Ruth-Anne
@ruthannereads.bsky.social
Gothic, Ecology and Theology in 19th century literature
AHRC-funded PhD Candidate at Warwick University
She/They 📚🏳️🌈🐶
AHRC-funded PhD Candidate at Warwick University
She/They 📚🏳️🌈🐶
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⏰There's still time (but not much!) for your notices to be included in the winter issue of the BAVS Newsletter! Email bavsnews@gmail.com with details of your news/events/cfp/exhibitions/opportunities before Tues 18th Nov.⏰
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @ruthannereads.bsky.social
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November 13, 2025 at 5:23 PM
⏰There's still time (but not much!) for your notices to be included in the winter issue of the BAVS Newsletter! Email bavsnews@gmail.com with details of your news/events/cfp/exhibitions/opportunities before Tues 18th Nov.⏰
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @ruthannereads.bsky.social
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @ruthannereads.bsky.social
Give blood, Dracula says so 🧛
A fantastic campaign from @englishheritage.bsky.social and @england.nhs.uk for @givebloodnhs.bsky.social 🩸
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A fantastic campaign from @englishheritage.bsky.social and @england.nhs.uk for @givebloodnhs.bsky.social 🩸
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Dracula and English Heritage help call for vital blood types this Halloween
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October 31, 2025 at 10:58 AM
Give blood, Dracula says so 🧛
A fantastic campaign from @englishheritage.bsky.social and @england.nhs.uk for @givebloodnhs.bsky.social 🩸
www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...
A fantastic campaign from @englishheritage.bsky.social and @england.nhs.uk for @givebloodnhs.bsky.social 🩸
www.blood.co.uk/news-and-cam...
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📢Tell the BAVS Newsletter team about any Victorianist News, Events, CFPs, Exhibitions, Displays, Opportunities you would like us to shout about in the Winter issue!📢 Send notices to bavsnews@gmail.com
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @ruthannereads.bsky.social
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October 23, 2025 at 12:23 PM
📢Tell the BAVS Newsletter team about any Victorianist News, Events, CFPs, Exhibitions, Displays, Opportunities you would like us to shout about in the Winter issue!📢 Send notices to bavsnews@gmail.com
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @ruthannereads.bsky.social
@bavs-uk.bsky.social @ruthannereads.bsky.social
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The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
CFP: BAVS 2026 Conference Liverpool
BAVS Liverpool 202627 – 29 July 2026 Keynote Speakers: Dr Alison Chapman (University of Victoria, BC), others to be confirmed. The Centre for Modern and Contemporary History (CMCH) at Liverpool Joh…
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October 20, 2025 at 11:31 AM
The BAVS 2026 Annual Conference CfP is now live: victorianist.wordpress.com/2025/10/20/c...
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
We hope you can join us in Liverpool next year!
Had a great time at the Brontë festival of women’s writing this weekend ✍️
Thank you to all the amazing organisers and panellists ✨
@lucythereader.bsky.social @pennyauthor.bsky.social @ekpshows.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social
Thank you to all the amazing organisers and panellists ✨
@lucythereader.bsky.social @pennyauthor.bsky.social @ekpshows.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social
September 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Had a great time at the Brontë festival of women’s writing this weekend ✍️
Thank you to all the amazing organisers and panellists ✨
@lucythereader.bsky.social @pennyauthor.bsky.social @ekpshows.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social
Thank you to all the amazing organisers and panellists ✨
@lucythereader.bsky.social @pennyauthor.bsky.social @ekpshows.bsky.social @saraband-books.bsky.social
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*Finally* getting to delve into this cool collection gifted to me by @ruthannereads.bsky.social
Only two tales in but very creepy and definitely a contender for my Haunted Britain module next year...
#SpookySeason
Only two tales in but very creepy and definitely a contender for my Haunted Britain module next year...
#SpookySeason
September 26, 2025 at 4:27 PM
*Finally* getting to delve into this cool collection gifted to me by @ruthannereads.bsky.social
Only two tales in but very creepy and definitely a contender for my Haunted Britain module next year...
#SpookySeason
Only two tales in but very creepy and definitely a contender for my Haunted Britain module next year...
