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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

If you couldn't attend my in person introduction to audio description, never fear. I've teamed up with ADA(S) chair, Amanda, to do an online one this Saturday. Join on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/j/8257035652... Meeting chat link us06web.zoom.us/launch/jc/82... Meeting ID: 825 7035 6520 Passcode: 460795

A woman stands in a dark theatre booth. There's a script in front of her and she wears headphones.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I forgot to take pictures so this is an illustration from Ainsley McIntosh's paper on Scott's lighthouse journal: 'Robert Stevenson, 1772 to 1850. Lighthouse engineer' by John Syme. (National Galleries of Scotland) #bars2026

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

I was only able to go to one day of the @bars.bsky.social conference but what a day it was! I presented on narrative voice in Walter Scott's The Pirate; learnt about Scott's Lighthouse Journal, the interactions between scientists and artists, Romantic drama etc.; and met some fabulous scholars!

A serious-looking man wears a dark, nineteenth-century suit. Behind him, a tall, white lighthouse can be seen out the window. Waves crash around it.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

I loved sharing information about audio description at Aberdeen Performing Arts yesterday. We talked about who might use audio description, what to expect if you come to an audio described show, and what audio describers do. Then there was time to ensure everyone could use the headsets and app.

A woman stands in front of a theatre stage. There is a screen on the stage behind her, showing a slide from a PowerPoint presentation. She is flanked by tables. One with a laptop and the other with guide dog puppets and glasses.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

Want to find out more about audio description? Come along to Aberdeen's information session on the 25th July where I will lead you through all things theatre audio description. The event is free but ticketed: www.aberdeenperformingarts.com/whats-on/hmt...

A woman sits in a dark theatre booth. She wears a headset. There's a heavy red theatre curtain behind her. Words read: find out about audio description!

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 29/06/2026

I am on my way to an academic writing retreat where I will (hopefully) finish my overdue Walter Scott companion. And my early morning cosy mystery opens with a quote from Walter Scott. It's a good omen, I think.

The first page of a book with the quote: "for three wild lads were we, brave boys, and three wild lads were we; thou on the land and I on the land, and Jack on the gallows tree." Sir Walter Scott, Guy Mannering

A book called Jack on the Gallows Tree, a cup of coffee and a cinnamon swirl

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 28/06/2026

"We are happy in the house," the audience sang to me as I told a brand new (to me) story with a lovely little sung chorus peppered throughout. As I can't hold a tune, the band and audience helped me out. I learnt the story from Grace Banks especially for this event. 1/2

A woman in a pink top stands in front of choir pews. She addresses an audience.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

Romanticism colleagues, I am still looking for a poetry contributor for the Year's Work in English Studies. If anyone is interested, please contact me! #romanticism

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Call for Expressions of Interest: Sarah Burdett and Diane Piccitto are organising a virtual reading of Joanna Baillie's 'The Family Legend', and are looking for people to contribute in any way: as audience members, readers, or creative participants. Details on the blog: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6469

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Call for Expressions of Interest: Virtual Reading of Joanna Baillie’s The Family Legend – BARS Blog

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Storytelling friends, I am so excited to be hosting the wonderful facilitator, Radhieka Radha! 📅 17 June 2026 🕖 7:00–8:00 pm (GMT) 💻 Online via Zoom us02web.zoom.us/j/8453692661... (Passcode: gas) Or, if you prefer use these details: Meeting ID: 845 3692 6616 | Passcode: gas (all lowercase).

Two women storytelling. One has her hands above her head and the other has her arms crossed.

A poster advertising psycodrama and storytelling with Radhieka Radha.

Two women wearing crowns and necklaces made of paper leaves and flowers. They are smiling and posing together.

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Hi guys! What do you know about 18th/19th century Gothic drama? Want to know more? Want to know about one of the most popular playwrights you may never have heard of? We've got Helen Dallas' new talk on Joanna Baillie here! youtu.be/pgJGoCMk85A

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Joanna Baillie: Gothic Plays and Psychological Horror with Dr Helen Dallas

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

Romanticism folks, I am looking for new contributors for The Year's Work in English Studies (YWES). YWES is an annual review of scholarly work. It's the largest & most comprehensive work of its kind. I am looking for two people to join the poetry team and one person to take over drama.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 06/06/2026

I had a fabulous time audio describing We Will Rock You at Aberdeen's HMT theatre! I've audio described dozens of musicals in my time, but this must have been one of the most joyous.

A woman stands in front of a We Will Rock You poster with her fist in the air

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

In what might have been my last time storytelling for the language cafe, we focused on volunteering. I told the story of the boy who tricked a giant with a bag of old shoes. We wrote about our experiences volunteering and matched fictional characters to local volunteering opportunities.

