Mary L. Shannon
@drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Writer, speaker, teacher
@RoehamptonUni
19thC cultural historian (Regency & Victorian eras).
author: Billy Waters Is Dancing @yalebooks.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/marylshannon
Views my own.
@RoehamptonUni
19thC cultural historian (Regency & Victorian eras).
author: Billy Waters Is Dancing @yalebooks.bsky.social.
https://linktr.ee/marylshannon
Views my own.
Pinned
📣Thanks so much to those who funded the research for #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social !
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@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social #researchsocietyforvictorianperiodicals @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social
#houghtonlibraryharvard
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@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social #researchsocietyforvictorianperiodicals @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social
#houghtonlibraryharvard
I'm going to see Granny's Attic tomorrow and can't wait!
I've deliberately not read this review till afterwards though.
Anyone else avoid reviews of bands/plays/performances they know they're going to whatever so they can enjoy without preconceptions?
I've deliberately not read this review till afterwards though.
Anyone else avoid reviews of bands/plays/performances they know they're going to whatever so they can enjoy without preconceptions?
Check out this live review of Granny's Attic ahead of their gig here tomorrow! Book for the gig now: bit.ly/3TQEdw8
Granny's Attic - Bristol Folk House: Live Review : At The Barrier
Energetic trad trio Granny's Attic set off on second leg of album launch tour. We're in Bristol to take a peek.
atthebarrier.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:16 PM
I'm going to see Granny's Attic tomorrow and can't wait!
I've deliberately not read this review till afterwards though.
Anyone else avoid reviews of bands/plays/performances they know they're going to whatever so they can enjoy without preconceptions?
I've deliberately not read this review till afterwards though.
Anyone else avoid reviews of bands/plays/performances they know they're going to whatever so they can enjoy without preconceptions?
Reposted by Mary L. Shannon
Teaching English: our flagship magazine, redesigned, refreshed and reimagined. We’re delighted to share the autumn issue — in the post and online next week. The magazine continues to showcase some of the best writing about English teaching. #NATE
November 14, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Teaching English: our flagship magazine, redesigned, refreshed and reimagined. We’re delighted to share the autumn issue — in the post and online next week. The magazine continues to showcase some of the best writing about English teaching. #NATE
Please reshare! I'd love to hear from potential candidates with research interests in disability studies and the arts...
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social
Delighted to share University of Roehampton and our partners LSE are open to receiving PhD applications to CRICA: Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts. Funded by the AHRC Doctoral Focal Award scheme www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academ...
The Consortium for Researching Inclusive Cultures in the Arts (CRICA)
www.roehampton.ac.uk
November 14, 2025 at 1:36 PM
Please reshare! I'd love to hear from potential candidates with research interests in disability studies and the arts...
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @bars.bsky.social @ukdishisthub.bsky.social
#spottedinthewild...
Thanks @treadwells-books.bsky.social for highlighting #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social in your bookshop window in London's Store street!
(with thanks to Laura Way for the spot and the snap)
Thanks @treadwells-books.bsky.social for highlighting #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social in your bookshop window in London's Store street!
(with thanks to Laura Way for the spot and the snap)
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
#spottedinthewild...
Thanks @treadwells-books.bsky.social for highlighting #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social in your bookshop window in London's Store street!
(with thanks to Laura Way for the spot and the snap)
Thanks @treadwells-books.bsky.social for highlighting #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social in your bookshop window in London's Store street!
(with thanks to Laura Way for the spot and the snap)
Thanks so much for the shout-out @libraryaac.bsky.social !
#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social
#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social
"Billy Waters Is Dancing", a #biography by @drmarylshannon.bsky.social retraces the forgotten story of Black Regency sailor, who became London's most celebrated street performer & finds him & other figures of Black Regency Britain in #popularculture
#BlackHistory #CulturalStudies #BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistory #CulturalStudies #BlackHistoryMonth
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Thanks so much for the shout-out @libraryaac.bsky.social !
#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social
#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social
Reposted by Mary L. Shannon
Mariam Muwanga's 2025 study "Modeling the African Diaspora" contributes to the field of critical race theory, combining it with #narratology & #diasporastudies to highlight 3 new concepts in novels by Black British writers #SamSelvon #BernadineEvaristo #AndreaLevy #ZadieSmith & #DiranAdebayo
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Mariam Muwanga's 2025 study "Modeling the African Diaspora" contributes to the field of critical race theory, combining it with #narratology & #diasporastudies to highlight 3 new concepts in novels by Black British writers #SamSelvon #BernadineEvaristo #AndreaLevy #ZadieSmith & #DiranAdebayo
Reposted by Mary L. Shannon
Shawn-Naphtali Sobers's 2023 book "Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative" walks us readers through a Black British family home, examining the lives, stuff & stories of Black Brits post-1950 through the lens of #MaterialCulture & various media in #CulturalHistory
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Shawn-Naphtali Sobers's 2023 book "Black Everyday Lives, Material Culture and Narrative" walks us readers through a Black British family home, examining the lives, stuff & stories of Black Brits post-1950 through the lens of #MaterialCulture & various media in #CulturalHistory
#BlackHistoryMonth
#BlackHistoryMonth
Reposted by Mary L. Shannon
Fighting American slaveowners in the Anglo-American War of 1812, the "Black Redcoats" were a regiment of enslaved Black people who escaped slavery to fight under the British flag, Matthew Taylor writes @blackredcoats.bsky.social
#MilitaryHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #AmericanHistory #BritishHistory
#MilitaryHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #AmericanHistory #BritishHistory
October 20, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Fighting American slaveowners in the Anglo-American War of 1812, the "Black Redcoats" were a regiment of enslaved Black people who escaped slavery to fight under the British flag, Matthew Taylor writes @blackredcoats.bsky.social
#MilitaryHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #AmericanHistory #BritishHistory
#MilitaryHistory #BlackHistoryMonth #AmericanHistory #BritishHistory
Reposted by Mary L. Shannon
Did you know that the UK celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth in October?
