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Greta Colombani (she/her)

@gretacolombani.bsky.social
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Short stories on vampires, queerness, the end of humanity, etc. | Dr in Romantic ghosts @cam.ac.uk | Co-investigator of BA/Leverhulme "Mapping Italian Literary Cafés, 1720-present" | @britfantasysoc.bsky.social Events Organiser for Oxfordshire & Berkshire

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Marisa Linton @mlinton.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
If you'd like to hear about writing gothic and the supernatural, and you'll be within striking distance of Waterstones in Reading at 6.30 on 28th October, do come along and join me, MK Hardy and Jennifer Thorne, for a talk about The Things that Haunt Us: Writing the Gothic Today.
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Dr Stew Hotston (he/him) @stewarthotston.com · 21/09/2026
I'm gonna be there buying more books. You should come along too! We can buy books together!
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Nino Galante @picomiles.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
C'è anche il Caffè Galante nel progetto di mappatura dei caffè letterari italiani a cura delle dr.sse Fanny Clemente e Greta Colombani (@gretacolombani.bsky.social) dell'Università di Oxford
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Caffè Galante: Mapping Italian Literary Cafés
Album fotografico del 16 Settembre 2026
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
The next @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event in Reading with the terrific @mkhardywrites.com @mlinton.bsky.social @juniperjennyt.bsky.social is going to be full of deliciously spooky tales... and possibly actual ghosts (the Waterstones used to be a chapel and I'm told it's *allegedly* haunted) 📜🕯️
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
The BFS is excited to announce our next in-person Leeds event, We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel. Thursday 10th September 2026, 7pm. Waterstones, Albion Street, Leeds. Ticket: tinyurl.com/HorrorLeeds
Shown is a black and white graphic of thorny branches. Top right and top left is the Waterstones logo, a black W on a white background. On the right and left of the top text box is the BFS logo, a white dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’.  Photos: David Barnett (middle left), Rhiannon Grist (middle right); the two authors that make up MK Hardy (bottom left), Yvonne Battle-Felton (bottom right). The text boxes read “The British Fantasy Society & Waterstones Leeds, We Are All Haunted: A Folk and Gothic Horror Panel, David Barnett, Rhiannon Grist, MK Hardy, Yvonne Battle-Felton (mod), Thursday 10th September, 7pm, Leeds Waterstones”Shown is a black and white graphic of thorny branches. Photos: David Moss and the cover of Scratch Moss (top left), Rhiannon Grist and the cover of Home Sick (top right); the two authors that make up MK Hardy and the cover of The Haunting of Avis Lovelock (bottom left) Yvonne Battle-Felton and the cover of Curdle Creek (bottom right). The text box reads “Get your books signed”
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
Full of wonder (and full of fear!) to be reading from my creative-critical response to "Christabel" today at the @bars.bsky.social Conference 🕯️ Huge thanks to Adam for giving space to creative approaches to Romantic poetry, and to BARS for awarding me an Independent Researcher Bursary to attend 🙌
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 29/07/2026
Such a dream (...!) to see our nightmarish creation out in the wild at the Palgrave Macmillan stand at the @bars.bsky.social conference in Birmingham 📕🐴💤
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 25th July 2026, 10am to 6pm (BST). BFS Online: Power in SFFH Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfspowr
Shown is a graphic that has a blue wormhole background with streaks of light blue lightning through it. In the centre is the outline of a fist smashing down. On the top right and left is the BFS logo, a white dragon design curling around the letters ‘BFS’. Text: BFS Online: Power in SFFH; Join the BFS as we examine power in speculative fictions, its many forms, the imbalances and the consequences, and what it means to really have it; Saturday 25th July 2026, 10am to 6pm, Online.
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
Not clickbait: photos of me as a vampire child are indeed included 🦇✨
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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 29/06/2026
One week to this incredible panel, get tickets get tickets get tickets
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
Hello, Reading folks! We've got this marvellous event in your local Waterstones next week. Grab a ticket! tinyurl.com/bfsrebellion
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 26/06/2026
Sick of all this sun and heat? Join us in the dark and weird instead! The fabulous @paultremblay.bsky.social interviewed by @laurenwrites.bsky.social this Monday coming. tinyurl.com/paultrem
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BFS Online: Special Guest Interview, Paul Tremblay
The British Fantasy Society brings you a special guest interview with bestselling author and master of weird fantasy Paul Tremblay. Interview conducted by BFS Blog Editor Lauren McMenemy, Monday 29th ...
