Publishing today! Ghosts and the Gothic, edited by @ruthheholt.bsky.social and @joparsons.bsky.social The first book to examine ghostly presences (and absences) in #Gothic texts bit.ly/3I59Uzy #Ghosts #GothicStudies Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181923/

Had a spare five minutes, so taking the chance to boost mine and @medhistoryman.bsky.social's open access article on a sexual scandal from the 1820s! If you are teaching 19c sexuality, politics, masculinity, or religion why not add it to your reading list! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Well the trailer for #EmeraldFennell’s new #WutheringHeights is quite something… www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID0r...

My back to teaching journey soundtrack ##GuiltyWomen by #MelanieBlake #Bonktastic #Bonkbuster

Mine and @ruthheholt.bsky.social new book, #Ghosts and the #Gothic (published by @manchesterup.bsky.social) is available for pre-orders for its 16th September release. www.amazon.co.uk/Ghosts-Gothi...

Visited the UK’s official book town Hay-on-Wye and was pleasantly surprised to find this excellent selection of @britishlibrary.bsky.social #TalesoftheWeird! Thanks to the bookseller at Addyman Books for my 5 minutes of fame with my collection, Summoned to the Seance: shop.bl.uk/products/sum...

‘It’s not just pleasure – it’s resistance’: portraits of people with their sex toys around the world #sextech #sexstudies #sexuality #pleasure www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Our next Think While You Drink features @philmellows.bsky.social in conversation with our fellow organiser & beer expert, Prof Sam Goodman, about his new book @beerbreaks.bsky.social at the Famous Royal Navy Volunteer (22 July at 6.30pm). A great place to get tips on good British holiday beers!

This is going to be a fabulous addition to our @edinburghup.bsky.social #Gender and the #Body series!

Yes! Please come back again!

As someone whose research is all about inhabiting landscape I am loving the green lushness of Falmouth campus. Excited for day 2 of the @thecwwa.bsky.social conference in glorious sunny Cornwall.

Having a wonderful time at the CWWA annual conference at Falmouth University! Learning so many things from many fascinating speakers. Roll on Day 2!! @thecwwa.bsky.social

📚 Intellect is proud to support CWWA 2025 Conference in Falmouth, 18–20 June! ✍️ We’re seeking book proposals & journal contributors in women’s writing, gender studies, queer studies & more. Contact 👉 [email protected] Find out more 👉ow.ly/eqFt50W0Gug @thecwwa.bsky.social

Up bright and early to catch the cross country train and I am now en route to Falmouth for what promises to be an exciting CWWA conference starting tomorrow. Plus, slow solo travel is the best, esp in conference season. Can’t wait to meet @joparsons.bsky.social and everyone at @thecwwa.bsky.social!

My shortest piece to date that isn't a blog post. On Haruki Murakami's Sputnik Sweetheart. Out now in the wonderful new book, Haruki Murakami and Philosophical Concepts, edited by Joseph Milburn. link.springer.com/chapter/10.1... #Murakami #HarukiMurakami

Join us for the first in our #LastTuesdaySociety #Bonkbuster series on 24th June. First up Rebecca Lloyd '#Melodrama: Forerunner of the #Bonkbuster?'

New Call for Articles from myself and Anna Misiak for @maifeminism.bsky.social : Happy 50th Birthday, #Medusa! Celebrating Women’s Writing. maifeminism.com/cfp-happy-50... #womenswriting #CFP #CFA #Cixous #visualculture #feminist

open.spotify.com/episode/02kZ... #podsky

@victoriabates.bsky.social kindly interviewed @kellygcb.bsky.social & I for her new podcast on impact activities at Uni of Bristol. We talk about the ongoing collaboration with Professor Sam Goodman & re-launched series of talks: Think While You Drink humsimpact.blogs.bristol.ac.uk/2025/05/29/t...

What do you think are the best American paperback crimes originals from the late 1940s/50s that are not well known? I’m not talking Dan Marlowe, Goodis, Thompson or Elliott Chaz, etc. l’m talking about the really good stuff that I might not have heard of, that has flown under the radar.

