Fiona Sampson
@fionasampson.bsky.social
Writer, poet, Romanticist, critic, librettist, literary translation. Agent: mail@wylieagency.co.uk
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Fiona Sampson
@fionasampson.bsky.social
· Jan 29
Lower Brinsop Writers' House - 5* Accommodation in the Wye Valley
Lower Brinsop Writers' House - 5* Accommodation in the Wye Valley. Book your writing retreat today!
www.whitehousebrinsop.com
Lower Brinsop Writers’ House is open for applications! Stay at a C15th Hall House in Herefordshire country for up to 2 months. International fellowships by invitation. Published writers, artists & musicians contact us for residency opportunities. Or simply choose a Saturday & book your retreat:
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We are delighted to feature in the new edition of Bath Life Magazine - and can’t wait for next week’s Mary Shelley event at the @brlsi.bsky.social as part of @curiousminds.org.uk festival. Tix here - do join us! tinyurl.com/mr2h5en5
March 14, 2025 at 7:56 AM
We are delighted to feature in the new edition of Bath Life Magazine - and can’t wait for next week’s Mary Shelley event at the @brlsi.bsky.social as part of @curiousminds.org.uk festival. Tix here - do join us! tinyurl.com/mr2h5en5
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👀We always love to see what alum of the College do - Prof @fionasampson.bsky.social (BA PPE 1992) has had an extraordinary career, and is now a Senior Research Fellow of the College. This will be a wonderful event & opportunity to hear her talk about her work 'Limestone Country'.
Coming up in March at Rossiter Books in Ross on Wye we have the wonderful Fiona Sampson
@fionasampson.bsky.social
Fiona will talk about her book, Limestone Country
Do join us for this very special event
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rossiterbook...
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
@fionasampson.bsky.social
Fiona will talk about her book, Limestone Country
Do join us for this very special event
www.ticketsource.co.uk/rossiterbook...
@littletollerbooks.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
👀We always love to see what alum of the College do - Prof @fionasampson.bsky.social (BA PPE 1992) has had an extraordinary career, and is now a Senior Research Fellow of the College. This will be a wonderful event & opportunity to hear her talk about her work 'Limestone Country'.
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"Suicide had now been added to the family quota of social shame. Yet Mary noted only ‘the worst account. A miserable day... Buy mourning'
Read Fiona Sampson's compelling introduction to #MaryShelleyinBath @fionasampson.bsky.social
@manderleypress.bsky.social bookanista.com/the-causes-o...
Read Fiona Sampson's compelling introduction to #MaryShelleyinBath @fionasampson.bsky.social
@manderleypress.bsky.social bookanista.com/the-causes-o...
February 28, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"Suicide had now been added to the family quota of social shame. Yet Mary noted only ‘the worst account. A miserable day... Buy mourning'
Read Fiona Sampson's compelling introduction to #MaryShelleyinBath @fionasampson.bsky.social
@manderleypress.bsky.social bookanista.com/the-causes-o...
Read Fiona Sampson's compelling introduction to #MaryShelleyinBath @fionasampson.bsky.social
@manderleypress.bsky.social bookanista.com/the-causes-o...
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Please join us for a special event in Bath to celebrate the launch of our new book - Mary Shelley in Bath. I will be in conversation with @fionasampson.bsky.social - poet and biographer of Mary Shelley - at the @brlsi.bsky.social. Book your tix here! manderleypress.com/book-events/maryshelleyinbath
January 31, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Please join us for a special event in Bath to celebrate the launch of our new book - Mary Shelley in Bath. I will be in conversation with @fionasampson.bsky.social - poet and biographer of Mary Shelley - at the @brlsi.bsky.social. Book your tix here! manderleypress.com/book-events/maryshelleyinbath
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Please join us to celebrate the launch of our brand new book Mary Shelley in Bath - in Bath! @fionasampson.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at the BRSLI on 19 March to find out what, where - and who - inspired Mary Shelley’s #Frankenstein… manderleypress.com/book-events/maryshelleyinbath
February 11, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Please join us to celebrate the launch of our brand new book Mary Shelley in Bath - in Bath! @fionasampson.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at the BRSLI on 19 March to find out what, where - and who - inspired Mary Shelley’s #Frankenstein… manderleypress.com/book-events/maryshelleyinbath
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I can really recommend this biography of Mary Shelley - I loved it so much I commissioned the author (@fionasampson.bsky.social ) to write the introduction to our Mary Shelley book. In one word: unputdownable!
