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EmmaLucy Cole
@emmalucycole.bsky.social
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☆ PhD researcher with Traumatic Brain Injury
☆ University of Bristol
☆ Thesis: "Stereotypes of Bedouin in Travel Writing since TE Lawrence"
☆ Erstwhile Wanderer
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EmmaLucy Cole @emmalucycole.bsky.social · Nov 26
Hi to everyone who's followed this week! 👋

I'm a PhD researcher with a #TBI rediscovering how to write & adventure with my newly wonky head!

If you're interested, in 2021 I wrote a chapter for this book about #travelwriting published by @anthempress.bsky.social

uk.bookshop.org/p/books/trav...
Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine a book by Gary Fisher and David Robinson.
Travel Writing in an Age of Global Quarantine is an anthology of travel accounts by a diverse range of writers and academics. Challenging conventional academic ‘authority’, each contributor writes, fr...
uk.bookshop.org
emmalucycole.bsky.social
16 weeks until PhD submission😮 Removing all social media from my phone until I'm done!!
See you on the other side......
a cat wearing glasses sits next to an open book with the caption dr. mjao is working on his phd thesis
Alt: a cat wearing glasses sits next to an open book with the caption dr. mjao is working on his phd thesis
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May 28, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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ayoub.bsky.social
Israel announced plans to seize more of Gaza’s territory. Unless forced to, Israel will not stop until the entirety of Gaza is exterminated.

And all of Israel’s allies know this.

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...
Israel announces intention to seize large areas of Gaza Strip in major escalation
Defence minister Israel Katz says seized land ‘will be added to the state of Israel’s security areas’
www.theguardian.com
April 2, 2025 at 1:21 PM
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threeswrite.bsky.social
In chapter 33 of Avarice of Empire, Alec Innes has an important task to perform in Canterbury and walks into town from the cavalry barracks.
#historicalfiction #histfic #hfchitchat #histbookchat #booksky #canterbury
April 2, 2025 at 9:22 AM
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threeswrite.bsky.social
Today is the 152nd anniversary of the death of Charles Agnew “by the hand of an assassin” in Egypt on 22nd March 1873, and I’ve been commemorating the day at Canterbury Cathedral where he’s memorialised in the south aisle.

#history #hfchitchat #histbookchat #booksky
March 22, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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threeswrite.bsky.social
After paying my respects to Charles Agnew today, I had the chance to present a copy of Avarice of Empire to Ian Osterloh of the Canterbury Historical and Archaeological Society, and to spend some time discussing the research behind the story.

#historicalfiction #history #histfic #booksky
Ian Osterloh and C.Q. Turnstone at Canterbury Cathedral
March 22, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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chloeireton.bsky.social
@uclhistory.bsky.social is hiring! Please share widely.

See thread below for details on two permanent lectureships in the Department of History at UCL: 1. Lecturer in Middle Eastern History post 1600; 2. Lecturer in Digital History. /1
March 21, 2025 at 7:24 PM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
A brilliant first ever book signing for debut author @threeswrite.bsky.social
today at @blackwellbooks.bsky.social at @uniofexeternews.bsky.social
Looking forward to many more book events to come!!
Order Avarice of Empire now:
amzn.eu/d/bLIiwBZ
March 18, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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threeswrite.bsky.social
This 20 para coin, equivalent to a halfpenny, was minted in Egypt in 1860/1 and in use during the period depicted in Avarice of Empire. A special ‘happy publication’ gift from the wonderful @emmalucycole.bsky.social

Fun to imagine one of the characters travelling through Egypt carrying it.
Nineteenth-century Egyptian 20 para coin in front of a copy of Avarice of Empire.
March 12, 2025 at 2:34 PM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
Regardless of all my years of academic training, what actually alerts me to the fact that I'm about to enter a great text? When the author acknowledges their cat with 2 paras & a full-page photo. That's love. And authenticity!
#CatsOfAcademia

Can't wait to read this by
@ferasalkabani.bsky.social
Front cover of the book Orientalist Depictions of Arab Sexuality by author and academic Feras Alkabani . The cover is dark blue and white with an image of a young man in a cloth headdress with a flower tucked into the forehead band. A photo of the acknowledgement page from the book, featuring a black and white photo of the author with his cat called Mishmish.
March 12, 2025 at 10:43 AM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
IT'S TODAY! Please share 🙏

'Avarice of Empire' by @threeswrite.bsky.social and published by Brindle Books Ltd is now available to order as a paperback and ebook 🎉✨️🌟

Please do buy a copy of this brilliant book by my amazing partner, and please share widely!

www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/1915...
March 6, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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threeswrite.bsky.social
In advance of publication day on Thursday, the @exeter.ac.uk press office has written an article about 'Avarice of Empire' and the background to the story. #booknews #historicalfiction
British captain killed by ‘assassin’ in Egypt brought to life in new book by Exeter historian
The mystery surrounding the death of a British Army captain at the hands of an ‘assassin’ in Egypt during the nineteenth century has been explored by a new piece of historical fiction, released this w...
news.exeter.ac.uk
March 4, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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amzomac.bsky.social
I've set up a JustGiving. Here is the link:

www.justgiving.com/page/amy-mci...

