Prof Janina Ramirez
@drjaninaramirez.bsky.social
Oxford historian, best-selling writer fiction & non-fiction, documentary maker, cat lover, vegetable grower, unrelenting optimist. Gotta lotta love to share.
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Here we go…. You MUST come & see me on tour!! This is an important book. It’s tackling something that matters, not just in terms of our relationship with the past, but also where we are in the present. On your marks. Get set. Go! linktr.ee/JaninaRamirez
This is not staged. That literary halo simply follows me around 😜
Thank you @furbill.bsky.social & thr glorious people of Edinburgh!!
Thank you @furbill.bsky.social & thr glorious people of Edinburgh!!
November 10, 2025 at 10:41 PM
This is not staged. That literary halo simply follows me around 😜
Thank you @furbill.bsky.social & thr glorious people of Edinburgh!!
Thank you @furbill.bsky.social & thr glorious people of Edinburgh!!
It’s been an absolutely MAD week launching Legenda into the world!!
From Yeovil to Bath, London to Ely, Cambridge to Birmingham, Oswestry to Abergavenny, I’ve been feeling so much love. Thanks for beautiful window displays, event organisers & every person coming to see me! Now to Scotland & York!
From Yeovil to Bath, London to Ely, Cambridge to Birmingham, Oswestry to Abergavenny, I’ve been feeling so much love. Thanks for beautiful window displays, event organisers & every person coming to see me! Now to Scotland & York!
November 9, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It’s been an absolutely MAD week launching Legenda into the world!!
From Yeovil to Bath, London to Ely, Cambridge to Birmingham, Oswestry to Abergavenny, I’ve been feeling so much love. Thanks for beautiful window displays, event organisers & every person coming to see me! Now to Scotland & York!
From Yeovil to Bath, London to Ely, Cambridge to Birmingham, Oswestry to Abergavenny, I’ve been feeling so much love. Thanks for beautiful window displays, event organisers & every person coming to see me! Now to Scotland & York!
I’m coming Wales! 🏴
November 7, 2025 at 5:09 PM
I’m coming Wales! 🏴
Not just any book launch…. This was a Ramirez book launch!!! What a night!!!!! Thanks to @dauntbooks for having us, to everyone that came, to the die hards that stayed til midnight and to my amazing @eburybooks @penguinrandomhouse team for putting it on! It’s finally PUBLICATION DAY!
November 6, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Not just any book launch…. This was a Ramirez book launch!!! What a night!!!!! Thanks to @dauntbooks for having us, to everyone that came, to the die hards that stayed til midnight and to my amazing @eburybooks @penguinrandomhouse team for putting it on! It’s finally PUBLICATION DAY!
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AN EVENING WITH JANINA RAMIREZ
Mon 17 November | @storyhouselive.bsky.social, Chester
Celebrated medievalist and Sunday Times bestselling author, @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social takes audiences on a thrilling journey into the lives of medieval women.
Book now www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/an-...
Mon 17 November | @storyhouselive.bsky.social, Chester
Celebrated medievalist and Sunday Times bestselling author, @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social takes audiences on a thrilling journey into the lives of medieval women.
Book now www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/an-...
November 4, 2025 at 3:04 PM
AN EVENING WITH JANINA RAMIREZ
Mon 17 November | @storyhouselive.bsky.social, Chester
Celebrated medievalist and Sunday Times bestselling author, @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social takes audiences on a thrilling journey into the lives of medieval women.
Book now www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/an-...
Mon 17 November | @storyhouselive.bsky.social, Chester
Celebrated medievalist and Sunday Times bestselling author, @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social takes audiences on a thrilling journey into the lives of medieval women.
Book now www.storyhouse.com/whats-on/an-...
Train chaos but I’m on my way Ely!!!
November 4, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Train chaos but I’m on my way Ely!!!
I am unbelievably excited that TONIGHT I’ll once again be sharing a stage with @sirtonyrobinson for @how.to.academy in Farringdon!! If you can’t make it but want to join in the fun, you can watch this event online howtoacademy.com/events/janin...
3rd November | Janina Ramirez – The Real Women Behind the Medieval Myths
Joan of Arc, Lady Godiva, Isabella of Castile: how were stories of brilliant women twisted and weaponised – and who were they really? Oxford’s Janina Ramirez reveals the truth.
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November 3, 2025 at 2:00 PM
I am unbelievably excited that TONIGHT I’ll once again be sharing a stage with @sirtonyrobinson for @how.to.academy in Farringdon!! If you can’t make it but want to join in the fun, you can watch this event online howtoacademy.com/events/janin...
