Very happy to have an article on storytelling with the brilliant @janebonsall.bsky.social in this publication! Very much recommend her as the nicest writing partner.

Special Collection: Global Premodern Literature in the Digital Age: The Seven Sages of Rome/ Sindbad/ Syntipas/ Dolopathos olh.openlibhums.org/issue/1302/i... #openaccess @openlibhums.org @mosspepe.bsky.social @daisyeblack.bsky.social @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social @hdohertyharrison.bsky.social

'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow', forthcoming symposium at Cambridge. A two-day symposium for writer-researchers working on medieval materials to reflect on craft, research processes, and work in progress. Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...

'What are we looking for when we pick up a “reimagined classic” or a “bold and subversive retelling” of a centuries-old tale?' Our latest Meet a Medievalist Maker post is by @sarafredman.bsky.social, author of 'Griselda is Dead, and Also Her Patience', a reimagining of Chaucer’s 'Clerk's Tale'👇

Great culture can save lives. Literally. Amazing letter in today’s @thetimes.com about Tom Stoppard

Universities are in crisis, and I don’t think it’s helpful to phrase that as “exiting the market”. They’re not mid-range shoe shops, these are educational pillars in society

Excited to be telling this story in Emmeline Pankhurst's dining room in Manchester tomorrow. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/yde-et-oli...

Posted this last night. In case you missed it, Hope Projects does amazing work with people utterly abandoned by the state. Giving them some money will annoy Nigel Farage, Shabana Mahmood, Lee Anderson, Tommy Robinson and the Daily Mail.

It was great to write this blog post for the @guildmedmak.bsky.social and to give readers a little glimpse into my creative-critical practice, as my 'ecocreative' translations turn from storms 🌧 and ice ❄ to heat and fire 🔥 via the OE poem on The Phoenix #medievalsky.

A wild week beckons, with 'Yde and Olive' in Leamington Spa on Tues and Edinburgh on Fri. I'm teaching it on my Queer Medieval module too, so my students will likely give me new ideas for the performances! Leamington: daisyblack.uk/event/storyt... Edinburgh: daisyblack.uk/event/yde-an...

Our History Research Seminar @uninorthampton.bsky.social kicks off next Wed 1 Oct with a talk by me on my new project 'Medievalism, gender and politicised nostalgia in the British extreme right, 1962 – 1982'. It will be at 12pm UK time and on Teams. Email rachel.moss @ northampton.ac.uk for a link.

An honour to talk to my creative friends about storytelling and 'behind the scenes' in Yde and Olive. You can read all about it here, see the next performance in Manchester on the 17th September, or catch one of the last venues on my tour: daisyblack.uk/events/

@britishacademy.bsky.social will be running a webinar for UK-based researchers in the humanities and social sciences interested in applying for @erc.europa.eu Synergy Grants on Monday 8 September at 12.00 U.K. time. Register to attend here: forms.office.com/Pages/Respon...

Jane Bonsall just came by our stand at #IMC2025 to show off her latest book "Women and Magic in Medieval Romance". Save 50% and get free shipping on your copy with code BB094 here: buff.ly/R42jWOe @janebonsall.bsky.social #MedievalSky

Throwing your students under the bus is a bad idea if you are an educational institution.

Next up for #MAMOmonth is our Thursday panel, 'Visibility, Connectivity, Creativity: Honouring Medieval Women’s Stories in the Modern World'! With Laura Varnam (@drlauravarnam.bsky.social, Oxford), Sheila Passey (Wolverhampton), and Daisy Black (@daisyeblack.bsky.social, Wolverhampton).

This absolute icon at Canterbury Pride 🩷🤍🩵

Open to everyone! To book: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/daisy-blac...

I am just writing a paper about adapting this show to present at this conference too!

@shahidhabari.bsky.social introduces a powerful episode of BBCRadio4 BBCFreeThinking on a subject of perennial interest (to me especially): *wolves*. She talks to @adamweymouth.bsky.social Zoe Gilbert, @daisyeblack.bsky.social Ben Goldsmith, Brian Zimmerman www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Delighted to see that my creative-critical Old English eco-poetics article is now out, Open Access, in Postmedieval (thanks to @postmedieval.bsky.social): link.springer.com/article/10.1... #medievalsky #oldenglish

Off to London to talk about medieval wolf folklore on BBC Radio 4. In 950, King Edgar imposed a tax of 300 wolf skins on the Welsh. Luckily for the wolves, William the Conqueror later imposed a tax of 1 king skin on the English. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

So exciting to see all the details of the MAMO come together - it's going to be good! A timely workshop here from @menysnoweballes.bsky.social

After 3 sell out in-person performances, I'm looking forward to 'Yde and Olive' online on 26th March. Live far away? Avoiding the plague? Want your stories to be less people-y? Want to listen while snuggled in your favourite blanket? This story is for you! livetoyourlivingroom.com/events/daisy...

I find it hard to imagine another sector in which hundreds of job losses being announced each day would be so easily dismissed by so many.

Please encourage your graduate students to submit to this year’s GMS essay prize! Deadline 30th April. medievalgender.co.uk/prizes-bursa...

Other plenaries are @michaeledenart.bsky.social, Angela Weisl and Robert Squillace. MAMO will also feature a special performance of Yde and Olive by @daisyeblack.bsky.social. See more at our Keynotes page, which will be regularly updated: themamo.org/keynote-spea...

Excited to announce the tour dates for my first ever storytelling tour! Very excited to perform ‘Yde and Olive’ at so many lovely venues and festivals. You can find out more about the show and find details for all these events on daisyblack.uk/storytelling/ Photo: @plashingvole.bsky.social

This year's conference is organised by @medievalcanter.bsky.social at Canterbury Christ Church, 2-5 July. Theme is "Gender: Charity and Care". Plenty of time to get your abstract in--they're due March 31 Full info 👉 medievalgender.co.uk/2025-canterb... #MedievalSky #Skystorians 🗃️ #CfP

Looking forward to performing the 13th c. Yde and Olive at Wolverhampton Literature Festival. Yde dresses herself as a knight and cuts her own paths to freedom. She meets her match in Olive: a woman whose spirit is as courageous as her own... wolvesliteraturefestival.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/....

Loads of spelling mistakes in this.

Joining Bluesky in the hope its owners have better control over their gestures. Only bad actors (in every sense of the term) have so little grasp of gesture and intention. My colleague told me 'all your friends are here'! Hello. I hope I can find you all again!