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Simon Rennie
@simonrennie.bsky.social
Victorianist Prof @exeter.ac.uk. Cotton Famine Poetry. C19th working-class and provincial newspaper poetry. Director of @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social.
Also delusional multi-instrumentalist, veg grower, U12 football coach.
My new book is out in November. Ten years of research.
September 11, 2025 at 12:05 PM
Here is a link to my latest article on adult education and dialect poetry during the Lancashire Cotton Famine. 19.bbk.ac.uk/article/id/1...
‘Gooin t’ schoo’: The Subject of Adult Education in Dialect Poetry from the Lancashire Cotton Famine 1861–65
‘The Beddin’s Goan’, published in the Blackburn Times in November 1862 by W. A. Abram, begins with the lines ‘EH! Robbut! th’ lan’lord’s bin tu-day, | Whol tha wor deawn at th’class’, encapsulating li...
19.bbk.ac.uk
May 6, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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@exeter.ac.uk English and Creative Writing Department has just posted a Digital Bookcase with links to profiles and publishers. It's fascinating to browse selections of the work of the department, including members of the CVS in the Long Nineteenth Century category.

english.exeter.ac.uk/literature/
Digital Bookcase | University of Exeter
english.exeter.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 10:11 AM
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🗓️ Join us on Wednesday 26 March as we welcome @carolyndever.bsky.social to speak on "Speculative Biography: What Edith Knew" - a paper that explores the ethical challenges of reading the poet couple Michael Field not as one, but as two.

Open to all!
Please message if you would like a teams link.
March 18, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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The Director of the Exeter CVS, Simon Rennie @simonrennie.bsky.social and Ruth-Anne Walbank @ruthannereads.bsky.social will discuss the Lancashire Cotton Famine at the Lancaster Literature Festival @litfest.bsky.social on Sunday March 16th at 2pm - tickets here: dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...
LITFEST: Simon Rennie and Ruth-Anne Walbank: Cotton Famine Poetry
VENUE: Lancaster Library
dukeslancaster.org
March 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
I am deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Professor Brian Maidment this week. Brian and I collaborated for years on the Cotton Famine Poetry project, and it was a privilege to get to know a scholar whose work on labouring-class C19th culture was foundational. He will be much missed by many.
January 29, 2025 at 10:01 AM
@pascaleexeter.bsky.social
After a moderately challenging hike from sea level to 1500ft up the Temescal Canyon Trail north of LA, we made it to the spot described as 'The Falls'.

'Majestic', commented an admirably sardonic young man from another walking party.
December 28, 2024 at 5:38 AM