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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

You’re so very kind - and I’d jump at the chance! Ellie and I have LOVED staying in touch with everyone from the conference and seeing the book come together. We need to plan an online reunion to launch it! xxx 🍾 🥂

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

It’s been a joy working with you, Justin! Cannot wait for this to be out in the world and for everyone to read your fabulous chapter!

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Laurence Dubois @laurencedubois.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

If you're interested in all things Victorian - and who wouldn't be? 😉 - feel free to join us on @sfeve.bsky.social You'll discover the activities of the SFEVE (celebrating its 50th anniversary this year 🎂) and its members, who are all passionate about Victorian literature, history and culture. 🤓

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Zach Schonfeld @zachschonfeld.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Happy 30th birthday to the best road album, the best studio/live hybrid album, the best end-of-an-era album, and Michael Stipe's own favorite R.E.M. album.

R.E.M. - New Adventures in Hi-Fi (back cover of the CD)

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Dr Jen Baker @jendeavour.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Coming soon...

Front cover for New Directions in the Ghost Story Vol. 2, the image is a c19th illustration of a group gathered around the fire while an "old wife" tells them a story.

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Huge congratulations to Joanna Turner on the publication of her new book, Marie Corelli, in our Key Popular Women Writers Series!! 🎉 The book explodes the myths of prior biographies, revealing Corelli the performer, her working-class roots, and her hidden periodical publications of the 1870s.

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We are very excited to share yet another addition to the Key Popular Women Writers Series: congratulations to Susan Civale on the publication of Mary Shelley! 🎉 This study reveals previously unseen continuities in Shelley's work and affinities with other women writers!

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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

Hem hem. ‘It is difficult to imagine a better account of James’s life ever being written.’

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thanks so much, Andrew! I DO hope you like it!

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

She definitely capitalised on the explosion in literacy and targeted her commercial works at a mass readership. I agree about Svengali - I was also really interested in the merchandise crazes that followed that novel - in comparison there were Corelli calendars and birthday books…

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Miranda Jubb @mirandamiranda.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Couldn’t figure out where I recognized her name from and then I realised I picked up a book of hers from somewhere… now I’m intrigued to lean more! Sharing because I love this cover.

Old copy of Corelli’s “The Sorrows of Satan,” with an lovely illustration of a star flanked by angel wings and the quote “O Lucifer Son of the Morning, how fallen art thou”

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

That’s a stunner! The Sorrows is her blockbuster and it is quite the read! Enjoy ☺️

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Alwyn Turner @alwynturner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I first came across her with The Mighty Atom in the Dennis Wheatley Library of the Occult. (My teenage introduction to a whole raft of writers.)

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I have one of these! And the Barbara Cartland abridged A Romance from 1978. They’re a real window onto Corelli’s cultural afterlife, particularly when read with biographical work of that time!

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Many thanks! The Sorrows is definitely a wild ride. I came across a passing reference to Corelli when researching Du Maurier’s Trilby about a decade ago and I’m still discovering pseudonymous works and new information about her. She is endlessly fascinating.

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Alwyn Turner @alwynturner.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Thank you. I look forward to reading about Marie Corelli, who's long been a source of fascination for me. I didn't have much room for her in this book, but I did write a bit more here... thelionandunicorn.com/2017/12/16/i...

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Imperial fiction: Boy

ALWYN TURNER reads Marie Corelli’s forgotten Boer War fable from 1900.

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I enjoyed this very much! I used the Dickens passage you reference in my thesis - I often wonder about the influence of Dombey and Son on her characterisations in Boy.

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Fascinating stuff, thank you! She’s certainly guilty of grammatical errors and the incorrect use of foreign languages, but you’re quite right to identify the nature of these attacks on her as sneering - she was a popular success, above all, and the establishment found it tricky to digest that!

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

@alwynturner.bsky.social Thank you for the repost! I am currently reading your book for my next project - it’s brilliant!

Alwyn Turner’s book Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

What a wonderful feeling – it’s publication day for my book on Marie Corelli! Thanks to my amazing editors @helenaifill.bsky.social and Janine Hatter for all their support. I’m so proud to be a contributor to their series on Key Popular Women Writers. @vpfa.bsky.social @lboroenglish.bsky.social

The cover for Marie Corelli by Joanna Turner. It depicts an image of a woman in Victorian dress, standing on a rock and pointing out to sea. Her hair is blowing in the breeze.

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Isn’t it gorgeous? It comes in other colours, too. Am tagging @gailmyerscough.co.uk to answer this.