A brunette woman smiles in front of a row of coloured paper in which people have written about the ways in which they volunteer.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

We had a wonderful time at last week's storytelling workshop. Trina and I led the participants through how to remember and perform a story!

A group of people sit in a circle holding a web made out of wool

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Wow! The talks on Scott's lighthouse journal were amazing. From the project fellows, Hilary Clydesdale and Ainsley McIntosh, we learnt about the practicalities of paper and editoral practice; Matt Thompson explored the manuscript's journey while Anna Pilz expanded on the afterlives of the voyage;

A brunette woman, Dr Ainsley McIntosh, stands in front of a PowerPoint presentation that features Turner's painting of Bell Rock, a tall, white lighthouse being battered by towering waves.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

I am excited to be on the train to hear the amazing Ainsley McIntosh and Hiliary Clydesdale present on their recent project transcribing Walter Scott's lighthouse journals. I know I will learn a lot about Scott, the Stevensons, and lighthouses, but I am hoping to also gather some new stories!

A brunette woman sitting in a train wearing a navy jumper that features a picute of a lighthouse and the words 'be the light.'

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

I am so excited to be co-leading this introduction to storytelling workshop! Come along to learn more about adapting, remembering and performing stories! Part of Grampian Wellbeing Festival. Venue hosted by Love RaRa. Hosted by Grampian Association of Storytellers.

A poster advertising a storytelling workshop for adults. 23 May. 1pm to 3pm. Email gas_story@hotmail.com for more info.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

I'm not sure how I feel about preparing my audio description script for 2:22 A Ghost Story completely alone, in the dark, surrounded by spooky noises, in HMT's supposedly haunted upper circle. If I survive, the audio described performance will be this Saturday matinee. #audiodescription

A woman looks nervous is a dimly-lit circle of empty theatre seats.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It was the first outing for both my Regency dress and my local history story (of the swashbuckling Excise man and forger, Malcolm Gillespie) today at The Grampian Association of Storytellers' event at Peterculter Heritage Museum.

A woman in a Regency-style dress and bonnet stands in a lane with her arms outstretched as if she is telling a story.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

I usually tell stories from folklore but I am exploring local history in preparation for telling at Peterculter heritage museum. Librarian Catherine at Aberdeen Central Library embarked with me on a quest to find more about notorious Exciseman, Mr Gillespie, and his fights with whisky smugglers.

A handwritten page in a printed book explaining that Gillespie's life was not written by himself but rather by one of his attendants who is a 'complete scoundrel.'

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I had a fantastic time at GREC's language cafe today. The theme was medicine. We did matching game and medical vocab bingo. For the story, I told Androcles and the Lion. Then everyone shared stories about sick animals or people. I was so impressed by the talent in the room! #storytelling

A woman smiles in front of a painting of a Roman man pulling a thorn from a lion.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

I am excited to be co-hosting this wellbeing story-creation session in Aberdeen on Friday!

A poster promoting a wellbeing first Friday fling: connect, creating, collaborative stories. 1st May, 7pm-9pm at the Mission Church, St Machar Drive, Aberdeen.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

We officially launched our language cafe toolkit today. I shared how I used storytelling to engage language learners in fun and useful activities. #storytelling

A woman stands with a microphone addressing an unseen audience

A word cloud with the words storytelling, activities and mushrooms are prominent

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 12/04/2026

On Friday the Grampian Association of Storytellers held their monthly open mic storytelling session at the University of Aberdeen's zoology building! #storytelling

A crowd sits amongst skeletons and taxidermy.

A storyteller performs to a small crowd of humans, watched by a taxidermy tiger on a display case above her.

Two storytellers talk beneath a taxidermy tiger.

An overhead shot of a group of storytellers and listeners, surrounded by skeletons and taxidermy animals.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

I'm back in the audio description booth this week, working with a fabulous team to provide audio description for this Saturday's matinee performance of Shawshank Redemption at HMT, Aberdeen. #audiodescription

A woman stands in a dark booth in a theatre with a mic and a script.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 08/04/2026

If you're based in Aberdeen, join the Grampian Association of Storytellers for a storytelling evening at the Zoology Museum this Friday (10th April), 7 - 9 pm. Booking required: abdn.io/271 #storytelling

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 21/03/2026

This afternoon, I am audio describing Friends, the Musical Parody at Aberdeen's HMT. Audio description enables visually impaired people to have the same experience as sighted people. In this case, it means that everyone can enjoy the music and laughs! #audiodescription

A brunette woman sits in front of a FRIENDS poster, slightly smiling

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

I love everything about this entire thread!

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

"Kill your darlings" has long been a mantra in writing circles but today I applied it to storytelling. The theme at language cafe was "dancing" and I prepared a few activities, a story and a creative follow-on. However, I had to drop most of the opening activities... and it was a great success!

