Midge Gillies
@midgegillies.bsky.social
"Atlantic Furies" coming soon, Scribe UK - early women who flew the ocean. Existing Books: biogs of Amy Johnson, Marie Lloyd, Piccadilly Circus, #POWs ("The Barbed-Wire University") etc. #WW2 Creative writing tutor Cambridge. https://midgegillies.com/
That’s wonderful, thanks for sharing @flyingarchivist.bsky.social
Very pleased to see @midgegillies.bsky.social and @spitfirefilly.bsky.social in our local #WetRocks.
November 6, 2025 at 10:44 AM
That’s wonderful, thanks for sharing @flyingarchivist.bsky.social
More signed copies of Atlantic Furies @heffers.bsky.social and Waterstones Cambridge @scribeuk.bsky.social
November 1, 2025 at 10:45 AM
More signed copies of Atlantic Furies @heffers.bsky.social and Waterstones Cambridge @scribeuk.bsky.social
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Lovely eve celebrating publication of my friend @midgegillies.bsky.social new bk #AtlanticFuries, abt the women who risked everything to be the 1st to fly. The Telegraph said Midge’s previous biog of #AmyJohnson had them ‘gripped, exhilarated and moved’ ✈️✈️
October 30, 2025 at 8:47 PM
Lovely eve celebrating publication of my friend @midgegillies.bsky.social new bk #AtlanticFuries, abt the women who risked everything to be the 1st to fly. The Telegraph said Midge’s previous biog of #AmyJohnson had them ‘gripped, exhilarated and moved’ ✈️✈️
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Have you enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Atlantic Furies" by @midgegillies.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop!
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#History #podcast
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#History #podcast
October 12, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Have you enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "Atlantic Furies" by @midgegillies.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop!
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#History #podcast
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#History #podcast
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🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE 🚨 🌏 No GPS. No radio. Just guts, maps & skill. 🗺️ @midgegillies.bsky.social reveals how Amy Johnson fought through sandstorms, monsoons & deserts to reach Australia solo in 1930 🚀💪.
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #AmyJohnson #Podcast
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #AmyJohnson #Podcast
October 7, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨 THIS WEEK TO PATREON AND APPLE 🚨 🌏 No GPS. No radio. Just guts, maps & skill. 🗺️ @midgegillies.bsky.social reveals how Amy Johnson fought through sandstorms, monsoons & deserts to reach Australia solo in 1930 🚀💪.
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #AmyJohnson #Podcast
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#HistoryRage #AmyJohnson #Podcast
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🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨 ✈️ Amelia Earhart was a legend — but she wasn’t alone! Historian @midgegillies.bsky.social tells the incredible stories of forgotten women aviators who risked everything to fly into history 🌍🔥
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...
#WomenInHistory #Podcast
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...
#WomenInHistory #Podcast
October 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🚨 THIS WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨 ✈️ Amelia Earhart was a legend — but she wasn’t alone! Historian @midgegillies.bsky.social tells the incredible stories of forgotten women aviators who risked everything to fly into history 🌍🔥
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...
#WomenInHistory #Podcast
🎧 Listen now: www.patreon.com/post...
#WomenInHistory #Podcast
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🚨 NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨
Ready for take-off? 🚀 @midgegillies.bsky.social shares stories about aviation’s fierce female pioneers who flew beyond Amelia Earhart’s shadow ✈️🔥
Early access: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions
#HistoryRage #AviationHistory
Ready for take-off? 🚀 @midgegillies.bsky.social shares stories about aviation’s fierce female pioneers who flew beyond Amelia Earhart’s shadow ✈️🔥
Early access: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions
#HistoryRage #AviationHistory
October 4, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🚨 NEXT WEEK FOR SUBSCRIBERS 🚨
Ready for take-off? 🚀 @midgegillies.bsky.social shares stories about aviation’s fierce female pioneers who flew beyond Amelia Earhart’s shadow ✈️🔥
Early access: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions
#HistoryRage #AviationHistory
Ready for take-off? 🚀 @midgegillies.bsky.social shares stories about aviation’s fierce female pioneers who flew beyond Amelia Earhart’s shadow ✈️🔥
Early access: www.patreon.com/historyrage
Or join on Apple subscriptions
#HistoryRage #AviationHistory
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I first read this book over a decade ago. I love it (as I do most of @midgegillies.bsky.social work. David had this one sitting in a book pile and I thought, I would like to revisit it. I can't find my copy (double stacked shelves) so I nicked it! #histbookchat I love it more: it's brilliant!