February 16, 2025 at 4:41 PM
I can really recommend this biography of Mary Shelley - I loved it so much I commissioned the author (@fionasampson.bsky.social ) to write the introduction to our Mary Shelley book. In one word: unputdownable!
Lower Brinsop Writers’ House is open for applications! Stay at a C15th Hall House in Herefordshire country for up to 2 months. International fellowships by invitation. Published writers, artists & musicians contact us for residency opportunities. Or simply choose a Saturday & book your retreat:
Lower Brinsop Writers' House - 5* Accommodation in the Wye Valley
Lower Brinsop Writers' House - 5* Accommodation in the Wye Valley. Book your writing retreat today!
www.whitehousebrinsop.com
January 29, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Lower Brinsop Writers’ House is open for applications! Stay at a C15th Hall House in Herefordshire country for up to 2 months. International fellowships by invitation. Published writers, artists & musicians contact us for residency opportunities. Or simply choose a Saturday & book your retreat:
Really sad news: a great poet and a wonderful man.
Michael Longley: Acclaimed NI poet dies at 85
Belfast-born poet Michael Longley dies aged 85, his family says.
www.bbc.co.uk
January 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
Really sad news: a great poet and a wonderful man.
Lovely to have these delicious copies of @manderleypress.bsky.social MARY SHELLEY IN BATH. It was a joy to write the Introduction: this was the fascinating time in Mary's life when she was actually writing FRANKENSTEIN.
January 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Lovely to have these delicious copies of @manderleypress.bsky.social MARY SHELLEY IN BATH. It was a joy to write the Introduction: this was the fascinating time in Mary's life when she was actually writing FRANKENSTEIN.
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The evolution of a book cover … here are some behind-the-scenes shots of a modern portrait of Mary Shelley, rendered in play-doh by master artist Eleanor Macnair and featured on the cover of our brand new book - ‘Mary Shelley in Bath’ (introduced by the stellar @fionasampson.bsky.social) #booksky 💙📚
January 12, 2025 at 10:52 AM
The evolution of a book cover … here are some behind-the-scenes shots of a modern portrait of Mary Shelley, rendered in play-doh by master artist Eleanor Macnair and featured on the cover of our brand new book - ‘Mary Shelley in Bath’ (introduced by the stellar @fionasampson.bsky.social) #booksky 💙📚
Such cool artwork!
January 19, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Such cool artwork!
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‘In 1816, when Mary started writing [Frankenstein], the study of natural phenomena wasn’t yet a proper profession; the term “scientist” had yet to be invented.’
Interesting insight by @fionasampson.bsky.social in an excellent piece on amazing #MaryShelley
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
Interesting insight by @fionasampson.bsky.social in an excellent piece on amazing #MaryShelley
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
January 19, 2025 at 9:03 AM
‘In 1816, when Mary started writing [Frankenstein], the study of natural phenomena wasn’t yet a proper profession; the term “scientist” had yet to be invented.’
Interesting insight by @fionasampson.bsky.social in an excellent piece on amazing #MaryShelley
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
Interesting insight by @fionasampson.bsky.social in an excellent piece on amazing #MaryShelley
www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...
Thank you @vanessathorpe.bsky.social for a great piece in The Observer amplifying this fun bit of research. Read all about it in the delicious new MARY SHELLEY IN BATH from Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social & IN SEARCH OF MARY SHELLEY @profilebooks.bsky.social @guardianbooks.bsky.social
Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley’s half-sister, book reveals
New collection of author’s diary entries provides tragic insight
www.theguardian.com
January 19, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thank you @vanessathorpe.bsky.social for a great piece in The Observer amplifying this fun bit of research. Read all about it in the delicious new MARY SHELLEY IN BATH from Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social & IN SEARCH OF MARY SHELLEY @profilebooks.bsky.social @guardianbooks.bsky.social
Oh, George! On the home straight of BECOMING GEORGE, about George Sand, for @Transworld and @wwnorton.bsky.social Out in 2026, for her 150th.
