Madeline Potter
@madelinepotter.bsky.social
ECR Teaching & Research Fellow 19th century @LLCatEdinburgh | @CN_CSI |Theological Monsters (UWP), The Roma (The Bodley Head/Harper Collins, 2025) | 19thC Gothic
‘The Roma’ in Cărtureşti Verona in Bucharest! Thank you @encyclopaediac.bsky.social
for sharing ☺️
for sharing ☺️
November 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
‘The Roma’ in Cărtureşti Verona in Bucharest! Thank you @encyclopaediac.bsky.social
for sharing ☺️
for sharing ☺️
My dark stars have somehow aligned: teaching Paradise Lost and MR James on Halloween day!
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My dark stars have somehow aligned: teaching Paradise Lost and MR James on Halloween day!
My dark stars have somehow aligned: teaching Paradise Lost and MR James on Halloween day!
October 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
My dark stars have somehow aligned: teaching Paradise Lost and MR James on Halloween day!
In 1893, Bram Stoker hiked up to Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire - it became a partial inspiration for Castle Dracula. Today I was thrilled to be able to see hike up there too and see the ruined castle in all its Gothic glory. Thanks @romgothsam.bsky.social for such a fun day!!
October 1, 2025 at 7:46 PM
In 1893, Bram Stoker hiked up to Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire - it became a partial inspiration for Castle Dracula. Today I was thrilled to be able to see hike up there too and see the ruined castle in all its Gothic glory. Thanks @romgothsam.bsky.social for such a fun day!!
At Ando Glaso Roma crafts fair in Glasgow
September 13, 2025 at 1:14 PM
At Ando Glaso Roma crafts fair in Glasgow
So excited to see and share the cover design for the German edition of ‘The Roma’!
September 4, 2025 at 9:44 AM
So excited to see and share the cover design for the German edition of ‘The Roma’!
Luna in my luggage 🥺😭
August 30, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Luna in my luggage 🥺😭
Oh my goodness, my mum has placed her copy of my book next to a photo of me when I was three and clipped my name tag from an author’s event on it 🥺🥺🥺
August 26, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Oh my goodness, my mum has placed her copy of my book next to a photo of me when I was three and clipped my name tag from an author’s event on it 🥺🥺🥺
I feel like Luna stealing my chair during the Romancing the Gothic conference is becoming a yearly ritual 🤭 bit of an MR James fan then…?!
August 23, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I feel like Luna stealing my chair during the Romancing the Gothic conference is becoming a yearly ritual 🤭 bit of an MR James fan then…?!
It’s alright for some! 🤭Luna, blissfully snoring away, as I try to get some work done…
August 20, 2025 at 1:28 PM
It’s alright for some! 🤭Luna, blissfully snoring away, as I try to get some work done…
As a Goth & Gothicist, it warms my dark little heart to know my book is in a bookshop in Whitby of all places! Thanks so much @icysedgwick.bsky.social for the photo 🧛♀️🖤
August 4, 2025 at 4:39 PM
As a Goth & Gothicist, it warms my dark little heart to know my book is in a bookshop in Whitby of all places! Thanks so much @icysedgwick.bsky.social for the photo 🧛♀️🖤
Today is Samudaripen (Romani Holocaust) Remembrance Day. Today we remember and honour all the Roma and Sinti who perished targeted by the Nazis. Never forgotten.
August 2, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Today is Samudaripen (Romani Holocaust) Remembrance Day. Today we remember and honour all the Roma and Sinti who perished targeted by the Nazis. Never forgotten.
Today is Samudaripen (Romani Holocaust) Remembrance Day. Today we remember and honour all the Roma and Sinti who perished targeted by the Nazis. Never forgotten.
August 2, 2025 at 9:03 AM
Today is Samudaripen (Romani Holocaust) Remembrance Day. Today we remember and honour all the Roma and Sinti who perished targeted by the Nazis. Never forgotten.
Eeek!! Proofs for ‘Theological Monsters’ have landed!! (Yes, ‘Monster’ here is a typeset error that everyone is aware of)
July 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Eeek!! Proofs for ‘Theological Monsters’ have landed!! (Yes, ‘Monster’ here is a typeset error that everyone is aware of)
Signed copies of ‘The Roma’ in Blackwell’s Oxford!
July 22, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Signed copies of ‘The Roma’ in Blackwell’s Oxford!
Racism affects Travellers as well as Roma, but specific challenges differ, as do histories and identities. And the majority of Roma do suffer from racism based on being a visible minority (skin colour racialisation); the Roma originate in India and are seen as ‘brown’ (2/)
July 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Racism affects Travellers as well as Roma, but specific challenges differ, as do histories and identities. And the majority of Roma do suffer from racism based on being a visible minority (skin colour racialisation); the Roma originate in India and are seen as ‘brown’ (2/)
Had an incredible time at #BradfordLitFest — really fantastic audience! And the city hall venue was fabulous 💫
July 5, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Had an incredible time at #BradfordLitFest — really fantastic audience! And the city hall venue was fabulous 💫
At the Watersones at Bradford Lit Fest! Also — we really need an emoji of the Romani flag because I really want to add it to this post!
July 5, 2025 at 12:44 PM
At the Watersones at Bradford Lit Fest! Also — we really need an emoji of the Romani flag because I really want to add it to this post!
A bit sleep deprived and getting my energy drink fix but so excited to be travelling down for the Bradford Literature Festival today to talk about my book during an ‘In Conversation’ event with the amazing Damian Le Bas.
July 5, 2025 at 7:23 AM
A bit sleep deprived and getting my energy drink fix but so excited to be travelling down for the Bradford Literature Festival today to talk about my book during an ‘In Conversation’ event with the amazing Damian Le Bas.
UK & American editions together 🤭
July 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
UK & American editions together 🤭
Eeek author’s copies of the American edition of the book have arrived and looking gorgeous! 💚❣️💙
July 1, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Eeek author’s copies of the American edition of the book have arrived and looking gorgeous! 💚❣️💙
10 days til the US launch of ‘The Roma’!! And here’s the cover variation for the American edition!
June 28, 2025 at 9:25 AM
10 days til the US launch of ‘The Roma’!! And here’s the cover variation for the American edition!
I had such a fantastic time today talking about my book, ‘The Roma’ at Toppings Edinburgh. Thank you so much to such a wonderful audience!
June 26, 2025 at 10:40 PM
I had such a fantastic time today talking about my book, ‘The Roma’ at Toppings Edinburgh. Thank you so much to such a wonderful audience!
Just as I was getting ready to present my paper at Unquiet Shores, I received the cover design for my monograph! So pleased with it! 🖤
June 18, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Just as I was getting ready to present my paper at Unquiet Shores, I received the cover design for my monograph! So pleased with it! 🖤
Really enjoyed the bookshop book signing tour a couple of days ago! Get signed copies in Heywood Hill, Hatchard’s, Roundtable, Foyles, Waterstones Picadilly & Gower Street!
May 31, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Really enjoyed the bookshop book signing tour a couple of days ago! Get signed copies in Heywood Hill, Hatchard’s, Roundtable, Foyles, Waterstones Picadilly & Gower Street!