STOKER ON STOKER: Mysteries Behind the Research and Writing of DRACULA

Dacre Stoker’s compelling and informative Keynote presentation weaves together the details of Dracula’s history with Stoker family lore, and author Bram Stoker’s life in Dublin and London, then separates fact from popular fiction, revealing the truth about all things Stoker and Dracula.  Stoker on Stoker has fascinated audiences around the world, exploring the issues behind the mysteries that have baffled Dracula scholars and fans since the book’s publication in 1897. Illustrated with Dacre’s collection of never before published, and seldom-seen historic images.

Dacre Stoker is the great grand-nephew of Bram Stoker and the international and New York Times best-selling co-author of Dracula the Un-Dead (2009), and Dracul (2018). Dacre is also the co-editor of The Lost Journal of Bram Stoker: The Dublin Years (2012). He has published Stoker on Stoker  Dracula Revealed (2022) a companion book to his informative audio-visual presentations. In 2022 Dacre and Robert Eighteen Bisang published Dracula Annotated for the 125th Anniversary, a culmination of years of research, this version includes many of the passages edited out of the final Dracula typescript, including the first three chapters and the original ending.

This program is put on by the Palmetto State Literacy Association in cooperation with the library.