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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

7 years into university and I've decided to try for a student support plan for my chronic illnesses... better late than never right? Might was well make the last year kinder for myself

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

A huge thank you to Lindz for including my review here 🥺🫶🏻🌊

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

I've been so busy prepping for my viva that I forgot to promote my latest novella! WE, THE DROWNING follows a young man at the end of the world who has just discovered his mother's ties to a drowning cult. Despite that, it's a vaguely hopeful sci-cli-fi adventure with a pink fairy armadillo!

The photo shows the cover of the book WE, THE DROWNING by Lindz McLeod. The cover features a pale, parched beach with several dead bodies artfully strewn along the shoreline. Several bare trees frame the edges.

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Wonderful opportunity for PGRS and ECRs - A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers Tuesday 3rd November 2026 at the National Library of Scotland, Edinburgh www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6626

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A Day in the Literary Archive: British Academy Seminar and Workshop for Postgraduate and Early Career Researchers – BARS Blog

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Dr Jodie Marley 🔮 @jodielmarley.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

thrilled to receive my first (glowing) monograph review for William Blake's Mysticism in an academic journal. It's in the latest issue of the Charles and Mary Lamb Journal, and by Tara Lee, no less! thanks to the CMLJ team for getting this out so swiftly 🌠

First paragraph of Tara Lee's book review of my monograph, William Blake's Mysticism, in the latest issue of the Charles and Mary Lamb Journal

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Celebrating bisexual visibility day by rewatching Hannibal, my favourite show full of disaster bisexuals, and Killing Eve 💗💜💙

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It's Pipes, Mum! Pipes is here! @scriblit.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Bi Visibility Day to literally every vampire (all draculas are bisexual) (ADAB)

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Imani Gandy @angryblacklady.blacksky.app · 16/09/2026

Trans rights is inherently a bodily autonomy issue. Just like abortion rights is. We can't have gender equity or reproductive freedom without trans rights. Full stop. You can yell at me and make up shit that you claim I've said if it makes you feel better. I don't care. I'm right. And you know it.

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

The way I have been holding in this news for MONTHS! I'm so excited for you to meet jaded, grown up Lydia, and the sweet, shy spinster she's about to thoroughly debauch 🥰 It's just about the fortune hunting, okay? Lydia Wickham does NOT catch feelings. Right? ... right?

Publishers Marketplace announcement reads: Author of THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY Lindz McLeod’s WICKED MRS. WICKHAM, book three in the Austentatious series, a sapphic romance set in the world of Jane Austen’s PRIDE AND PREJUDICE in which the sweet and sheltered Mary King must team up with the utterly classless—and wickedly irresistible—Lydia Wickham in order to recover her family’s stolen fortune, to Leyla Erkan at Harlequin, in a two-book deal, for publication in winter 2028, by Laura Zats at Headwater Literary Management (world English).

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A lovely evening talking queer Georgiana Darcy with @lindzmcleod.bsky.social & Erin Edwards. Two fab people, two amazing authors and two fantastic books 🥺✨️ Lots of giggles, great conversations, one coughing fit grinding on Mrs Bennet's nerves, and Lindz doing SO well to hold in Austentatious 3 lol

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

QUEER LYDIA ANNOUNCED ON SAPPHIC SEPTEMBER LET’S GOOOO

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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Paperback copies of my and @rjdashwood.bsky.social’s Ridiculous book! Available here: www.routledge.com/Reading-the-...

3 copies of Reading the Romantic Ridiculous on a green background

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New on the BARS Blog - “Elementary, My Dear Austen”: Why Jane Austen Has Turned to Crime by @rjdashwood.bsky.social and @drstephr.bsky.social While the idea of the Austen crime novel might seem odd, crime and romance share some decided similarities... Read more at www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6606

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If you enjoyed this issue of VPFJ, please consider sending us a submission for the next general issue. Deadlines for submission are 31st January 2027. Find out more here: victorianpopularfiction.org/publications...

