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Dr Marina Cano
@drmarinacano.bsky.social
Asst Prof English │ Long 19th C │ Writer │ Researcher
Theatrical Afterlives (OUP 2026), https://global.oup.com/academic/product/theatrical-afterlives-9780198992882?lang=en&cc=es
https://metode.academia.edu/MarinaCano
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📢 Cover reveal for my forthcoming book,
@academic.oup.com. Thanks to Aaron Bradbrook’s gorgeous photo of Tanya Gerstle’s absolutely inspiring The Mill in the Floss at #TheatreWorks #Melbourne (discussed in the book) #JaneAusten #Adaptation #19thC global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Publisher's asked for journals to send this book for review. #AcademicSky, any suggestions? (Interdisciplinary project) www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-fai... #Academia #AcademicPrecarity #Failure
Women, 'Failure' and Academia
Women, 'Failure' and Academia examines failures in contemporary academia, and especially the intersections between gender and academic failure. It argues that a…
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February 9, 2026 at 10:38 PM
Revising the proofs of *Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Novels on the Stage* (OUP March 2026), and finding a gathering of friends and colleagues, past and present, in the bibliography! global.oup.com/academic/pro...
February 6, 2026 at 4:11 PM
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Please join us for my book launch! It’ll be great to see you. I’ll be giving away a couple of books to two lucky winners. @laprofelgp.bsky.social // Register por fava: docs.google.com/forms/d/1x69...
December 27, 2025 at 11:33 PM
Excited to present some of my work on Austen theatricals behind bars tomorrow at @womenswritingassoc.bsky.social. Part of my forthcoming book Theatrical Afterlives: Nineteenth-Century Women’s Novels on the Stage @academic.oup.com
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#JaneAusten #Adaptation
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January 14, 2026 at 9:16 PM
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I'm pleased to invite You to my book launch for Sylvia Plath and the Supernatural, which will take place on 7th February. ✨ I'll discuss with @amandagolden.bsky.social Plath, magic, and how this book came to be, and there will be Q + A.

Register on Eventbrite for the link: tinyurl.com/ytyuzdvy
January 6, 2026 at 8:19 PM
📢 Cover reveal for my forthcoming book,
@academic.oup.com. Thanks to Aaron Bradbrook’s gorgeous photo of Tanya Gerstle’s absolutely inspiring The Mill in the Floss at #TheatreWorks #Melbourne (discussed in the book) #JaneAusten #Adaptation #19thC global.oup.com/academic/pro...
December 18, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Happy birthday, Jane! A few tokens of appreciation past and future! #JaneAusten
December 16, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Books are like children in one important way - both take a village to raise.

Thank you to my village, all over the world, who have helped me along the way. None of this could have happened without you.

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A Cultural History of Vertigo
The first interdisciplinary history of vertigo, this book covers medical accounts from antiquity to the present, testimonies of lived experience, and literary a…
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December 9, 2025 at 8:04 PM
Tomorrow Thursday I'll be speaking about women, failure and academia at @leuphana.bsky.social. Come and join us on Zoom! #Academia #AcademicPrecarity #Failure
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December 3, 2025 at 4:03 PM
December 1, 2025 at 8:14 PM
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Here is a list of upcoming Jane Austen and the Brontës virtual events scheduled for the next few months. There is a lot here from book clubs to movie nights & everything in between! Check the event websites for more information and details. 👉🏻 excessivelydiverting.substack.com/p/austen-bro...
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Very honoured to be the plenary speaker at this fabulous event on women, failure and academia at @leuphana.bsky.social. Two days till registration closes! #Academia #AcademicPrecarity #Failure www.leuphana.de/fileadmin/us...
November 13, 2025 at 7:15 PM
October 28, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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The next #English Lunchtime Research Seminar takes place on 5th November, 12pm, LCB012. Professor Michael Griffin will talk to us about Editing Goldsmith for @universitypress.cambridge.org. All welcome! #spéirgorm @ulresearch.bsky.social
October 23, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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For all followers: I am an ECR in English and the broader Humanities, and I am out of work. I have applied for numerous teaching jobs both at unis and colleges, admin jobs, museum collection assistant jobs, research jobs, NGO communication jobs.
I have a forthcoming book and research chapters.
October 16, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Our book is now open for pre-order! Comes out March 2026 @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social #Academia #AcademicPrecarity #Failure
With the very wonderful ‪@rellypops.bsky.social‬ @tsjharling.bsky.social‬ ‪@dawnlyon.bsky.social‬ @profjoubin.bsky.social‬ & many more!‬‬
www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-fai...
Women, "Failure" and Academia
Women, “Failure” and Academia examines failures in modern academia, and especially the intersections between gender and academic failure. It argues that academi…
www.bloomsbury.com
July 28, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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The Women’s History Network Conference is happening in Sep - it is online, FREE, and packed with fascinating sounding papers by archivists, curators, local historians, museum professionals, scholars, etc all about women’s history & archival, library, museum & personal collections.
📢 Just announced! The programme & booking is now live for our Annual Conference 2025.

🗓️ Join us online & free on 4–5 Sept for Hidden in Plain Sight: Women in Archives, Libraries, Museums & Personal Collections.

🔗 womenshistorynetwork.org/the-womens-h...
#WHN2025 #WomensHistory #Archives #Heritage
July 7, 2025 at 9:07 AM
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Always feels more real when there is a cover image. Thanks @bendoyle.bsky.social and everyone @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social for their work on this. Due out in December.
June 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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If you enjoy plotting tools, do not miss this approach from novelist Bryan Wiggins.
A Novel Blueprint for Building Your Book | Jane Friedman
One author finds that using digital tools to create a visual story grid is the trick he needs to crystallize his ideas and never miss a beat.
janefriedman.com
June 4, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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A date for your diaries! 8 July 2025, 18:30 — 20:30, for the launch of Ruth Beecher’s new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s. Free but must register: www.bbk.ac.uk/events/event... @ruthbeecher.bsky.social @bbkhistorical.bsky.social
Book launch. Ruth Beecher, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s
Join us to celebrate Ruth Beecher's new book, Community Health Practitioners and Child Sexual Abuse in the Family, 1970s-2010s.
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May 17, 2025 at 11:31 AM
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Finally, our book Redrawing Europe´s Literary Map: Transnational Circulations of Women´s Writing 1850-1920 (formerly known as "Travelling Texts") is reaching the final stretch: the implementation of peer review recommendations are accepted, and the first 3 chapters have gone out for copy editing.
May 12, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Delighted to report that the paperback edition of Irish Gothic: An Edinburgh Companion is now available for pre-order! You can also read it for FREE thanks to Open Access! Both options available here: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-irish-g...
Irish Gothic
Irish Gothic
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April 14, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Ebook of my Jane Austen and Performance now at the absolute bargain price €12.99. Palgrave special sale. link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
#JaneAusten #JaneAusten250
Jane Austen and Performance
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March 26, 2025 at 9:55 PM