Please enjoy this photo of my awkward pre-teen self writing Jane Austen fan fiction on the family computer. She'd be chuffed!

📚🎧 Hosted by me, the series attempts to solve the many mysteries of the author's life. We visit some of her favourite places (a bun shop in Bath, a beach in Dorset) and chat to 18 of the world’s leading Austen experts to see what secrets we can uncover.

📚🎧 Jane Austen’s Paper Trail is nearly here! For the past year the @uk.theconversation.com audio and arts teams have been working on this podcast to mark the 250th anniversary of Austen’s birth. Learn more about the series and listen to our trailer her: theconversation.com/introducing-...

One week to go until The Conversation throws an 80th birthday party for the Moomins at @picturevillecinema.bsky.social Bradford. We'd love to see you there! More information and tickets here: www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/moomi...

The Moomins turn 80 this year & I'm throwing a party! Celebrate with @uk.theconversation.com at @picturevillecinema.bsky.social Bradford on May 23. We'll be screening Moomins on the Riviera & discussing the refugee experience in Tove Jansson’s work www.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk/cinema/moomi...

Ahead of International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade tomorrow, @drdomdavies.bsky.social shares three graphic novels that commemorate acts of resistance led by enslaved people themselves. theconversation.com/three-graphi... @versobooks.bsky.social

Struggled to get the "new you" off the ground in Jan? The Quarter Life Glow-up, a new 6-week newsletter course from The Conversation, is for you. Each week will bring you research-backed advice to help improve your relationships, career, free time & mental health: theconversation.com/uk/join-quar...