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Victorian Popular Fictions

The Journal of the Victorian Popular Fiction Associationclick on the issue links below to accessOUT NOW! Issue 8.1 (Spring 2026)Issue 7.2 (Autumn 2025), a special number on Victorian Popular Fictio…

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VPFA are now accepting abstracts for our 19th Annual Conference "Beaches and Borders in Victorian Popular Fiction and Culture". To read the full CfP and submission guidelines, head to: victorianpopularfiction.org/vpfa-annual-...

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🥀 𝚂𝚞𝚜𝚊𝚗 𝙱.🖋 🚫 No DM’s @sbwordmuse.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

The horrors persist but so do, books, coffee shops, poems, sunsets, trees, the moon and the sea. #musings

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

Join us online on Wednesday 16th September 2026 at 6pm BST to hear Erin Edwards and I talk about our sapphic Georgiana Darcy books! ❤️ Event is free but ticketed, so sign up now! Also, you can grab a signed copy of our books, delivered anywhere in the world 👀

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Queering Georgiana Darcy: Lindz McLeod and Erin Edwards

Shining the spotlight on a beloved Jane Austen character and her sapphic lovers, chaired by Emma Butler-Marr.

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Dr Andrew McInnes @drbeard79.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Sickened by fascist thugs allowed to run riot at our ports by police, government, and media alike - and awed by the work and everyday heroism of the RNLI - I got my act together and donated - you could too!

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Donate to the RNLI and help save lives at sea

Your donations really make a difference. We depend on your generosity to educate people to stay safe and prevent tragedies on and offshore. Donate here.

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Once again, disabled and chronically ill women are being targeted in the press, this time the telegraph. Labelling us 'sickflueners' for having the audacity to exist online with health problems - and from another female journalist too...

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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

‘For the Dead Remember: The Life of M. R. James’ is published today! Seven years in the writing, many more in the planning, and - here it is!

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

On countdown for almost a week away!!! Get your tickets now if you haven't already 👀 it's gonna be fun!!

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Katie MacLean @katiemaclean.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A new special issue of Persuasions On-Line on 'Jane Austen's Global Fan Cultures' has just gone live! The issue boasts articles on Chinese translation and reception, literary tourism, fanfiction, and digital humanities projects.

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Dr Rita J. Dashwood @rjdashwood.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

The article Stephanie Russo and I wrote during my stay at Macquarie University in Sydney this year is now out on the @bars.bsky.social Blog! www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6606

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“Elementary, My Dear Austen”: Why Jane Austen Has Turned to Crime – BARS Blog

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

GO GO GO!! watery dis/utopia from the amazingly talented (and wonderful) @lindzmcleod.bsky.social Can't wait for our haunted shores reading group session on this too 🤭

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Kitty and Mary was a delightful continuation of Pride and Prejudice, with each of the remaining Bennet sisters having a very sweet HEA in their own ways! Told through letters and diaries, I thought it held up against The Other Bennet Sister really well (and yay for a queer & seafaring Mary!)

A flatlay on a white towel, with an aperol spritz, pink sunglasses, a grey and red wonder woman pattern book sleeve and the pink proof copy of Kitty and Mary by Julia Gray and Imogen Russell Williams - on it had half a face of Kitty Bennet!

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

Call for Applications: The BARS Open Fellowship 2027 The Open Fellowship is available to scholars at any career stage undertaking exceptional work at the forefront of Romantic studies to support research expenses of up to £2000. Closes: Friday 6 November 2026. Info: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6598

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Haunted Shores @hauntedshores.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

New CFP! We're delighted to invite abstracts for the next Haunted Shores conference: Beyond the Blue Planet: Outer Space, Inner Space, and Extraterrestrial Oceans – online 2 April 2027 Please share with anyone who might be interested! Thank you! Full info: haunted-shores.com/beyond-the-b...

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Beyond the Blue Planet: Haunted Shores 2027

Join us for the next Haunted Shores conference! Beyond the Blue Planet: Outer Space, Inner Space, and Extraterrestrial Oceans Online: 2 April 2027 (Double, a crater in the Moon’s Sea of Tranquility…

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

Want something fun (and free) to do during #sapphicseptember ??? Join us for what I'm sure will be an amazing night!! Sapphic regency romance, and two Austen continuations? What more could you want 🤔👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩 @lindzmcleod.bsky.social and Erin's books are amazing, and I'm sooo excited to host 💜

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Join Lindz, Erin & I in conversation about their Pride and Prejudice sequels/continuations focusing on Georgiana Darcy (and her sapphic happy ever afters!) 2 of the best books I've read this year (Lindz's Unlikely Pursuit of Mary Bennet is one of my favourites of all time!) It's going to be fab 👩‍❤️‍💋‍👩

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

In case you like to be ahead of the curve, I might drop a sneaky clue or two about what's coming next... 👀 Join us at this free online event!