A middle-aged aged woman smiles next to an open suitcase full of instruments including a tongue drum and boom whackers.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

I've never been diagnosed but this picture is exactly how I remember and imagine faces. I've always found it hard to explain how I can remember expressions but not features, and I think you can see it clearly here.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

I'm looking forward to Leonie Jungen's talk. Who else is in the virtual conference room with me?!

A PowerPoint slide: Tales of a Grandmother : Female Agency and its Literary Echoes in the Scottish Cultural Memory in the Age of Scott

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

Don't forget! You've still got time to pitch a talk for the Romancing the Gothic talk series next year! We're particularly interested in work focusing on women and people of marginalised genders and we love exploring traditions from around the world! romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/02/r...

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Romancing the Gothic 2026 Talk Series – Call for Papers

In 2026, our annual conference will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ann Radcliffe’s final, posthumous, publications. An early Gothic writer, Radcliffe was known to some as the ‘…

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 09/11/2025

The Grampian Association of Storytellers had a wonderful storytelling session on Friday night. We had ten tellers, representing different nationalities and life stages. I hosted and bookended the session, telling two stories that hold special places in my memory.

A middle-aged woman in a full black skirt and red Victorian-style shirt stands in middle of a circle of listeners. The room behind her is Victorian style with dark red walls, antlers on the wall, and a fake fire.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

I'll be sharing stories and chatting about how 18th/19th century Gothic tales can be used in storytelling practice today for the Grampian Association of Storytellers!

A poster saying The Grampian Association of Storytellers Fireside Chat. Guest Anna Fancett. Talking about: Boo! The Gothic Golden Age Today. 12 November, 7pm to 9pm, online.

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Dr Selena Wisnom @lswisnom.bsky.social · 03/11/2025

Academics in Assyria in the 7th c BC complain that admin is preventing them from doing research and teaching

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 02/11/2025

We'll be exploring female tricksters, saucy tales, scandalous memoirs, Gothic murderesses, radical poetry, utopian communes, Black writing, revolution, travel, alternate histories and so much more! The long eighteenth century has some amazing reads! Explore them with me.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 01/11/2025

I had a lovely audience for storytelling at Absafe's haunted house last night. Wonderful small children helped me play the singing bowl while terrific older kids got involved in stories of a young fisherman who finds himself shipwrecked with three witches and a woman watching corpses rise.

A middle-aged white woman wears a red button-down shirt with ruffles around the neck. She holds a tapered candle and stands in front of a black backdrop covered in pumpkins and spiders.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

I don't know why everyone is doing Ozymandias remixes but a) I'm glad they are and b) this is my favourite do far: two poems they are constantly in my head now mashed together.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I'm on a mission to try and merge my academic and storytelling lives. Hosting this event at the University of Aberdeen's exhibition is an exciting step on this journey!

First Friday Fling. Messages from the other side: supernatural stories. 7th November, 7-9pm. Sir Duncan Rice Library. Drop-in. Over 16s only.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

I'm sad I can't attend this one because it looks great.

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

Join us !😊 englishassociation.ac.uk

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 26/10/2025

I am really happy to be talking about my recent work at GREC's language cafe at this conference. Find me in the programme heyzine.com/flip-book/dd... and register here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/online-une...

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Our Publications serve our community - for, by and about those involved in our subject, in a multiplicity of ways. Visit our website, join us, contribute ! englishassociation.ac.uk

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I'll be storytelling at Absafe's haunted house. 📅 Friday 31 October ⏰ 5:30–9:00 PM (last entry 8:30) 📍 Balgownie Lodge, Aberdeen 💷 Suggested donation: £3 (pay on the door or by bank transfer) 🎟️ Register here to help us plan numbers: 👉 AbsafeHauntedHouse_25.eventbrite.co.uk

An old building with the label Absafe on it. In front of it, a pale ghost peers at the camera.

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 19/10/2025

I watched this and it was amazing. I recommend to everyone.

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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

BARS News: Independent Researcher Bursary Call for Applications Independent researchers with an interest in any aspect of Romantic Studies (literature, architecture, art, politics, culture, history etc) are invited to apply for the Independent Researcher Bursary. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6189

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

I'm really looking forward to this one!

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Anna Fancett @annafancett.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

One of the great joys of storytelling is listening to the Greats, and Grace Banks really is one of those greats. On Friday, she transported the Grampian Association of Storytellers through her voice into northern lands and the natural world. Photos by Javier Álvarez

A group of adult listeners sit in a circle.

22 adult listeners in a circle watch the storyteller who is standing in the middle of them.

A storyteller and listener kneel in front of a selection of pictures of Scandinavia.

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