December 19, 2024 at 4:53 PM
Oh, George! On the home straight of BECOMING GEORGE, about George Sand, for @Transworld and @wwnorton.bsky.social Out in 2026, for her 150th.
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super review from @fionasampson.bsky.social with a wonderful piece of news at the end ; @littletollerbooks.bsky.social are reissuing her Limestone Country!!!!! that's day-making news ....
There were some fine and interesting poetry books to round up this year for @theguardian.com! @carcanet.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social
The best recent poetry – review roundup
Invisible Dog by Fabio Morábito; Indeterminate Inflorescence by Lee Seong-bok; The Epic of Cader Idris by Samatar Elmi; A Kiss for the Absolute by Shūzō Takiguchi
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 3:53 PM
super review from @fionasampson.bsky.social with a wonderful piece of news at the end ; @littletollerbooks.bsky.social are reissuing her Limestone Country!!!!! that's day-making news ....
Obviously, I love the west #Balkans, and was delighted to be invited there back in September - also glad my travel piece is out now. Writing like a tourist traduces a place, but it's also a way to introduce more readers to a fab, highly visitable country. Please go see North Macedonia for yourself!
Coffee, kelims and the call to prayer: an overland journey to North Macedonia
Manageable in scale but crammed with history and nature, North Macedonia is a perfect introduction to the underexplored west Balkans
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 12:28 PM
Obviously, I love the west #Balkans, and was delighted to be invited there back in September - also glad my travel piece is out now. Writing like a tourist traduces a place, but it's also a way to introduce more readers to a fab, highly visitable country. Please go see North Macedonia for yourself!
There were some fine and interesting poetry books to round up this year for @theguardian.com! @carcanet.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social
The best recent poetry – review roundup
Invisible Dog by Fabio Morábito; Indeterminate Inflorescence by Lee Seong-bok; The Epic of Cader Idris by Samatar Elmi; A Kiss for the Absolute by Shūzō Takiguchi
www.theguardian.com
December 16, 2024 at 12:25 PM
There were some fine and interesting poetry books to round up this year for @theguardian.com! @carcanet.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social
Sarah Jessica Parker as a #BookerPrize judge, ffs?!?! Seems like fiction is being treated with almost as much contempt as poetry now.
December 11, 2024 at 4:49 PM
Sarah Jessica Parker as a #BookerPrize judge, ffs?!?! Seems like fiction is being treated with almost as much contempt as poetry now.
An outbreak of sanity (and a tiny window of hope for Ukraine and eastern Europe).
Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round
The move comes after allegations of Russian influence via social media on the first round of voting.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 6, 2024 at 4:30 PM
An outbreak of sanity (and a tiny window of hope for Ukraine and eastern Europe).
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Next week this beautiful book will be printed in Wales. It’s a collection of Mary Shelley’s journals, letters and fiction - all written in, or inspired by, the literary city of Bath. @fionasampson.bsky.social has introduced it to perfection! 💙📚 #booksky
manderleypress.com/shop/p/maryshelleyinbath
manderleypress.com/shop/p/maryshelleyinbath
November 24, 2024 at 11:43 PM
Next week this beautiful book will be printed in Wales. It’s a collection of Mary Shelley’s journals, letters and fiction - all written in, or inspired by, the literary city of Bath. @fionasampson.bsky.social has introduced it to perfection! 💙📚 #booksky
manderleypress.com/shop/p/maryshelleyinbath
manderleypress.com/shop/p/maryshelleyinbath
Great to talk about #Frankenstein and #AI with Professor Nigel Crook @universityofoxford.bsky.social's recent Meeting Minds weekend.
Frankenstein & AI – challenging concepts of what’s human and what's machine
YouTube video by Oxford University Alumni
www.youtube.com
November 15, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Great to talk about #Frankenstein and #AI with Professor Nigel Crook @universityofoxford.bsky.social's recent Meeting Minds weekend.