Kris Butler

Come to @bradfordlitfest.bsky.social on 1 July for a fascinating talk on the creation of our Historical Map of Bradford. We'll share incredible stories discovered during our research, blending history, technology and cartography. Grab your tickets now! bradfordlitfest.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Oh my yes- let’s find a date- with beer!

Shelf of books about food and maps, including Drink Maps in Victorian Britain by Kris Butler. Bookended by a nautical sextant in a wooden case.

@drinkmaps.bsky.social Spotted your book in its natural habitat, down at the Map Center in RI. @mapcenter.com

Wow- Thanks for sending this. I love that place and have been meaning to get back for a while!

American Drink Maps! One month from today on 24 April 25 I’ll be talking about new research following up on ‘Drink Maps in Victorian Britain’. The talk is free! In person (sip local beer) & online. My book is available at your local independent bookstore (preferably) & Amazon. Image: Bangor ME

Today, we honor Judge Damon J. Keith! #HUSL #BalckHistoryMonth #HowardLegacy

Do you know Paulette at BBC Sheffield? If no- allow me to introduce you to this legend

Spottswood Robinson III helped dismantle Jim Crow segregation, playing a key role in Brown v. Board of Education and Morgan v. Virginia. A former Howard Law dean, he became the first Black judge on the U.S. District Court for D.C. and later, the first Black chief judge of the D.C. Circuit. #HUSL

Librarians Change Lives A discussion from leading librarians on the current and future of libraries

Calling all librarians! Join us for 'Librarians change lives' on 18 March, celebrating 10th anniv of Weston Library, & 175th of the Public Libraries Act. Speakers include Librarian of Congress Dr Carla Hayden, @aminatshah.bsky.social & Neil McInnes!
visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/event/mar25/...

The logo of the Historic Towns Trust, and a map

Join us tonight for our talk in collaboration with The Historic Towns Trust, where David Bowler will be considering the ways in which we can find historic Perth.

Find out more: ow.ly/X9Pc50TObJr

#WeAreLocalHistory #LocalHistoryForAll

An estate maps, of Down Manor in Essex, from 1718. The map shows the estate and surrounding areas, with decorated keys to the top left, top right, and bottom right of the slightly yellowed parchment page.

“Good fences make good neighbours” - Robert Frost. Read @stuartackland.bsky.social's latest blog for the Bodleian Map Room here: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/01.... Poetry AND historic maps in one blog, what more could you want on a wet and windy January day??

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Calendar showing Feb 2 event

Three beers on a bar

Join me in Atlanta on Sunday afternoon Feb 2 for a reading/signing of ‘Drink Maps in Victorian Britain’ at Bold Monk Brewery & Bookstore! Honored to be featured in their “Outstanding Author Series”

RSVP especially if you want a book so we have enough: forms.office.com/r/i9RhA4APK0

History & the Humanities Research Training for Feb - March 2025.

Our second online session on 18 February will focus Map Making for Beginners in History and Humanities with tutor @justincolson.bsky.social

www.history.ac.uk/events/map-m...

Another @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social #Maps blog takes us to C18 #London where @debbietheduck.bsky.social investigates improving catalogue records & unearths a printing mystery. Learn more about George Vertue's map at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2025/01... @londonist.com @bcsmaps.bsky.social

The image contains a photograph of Bertie Mandelblatt and the words "Save the Date."

George S. Parker II ’51 Curator of Maps and Prints Bertie Mandelblatt will give a talk titled “Liberté, égalité, and fraternité in the Lesser Antilles? Imperial Toponymy, Slavery and Revolutionary Cartography in the Caribbean” on January 24 at the Newberry.
More at www.newberry.org/calendar/ber....

A Look Behind "Processing Place: How Computers and Cartographers Redrew our World" Cross-listed event This event is organized by the Washington Map Society. This talk by co-curators Ian Spangler, Assistant Curator of Digital and Participatory Geography, and Emily Bowe, Assistant…

Join co-curators Ian Spangler and Emily Bowe on Jan 16 for a virtual lecture at the Washington Map Society to discuss how the "Processing Place: How Computers and Cartographers Redrew Our World?" show came to be—and where it could go next.

Register here: https://buff.ly/4a2VQAd

#Maps on the radio? Why not? Check out two @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social #Maps podcasts broadcast by @wrfm.bsky.social. Find out more from 'Science on the Radio' at: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/ with programmes on #digitalmapping and the #GoughMap. @westoxon.bsky.social @bcsmaps.bsky.social

Stained glass window of a pint of beer against city background

Thank you Phil Bannatyne for allowing me to transfer a bit of Cambridge Brewing Company history to my dining room!

(I wrote parts of ‘Drink Maps in Victorian Britain’ in my favorite corner seat at the bar of CBC, which recently closed after 35 years)

A woman sea captain, an homage to a chef lost at sea, studio space for women architects. Like all of Orkney, the gallery called ‘Ship of Fools’ packs a lot into a tiny space. Captain Maiwenn Beadle pays tribute in this haunting, eye-level exhibit called “Lost at Sea”.

Holiday scenes and brill gift ideas. Happy & Merry!

#CyclingSanta #ChristmasDress2024 @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social Read a book, take a class, drink some beer- all at the same time! #DrinkMapsInVictorianBritain

Feeling festive? @debbietheduck.bsky.social tells us about #reindeer in #maps from @bodleianlibraries.bsky.social. From #Lapland to #Birmingham, everything is covered here: blogs.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/maps/2024/12... Maps from C16 to this year & not a red nose in sight. Merry Christmas! @ox.ac.uk

CFP: “Women and Alcohol: Dangerous Pleasures?” Project: Between the drunken ‘mother of destruction’ and the sober ‘angel of the house’.

Don't forget that the deadline for the CFP for our next women and alcohol conference (Dangerous Pleasures) in Dublin is 13 January. Get your abstracts in asap. www.womenandalcohol.net/2024/10/cfp-...

@drinkingstudies.bsky.social @dorotadias.bsky.social @lucycogan.bsky.social

Pile of books

Award

Award host Readable Feast

Excited to be on this pile of Readable Feast winners!

Hilarious! I wish I were there now- cheers🍻

I’ve sold 30 copies in the last few days but today I’m not needed to go to the post office! Help change that by getting in touch so I can argue with a woman about whether it goes through a letterbox (it does)