Sandra Dinter

Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …

I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.

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Can't wait, Julia! 🤗

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Our next DACH Victorianists workshop will happen in December (see below). Yay! Consider submitting a proposal and spread the word!

Looking forward to this event organised by my amazing colleagues in Hamburg!

Ist schon bestellt 🤩

Oh congrats - what a beauty! Wann und wo ist der offizielle Book Launch? Können wir das schöne Stück für die UHH-Bib bestellen?

Highly recommended summer school organised by our fabulous colleagues in Kiel!

I still can't believe that there are 14 seasons and 13 Christmas specials of "Call the Midwife"!

Gute Reise, liebe Julia!

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Lost in the world of medical drama and nearly done with my talk for our BritCult workshop on illness and health next week. Super excited to see and meet everyone! 🩺🏥⚕️💊 More info here: www.britcult.de/category/wok...

'The Black Country' is a painting by by H. Warren from 1869. It depicts a black-and-white industrial landscape dominated by chimneys that emit black smoke and fires in the background. A few small figures can be seen amidst the smoke.

CFP: Victorian Infrastructures and their Environmental Legacies

Irmtraud Huber and I are looking for submissions to our special collection to be published with @openlibhums.bsky.social

Abstracts due 31 October, full texts due 31 March '26.

Find the full CFP here: shorturl.at/OvPc4

I can't believe that it has been almost a week! Time flies! I'm glad you enjoyed your time in Hamburg, Kerri! We certainly enjoyed having you. Listening to your amazing keynote lecture was such a treat! Thanks for everything! 😊

And, finally, thanks for chairing, @deeheddon.bsky.social, Sophia Jochem, @sebboo.bsky.social, Ute Berns, @ibrasch.bsky.social, @chrismey2203.bsky.social and Johanna Pelikan!

On day two we had excellent contributions by Rebecca Macklin, Stephen Ogheneruro Okpadah, Julia Boll, Lavinia Brydon, Angela Jouini, Fiona Handyside, Nina Bannett, Sylvia Mieszkowski, Sarah Heinz, @priyam.bsky.social and Dustin Breitenwischer. Thank you all!

Many thanks to André Otto, Lindsay Reid, Danica Stojanovic-Schaffrath, @trishbredar.bsky.social, Jochen Petzold, Jacqueline Kolditz, @drnaomiwalker.bsky.social, Kristen Pond, @pollyrowena.bsky.social, @annierutherford.bsky.social and Anneke Lubkowitz for all the great talks on day one!

Thanks to @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social for a perfect keynote lecture!

Thanks to @deeheddon.bsky.social and @cqualmann.bsky.social for a brilliant night walk!

And it's a wrap! Our Walking Women conference was such an inspiring and insightful event - here are my souvenirs. I learned a lot and was delighted to meet so many people with an interest in this topic. Thanks to everyone for making this happen!

Moin (only one) Hamburg!
Super happy to be invited to spend the weekend here and participate in @sandradinter.bsky.social 's conference on Walking Women in Anglophone Literatures and Cultures. 😃

The star wanderers of Hamburg! Thanks for a great night walk, Dee and Clare!

What a brilliant time I've had at the Walking Women conference in Hamburg. Thanks to @sandradinter.bsky.social for brilliant hosting. Great to work with @cqualmann.bsky.social on a Night Walk, which ended with the creation of our own constellation, each star dedicated to a different woman.

Thanks for chairing, Sébastien! Freue mich auf einen gemeinsamen Spaziergang mit dir!

Summary of the second day of our conference!

A perfect summary of our Walking Women conference!

Thanks for this amazing thread, Sébastien! A pleasure to have you! This is a perfect summary of our conference! @deeheddon.bsky.social @cqualmann.bsky.social @priyam.bsky.social @trishbredar.bsky.social @kerriandrewsuk.bsky.social @pollyrowena.bsky.social @annierutherford.bsky.social