Check out the replies of this thread to find 4 new books on #BlackHistory & #LiteraryStudies & #BlackCulture in the UK, new to our collection!
#BritishHistory
Check out the replies of this thread to find 4 new books on #BlackHistory & #LiteraryStudies & #BlackCulture in the UK, new to our collection!
#BritishHistory
October 20, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Did you know that the UK celebrates #BlackHistoryMonth in October?
Check out the replies of this thread to find 4 new books on #BlackHistory & #LiteraryStudies & #BlackCulture in the UK, new to our collection!
#BritishHistory
Check out the replies of this thread to find 4 new books on #BlackHistory & #LiteraryStudies & #BlackCulture in the UK, new to our collection!
#BritishHistory
I meant Wednesday March 25th 2026...!
Excited to announce this gig I'm hosting at Cecil Sharp House Camden on Wednesday March 26.
Tickets on sale now: its going to be a fun night!
www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
Tickets on sale now: its going to be a fun night!
www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
Jump Billy!
A celebration of English folk's diverse history, through the life of celebrity Black Regency busker Billy Waters.
www.efdss.org
October 6, 2025 at 7:29 AM
I meant Wednesday March 25th 2026...!
Excited to announce this gig I'm hosting at Cecil Sharp House Camden on Wednesday March 26.
Tickets on sale now: its going to be a fun night!
www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
Tickets on sale now: its going to be a fun night!
www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
Jump Billy!
A celebration of English folk's diverse history, through the life of celebrity Black Regency busker Billy Waters.
www.efdss.org
October 5, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Excited to announce this gig I'm hosting at Cecil Sharp House Camden on Wednesday March 26.
Tickets on sale now: its going to be a fun night!
www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
Tickets on sale now: its going to be a fun night!
www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
Reposted by Mary L. Shannon
One of England’s most revered folk performers, Martin Simpson returns to Cecil Sharp House later this month to preview new material and reimagine his well-loved hits.
Thu 16 Oct
7.30pm
Book now bit.ly/3GP7WTm
Thu 16 Oct
7.30pm
Book now bit.ly/3GP7WTm
Martin Simpson
“One of the virtuoso instrumentalists of the English music scene... sounds better than ever" The Guardian
bit.ly
October 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
One of England’s most revered folk performers, Martin Simpson returns to Cecil Sharp House later this month to preview new material and reimagine his well-loved hits.
Thu 16 Oct
7.30pm
Book now bit.ly/3GP7WTm
Thu 16 Oct
7.30pm
Book now bit.ly/3GP7WTm
Delighted to announce that #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
is an NYC Big Book Awards 2025 winner (History - World)
#2025NYCBBA #NYCBigBookAward #BigBookAward
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
is an NYC Big Book Awards 2025 winner (History - World)
#2025NYCBBA #NYCBigBookAward #BigBookAward
September 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Delighted to announce that #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
is an NYC Big Book Awards 2025 winner (History - World)
#2025NYCBBA #NYCBigBookAward #BigBookAward
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
is an NYC Big Book Awards 2025 winner (History - World)
#2025NYCBBA #NYCBigBookAward #BigBookAward
I'm back from my summer social media holiday and here's what I read in August #summerreading 📚
September 9, 2025 at 7:05 PM
I'm back from my summer social media holiday and here's what I read in August #summerreading 📚
I have a ticket and I'm excited 😃🎻🎶🪗🪈🪕🎹🎶
Welcome to the Black British Folk Revival.
Guest curator Angeline Morrison and friends take over Cecil Sharp House with folk sounds, songs, and stories that shine a long overdue light on the African Diaspora's love for, and ongoing conversations with, British folk.
Sat 4 Oct
bit.ly/4f02wBB
Guest curator Angeline Morrison and friends take over Cecil Sharp House with folk sounds, songs, and stories that shine a long overdue light on the African Diaspora's love for, and ongoing conversations with, British folk.
