Next up is the team's dataset, Selected British Literary Prizes (1990-2022), and introductory data essay, published with the Post-45 Data Collective. Congratulations again to Orlando associates Katherine Binhammer, Kanika Batra, Maryse Jayasuriya, and Theo Gray! data.post45.org/posts/britis...

Congratulations to Orlando associates Katherine Binhammer, Kanika Batra, Maryse Jayasuriya, and Theo Gray on the publication of their work on contemporary literary prizes for women writers. First, their article on "Why We Still Need a Women's Prize for Fiction": theconversation.com/why-we-still...

Today's the day! Orlando's free access, celebrating Women's History Month, begins. Read more on our blog: www.artsrn.ualberta.ca/orlando/free...

For the late-night crowd: our textbase will been down at 10 pm MST for software updates. Thanks for your patience!

The omens are good. An Orlando search on “blue sky” gives this. Lydia Child in the USA, 1836, turned back from political to imaginative writing and felt “like Pegasus, the winged horse of poetry” in captivity, catching “a glimpse of the far blue-sky,” snapping his chains and spreading his wings.

And the textbase is live again. orlando.cambridge.org

Today, the textbase is down due to software updates. We’ll post again once it’s up and running. Thanks for your patience in the meantime.

We’ll celebrate Women’s History Month as usual, with free access to the Orlando textbase throughout March.

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