#SpookySeason
✨Call for reviewers ✨
There are lots of new Victorianist books this autumn, and we're looking for reviewers at the @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter.
It’s the perfect opportunity for Victorian scholars to read the latest releases and publish a review.
Full details here 👇
bavs.ac.uk/newsletters/
There are lots of new Victorianist books this autumn, and we're looking for reviewers at the @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter.
It’s the perfect opportunity for Victorian scholars to read the latest releases and publish a review.
Full details here 👇
bavs.ac.uk/newsletters/
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September 10, 2025 at 10:31 AM
✨Call for reviewers ✨
There are lots of new Victorianist books this autumn, and we're looking for reviewers at the @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter.
It’s the perfect opportunity for Victorian scholars to read the latest releases and publish a review.
Full details here 👇
bavs.ac.uk/newsletters/
There are lots of new Victorianist books this autumn, and we're looking for reviewers at the @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter.
It’s the perfect opportunity for Victorian scholars to read the latest releases and publish a review.
Full details here 👇
bavs.ac.uk/newsletters/
Great to see the @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter out in the world 📰
Featuring a review of Jessica Campbell’s new book on “The Brontës and the Fairy Tale” from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social 🧚♀️📕
Thank you, as always, to all our amazing reviewers for bringing this issue together ✨
Featuring a review of Jessica Campbell’s new book on “The Brontës and the Fairy Tale” from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social 🧚♀️📕
Thank you, as always, to all our amazing reviewers for bringing this issue together ✨
Something to add to your summer reading list. The latest issue of the BAVS Newsletter is out now! News, reviews, and all things Victorianist, @ruthannereads.bsky.social and I hope you enjoy. @bavs-uk.bsky.social
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August 5, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Great to see the @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter out in the world 📰
Featuring a review of Jessica Campbell’s new book on “The Brontës and the Fairy Tale” from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social 🧚♀️📕
Thank you, as always, to all our amazing reviewers for bringing this issue together ✨
Featuring a review of Jessica Campbell’s new book on “The Brontës and the Fairy Tale” from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social 🧚♀️📕
Thank you, as always, to all our amazing reviewers for bringing this issue together ✨
I am so thrilled that my creative non-fiction piece, 'Fox Weather' was published in the 2025 @yorkliteraryreview.bsky.social yesterday 🦊
Thank you to everyone who made the launch event so special. Please do buy a copy if you can and support Valley Press ✨
www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/york-...
Thank you to everyone who made the launch event so special. Please do buy a copy if you can and support Valley Press ✨
www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/york-...
York Literary Review 2025 – Valley Press – Independent Publishing
York Literary Review is an annual creative writing anthology from York St John University, designed to showcase diverse work from talented writers. “Inside these pages is a wide variety of exciting...
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June 24, 2025 at 2:24 PM
I am so thrilled that my creative non-fiction piece, 'Fox Weather' was published in the 2025 @yorkliteraryreview.bsky.social yesterday 🦊
Thank you to everyone who made the launch event so special. Please do buy a copy if you can and support Valley Press ✨
www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/york-...
Thank you to everyone who made the launch event so special. Please do buy a copy if you can and support Valley Press ✨
www.valleypressuk.com/shop/p/york-...
Loads of new texts to review at @bavs-uk.bsky.social!
We’re always on the look out for new Victorianist reviewers so check it out 👇
We’re always on the look out for new Victorianist reviewers so check it out 👇
📢Call for Reviewers!!📢We've uploaded a glut of newly published texts, available to review for the BAVS Newsletter! You can see the full list on our website, alongside details of how to become a BAVS Reviewer
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April 24, 2025 at 8:39 PM
Loads of new texts to review at @bavs-uk.bsky.social!
We’re always on the look out for new Victorianist reviewers so check it out 👇
We’re always on the look out for new Victorianist reviewers so check it out 👇
So excited for this issue of the @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter with @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social!