Join us for the first in our #LastTuesdaySociety #Bonkbuster series on 24th June. First up Rebecca Lloyd '#Melodrama: Forerunner of the #Bonkbuster?'

Join us for the first in our #LastTuesdaySociety #Bonkbuster series on 24th June. First up Rebecca Lloyd '#Melodrama: Forerunner of the #Bonkbuster?'

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ‘#Rivals in Context’ Special Issue of the Journal of Popular Television Edited by Joanne Ella Parsons and Julie Ripley #Bonkbuster

Book of the day: DOUBLES by Tom Seligson (1946-2024); Published September, 1982 by Dell.

Keynote speakers for our June conference are Rebecca Lloyd, Lamya Sadiq, and Meredith Miller ⭐️🤩 Registration open now! thecwwa.org/conference-2...

CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS ‘#Rivals in Context’ Special Issue of the Journal of Popular Television Edited by Joanne Ella Parsons and Julie Ripley #Bonkbuster

Registration open for #CWWA25 at Falmouth University. So many wonderful papers and workshops on all forms of #womenswriting. Do join us! thecwwa.org/conference-2...

This morning's read #LouiseBagshawe's #CareerGirls #Bonkbuster

Beautiful morning for a swim

Love this post by the #BritishLibrary featuring my #DoomedRomances at the #MetGala!

Registration open for #CWWA25 at Falmouth University. So many wonderful papers and workshops on all forms of #womenswriting. Do join us! thecwwa.org/conference-2...

Love this post by the #BritishLibrary featuring my #DoomedRomances at the #MetGala!

#CFP #Bonkbusters and Soap Operas: Representing #Sex, #Glamour, and #Melodrama on Screen 21st June 2025 @ #Falmouth University Sponsored by the British Association of Film and Television Studies #BAFTSS

I think I may have melted

#CFP #Bonkbusters and Soap Operas: Representing #Sex, #Glamour, and #Melodrama on Screen 21st June 2025 @ #Falmouth University Sponsored by the British Association of Film and Television Studies #BAFTSS

New Call for Articles from myself and Anna Misiak for @maifeminism.bsky.social : Happy 50th Birthday, #Medusa! Celebrating Women’s Writing. maifeminism.com/cfp-happy-50... #womenswriting #CFP #CFA #Cixous #visualculture #feminist

Off to the Big Smoke today for a jolly around Kew Gardens

New Call for Articles from myself and Anna Misiak for @maifeminism.bsky.social : Happy 50th Birthday, #Medusa! Celebrating Women’s Writing. maifeminism.com/cfp-happy-50... #womenswriting #CFP #CFA #Cixous #visualculture #feminist

HOLLYWOOD WIVES book launch.

Ɓest boy in the cafe today!

Registration now open for CWWA annual conference 2025, being held at Falmouth University. thecwwa.org/conference-2...

In Summer 1931, there was a new sideshow in Blackpool, Lancashire. ‘Brides and bridegrooms straight from the altar starve for 30 days’. The deal: newlywed couples were challenged to stay in glass 'coffins' without food for a month. If they made it, they'd win £250 (about £18,000 today) 1/2

Really excited to start a secondment in August researching #sextech and #teledildonics alongside my separate ongoing work into the #Bonkbuster! #histsex #sextastic!

Nice piece on Think While You Drink and some other events in Bristol in April/May plus some great @goodchembrew.bsky.social beers selected by @kellygcb.bsky.social in 'The Nearfield: www.thenearfield.com/magazine/iss...

@dawnkeetley.bsky.social hi Dawn. Was so pleased to see your name on the British Pop Culture programme. Will be so lovely to see you again

If you’re coming to the Contemporary Women’s Writing Association Conference in Falmouth, or even if you just want to follow the action, let me know and I will add you to the #CWWA25 Starter pack go.bsky.app/PKkZCkJ

He's just one big sniffer

Join us for the first in our #LastTuesdaySociety #Bonkbuster series on 24th June. First up Rebecca Lloyd '#Melodrama: Forerunner of the #Bonkbuster?' thelasttuesdaysociety.org/event/melodr...

HI @javariafarooqui.bsky.social would you mind sending me your email via dm please? Or contacting me on [email protected]. I'd like to send you an invite to the board of my new book series.