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Thank you so much! The print makes me smile to myself every time I look at it - the book is the result of years of study as a mature student, and thanks to you I have a gorgeous daily reminder that I achieved my dream xx

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

No better way to celebrate the imminent publication of my very own book (a week today!) than showing off a personalised @gailmyerscough.co.uk print including my opening sentences! Cheers, Gail - I love it 😍

A Gail Myerscough print (green typewriter on black background) personalised with the first lines of my book ‘Marie Corelli’ - “It was nearly Christmas Eve in the quintessentially English town of Stratford-upon-Avon. The traditional sounding of the Guild Chapel curfew bell had occurred hours ago. It was almost midnight”.

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Sarah Parker @profsarahparker.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

I'm reading the new book on Marie Corelli by @coppertapestry.bsky.social and it's BRILLIANT! So readable, entertaining & field-transforming. Whether you are a Corelli nut or not, I urge you to treat yourself to a copy: www.eerpublishing.com/turner-marie...

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Thank you so much! Am happy you’re enjoying it! 📖

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

That’s so kind, thank you! Hopefully we’ll see each other online or in person at another event, soon. Best of luck with your amazing project 🤩

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

So pleased for you, Emilie! It was SUCH a good paper and you held us spellbound!

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Emilie Laurent @emilieslaurent.bsky.social · 11/07/2026

Truly honored and deeply grateful to have been awarded the Greta Depledge Prize for best postgraduate paper, given by @vpfa.bsky.social at its 18th annual conference for my paper on Arthur Machen’s manipulative storytelling. This award means more to me than I can put into words. Thank you ❤️

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Our 18th Annual Conference is now over, and some of you may be staving off the post-VPFA conference depression. Not to worry, because we have JUST the cure: Volume 8, issue 1 of Victorian Popular Fictions Journal 🤩💫 Read it online here: victorianpopularfiction.org/publications...

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Table of Contents ArticlesJulia Kuehn and Diane Eveline van den Brink. The Good, the Bad, and the Popular: The Question of a Popular Canon and Other Methodological ContemplationsLinda K. Hughes. Cr…

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Emma Butler-Way @ebutler-way.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

A *fantastic* time at #VPFAPublics the last few days. Fascinating papers, fruitful discussions (Some fun things on the horizon)... Caught up with old pals, made some new ones - every year I'm blown away by the incredible warmth of @vpfa.bsky.social. All the thanks to Jo and Janine for organising!

Sunset view over the River Mersey from Albert Docks. Old lamppost in the foreground

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Emilie Laurent @emilieslaurent.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

What a fantastic three days at #VPFAPublics in Liverpool! I had an amazing time in one of the most beautiful venues I’ve ever seen. Such a joy to learn more about Victorian popular fiction while catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. Can’t wait for next year!

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Dr Anne-Marie Beller FRHistS @braddonite.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

The Bodies panel was certainly one of my favourites too. Fascinating research presented at #VPFAPublics day 2.

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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

@andrewkingc19.bsky.social talking about how Victorians marketed Pop Fiction - and I’m very excited to learn more about Victorian marketing, particularly design and product placement! Makes me think of my trawling through Punch for crumbs of context! #VPFAPublics

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Bethany Dahlstrom @cryingtheoretic.bsky.social · 08/07/2026

Can you imagine trying to de-anonymise 22 Victorian sensation novels? Because Janine Hatter can! What an amazing project 😱 #VPFAPublics

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Heather Ray Milligan @hrmilligan.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

very pleased to have signed the advance contract for my first monograph, Ecogothic America and the Twenty-First-Century Novel, with @edinburghup.bsky.social !

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Helena Ifill discussing Charlotte Riddell's direct addresses to the reader, arguing that they were used as part of her campaign to become "the" novelist of London. city. Though she was interested in the lives of city women, her USP was the lives and hearts of city businessmen #VPFAPublics

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

It was fun! Am greatly looking forward to your book 🤩

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Bodies - WHAT A PANEL at #vpfapublics It was absolutely brilliant! I loved hearing from Megan Nash, Anna-Maria Grill, and @ebutler-way.bsky.social about their fascinating research! @vpfa.bsky.social

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

You’re very kind! Programme is loaded with such good stuff - I’m currently trying to choose which panels to attend today x

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Dr Anne-Marie Beller FRHistS @braddonite.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

Jo’s fantastic Corelli book will be out in August!

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Dr Joanna Turner @coppertapestry.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Looking forward to sharing a stage with you on Friday! Bring on grad!!! 🥂 xxx

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