🎉 30+ pages of amazing Victorianist content
🎉 a brand new feature from @gladlib.bsky.social
🎉 loads of CFPs and book review opportunities
Check it out below👇
🎉 30+ pages of amazing Victorianist content
🎉 a brand new feature from @gladlib.bsky.social
🎉 loads of CFPs and book review opportunities
Check it out below👇
📣🔥Hot Off the Press🔥📢 the BAVS Spring Newsletter has been published! Check your inboxes for news, reviews, CFPs, The GLAM Report, and more. A huge thank you to everyone who contributed, especially our excellent review team.
Contact us at bavsnews@gmail.com to pitch ideas!
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Contact us at bavsnews@gmail.com to pitch ideas!
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March 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
So excited for this issue of the @bavs-uk.bsky.social newsletter with @ireadoldbooks.bsky.social!
🎉 30+ pages of amazing Victorianist content
🎉 a brand new feature from @gladlib.bsky.social
🎉 loads of CFPs and book review opportunities
Check it out below👇
🎉 30+ pages of amazing Victorianist content
🎉 a brand new feature from @gladlib.bsky.social
🎉 loads of CFPs and book review opportunities
Check it out below👇
Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I’ve spent the day by the sea 🌊 🎉
March 18, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I’ve spent the day by the sea 🌊 🎉
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The Director of the Exeter CVS, Simon Rennie @simonrennie.bsky.social and Ruth-Anne Walbank @ruthannereads.bsky.social will discuss the Lancashire Cotton Famine at the Lancaster Literature Festival @litfest.bsky.social on Sunday March 16th at 2pm - tickets here: dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...
LITFEST: Simon Rennie and Ruth-Anne Walbank: Cotton Famine Poetry
VENUE: Lancaster Library
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March 14, 2025 at 10:42 AM
The Director of the Exeter CVS, Simon Rennie @simonrennie.bsky.social and Ruth-Anne Walbank @ruthannereads.bsky.social will discuss the Lancashire Cotton Famine at the Lancaster Literature Festival @litfest.bsky.social on Sunday March 16th at 2pm - tickets here: dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...
One week today!
Links below for online and in-person tickets.
And be sure to listen to the Weaving Podcast to give you a head start on all things Cotton Famine 🎧
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wea...
Links below for online and in-person tickets.
And be sure to listen to the Weaving Podcast to give you a head start on all things Cotton Famine 🎧
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wea...
March 9, 2025 at 6:33 PM
One week today!
Links below for online and in-person tickets.
And be sure to listen to the Weaving Podcast to give you a head start on all things Cotton Famine 🎧
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wea...
Links below for online and in-person tickets.
And be sure to listen to the Weaving Podcast to give you a head start on all things Cotton Famine 🎧
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wea...
I'll be at @litfest.bsky.social in just two weeks, talking all things Cotton Famine with @simonrennie.bsky.social from @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social and Jack Southern from @uclan.ac.uk.
📅 Sunday 16th March, 2pm
🗺️ Lancaster Central Library
Registration links are below, see you there!
📅 Sunday 16th March, 2pm
🗺️ Lancaster Central Library
Registration links are below, see you there!
March 5, 2025 at 3:19 PM
I'll be at @litfest.bsky.social in just two weeks, talking all things Cotton Famine with @simonrennie.bsky.social from @uniofexetercvs.bsky.social and Jack Southern from @uclan.ac.uk.
📅 Sunday 16th March, 2pm
🗺️ Lancaster Central Library
Registration links are below, see you there!
📅 Sunday 16th March, 2pm
🗺️ Lancaster Central Library
Registration links are below, see you there!
Are you interested in reviewing for @bavs-uk.bsky.social? 📖
We have just updated our list of recent releases we're looking to review, featuring these amazing books and more!
See the website below for details and email us if you're interested 📧
bavs.ac.uk/newsletters/
We have just updated our list of recent releases we're looking to review, featuring these amazing books and more!
See the website below for details and email us if you're interested 📧
bavs.ac.uk/newsletters/
February 24, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Are you interested in reviewing for @bavs-uk.bsky.social? 📖
We have just updated our list of recent releases we're looking to review, featuring these amazing books and more!
See the website below for details and email us if you're interested 📧
bavs.ac.uk/newsletters/
We have just updated our list of recent releases we're looking to review, featuring these amazing books and more!