Well that was a bit special ✨⭐️🌟⭐️✨
November 2, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Well that was a bit special ✨⭐️🌟⭐️✨
Woke up with butterflies as this is today!!! Please come along and support xxx
November 2, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Woke up with butterflies as this is today!!! Please come along and support xxx
MERCH IS GO!!!! ✨✨✨✨✨
November 1, 2025 at 7:56 PM
MERCH IS GO!!!! ✨✨✨✨✨
October 31, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Join us this Sunday at 6pm for an evening with @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social at the Sheldonian Theatre discussing 'Legenda'
Tickets cost £10 or £30 with a copy of the book @blackwells.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Book you place here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1425793800...
Tickets cost £10 or £30 with a copy of the book @blackwells.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Book you place here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1425793800...
October 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Join us this Sunday at 6pm for an evening with @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social at the Sheldonian Theatre discussing 'Legenda'
Tickets cost £10 or £30 with a copy of the book @blackwells.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Book you place here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1425793800...
Tickets cost £10 or £30 with a copy of the book @blackwells.bsky.social @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social
Book you place here www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1425793800...
Brighton Komedia… I’m coming for you Saturday afternoon!! Join me….
October 29, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Brighton Komedia… I’m coming for you Saturday afternoon!! Join me….
Exciting!! You can now preorder Legenda as an audiobook!! Enthusiastically read by me!! Link in bio. Available on @audible_uk and @spotifyuk
October 28, 2025 at 8:43 PM
Exciting!! You can now preorder Legenda as an audiobook!! Enthusiastically read by me!! Link in bio. Available on @audible_uk and @spotifyuk
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Do not miss the wonderful @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social in Oxford. Sheldonian Sunday 2 November. @oxunistudents.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social @hmcoxford.bsky.social www.janinaramirez.co.uk
Dr Janina Ramirez
www.janinaramirez.co.uk
October 27, 2025 at 10:27 AM
Do not miss the wonderful @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social in Oxford. Sheldonian Sunday 2 November. @oxunistudents.bsky.social @oxhumanities.bsky.social @engfac.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social @hmcoxford.bsky.social www.janinaramirez.co.uk
Thank you @toppingsbath ! Thank you @women.wealth.power ! Thank you Ramirez family for filming this!
What an amazing event and how glorious to launch Legenda into the world a full ten days before publication. Bath - you never let me down and I love you!!
Come see me near you soon….
What an amazing event and how glorious to launch Legenda into the world a full ten days before publication. Bath - you never let me down and I love you!!
Come see me near you soon….
October 27, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Thank you @toppingsbath ! Thank you @women.wealth.power ! Thank you Ramirez family for filming this!
What an amazing event and how glorious to launch Legenda into the world a full ten days before publication. Bath - you never let me down and I love you!!
Come see me near you soon….
What an amazing event and how glorious to launch Legenda into the world a full ten days before publication. Bath - you never let me down and I love you!!
Come see me near you soon….
We all love a little discount… so if you’re thinking of preordering Legenda, @bookshop_org_UK have a secret code to unlock 10% off!! You have to order before the end of October and put LOVEBOOKSHOPS in as the code. But keep it under your hats 😉
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lege...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lege...
Legenda: The Real Women Behind the Myths That Shaped Europe
The Real Women Behind the Myths That Shaped Europe
uk.bookshop.org
October 22, 2025 at 5:29 PM
We all love a little discount… so if you’re thinking of preordering Legenda, @bookshop_org_UK have a secret code to unlock 10% off!! You have to order before the end of October and put LOVEBOOKSHOPS in as the code. But keep it under your hats 😉
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lege...
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/lege...
This video is simply entitled: ‘Thrilled and Terrified!’….
Don’t forget to use the code LOVEBOOKSHOPS to get 10% off the price of Legenda if you preorder from Bookshop.org before the end of October (plus you’re supporting independent bookshops!!) x
LOVE YOU ALL… (signed Nervous of Woodstock…)
Don’t forget to use the code LOVEBOOKSHOPS to get 10% off the price of Legenda if you preorder from Bookshop.org before the end of October (plus you’re supporting independent bookshops!!) x
LOVE YOU ALL… (signed Nervous of Woodstock…)
October 21, 2025 at 5:04 PM
This video is simply entitled: ‘Thrilled and Terrified!’….
