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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

We are delighted to feature in the new edition of Bath Life Magazine - and can’t wait for next week’s Mary Shelley event at the @brlsi.bsky.social as part of @curiousminds.org.uk festival. Tix here - do join us! tinyurl.com/mr2h5en5

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Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford @hmcoxford.bsky.social · 24/02/2025

👀We always love to see what alum of the College do - Prof @fionasampson.bsky.social (BA PPE 1992) has had an extraordinary career, and is now a Senior Research Fellow of the College. This will be a wonderful event & opportunity to hear her talk about her work 'Limestone Country'.

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bookanista @wearebookanista.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

"Suicide had now been added to the family quota of social shame. Yet Mary noted only ‘the worst account. A miserable day... Buy mourning' Read Fiona Sampson's compelling introduction to #MaryShelleyinBath @fionasampson.bsky.social @manderleypress.bsky.social bookanista.com/the-causes-o...

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Please join us for a special event in Bath to celebrate the launch of our new book - Mary Shelley in Bath. I will be in conversation with @fionasampson.bsky.social - poet and biographer of Mary Shelley - at the @brlsi.bsky.social. Book your tix here! manderleypress.com/book-events/maryshelleyinbath

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

Please join us to celebrate the launch of our brand new book Mary Shelley in Bath - in Bath! @fionasampson.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at the BRSLI on 19 March to find out what, where - and who - inspired Mary Shelley’s #Frankenstein… manderleypress.com/book-events/maryshelleyinbath

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

I can really recommend this biography of Mary Shelley - I loved it so much I commissioned the author (@fionasampson.bsky.social ) to write the introduction to our Mary Shelley book. In one word: unputdownable!

Photo of a book: In search of Mary Shelley by Fiona Sampson

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Fiona Sampson @fionasampson.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

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Fiona Sampson @fionasampson.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

Lovely to have these delicious copies of @manderleypress.bsky.social MARY SHELLEY IN BATH. It was a joy to write the Introduction: this was the fascinating time in Mary's life when she was actually writing FRANKENSTEIN.

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

The evolution of a book cover … here are some behind-the-scenes shots of a modern portrait of Mary Shelley, rendered in play-doh by master artist Eleanor Macnair and featured on the cover of our brand new book - ‘Mary Shelley in Bath’ (introduced by the stellar @fionasampson.bsky.social) #booksky 💙📚

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Nicola Low @nicolamlow.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

‘In 1816, when Mary started writing [Frankenstein], the study of natural phenomena wasn’t yet a proper profession; the term “scientist” had yet to be invented.’ Interesting insight by @fionasampson.bsky.social in an excellent piece on amazing #MaryShelley www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...

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Frankenstein at 200 – why hasn't Mary Shelley been given the respect she deserves?

Shelley’s Frankenstein has spoken to technological and cultural anxieties from the Enlightenment to #MeToo. But its author’s achievements have too often been dismissed or treated with scepticism

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Fiona Sampson @fionasampson.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

Oh, George! On the home straight of BECOMING GEORGE, about George Sand, for @Transworld and @wwnorton.bsky.social Out in 2026, for her 150th.

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Christopher Smith @christophersmith.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

super review from @fionasampson.bsky.social with a wonderful piece of news at the end ; @littletollerbooks.bsky.social are reissuing her Limestone Country!!!!! that's day-making news ....

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Fiona Sampson @fionasampson.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

Obviously, I love the west #Balkans, and was delighted to be invited there back in September - also glad my travel piece is out now. Writing like a tourist traduces a place, but it's also a way to introduce more readers to a fab, highly visitable country. Please go see North Macedonia for yourself!

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Coffee, kelims and the call to prayer: an overland journey to North Macedonia

Manageable in scale but crammed with history and nature, North Macedonia is a perfect introduction to the underexplored west Balkans

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Fiona Sampson @fionasampson.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

Sarah Jessica Parker as a #BookerPrize judge, ffs?!?! Seems like fiction is being treated with almost as much contempt as poetry now.

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Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social · 24/11/2024

Next week this beautiful book will be printed in Wales. It’s a collection of Mary Shelley’s journals, letters and fiction - all written in, or inspired by, the literary city of Bath. @fionasampson.bsky.social has introduced it to perfection! 💙📚 #booksky manderleypress.com/shop/p/maryshelleyinbath

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