Sat 4 Oct
bit.ly/4f02wBB
September 9, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I have a ticket and I'm excited 😃🎻🎶🪗🪈🪕🎹🎶
Reposted by Mary L. Shannon
I still can’t quite believe this actually happened, but here’s evidence! The full Sorrow Songs concert at BBC Proms at the lovely Glasshouse Gateshead is now available for listening on @bbcsounds.bsky.social 🙏🏾🖤 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
July 30, 2025 at 11:58 AM
I still can’t quite believe this actually happened, but here’s evidence! The full Sorrow Songs concert at BBC Proms at the lovely Glasshouse Gateshead is now available for listening on @bbcsounds.bsky.social 🙏🏾🖤 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A lovely surprise today: my copy of Imprint magazine from #americanhistoricalprintcollectorssociety in which my article on #BillyWaters appears!
July 30, 2025 at 7:32 PM
A lovely surprise today: my copy of Imprint magazine from #americanhistoricalprintcollectorssociety in which my article on #BillyWaters appears!
Speaking at the British Association for Victorian Studies 25 year anniversary conference in Oxford #bavs2025 was a joy...doing so with #TeamRoehampton from @uni-roehampton.bsky.social
was even better.
was even better.
July 28, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Speaking at the British Association for Victorian Studies 25 year anniversary conference in Oxford #bavs2025 was a joy...doing so with #TeamRoehampton from @uni-roehampton.bsky.social
was even better.
was even better.
Many many congratulations @mdamkjaer.bsky.social !!
Today at #BAVS2025 I accepted the BAVS Rosemary Mitchell Prize for a Second Monograph and got to speak about my book, Fiction on the Page in Nineteenth-Century Magazines. Thank you to @drmarylshannon.bsky.social (whose own book was highly commended) for taking these pictures ❤️
July 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Many many congratulations @mdamkjaer.bsky.social !!
Many congratulations to both winners! @rsvp.org
Delighted to share the 2025 Robert and Vineta Colby Scholarly Book Prize with Dr. Andrew Lewis's brilliant study of the British West Indian Press.
@rs4vp.org
@rs4vp.org
July 18, 2025 at 8:58 PM
Many congratulations to both winners! @rsvp.org
It's giving @gladlib.bsky.social vibes...😎
My first ever visit happens to be in a heatwave...and it's glorious.
My first ever visit happens to be in a heatwave...and it's glorious.
July 13, 2025 at 8:36 PM
It's giving @gladlib.bsky.social vibes...😎
My first ever visit happens to be in a heatwave...and it's glorious.
My first ever visit happens to be in a heatwave...and it's glorious.
It's been a busy year for #BillyWaters #SongsFromTheShadows schools workshops: special thanks to the English and History teams at The Holy Cross School (below 👇), Regent's High School, and Newnham Junior school!
For FREE resources for educators see:
ageofrevolution.org/home/billy-w...
For FREE resources for educators see:
ageofrevolution.org/home/billy-w...
July 8, 2025 at 3:17 PM
It's been a busy year for #BillyWaters #SongsFromTheShadows schools workshops: special thanks to the English and History teams at The Holy Cross School (below 👇), Regent's High School, and Newnham Junior school!
For FREE resources for educators see:
ageofrevolution.org/home/billy-w...
For FREE resources for educators see:
ageofrevolution.org/home/billy-w...
ALES recorded talks are usually for ARA members only. But because of the public value of the topic the amazing team @ales-araukie.bsky.social have decided to make the video of the webinar public. Thanks so much ALES!
For all other talks make sure you get your @araukie.bsky.social membership!
For all other talks make sure you get your @araukie.bsky.social membership!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jj-v...
Ben Marsh, @angelcakepie2.bsky.social , Selena Scott and I really enjoyed doing this @ales-araukie.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social workshop about #BillyWaters: take a look to find out about FREE resources for educators!
Ben Marsh, @angelcakepie2.bsky.social , Selena Scott and I really enjoyed doing this @ales-araukie.bsky.social @araukie.bsky.social workshop about #BillyWaters: take a look to find out about FREE resources for educators!
ALES Event 'Finding Billy Waters - Black Lives in the Archives and New Resources for Educators
YouTube video by Archives and Records Association (UK & Ireland)
www.youtube.com
July 8, 2025 at 3:08 PM
ALES recorded talks are usually for ARA members only. But because of the public value of the topic the amazing team @ales-araukie.bsky.social have decided to make the video of the webinar public. Thanks so much ALES!
For all other talks make sure you get your @araukie.bsky.social membership!
For all other talks make sure you get your @araukie.bsky.social membership!
If you missed us @natefeed.bsky.social conference try this 👇
🎙️podcast with #BenMarsh & artist #selenascott (+me) about our FREE educational graphic novel based on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social
Thanks to @lotski79.bsky.social
🎧https://shorturl.at/oTqFf
🎙️podcast with #BenMarsh & artist #selenascott (+me) about our FREE educational graphic novel based on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social
Thanks to @lotski79.bsky.social
🎧https://shorturl.at/oTqFf
July 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
If you missed us @natefeed.bsky.social conference try this 👇
🎙️podcast with #BenMarsh & artist #selenascott (+me) about our FREE educational graphic novel based on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social
Thanks to @lotski79.bsky.social
🎧https://shorturl.at/oTqFf
🎙️podcast with #BenMarsh & artist #selenascott (+me) about our FREE educational graphic novel based on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social
Thanks to @lotski79.bsky.social
🎧https://shorturl.at/oTqFf