Don’t forget to use the code LOVEBOOKSHOPS to get 10% off the price of Legenda if you preorder from Bookshop.org before the end of October (plus you’re supporting independent bookshops!!) x
LOVE YOU ALL… (signed Nervous of Woodstock…)
Don’t forget to use the code LOVEBOOKSHOPS to get 10% off the price of Legenda if you preorder from Bookshop.org before the end of October (plus you’re supporting independent bookshops!!) x
LOVE YOU ALL… (signed Nervous of Woodstock…)
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“Make some new content” they said. “You’ve been off socials on this secret project. You need to reconnect,” they said. “But how?” said I. I’m old & rubbish with technology. Then it hit me. I have invested 16 years in bringing up teenagers who have ALL the skills. They made this…
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Make some new content” they said. “You’ve been off socials on this secret project. You need to reconnect,” they said. “But how?” said I. I’m old & rubbish with technology. Then it hit me. I have invested 16 years in bringing up teenagers who have ALL the skills. They made this…
“Make some new content” they said. “You’ve been off socials on this secret project. You need to reconnect,” they said. “But how?” said I. I’m old & rubbish with technology. Then it hit me. I have invested 16 years in bringing up teenagers who have ALL the skills. They made this…
October 19, 2025 at 7:09 PM
“Make some new content” they said. “You’ve been off socials on this secret project. You need to reconnect,” they said. “But how?” said I. I’m old & rubbish with technology. Then it hit me. I have invested 16 years in bringing up teenagers who have ALL the skills. They made this…
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Ich les grad "Femina" von @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social, und auch die Geschichte, wie Margarete Kühn den Riesenkodex, der die gesammelten Texte von Hildegard von Bingen enthält, aus der russischen Besatzungszone geholt hat, ist ein echter Thriller. Bistudeppert.
The Brave Women Who Saved the Collected Texts of Hildegard of Bingen
11 March 1948 – Eibingen Monastery, Wiesbaden, Germany A brave, frightened women is risking her life in a daring rescue mission. In these post-war years, medieval scholar Margarete Kühn is not dea…
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October 18, 2025 at 7:36 AM
Ich les grad "Femina" von @drjaninaramirez.bsky.social, und auch die Geschichte, wie Margarete Kühn den Riesenkodex, der die gesammelten Texte von Hildegard von Bingen enthält, aus der russischen Besatzungszone geholt hat, ist ein echter Thriller. Bistudeppert.
#LegendaHalloween is here!
You could be Greek naval admiral Laskarina Bouboulina, Italian mystic Catherine of Sienna, Irish Spanish spider-dancer Lola Montez, or Byzantine princess historian Anna Komnene. Use your imagination, get creative, tag me in your photos and videos, and use the hashtag!
You could be Greek naval admiral Laskarina Bouboulina, Italian mystic Catherine of Sienna, Irish Spanish spider-dancer Lola Montez, or Byzantine princess historian Anna Komnene. Use your imagination, get creative, tag me in your photos and videos, and use the hashtag!
October 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
#LegendaHalloween is here!
You could be Greek naval admiral Laskarina Bouboulina, Italian mystic Catherine of Sienna, Irish Spanish spider-dancer Lola Montez, or Byzantine princess historian Anna Komnene. Use your imagination, get creative, tag me in your photos and videos, and use the hashtag!
You could be Greek naval admiral Laskarina Bouboulina, Italian mystic Catherine of Sienna, Irish Spanish spider-dancer Lola Montez, or Byzantine princess historian Anna Komnene. Use your imagination, get creative, tag me in your photos and videos, and use the hashtag!
WE HAVE A WINNER!!! @holmfirthartist.bsky.social you will be getting a signed copy of Legenda plus shiny new tote and bookmark!! Thanks for ALL your comments. A was the conclusive winner for both. Lots more fun Legenda stuff coming up so watch this space….
October 15, 2025 at 6:27 PM
WE HAVE A WINNER!!! @holmfirthartist.bsky.social you will be getting a signed copy of Legenda plus shiny new tote and bookmark!! Thanks for ALL your comments. A was the conclusive winner for both. Lots more fun Legenda stuff coming up so watch this space….
It was my immense honour to be at the launch of The Singh Twins’ new exhibition at Kew Gardens. I’ve written the introduction to the catalogue for ‘Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire’’. You must get along to see it - meanwhile revel in their work 😍😍😍 lovely to see @willdalrymple.bsky.social too x
October 13, 2025 at 1:03 PM
It was my immense honour to be at the launch of The Singh Twins’ new exhibition at Kew Gardens. I’ve written the introduction to the catalogue for ‘Botanical Tales and Seeds of Empire’’. You must get along to see it - meanwhile revel in their work 😍😍😍 lovely to see @willdalrymple.bsky.social too x