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Laura Rattray
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Reader in American Literature, University of Glasgow. All things Edith Wharton, US women's writing, modernism, 1930s, Transatlantic Literary Women
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Glasgow people! This in-person event is happening tomorrow & what better way is there to spend an autumn evening than talking about the inimitable Queen of the Jazz Age, Zelda Fitzgerald 🎷 free, as always 🎷 #glasgow #americanliterature
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In-Person Tea With TLW: Professor Elisabeth Bouzonviller on “Zelda Fitzgerald’s Multimedia Self-Portraiture, from Provocative Flapper to Subdued Clinic Inmate”
Please join us for an in-person Tea with the Transatlantic Literary Women event on Tuesday 11 November. We’re meeting in room 202, 4 University Gardens, University of Glasgow. Come and enjoy refres…
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November 10, 2025 at 11:48 AM
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🔮 NEW BLOG POST 🔮 There is nothing spookier than the dread witch, Medea... except maybe the way she is treated by all the men around her!

#blog #blogger #classics #classicssky #booksky #Medea #SpookySeason

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Must be the Season of the Witch: Multitextual Medea
‘Of all creatures that feel and think,  we women are the worst treated things alive’  So claims the eponymous heroine of Euripides’ traged...
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October 24, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Great news!
JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month

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September 29, 2025 at 3:27 PM
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Glasgow people! Join us on Tuesday 11 November at 4pm for an in-person Tea with TLW event, where we'll be joined by the incredible Elisabeth Bouzonviller for a talk on Zelda Fitzgerald! #AmericanLiterature #Glasgow 📚💙

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In-Person Tea With TLW: Professor Elisabeth Bouzonviller on “Zelda Fitzgerald’s Multimedia Self-Portraiture, from Provocative Flapper to Subdued Clinic Inmate”
Please join us for an in-person Tea with the Transatlantic Literary Women event on Tuesday 11 November. We’re meeting in room 202, 4 University Gardens, University of Glasgow. Come and enjoy refres…
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October 21, 2025 at 8:48 AM
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Lovely review of @bloomsburylit.bsky.social new F Scott Fitzgerald handbook in @thetls.bsky.social - “...a treasure trove of new scholarly work on the author.” Check out the handbook here: www.bloomsbury.com/bloomsbury-h...
The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bringing together leading voices from across the globe, The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald presents state-of-the-art scholarship on the renowned Jaz…
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July 10, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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It's September, which means we're officially in the month of the Transatlantic Literary Women celebration event! Come along to a friendly get together where we're celebrating YOU & all our achievements in 2025! Hope to see you there. 🥂
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Tea With TLW Celebration!
When: Wednesday 10 September 5pm UK time First of all, we here at TLW would like to extend a huge thanks to everyone who joined us in person or online for our TLW Symposium in Derby this summer. We…
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September 1, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Still some last minute tickets left for my Folklore & Women event in Manchester on the 6th August!
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Folklore & Women: The power of folklore in reclaiming female stories
How have myths and fairytales shaped feminist thought? Explore the power of folklore, its symbols and role in today’s society. With Q+A.
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July 29, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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Edith Wharton Summit at The Mount next June! Please help us spread the word. Submissions deadline: 1 October

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The Edith Wharton Summit - The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home | Lenox, MA
The Mount is the home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, MA - the Berkshires. This annual Summit presents new scholarship, experiences, and talks.
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July 17, 2025 at 2:46 PM
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Had the most amazing two days of papers, conversations, and laughter at the Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium 🩷 thank you to my beautiful, brilliant teammates for making it such a success @laurakatherine95.bsky.social @drlaurarattray.bsky.social 🩷
July 5, 2025 at 7:25 PM
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Fun first day at the Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium @shelbyjudge.bsky.social @laurakatherine95.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 8:52 PM
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@sarahemsley.bsky.social is hosting a 250th birthday celebration in honour of #JaneAusten on Sunday, August 17 at 4:30 at the #Halifax Public Gardens.

I *hope* to get there,too.

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Jane Austen in the Public Gardens: A 250th Birthday Celebration
Event in Halifax, NS by Sarah Emsley on Sunday, August 17 2025 with 110 people interested.
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June 30, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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Our TLW symposium is THIS WEEKEND!! Tickets are free, attendees are fabulous… hope to see you all on Friday & Saturday 📚
July 1, 2025 at 7:29 AM
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Reminder that you can still grab online tickets for our Symposium on Friday and Saturday THIS WEEK!!

Programme and tickets available below - we have panels and pub quizzes and book clubs - come join us!
June 30, 2025 at 11:04 AM
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First post on Bluesky 🤞:
I’m really looking forward to this week’s Transatlantic Literary Women symposium, led by the brilliant @shelbyjudge.bsky.social
There’s still time to join us:
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TLW Symposium 2025: Programme & Tickets
The Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium is happening at the University of Derby on the 4th-5th July 2025. It’s also a completely hybrid event, so you’re also able to tune in and part…
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June 30, 2025 at 8:05 AM