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy birthday to Mary Shelley, born on this day in 1797 📕 At 18, she began writing Frankenstein, helping to invent a whole genre and giving us one of literature’s most iconic monsters. Not a bad legacy.

Black and white etching portrait of Mary Shelley. Her portrait is set in an oval, she is wearing a black off the shoulder gown. Her hair appears to be a dark brown and falls around her jawbone.

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Amy Wilcockson @wilcocksonamy.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

One of the best things about being Comms Officer for BARS is working alongside a wonderful Communications Fellow!! If you're interested in helping me run the BARS Blog and social media feeds for the next academic year (and receive a stipend for doing so!!!), please check out the link below ⤵️

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

Join us online on Wednesday 16th September 2026 at 6pm BST to hear Erin Edwards and I talk about our sapphic Georgiana Darcy books! ❤️ And if you'd like a signed copy of Unruly Heart or Miseducation delivered anywhere in the world, then now's your chance to grab one before stocks run out!

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Queering Georgiana Darcy: Lindz McLeod and Erin Edwards

Shining the spotlight on a beloved Jane Austen character and her sapphic lovers, chaired by Emma Butler-Marr.

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Kendra, spooky version @kendrawcandraw.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton have taught us not only that you should be bigger, weirder, gayer, and freakier, but also that those qualities are what people will love about you. The things that make you strange and amazing are the things that will resonate with other strange and amazing people

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

How have I only just found out due to her passing that Dolly Parton had endometriosis? A brilliantly generous and inspiring woman, and now one I can relate to on a (semi) personal level. A legend indeed

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Chloe Wilcox @sadpphicstanza.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

OXFORD UNI STAFF & STUDENTS!!! Oxford has officially implemented the transphobic EHRC Code of Practice. PLEASE sign this open letter to commit to resisting it and supporting your trans colleagues, students, and peers. And please also share with Oxford acquaintances! www.oulgbtq.org/open-letter....

the words "Open Letter: Resisting the EHRC's Code of Practice in Oxford" on top of a trans flag, accompanied by the logos of Oxford for Trans Rights and Oxford University LGBTQ+ Society.

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Leo C. Stein @duetosymmetry.com · 26/08/2026

Tim Curry and Dolly Parton both demonstrated how gender is a social construct. RIP legends

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David Higgins @davidhiggins.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Lawks a lumme! A permanent literary studies job in the UK! In British Romantic literature! ‘Earth has not anything to show more fair’!

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Tobias Wilson-Bates @phdhurtbrain.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Charles Dickens: ok, so there’s this orphan Editor: we’ve done this one Dickens: but *this* orphan suffers terribly from being poor Editor: sure Dickens: but here’s the catch Editor: (*leans forward) Dickens: he’s. actually. RICH! Editor: good god, magnificent!

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Angela Black @nerdybutcute.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

emo boulangerie called "life is pain" i find this incredibly funny, but i suspect i'm alone in that

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Emma Butler-Marr @19thcenturyem.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Burned my legs through my jeans in the sun, but it was worth it to watch Pride and Prejudice on a big outdoor cinema screen ☀️

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Chloe Wilcox @sadpphicstanza.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

I’ve had so much fun in this role!!! It’s been such a lovely way to feel more involved in the Romanticist community (and Amy is a wonderful Comms Officer) <33

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

🌟Call for Applications: BARS Communications Fellow 2026-27 to assist with the BARS Blog and social media 🌟 Deadline - Monday 14th September Details - www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6572

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Lindz McLeod - THE MISEDUCATION OF CAROLINE BINGLEY is out now! @lindzmcleod.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

SO EXCITED for this online event! If you love Georgiana Darcy like we do, here's your chance to ask us burning questions and grab a signed copy of one of our books (while tickets last)!

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