Gregori Labarta, I. (Artist) & Grass, D. (Producer), 2019Research output: Exhibits, objects and web-based outputs › Digital or Visual Products
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McTavish Manor
Gregori Labarta, I., 2016, Holland House Books. 140 p.Research output: Book/Report/Proceedings › Book
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Reweirding urban locations as haunted spaces
Labarta, I. G., 30/04/2025, In: Short Fiction in Theory and Practice. 15, 1-2, p. 65-79 15 p.Research output: Contribution to Journal/Magazine › Journal article › peer-review
Open AccessFile2 Downloads (Pure)
Activities
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Writing Speculative Historical Fiction: Wild Women of the Northwest
Gregori Labarta, I. (Speaker)
17/07/2025Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Inaugural el&cw Comics Conference
Tembo, K. (Speaker), Gregori Labarta, I. (Speaker) & Tate, A. (Speaker)
25/06/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Academic
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Gothic Crossroads
Tembo, K. (Speaker), Spooner, C. (Speaker) & Gregori Labarta, I. (Speaker)
25/06/2025 → 27/06/2025Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference - Academic
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L+: Dr. Ines Gregori Labarta & Dr. Kwasu David Tembo on Failure
Tembo, K. (Speaker) & Gregori Labarta, I. (Speaker)
12/11/2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
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Queer Fiction: Inés G Labarta - 'The Three Lives of St Ciarán'
Gregori Labarta, I. (Speaker)
20/10/2024Activity: Talk or presentation types › Invited talk
Press/Media
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Confessions of an Early Career Researcher, Episode 6: Wellness and Community in Academia
Gregori Labarta, I., Smith, L. & Hewitson, M.
15/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Expert Opinion