September 13, 2025 at 9:17 AM
I first read this book over a decade ago. I love it (as I do most of @midgegillies.bsky.social work. David had this one sitting in a book pile and I thought, I would like to revisit it. I can't find my copy (double stacked shelves) so I nicked it! #histbookchat I love it more: it's brilliant!
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✈️✨ Huge thanks to @midgegillies.bsky.social for raging that “IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT AMELIA EARHART!” 🙅♀️🛩️ We dived into early female aviators — danger ⚡, press treatment 📰 and exploding inner tubes 💥.
Landing on Patreon & Apple Subs in October! 🎙️🔥
#History #Aviation #WomenInHistory #Podcast
Landing on Patreon & Apple Subs in October! 🎙️🔥
#History #Aviation #WomenInHistory #Podcast
August 1, 2025 at 11:01 AM
✈️✨ Huge thanks to @midgegillies.bsky.social for raging that “IT’S NOT ALL ABOUT AMELIA EARHART!” 🙅♀️🛩️ We dived into early female aviators — danger ⚡, press treatment 📰 and exploding inner tubes 💥.
Landing on Patreon & Apple Subs in October! 🎙️🔥
#History #Aviation #WomenInHistory #Podcast
Landing on Patreon & Apple Subs in October! 🎙️🔥
#History #Aviation #WomenInHistory #Podcast
Great finally to meet Judith Grandi from the @grantamag.bsky.social @profwriting.bsky.social #memoir course in person. We agreed we were both taller in the flesh! Thanks to everyone who came to the launch of the new edition of The Barbed-Wire University #POWs #WW2 & to Toppings bookshop
August 1, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Great finally to meet Judith Grandi from the @grantamag.bsky.social @profwriting.bsky.social #memoir course in person. We agreed we were both taller in the flesh! Thanks to everyone who came to the launch of the new edition of The Barbed-Wire University #POWs #WW2 & to Toppings bookshop
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Off on a familiar journey to Cambridge. But not to work teaching English A Level as I'd have been doing 15 years ago. I'm off to Heffers @blackwells.bsky.social to talk about #LandBeneaththeWaves and there'll be some familiar faces in the audience! ☺️ #chronicillness #lifewriting #booksky
June 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Off on a familiar journey to Cambridge. But not to work teaching English A Level as I'd have been doing 15 years ago. I'm off to Heffers @blackwells.bsky.social to talk about #LandBeneaththeWaves and there'll be some familiar faces in the audience! ☺️ #chronicillness #lifewriting #booksky
Hearing about the icy conditions mid Atlantic, as told in this wonderful book, is a great way to stay cool! Hope to see you there. 🧊🌎🐳
People of East Anglia! I'll be discussing THE BIG HOP with the wonderful @midgegillies.bsky.social on Monday evening at Topping Booksellers, Ely.
Would love to see some of you there! A tale of high adventure over the Atlantic ocean. You'll love it.
www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/r...
Would love to see some of you there! A tale of high adventure over the Atlantic ocean. You'll love it.
www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/r...
David Rooney at First Floor, Topping & Company Booksellers of Ely
www.toppingbooks.co.uk
June 29, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Hearing about the icy conditions mid Atlantic, as told in this wonderful book, is a great way to stay cool! Hope to see you there. 🧊🌎🐳
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Dear all! I have a new intake starting on July 7th for my course on British children's literature in the 20th century and it would be lovely to have you there. www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/briti.... More than happy to answer any questions on this - do feel free to message.
