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Elizabeth Dearnley
@elizadearnley.bsky.social
Folklorist, writer, Lecturer in Creative Writing at Edinburgh Napier University. Editor of DEADLY DOLLS and FEARSOME FAIRIES (British Library). Fairy tales / horror / interactive stories / weird and eerie 🦇 Rep’d https://www.philippasitters.co.uk. She/her
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Charity shop going HARD on the haunted dolls this Halloween!
October 15, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Slowly unpacking my study and filling a drawer with pressed seaweed, like a Victorian lady botanist 🌿🪸
October 5, 2025 at 11:30 AM
Moving house in two days with all the essentials packed 🍄🌿🫙🪶
September 16, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Huge news! 🌿✨💍✨🌿 I’m overjoyed to be marrying my love Darrick, and also exceptionally excited about this ring, which is basically a forest in ring form 🌳💍💚 It is tourmaline, peridot and diamond!
August 31, 2025 at 7:49 PM
I popped into @mediamuseum.bsky.social on my way back from the festival yesterday, and was so happy to catch up with my favourite exhibit, the Pepper’s Ghost darkroom!

I found this absolutely magical as a child, and still do now - there are so many throughlines between this and my work today! 🎞️✨🕷️
July 7, 2025 at 12:25 PM
On my way to @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social to take part in this wonderfully weird event tomorrow! Very excited to talk creepy dolls, toys and all things spooky 🧸🕸️👁️
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/tales-...
www.bradfordlitfest.co.uk
July 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
GOBLIN HAIR 🌿💚🌿 bringing me ever closer to my final fae form 🧚🏾
July 4, 2025 at 6:39 PM
A VERY long shot, but I just found a ring in Bute Park, Cardiff, in case anyone has lost one! I left it where it was #butepark #cardiff
May 16, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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Happy 99th birthday to the man who gave voice to the wild. 🎉

Sir David Attenborough, thank you for a lifetime dedicated to the natural world, and for sharing its story with wisdom, wonder, and grace.

You've inspired generations to fall in love with nature.
May 8, 2025 at 7:09 AM
First experiment with yarn dyeing: avocado skins and stones (which should create a dusty pink dye) 🥑🧶🌸
May 7, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Just going through my saved clothes/costume/sewing inspo Instagram folder, and I CLEARLY have a colour palette 🍂🌸🍃🍑💛 …pastel autumn?
April 28, 2025 at 5:19 PM
WILD GARLIC PESTO 💚🌱🌿🍋 Made with the frankly indecent amount growing in the woods by my parents’ house
April 5, 2025 at 12:45 PM
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Happy #InternationalWomensDay! We’re lucky to work with so many knowledgeable and inspiring contributors, many of which are here on Bluesky:

@verityholloway.bsky.social
@elizadearnley.bsky.social
@kjsoar.bsky.social
@ladyliminal.bsky.social
@amalexathorn.bsky.social
@melissae.bsky.social
March 8, 2025 at 1:12 PM
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It's enormously hard to get people to sign petitions supporting trans people, let alone trans children, so if you're in the UK, please do sign this. Right now, trans people need all the help you can give.
This is huge. My petition got approved. It challenges the UK government to the lift the Puberty Blocker ban on the grounds that it contradicts article 8 of The United Nations Convention On The Rights Of The Child.

Please sign and Repost ✊️🏳️‍⚧️

petition.parliament.uk/petitions/70...
Petition: Lift restrictions on prescribing puberty blockers to trans children.
We want the Government to reverse the restrictions it has introduced relating to the prescription of puberty blockers to children. The Government introduced legislation banning them from being prescri...
petition.parliament.uk
February 5, 2025 at 5:00 PM
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Edinburgh is running out of time to meet its climate and transport goals.

Running a tram-train on the Edinburgh South Suburban line would cut traffic, emissions and congestion and improve access to the city for locals.

🚋🚋🚋

Sign the petition here: www.change.org/p/reopen-edi...
Sign the Petition
Reopen Edinburgh's South Sub using Tram-Trains
www.change.org
January 29, 2025 at 2:53 PM
This looks soooooo good 🌲🍂🦌
Weird only works when you wander from the path.

Preorders for the next volume of SPLIT SCREAM are open now!
Featuring New Weird Horror novellas from @ideofmarch.bsky.social & the team of @johnkpeck.bsky.social & L. Mahler.

Prepare to get lost OFF THE MAP.

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February 5, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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As a lifelong movie fan & an elder who’s been reading, writing, teaching, & talking about politics & horror for decades, I carved out some time today to compile a list of apolitical & socio-culturally neutral horror films for your viewing enjoyment.
February 3, 2025 at 8:18 PM
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I honestly believe our most powerful position in a toxic time that feeds on cynicism, apathy,& despair is to genuinely care and act for a better world.

Cynicism is our enemy. We should check it, incl. on the left. It’s not intellectually superior. It’s the virus they’re trying to infect us with. NO
January 31, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Elizabeth-coded characters
January 31, 2025 at 8:14 PM
What?! The Prince Charles is an institution - please consider signing!
@princecharlescinema.com is one of the most important cultural spaces in London with incredibly unique programming so we need to ensure it stays going. Please sign this petition to keep it going.

princecharlescinema.com/savethepcc/
#SaveThePCC
princecharlescinema.com
January 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
New online course on Friday 25 April at @freudmuseumlondon.bsky.social! 🕷️🕸️🧶🪡

Come join me and Katharine Fry for a day exploring the magical and macabre fairy tale worlds of Louise Bourgeois and Paula Rego, held to accompany the museum’s Women & Freud exhibition 🕷️ www.freud.org.uk/event/the-fa...
The fairy tale worlds of Louise Bourgeois and Paula Rego - Freud Museum London
All registrants will receive their link to join via ZOOM. Attendees will also receive access to the recording on the Monday after the event, available to
www.freud.org.uk
January 27, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Hive mind, can you recommend any good recent short stories in the genres of romance or historical fiction?

Looking to expand my student reading list and sure there are some good ones I’ve missed!
January 8, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Very much looking forward to a dive into the haunted toybox of creepy dolls on Saturday 18 January - join me there! 🧸🕸️🦇
We're blessed to have such talented folks joining us for Writing the Occult: The Uncanny - people like @elizadearnley.bsky.social, who's latest Tales of the Weird collection for the @britishlibrary.bsky.social is all about uncanny playthings. Tix now on sale. Details at writingtheoccult.carrd.co
January 6, 2025 at 11:21 AM
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I'm hosting an event for SGSAH Literature+ Catalyst on Memory, commemoration and curation (Fri 24 Jan 2025, 1-5pm). Contribs: me, @elizadearnley.bsky.social, @amfoster.bsky.social, Ann-Marie Einhaus, Arunima Bhattacharya. For research students at Scot Univs.
Register: www.sgsah.ac.uk/e_t/dp/liter...
Scottish Graduate School for Arts & Humanities - Events and Training - Discipline+ Catalysts - Literature
www.sgsah.ac.uk
December 20, 2024 at 11:28 AM