Thank you SO much to anyone who donates!! ❤️
Amy's running a half-marathon to help refugees
Help Amy McI raise money to support Scottish Refugee Council
www.justgiving.com
February 2, 2025 at 8:09 PM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
Since my PhD is on travel writing and I have a #tbi I figure there's a reasonable enough link to justify buying another awesome book 🤣
Looking forward to reading it very much.
#MovingMountains ed. By
@louisekenward.bsky.social with foreword by
@samlwalton.bsky.social
A photo of the cover of Moving Mountains: Writing Nature through Illness and Disability. The cover is dark blue with text and images of plants in greens and orange and blue.
February 24, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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threeswrite.bsky.social
Enjoyed a fabulous lunch with @emmalucycole.bsky.social and fellow Brindle Books author @sophiamoseley.bsky.social today at The Lyme Bay Cafe overlooking the crashing sea at #LymeRegis.

#fiction #historicalfiction
Sophia Moseley with One for Sorrow and C.Q. Turnstone with an author’s proof copy of Avarice of Empire. C.Q. Turnstone, EmmaLucy Cole and Sophia Moseley at The Lyme Bay Cafe in Lyme Regis.
February 23, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
Wow! We're at 1k followers! We're so grateful for your support! 🧡

As a thanks, we are giving away one of our popular tartan scarves!

To be in with a chance to win, you need to:

1. Be following us
2. Share this post

** Competition closes 3pm tomorrow. Winner announced at 5pm! **

Best of luck! 😃
February 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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monaeltahawy.bsky.social
I refuse to surrender to misery.

What we fight for must be better.

You know the phrase "If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution."? It's attributed to anarchist Emma Goldman, but is a paraphrase of a longer paragraph from Goldman’s autobiography Living My Life:
Text: “At the dances I was one of the most untiring and gayest. One evening a cousin of Sasha, a young boy, took me aside. With a grave face, as if he were about to announce the death of a dear comrade, he whispered to me that it did not behoove an agitator to dance. Certainly not with such reckless abandon, anyway. It was undignified for one who was on the way to become a force in the anarchist movement,” Emma Goldman writes.
February 5, 2025 at 1:14 PM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
Bryan demanding his share of my tea! He knows the sound of my hand picking up a cup & does a special little head bob, that means he wants some.
His favourite is cherry green (by Tugboat in Truro), but he's also fond of jasmine green, Pukka 'night time', & rooibos chai 🤣
He does NOT like ginger tea.
A ginger cat is staring at a ceramic mug with a picture of a ginger cat on it. The cup sits on a clipboard with a pencil and the cat is nestled on a Golden blanket
February 3, 2025 at 3:22 PM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
As someone who will always stop to rescue a woodlouse or earthworm, I appreciate this !
nicwilson.bsky.social Nic Wilson @nicwilson.bsky.social · Feb 2
Must be getting near Spring. Better known as the season when woodlice fall from the shower extractor fan and need rescuing on a daily basis.
A woodlouse in the shower.
February 2, 2025 at 3:31 PM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
You know you've found the right neuropsychologist for a PhD researcher, when you end up making book recommendations for each other in the appointment!
(His recommendation on the left)
#tbi
#neuropsychology
@pollyrowena.bsky.social
Two books are shown. On the left is Overcoming Mild Traumatic Brain Injury and Post-concussion Symptoms by Nigel King ; on the right is Some Of Us Just Fall by Polly Atkin
February 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
I've been overwhelmed by medical appointments & legal assessments & it's been draining.
But then I was asked if I'm able to 'balance my chequebook'.
I mean, I'm old enough to remember having one, but using that to judge my cognitive function might possibly skew results!
Surely we can we do better?
February 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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scotrefugeecouncil.bsky.social
Hello Bluesky! We're proud to be building a better future with refugees in Scotland.

Looking forward to sharing news, views and good vibes, joining the discussion around refugee rights, and standing in solidarity with people seeking safety.

#AyeWelcomeRefugees
Blue placard with white writing that reads 'Aye Welcome Refugees' in a window showing Glasgow city views and a clear blue sky
January 30, 2025 at 10:49 AM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
The Kindle edition of the amazing Avarice of Empire by @threeswrite.bsky.social is now available to pre-order for delivery to your device on 6th March. (The print book will be available to order on the 6th of March!)
#historicalfiction #histbookchat
January 28, 2025 at 6:19 PM
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richardjansell.bsky.social
My edition of four travel journals by 18th-c servants is out now, including accounts of France, Italy, the Low Countries, Germany and the Ottoman Empire by three valets and a maid – the majority of people who went on the 'Grand Tour' #skystorians #18thc #c18th global.oup.com/academic/pro...
Green cover of the book 'Servants Abroad: Travel Journals by British Working People, 1765–1798'. The image shows an 18th-century caricature of a male servant carrying books and wine.
November 22, 2024 at 11:06 AM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
I am so proud of my partner @threeswrite.bsky.social for all his hard work on his upcoming debut book which will be published in March. Today is the cover reveal and it's the most beautiful creation! Well done to the lovely design team for bringing his vision to life.
Please follow and repost!!
threeswrite.bsky.social C.Q. Turnstone | Historian | Historical Fiction Author @threeswrite.bsky.social · Jan 23
With six weeks to go until the publication of Avarice of Empire, today I’m thrilled to be able to reveal the book’s stunning front cover design.

I hope you’ll agree that Dean Harmer and his talented creative team have produced a really incredible piece of work.

#historicalfiction #histbookchat
January 23, 2025 at 10:27 AM
emmalucycole.bsky.social
Why truth in Travel Writing is important:
5 men are about to replicate TE Lawrence's journey from on 'Seven Pillars'; which was written from scratch several times, twice without any notes (he burned them) & YEARS after the events. There is v little accuracy in the book.
I'm both amused & concerned.
January 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM