New episode of the #Podcast is up #Skystorians! @mimicofmodes.com sits down with the great @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social to talk about British heiresses of Caribbean fortunes & the enslaved people that underwent untold suffering to support their lifestyles. askhistorians.libsyn.com/askhistorian...

Backstage shot of our wonderful panel Birmingham Lit Fest yesterday- a really thought provoking discussion with Casey Bailey @corinnefowler.bsky.social & Malachi McIntosh on the theme of Colonial Countryside - how do we tell colonial stories in the houses that are scattered across the country?

Great night @britishlibrary in conversation with Sudhir Hazareesingh and Nicole-Rachelle Moore - we could have talked about #Heiresses and Rebels all night long!

Wonderful evening at @britishlibrary.bsky.social listening to @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social & Sudhir Hazareesingh discuss their new books as part of “Heiresses and Rebels: Stories of Money, Exploitation and Resistance in Caribbean and Atlantic Slavery”.

Really one of the best things about a book tour is getting to meet and talk with fellow authors! Thank you #Heiresses!

On the train with Sudhir Hazareesingh’s new book Daring to be Free ahead of our conversation @britishlibrary.bsky.social tonight! Tickets still available - see link below.

📢Call for papers! Benjamin Franklin House is hosting a conference, “Remember the ladies”: Women and Revolution, in London in May 2026! Details are available here: benjaminfranklinhouse.org/event/spring... If you have any questions, please email Megan King at [email protected].

#Heiresses US edition published by @pegasusbooks.bsky.social is out today!

#Heiresses audiobook out now! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5

My podcast interview about #Heiresses with @historyextra.bsky.social is available to listen to now! podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/h...

Two exciting events with my book #Heiresses this week @britishlibrary.bsky.social & Birmingham Literature Festival, in conversation with some great fellow writers - if you’re in #London or #Birmingham do come along…

Came home to Sudhir Hazareesingh’s new book Daring to be Free and the latest issue of @historyextra.bsky.social BBC History Magazine containing an interview with Sudhir - both great as I prepare for our joint event @britishlibrary.bsky.social on Thursday. Do join us if you can, details below.

Incredibly proud of this review of #Heiresses by Ophelia Field in The Times Literary Supplement. “A heroic achievement” www.the-tls.com/history/earl...

Excited to be speaking about #Heiresses @pratt.edu in New York on October 22! www.pratt.edu/events/heirl...

Very fitting that my hotel in #Glasgow was on Jamaica Street, parallel to Oswald Street- when I was in town to talk about Scottish #Heiresses, including my cover girl Mary Oswald nee Ramsay of Jamaica!

Tonight come along to hear me in conversation at The Georgian House #Edinburgh with Lisa Williams - we’ll be discussing some Scottish #Heiresses from my new book, including the one who ended up in an Edinburgh debtors’ sanctuary… www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

Tonight in #Edinburgh! Talking about Scottish #Heiresses with the wonderful Lisa Williams!

Thursday 2nd October, 6.30pm: The Georgian House, Edinburgh, in conversation with Lisa Williams, founder of the Edinburgh Caribbean Association and Black History Walking Tours Edinburgh: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launc...

FREE #Heiresses event in #Edinburgh TONIGHT!

My new book #Heiresses : Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery is out on Audible today! www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5

Congratulations to all the authors on the @wolfsonhistory.bsky.social shortlist this year! 🥂

Love this at The Bookshop @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social

Delighted to be back at @wigtownbooktown.bsky.social!

In Scotland this week, really excited for my two events in #Edinburgh in conversation about #Heiresses with two amazing fellow historians/scholars, Dr Désha Osborne and Lisa Williams… details below, see you there?

The #Heiresses audiobook drops on Tuesday 30th September, but you can pre-order now: www.audible.co.uk/pd/B0FQR1WZQ5

Happy to contribute this piece on “Africans in Wolsey’s England and Beyond” to @christchurchoxford.bsky.social ‘s special issue of Christ Church Matters to mark the 500th anniversary of the college’s founding. Wolsey would have met Africans at the English, Scottish and French courts…

#Heiresses US edition has arrived at my house! Out October 7th, available to pre-order now: a.co/d/ejxh4ph

Looking forward to chatting about #Heiresses and “Searching for my Slave Roots” with @malikalnasir.bsky.social in #Glasgow next Tuesday. See you there? Tickets: www.waterstones.com/events/miran...

My #Heiresses tour is underway! Book now to catch me in #London #Birmingham #Wigtown #Glasgow #Edinburgh #Bridport & #Mold www.mirandakaufmann.com/events.html Hope to see you on the road! Don’t see your town? Feel free to ask your local bookshop/library/museum/venue/soapbox to send me an invite…

Looking forward to chatting to @malikalnasir.bsky.social about our books #Heiresses and Searching for My Slave Roots in #Glasgow next Tuesday!

Looking forward to sharing stories from #Heiresses in #Gloucester today. Also available to livestream. www.gloucesterhistoryfestival.co.uk/events/heire...

Looking forward to talking #Heiresses at #Bristol @bookhaus.bsky.social with @paulclammer.bsky.social next week - Wednesday 17th September, 6pm. See you there? www.bookhausbristol.com/events/#e134...

Limited availability for my talk at Aston Hall tomorrow at 2pm - snap up one of the last tickets now to heat all about my new book #Heiresses starting with Lady Sarah Holte who lived at Aston for almost forty years! www.birminghammuseums.org.uk/events/heire...

From herrings to Queen Elizabeth II, the Caribbean to Christopher Marlowe, here are a selection of history books that will be released over the month ahead. Featuring new books from @tracyborman.bsky.social @drmirandakaufmann.bsky.social @cathamclarke.bsky.social And many more 👇

Very much looking forward to sharing stories from #Heiresses at Aston Hall in #Birmingham on Saturday- esp as it’s the home of Lady Sarah Holte nee Newton - the Barbados heiress in Chapter One! (Hence the Holte End stand of neighbouring Aston Villa football stadium!). Do come along if you can!

The ACH Executive Committee is pleased to announce that its 57th Annual Conference will be held at the University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica, from May 24-28, 2026. (There will be an optional field trip on Friday, May 29.) Call for papers! associationofcaribbeanhistorians.org/annual-meeti...

Just a shout out to #skystorians #academicsky #historians #historyteacher #18c #c18 #georgians #history of #Caribbean #slavery people that my new book #Heiresses is out now. You can read more about it here: www.heiresses.co.uk/about-heires...

First stop on my book tour tomorrow: Festival of #BlackHistory @goldsmithsuol.bsky.social - leading a workshop on tracing family histories in @uclhistory.bsky.social Legacies of British Slavery database & @nationalarchives.gov.uk.web.brid.gy “Slave” Registers - key sources for #Heiresses

My new book #Heiresses: Marriage, Inheritance and Caribbean Slavery is published today by @oneworldbooks.bsky.social! Available now from all good bookshops: uk.bookshop.org/p/books/heir... (& Amazon: amzn.eu/d/a7dQQYJ) #skystorians #historyteacher #18c #history #academicsky #newbooks #slavery #c18

Book your place for the Memorial2007 Annual Lecture to be delivered by Professor Patricia Viseur Sellers, Visiting Fellow at Kellogg College, University of Oxford 2 October 2025, 18:30 - 20:30 UK time, Senate House shorturl.at/h16Mz #InternationalCrime #Slavery #SlaveTrade #Memorial2007

Delighted to have written a piece about #Heiresses for @icws-sas.bsky.social - where I’m a Senior Research Fellow. I used some of the papers in @senatehouselib.bsky.social for my research…

And the winner of my random bookshop visits prize for having the most copies of #Heiresses in stock is Foyles Charing Cross Road! @foylesforbooks.bsky.social

#Heiresses US edition is off on its travels!

Glorious evening launching #Heiresses at @dauntbooks.bsky.social in Holland Park… a stone’s throw from the home of Chapter Seven’s Lady Holland…

Spot the difference… #Heiresses @hatchards.bsky.social

Can’t wait to talk about #Heiresses at @bookhaus.bsky.social with @paulclammer.bsky.social in #Bristol on 17th September…

This will be good! Miranda Kaufman with her new book…

First in-person #Heiresses sighting in a real bookshop - @waterstones.bsky.social #Hampstead. Signed copy available there now!

Thrilled with this kind review of #Heiresses by Tina Baxter for @londonhistorians.bsky.social ! “A fascinating study, a great read and highly recommended.” londonhistorians.wordpress.com/2025/09/02/h...

First signing of my new book #Heiresses at my North Wales launch! Quite a feeling. #skystorians #history #historybooks #newbooks #18thcentury