British Children’s Literature in the 20th Century | Institute of Continuing Education (ICE)
www.ice.cam.ac.uk
June 24, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Dear all! I have a new intake starting on July 7th for my course on British children's literature in the 20th century and it would be lovely to have you there. www.ice.cam.ac.uk/course/briti.... More than happy to answer any questions on this - do feel free to message.
I thoroughly enjoyed THE BIG HOP by @rooneyvision.bsky.social & look forward to hearing more on Mon 30 June at Ely Toppings. See you there! www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/r...
June 23, 2025 at 2:20 PM
I thoroughly enjoyed THE BIG HOP by @rooneyvision.bsky.social & look forward to hearing more on Mon 30 June at Ely Toppings. See you there! www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/r...
It feels appropriate to be back at St Peter’s Church in Ely 14 years after the original publication of The Barbed-Wire University. At the relaunch on Thurs 31 July I’ll be talking about the stories that emerged after the book was published & much more. www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/g...
Midge Gillies at St Peter's Church
www.toppingbooks.co.uk
June 20, 2025 at 11:19 AM
It feels appropriate to be back at St Peter’s Church in Ely 14 years after the original publication of The Barbed-Wire University. At the relaunch on Thurs 31 July I’ll be talking about the stories that emerged after the book was published & much more. www.toppingbooks.co.uk/events/ely/g...
Scout has something meaty to sink her teeth into! Inspired by meeting the amazing #WillYoung & visiting #Stalag Luft III as part of @WDYTYA_UK The Barbed-Wire University is being re-issued with substantial afterword, new pics etc. Order from your local bookshop or shorturl.at/Vy3px #POWs
June 9, 2025 at 10:38 AM
Scout has something meaty to sink her teeth into! Inspired by meeting the amazing #WillYoung & visiting #Stalag Luft III as part of @WDYTYA_UK The Barbed-Wire University is being re-issued with substantial afterword, new pics etc. Order from your local bookshop or shorturl.at/Vy3px #POWs
Three bucket list items crossed off: meeting Will Young, being on Who Do You Think You Are and visiting Stalag Luft III.
BBCiplayer: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Will Young is the tops. Read more about #POWs in the new edition of The Barbed-Wire University: www.amazon.co.uk/.../ref=mona...
BBCiplayer: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Will Young is the tops. Read more about #POWs in the new edition of The Barbed-Wire University: www.amazon.co.uk/.../ref=mona...
June 4, 2025 at 3:02 PM
Three bucket list items crossed off: meeting Will Young, being on Who Do You Think You Are and visiting Stalag Luft III.
BBCiplayer: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Will Young is the tops. Read more about #POWs in the new edition of The Barbed-Wire University: www.amazon.co.uk/.../ref=mona...
BBCiplayer: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
Will Young is the tops. Read more about #POWs in the new edition of The Barbed-Wire University: www.amazon.co.uk/.../ref=mona...
Scout has taken the plunge(r)!
June 1, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Scout has taken the plunge(r)!
Fab to talk about #reading & #Prisonersofwar (#POWs) in @theul.bsky.social for BBC Radio 3, "Books for Brighter Blackouts" www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Thanks to Prof Emma Smith & Beaty Rubens. Pre-order the new edition of The Barbed-Wire University here: www.safehavenbooks.co.uk/the-barbed-w...
The Essay - Books for Brighter Blackouts - 4. Prisoners of war: escapism and escape - BBC Sounds
Emma Smith uncovers five surprising stories about books and reading during World War Two.
www.bbc.co.uk
May 11, 2025 at 8:08 AM
Fab to talk about #reading & #Prisonersofwar (#POWs) in @theul.bsky.social for BBC Radio 3, "Books for Brighter Blackouts" www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... Thanks to Prof Emma Smith & Beaty Rubens. Pre-order the new edition of The Barbed-Wire University here: www.safehavenbooks.co.uk/the-barbed-w...