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
Gloriously thrilled for the next BFS event at Waterstones Reading when I'll chat about the intricacies of power in epic fantasy and why we are so drawn to characters who rebel, resist, survive with the fiercely wonderful @davewragg.com, Marvellous Michael Anson, and Sarah Mughal Rana ☀️🐦‍🔥⚔️ Tickets ⬇️
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Dave "David" Wragg @davewragg.com · 10/06/2026
If you're a fan of reading and based near Reading, or vice versa, you should absolutely come along
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Angry Robot Books @angryrobotbooks.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Excellent subject, excellent people. (The British Fantasy Society is also excellent - an essential pillar of the genre community.)
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
We have our first Waterstones Reading event next week. Have you got your ticket?
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
If you're planning on going, please book your ticket early. Bookshops need guaranteed numbers for events to go ahead.
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Over the moon (literally) to get the chance to chat about intergalactic adventures, life on other planets, and all things space opera with the stellar @stewarthotston.com @voidcricket.bsky.social and Claire North for the first @britfantasysoc.bsky.social event at Waterstones Reading 🚀🌌 Tickets ⬇️
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Solaris Books @solarisbooks.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Explore @voidcricket.bsky.social 's scifi standalone novels! #UnderFortunateStars reads like a Star Trek bottle episode where two ships are stuck in a time rift. Buy👉 geni.us/9BMN4 #AnUnbreakableWorld sees a memory-challenged thief kidnapped by one of her marks. Buy👉 geni.us/unbrw
Against a blue fabric background dotted with stars, two paperbacks: UNDER FORTUNATE STARS and AN UNBREAKABLE WORLD by Ren Hutchings
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 30/03/2026
The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 18th April 2026, 10am to 6pm (BST). BFS Online: Language in SFFH Language is vast and flexible, providing writers a broad platform on which to build their world. Ticket: tinyurl.com/sffhlang
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We're planning our in-person events for 2026! The BFS is all about celebrating SFFH; if you'd like to do an event, please fill in the form. We currently cover London, Greater Manchester, Yorkshire, West Midlands, Merseyside, and Oxfordshire & Berkshire. britishfantasysociety.org/bfs-in-perso...
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
Thanks to the fabulous @laurenwrites.bsky.social I have my own adorable @britfantasysoc.bsky.social 2025 Faves graphic, with books by the stellar Jewelle Gomez, Seth Dickinson, @premeemohamed.com, and @nghivo.bsky.social 📚💘 (And yes, I'M STILL WAITING FOR BOOK 4 OF BARU CORMORANT, SETH)
My 2025 faves: The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez, Nosferatu by Robert Eggers, Exordia by Seth Dickinson, Severance, We Speak Through the Mountain by Premee Mohamed, The City in Glads by Nghi Vo
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 30/12/2025
We asked our committee, events organisers, reviewers, and other volunteers who help us keep the lights on around the BFS for those SFFH things that made an impression this year. Read the full post here: britishfantasysociety.org/best-of-2025...
