i won the penguin michael joseph undiscovered writers’ prize!! thank you so much to @michaeljbooks.bsky.social for the opportunity 🙏📿 read more: www.thebookseller.com/news/emma-da...

the only good thing about having covid in 2025 is that i can’t go outside and spend money

also i’ve written a little blog post about my latest hyperfixation open.substack.com/pub/emmadavi...

in my sourdough era (debut loaf, emma’s version)

pint and new poetry! “thank you Fiona”, we all say in unison

if suzanne collins has no fans i’m dead

new blog post about gothic romance in the latest hunger games prequel 💀 #sunriseonthereaping #sotr open.substack.com/pub/emmadavi...

3pm on a Sunday is my favourite time, so many possibilities

in the waiting room at the drs, where all the best art is made

last four watched #letterboxdfriday

went all Little Women and made a wreath

watching rivals and i’m OBSESSED catch me glued to declan o’hara tiktok edits as soon as i finish the season

went to the glastonbury frost fayre yesterday and bothered the stones at the abbey

my last four watched on letterboxd #letterboxdfriday #filmsky

i just did my first ever guest lecture! it was great (but now I need to go stare into space for a bit)

went to a screening of Point Break, men don’t need therapy they just need to be gay and jump out of a plane together

a quick introduction as I’ve collected a few friends here! i’m Emma, a 2nd year PhD student at bath spa and bristol university, and i’m researching the ecocritical applications of soil as an active agent in folk horror stories. i am a hamster mum and a movie enjoyer, among other things

i have absolutely no business buying coffee when I don’t get paid til friday but with student discount and keep-cup discount it’s basically free ??

“lore” is one of the contenders for oxford word of the year! it’s a huge day for annoying people (me)

feeding a fully nocturnal hamster feels like leaving offerings for a tiny god

watched Heretic over the weekend and the true horror of it was all the mansplaining

This blog was guest written by Emma Davies & Sam Le Butt, who ran a workshop at the museum this week about the monstrous forces that lurk in the English countryside's folk history. We're very grateful for their exceptional work!

very pleased to have cowritten this lovely spooky blog post for the merl with @samlebutt.bsky.social 🧟

took Ernesto to meet a long-dead relative today 🦖

hello bluesky 😌 here’s a nice bunch of bleeding bonnets i saw the other day