Great evening @heffers with @bonnielj.bsky.social talking about her wonderful new book Vanishing Landscapes @hodderbooks.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Great evening @heffers with @bonnielj.bsky.social talking about her wonderful new book Vanishing Landscapes @hodderbooks.bsky.social
Vanishing Landscapes is a fascinating, gorgeous book & I can’t wait to discuss it with Bonnie Lander Johnson at Heffers in Cambridge Thursday 10 April, 6pm. Come & find out why Tudor men dyed their beards green - & much more
April 9, 2025 at 9:10 AM
Vanishing Landscapes is a fascinating, gorgeous book & I can’t wait to discuss it with Bonnie Lander Johnson at Heffers in Cambridge Thursday 10 April, 6pm. Come & find out why Tudor men dyed their beards green - & much more
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Am teaching historical fiction online @arvonfoundation.bsky.social week commencing 5 May with Rebecca Abrams. Great opportunity to gain inspiration, confidence and skills. Suitable for those with a work in progress and beginners as well. #historicalfiction #writinglife
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Online Writing Week: Historical Fiction | Scene, structure and voice | Arvon
'The past is a foreign country', as the novelist L.P. Hartley famously said. But how do writers recreate the past in ways that engage the modern reader? Award-winning historical fiction writers Rebecc...
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April 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Am teaching historical fiction online @arvonfoundation.bsky.social week commencing 5 May with Rebecca Abrams. Great opportunity to gain inspiration, confidence and skills. Suitable for those with a work in progress and beginners as well. #historicalfiction #writinglife
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
www.arvon.org/writing-cour...
Great to be back in the archives today & this one within walking distance of home! Humbling to read about the exploits of the Cambridgeshire Regiment in Singapore & Thailand for a new edition of my #POW book, "The Barbed-Wire University".
March 13, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Great to be back in the archives today & this one within walking distance of home! Humbling to read about the exploits of the Cambridgeshire Regiment in Singapore & Thailand for a new edition of my #POW book, "The Barbed-Wire University".
To do list:
1. Switch on computer
2. Register (see below)
3. Zoom, 13 March, 7-8pm, GMT.
4. Sit back
5. Listen to Lulah Ellender talking about writing & her books, including "Elisabeth's Lists".
6. Ask question . . . or not.
7. Feel inspired.
ice-cambridge.my.salesforce-sites.com/.../targetX...
1. Switch on computer
2. Register (see below)
3. Zoom, 13 March, 7-8pm, GMT.
4. Sit back
5. Listen to Lulah Ellender talking about writing & her books, including "Elisabeth's Lists".
6. Ask question . . . or not.
7. Feel inspired.
ice-cambridge.my.salesforce-sites.com/.../targetX...
March 9, 2025 at 2:28 PM
To do list:
1. Switch on computer
2. Register (see below)
3. Zoom, 13 March, 7-8pm, GMT.
4. Sit back
5. Listen to Lulah Ellender talking about writing & her books, including "Elisabeth's Lists".
6. Ask question . . . or not.
7. Feel inspired.
ice-cambridge.my.salesforce-sites.com/.../targetX...
1. Switch on computer
2. Register (see below)
3. Zoom, 13 March, 7-8pm, GMT.
4. Sit back
5. Listen to Lulah Ellender talking about writing & her books, including "Elisabeth's Lists".
6. Ask question . . . or not.
7. Feel inspired.
ice-cambridge.my.salesforce-sites.com/.../targetX...
New year: new Scout. Back from beauty parlour smelling fragrant but beard already soaked.
January 3, 2025 at 4:34 PM
New year: new Scout. Back from beauty parlour smelling fragrant but beard already soaked.