A graphic showing lined paper with text which reads: Our volunteer faves of 2025. Also shown are book covers, TV series thumbnails and game cover imagesGraphic with book covers of Witchcraft for Wayward Girls by Grady Hendrix, Creation Lake by Rachel Kushner, Project Hanuman by Stewart Hotston, Bat Eater and Other Names for Cora Zeng by Kylie Lee Baker, The Green Man’s Heir by Juliet E McKenna and The God of the Woods by Liz MooreA graphic with book covers for War Girls by Tochi Onyebuchi, The Book of Disappearance by Ibtisam Azem, Magic, Maps and Mischief by David Green, Scuttler’s Cove by David Barnett, The Gilda Stories by Jewelle Gomez and Crying Out for Magic by P.S.C. WillisGraphic with book covers for: The Everlasting by Alix E Harrow, The Way Up Is Death by Dan Hanks, Gideon the Ninth by Tamsyn Muir, Daughters of Nicnevin by Shona Kinsella, (Don’t) Call Mum by Matt Wesolowski and Blood Over Bright Haven by M.L. Wang
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British Association for Romantic Studies @bars.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
🎉 Upcoming BARS Digital Event: Romantic Creativity Roundtable 8th Dec, 1-2:30pm GMT 6 speakers reflect on the relationship between Romanticism & creativity as it permeates writing, teaching and research. Chaired by @adamneikirk.bsky.social More details & free tickets: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6228
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BARS Digital Event: “Romantic Creativity” Roundtable – BARS Blog
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 10/11/2025
The BFS and Waterstones Covent Gdn is excited to bring you Kill the Gods: Epic Fantasy Religion on Thursday 13th November at 6pm. Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfswatgod @stewarthotston.com @abeaumontbooks.bsky.social @annasmithspark.bsky.social @justmarvewrites.bsky.social @willwiles.bsky.social
A background of grey with a gothic scrollwork on it, announcing that Marve Anson, Anna Smith Spark, Stewart Hotston and Will Wiles will be conversing with Alexandra Beaumont at a British Fantasy Society event in Waterstones Covent Garden on 13th November at 6pm. The authors are pictured by their book covers.
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
The first Neapolitan Book Club (EVER?!) launched yesterday at Il Corno (where else?) in the Oxford Covered Market 🌶️📚 Of course we *had* to kick off a book club dedicated to fiction about and around Naples with the one and only Elena Ferrante 🌋✍️ Next up on 13 Nov: 17th-century fairy tales (link ⬇️)
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
We have very talented people in our community! Congratulations to these members for setting their latest books upon the world recently. Scroll through this thread for more details >>>
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
Are you an author of speculative fiction and eager to talk about your wondrous creations to a live (and - mostly - living) audience? The @britfantasysoc.bsky.social got you covered 🐉 Fill in this form if you'd like to partake in the *first* series of events in Oxfordshire: forms.gle/qR3gLtvLCFFF...
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
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British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grants Awards 2025
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Delighted to see my article on Felicia Hemans and why talking with the dead makes you a superior poet finally out in @studiesinrom.bsky.social 🪦📣 If you're into triumphant necromancers, ghostly revenants, and gender politics, go read "A Spirit's Return" which is marvellous and criminally underread!
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Studies in Romanticism @studiesinrom.bsky.social · 11/10/2025
We are excited to announce the publication of our Summer 2025 issue, which includes essays by Hilary Havens, Greta Colombani, and David Mullins. The issue is available Open Access on Project Muse @projectmuse.bsky.social : muse.jhu.edu/issue/55681. Details in the thread.
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 08/10/2025
Had a blast last night chatting with @rjbarker.bsky.social, @davidmbarnett.bsky.social, and @mlinton.bsky.social about folklore, headless horses, children-kicking spirits, and humans being the scariest. Go read their brilliant novels and stay tuned for other fab @britfantasysoc.bsky.social events 💫
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Very new on these blue skies so I'm promoting just to the happy few, but this @britfantasysoc.bsky.social spooktacular event is happening tonight at Waterstones Covent Garden and I can't wait to peer behind the veil with these terrific authors 🌳🦀🔍 🎟️ Tickets here: www.waterstones.com/events/cross...
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British Fantasy Society @britfantasysoc.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
The British Fantasy Society is excited to announce our next event day, taking place on Saturday 4th October 2025, 10am to 6:30pm (BST). Ticket: tinyurl.com/bfsmonster #BritishFantasySociety #FantasyBooks #HorrorBooks #SFFBooks #AuthorTalk #WritingCommunity #Monsters
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
So thrilled to join the stellar team of @britfantasysoc.bsky.social as in-person events organiser for Oxfordshire & Berkshire and connect with many fellow writers, readers, and enthusiasts of the SFFH community 🐉✨ Fill in this form if you'd like to take part: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Greta Colombani (she/her) @gretacolombani.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
Linktree to find my short stories about 🏚️ sapphic love, drinking with ghosts, and desperately needing to pee 🤖 large-scale flooding, a world without humanity, and post-apocalyptic raccoons 🦖 trans vampires, a dinosaur in a shopping centre, and a lot of blood for Christmas linktr.ee/gretacolombani
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Stories about drinking with ghosts, post-apocalyptic raccoons & all things queer
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