Last summer, I got super into plotting addresses of nineteenth-century British pornographers that I'd collected as part of a project using the National Library of Scotland's Georeferenced Maps. Collecting the data was a painstaking process, as was plotting it as many of these addresses no longer +

Love.

OUT TODAY @titanbooks.bsky.social ! So grateful to tell the stories those who came before me couldn’t or were not permitted to. I do believe we are here for ourselves and for our ancestors. Writing is more than a book for me. THANK YOU READERS! Grab a copy www.barnesandnoble.com/w/maria-the-...

#Bonktastic #Bonkbusters!: Sexing Up Late Twentieth-Century #WomensWriting Join me on Tues 13 Jan for a saucy and fun introduction to the #Bonkbuster and the ways in which it spiced up both women’s writing and their bedrooms in the late twentieth century thelasttuesdaysociety.org/digital-even...

#Bonktastic #Bonkbusters!: Sexing Up Late Twentieth-Century #WomensWriting Join me on Tues 13 Jan for a saucy and fun introduction to the #Bonkbuster and the ways in which it spiced up both women’s writing and their bedrooms in the late twentieth century thelasttuesdaysociety.org/digital-even...

#Bonktastic #Bonkbusters!: Sexing Up Late Twentieth-Century #WomensWriting Join me on Tues 13 Jan for a saucy and fun introduction to the #Bonkbuster and the ways in which it spiced up both women’s writing and their bedrooms in the late twentieth century thelasttuesdaysociety.org/digital-even...

ICYMI: MeetCute Book Festival is set to host a Regency-themed event for debut authors, hosted by author and comedian Rachel Parris 👇 #BookSky

A new publication by Katie Deane, on dark romance, is the first work of romance scholarship of 2026. And it's open access!

Our International women's writing online conference will be held on the 15th and 16th of January 2026. In a chance to explore the global role and impact of women's writing, we are so excited to welcome all discussions about any woman's writing from any time period, any place and any genre!

Sounds fabulous!

Do join us for the Inaugural International Women's Writing Association conference in Falmouth www.cfplist.com/CFP/46601 #iwwa @womenswritingassoc.bsky.social

New #CFP International #WomensWriting online conference

Please do consider applying for my doctoral brief: Glitching #Gender: Creative/Critical Interrogations of #Technology and Identity at #FalmouthUniversity More info here: www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd... #sextech #phd #pgr #Falmouth

This call may be of interest to our readers!

Hello @drlindseyfitz.bsky.social, I hear our 'lovely' friend @pwcraddock.bsky.social has been grassing me up!

Come and study with me! Call for doctoral proposals in the field of Romance and/or Erotica at Falmouth University: www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd...

#13CornishGhostStories at #Truro @waterstones.bsky.social last #Halloween - such good fun! Loved hearing about the audience's spooky encounters! @emmacowellauthor.bsky.social @lizfenwick.bsky.social

Please do consider applying for my doctoral brief: Glitching #Gender: Creative/Critical Interrogations of #Technology and Identity at #FalmouthUniversity More info here: www.falmouth.ac.uk/research/phd... #sextech #phd #pgr #Falmouth

Book of the day: SENSATION by Robin St. Thomas; Published in November, 1990 by Zebra; Robin St. Thomas is a pen name for Robin Stevenson and Tom Blade (1946-2005).

Listen to me paying tribute to the great goddess of sauce, #JillyCooper, on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social #Bonkbuster www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Ghosts and the Gothic (MUP) is out now - manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181916/ Very pleased to have my chapter on nautical hauntings included as part of this exciting edited collection. Many thanks to @ruthheholt.bsky.social and @joparsons.bsky.social

Yes,it’s a lusty book but at its heart it’s about perseverance in the face of colonial oppression AND the lingering mindset.This is no slave and master romance. It’s I won’t be a slave or mastered by anything or anyone. We determine our worth even in the midst of erasure. Malinalli deserved to live

Kicking off our YA Contributor Spotlights is the wonderful Andrew Searle, back with moon drunk, a stunning new poem! Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now! 💙

Just paid tribute to goddess of sauce #JillyCooper with new generation #QueenoftheBonkbusters #MelanieBlake on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social #bonkbuster

So sorry to hear of #JillyCooper's passing #Bonkbuster

Strange and exciting spot by my lovely @jendeavour.bsky.social - @britishlibrary.bsky.social have made a t-shirt of the front cover of my Tales of the Weird collection, Dead Drunk. And they've done the same for @joparsons.bsky.social and @joanpassey.bsky.social! shop.bl.uk/products/dea...

Peek under the sheet of "Ghosts & the Gothic" (Eds. @ruthheholt.bsky.social @joparsons.bsky.social) w/chapters by Katarzyna Ancuta on Asian spirits + Ardel Haefele-Thomas on specters of Black oppression in MASTER & DESCENDENT. @manchesterup.bsky.social manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181923/

Come to this! @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social is a fabulous speaker and who doesn't want a bit of spontaneous combustion on a gloomy Thursday night?!!!

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?'