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Wishing all friends & followers a very Happy New Year. May 2025 be more peaceful, happier, healthier and joyful than 2024.

Congratulations to Dr Rai Powell on passing her viva yesterday. Her creative critical thesis has been a pleasure to supervise for Catie Gill and I for the last 3 years. Looking forward to seeing the novel on bookshop shelves in due course!

#Candlemas and the daffs on our walk are about to bloom.

We're excited to announce a special online seminar featuring Distinguished Professor Emerita Merry Wiesner-Hanks, discussing her new book Women and the Reformations. 13 February 2025 via Zoom, 7pm GMT (1 hour). Please join us! #womenshistory yalebooks.yale.edu/book/978030026… /1

Distinguished Professor Emerita Merry Wiesner-Hanks will be discussing her new book with us on 13 February 2025 via Zoom, 7pm GMT (1 hour). If you're not a member, and would like to come along, just send us a message and we'll add you to the Zoom invite. /2

Queen Camilla is to visit Canterbury to unveil a state of Aphra Behn, the first woman to earn a wage as a professional writer. Tap below to read more: bbc.in/4h2Bfxv

We are under way here in Canterbury - as crowds have gathered in their hundreds to see the statue of Aphra Behn be unveiled by Queen Camilla

Congratulations Paul on the launch of your new novel The Wonders of Doctor Bent 🎉

14 of my publications here from academic monograph, trade books to articles and book reviews. So depressing.

I just sent a letter telling AI companies they do not not have the right to use my work. Use the @authorsguild's letter template to send your own: actionnetwork.org/letters/author…

New on All Things Georgian, 'Guest post 'A doctor and his patients in late Georgian Pembroke' by R. M. Healey' - wp.me/p3JTNy-78a #mondayblogs

'The Heavens Reflect Our Labours' ☹️☹️☹️

Our annual workshop is open for registration. This year's theme is "Meeting and Greeting in (im)Polite Society" with a keynote by Professor Penelope Corfield. 18 May 2205 Foundling Museum Full details on our website: womensstudiesgroup.org/annual-worksho… All welcome, please share!

Today is #WorldParkinsonDay and we’re raising awareness of the condition and our support services. If you or a loved one needs support, we're here. Call our helpline, 0808 800 0303, or visit prksn.uk/4jhbDhY. Because, until we find a cure, there’s Parkinson’s UK. #WPD2025

This is not just a heritage industry (and my family were there from day 1). It's a vital strategic industry. If we can't make our own steel, it doesn't bear thinking about.

When the dominoes fall in The Wonders of Doctor Bent we see how trust can be obliterated. #mystery #thriller #suspense #readers waterstones.com/book/the-wonde….

📢 Our call for papers is now live! Would you like to be part of our 2025-2026 seminar programme? We provide a friendly and supportive platform for academics and independent researchers, with Zoom sessions and in-person meetings at the Foundling Museum, London. /1 of 2

Our CFP deadline is tomorrow! Please consider sending in a proposal - we offer a friendly, lively, supportive space for sharing research and ideas. Come and join our next programme!

From the archives of All Things Georgian, '‘Clothes optional’ marriages of the 18th century' - wp.me/p3JTNy-5QW

I've just finished listening to Penny's excellent psychological thriller *Her New Best Friend* and couldn't agree more. Book narration is an art that needs to be undertaken by talented humans.