See the website below for details and email us if you're interested 📧
bavs.ac.uk/newsletters/
#CurrentlyWatching "I Saw The TV Glow" and it's already one of my favourite movies of the year. The perfect blend of horror, nostalgia, and identity crisis.
a sign that says i saw the tv glow in pink letters
Alt: a sign that says i saw the tv glow in pink letters
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January 27, 2025 at 9:42 PM
#CurrentlyWatching "I Saw The TV Glow" and it's already one of my favourite movies of the year. The perfect blend of horror, nostalgia, and identity crisis.
📚 December reading part 6 📚
The last books of the year! Slightly less than last year at 111 books total, which isn't too shabby 😅
The last books of the year! Slightly less than last year at 111 books total, which isn't too shabby 😅
December 31, 2024 at 8:25 AM
📚 December reading part 6 📚
The last books of the year! Slightly less than last year at 111 books total, which isn't too shabby 😅
The last books of the year! Slightly less than last year at 111 books total, which isn't too shabby 😅
📚 December reading round-up part 5 📚
Historical fiction and graphic novels... all with red covers? ❤️
Historical fiction and graphic novels... all with red covers? ❤️
December 30, 2024 at 8:10 AM
📚 December reading round-up part 5 📚
Historical fiction and graphic novels... all with red covers? ❤️
Historical fiction and graphic novels... all with red covers? ❤️
📚 December reading part 4 📚
A few festive reads for the holiday season ❄️
A few festive reads for the holiday season ❄️
December 28, 2024 at 8:42 AM
📚 December reading part 4 📚
A few festive reads for the holiday season ❄️
A few festive reads for the holiday season ❄️
📚 December reading round-up part 3 📚
It's been a while since I posted any of the Women's Prize for Fiction winners from my book club, and it seems like a good time to wrap up this year's progress!
It's been a while since I posted any of the Women's Prize for Fiction winners from my book club, and it seems like a good time to wrap up this year's progress!
December 24, 2024 at 6:12 PM
📚 December reading round-up part 3 📚
It's been a while since I posted any of the Women's Prize for Fiction winners from my book club, and it seems like a good time to wrap up this year's progress!
It's been a while since I posted any of the Women's Prize for Fiction winners from my book club, and it seems like a good time to wrap up this year's progress!
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This is a great introduction to the subject of the Cotton Famine created by @ruthannereads.bsky.social
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Weaving History • A podcast on Spotify for Podcasters
Uncover a forgotten piece of working-class history through poetry, newspapers, and more.
Join Ruth-Anne to explore the Lancashire Cotton Famine in a six-episode mini-series. Learn from Lancashire lo...
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December 23, 2024 at 3:59 PM
This is a great introduction to the subject of the Cotton Famine created by @ruthannereads.bsky.social
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wea...
creators.spotify.com/pod/show/wea...
📚 December reading part 2 📚
I've been in the mood for some historical fiction and fantasy...
#BookSky #HistoricalFiction
I've been in the mood for some historical fiction and fantasy...
#BookSky #HistoricalFiction
December 14, 2024 at 12:27 PM
📚 December reading part 2 📚
I've been in the mood for some historical fiction and fantasy...
#BookSky #HistoricalFiction
I've been in the mood for some historical fiction and fantasy...
#BookSky #HistoricalFiction
📚 December reading round-up part 1 📚
Kicking off this month's reading with some awesome graphic novels from Queer Lit in Manchester 🌈
#BookSky #GraphicNovels
Kicking off this month's reading with some awesome graphic novels from Queer Lit in Manchester 🌈
#BookSky #GraphicNovels
December 12, 2024 at 2:30 PM
📚 December reading round-up part 1 📚
Kicking off this month's reading with some awesome graphic novels from Queer Lit in Manchester 🌈
#BookSky #GraphicNovels
Kicking off this month's reading with some awesome graphic novels from Queer Lit in Manchester 🌈
#BookSky #GraphicNovels
Ho ho ho?
Why not…
Poe Poe Poe? 🐦⬛
Why not…
Poe Poe Poe? 🐦⬛
December 10, 2024 at 6:01 PM
Ho ho ho?
Why not…
Poe Poe Poe? 🐦⬛
Why not…
Poe Poe Poe? 🐦⬛