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Thanks everyone who came to hear my paper on 'Jane Austen and Scotland' at Stirling's Eighteenth Century Studies Group!

We had some interesting discussion about Austen, race, and English depcitions of the Scottish in 18th c. literature. Also reflecting on adaptations like this 2023 Mansfield Park

“For someone who’s never read Pride and Prejudice, I would desribe it like Love Island on a stately home.”

- Harris Dickinson, Audible’s new Mr Darcy

Just the most recent of 100s of instances of people comparing Austen and LI (including Helen Warner + Horrible Histories!)

Charli XCX on Lord Byron - interesting! Excited to see this film (Erupcja)

My time as Glasgow Zine Library's funding intern has come to an end! I am so grateful to @sgsah.bsky.social for offering paid internships for PGRs. The team at GZL were so welcoming and attentive to my development needs (I leave the role with a PVG, 420+ hours of experience, and SO MANY ZINES)

RRR Journal is now accepting abstracts for our 2026 Conference! I’m thrilled to be hosting at my home institution as the journal's incoming Editor in Chief.

With generous BAVS funding, we’re also offering travel bursaries up to £100 for eligible PGR & ECR delegates.

📅 Abstract Deadline: 22 Sept

A mad dash to Chawton House to see the new Sisters of the Pen exhibition before my flight! Beautiful! Grandison is on display! First editions everywhere!

Goodbye to #GlobalAusten250 from myself and 3D printed Jane, who will now watch over my desk side eyeing my writing 👀

joking (not really) but here is a funny excerpt from Austen's juvenile work Lesley Castle c.1792 to help us reflect during this hopeful time......

I was honoured last week to be a highly commended runner-up for the 2024 Keats-Shelley Essay Prize! The prize giving was held in the historic John Murray Publishing Rooms (a joy for any Austen scholar), and presented by this year's chair of judges, Tom Holland.

I am delighted to be shortlisted for the 2024 Keats-Shelley Essay Prize! I wrote about The Rocky Horror Picture Show as a queer adaptation of Frankenstein. You can read all of the shortlisted essays here:

keats-shelley.org/prizes/keats...

I am very lucky to be doing some digitising training today at the Glasgow Zine Library with their amazing archivist, Nic 👩🏻‍💻

All as part of my @sgsah.bsky.social internship! 🙏🏼

And something interesting for the book historians!

I have a research interest in the intersection between amateur theatricals, gender, and costume/crossdressing, so it was really interesting to read about Irish soldiers crossdressing in their DIY performances abroad.

We followed Tom’s recommendation to go see the Republican proclamation at the National Museum for free, rather than pay to see it at Trinity College. The museum had a brilliant exhibition about Irish soldiers

absolutely adored my wee weekend away in Dublin, where there was a literary figure waiting for me at every corner/bridge/cathedral/bar!! 🇮🇪

Amazing

No christmas tree is complete without an overpriced JA bauble. Can someone tell me why ‘Mr Knightley’ cost 50p more than her?