Ruth-Anne

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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…

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!

Thanks for a great event, @pennyauthor.bsky.social! 😍

Panel of writers at the Brontë festival of women’s writing

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

*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

So glad you’re enjoying it! 😍
It’s the perfect spooky season read 👻

Thanks for sharing @21rosa.bsky.social! 🦊

Our call for reviewers might be of interest to...

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If you're interested in reviewing any of these texts for @bavs-uk.bsky.social, or any other recent releases, email us at bavsnews@gmail.com

We're always happy to work with first time reviewers. So if you're a PGR or ECR, and you're unsure where to start, we're just an email away 😇

The book cover of Illustrating the Victorian Supernatural. It shows a man haunted by a ghost behind him, surrounded by a ring a fighting devils.

For those looking for a spooky book this autumn, we're inviting review of Simon Cooke's 'Illustrating the Victorian Supernatural'. This new book from @ohiostatepress.bsky.social explores written and visual texts through Victorian readerships navigated their experience of supernaturalism 👻

Book cover for Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel. It shows the chaotic scene of a crowd trying to board a train at a station.

Also from @universitypress.cambridge.org, we're looking for someone to review Nicola Kirkby's 'Railway Infrastructure and the Victorian Novel'.

It's a fascinating study on how railway infrastructure and novel infrastructure worked together to set nineteenth-century British society!

Book cover for Maritime Relations: Life, Labour and Literature at the Water's Edge. It is in sepia tones and features a pencil sketch of sailors at a table drinking together with their families.

Emily Cuming's 'Maritime Relations' is perfect for scholars interested in archival research and working class history. This new publication from @universitypress.cambridge.org uses archival memoirs and logbooks to detail the lives of ordinary sailors in Britain's long nineteenth century.

A book cover for Charitable Giving in Victorian Britain. It includes an engraving of a gentleman giving charity to a beggar on the streets. The cover includes the tile and author in white on a burgendy background.

Also from @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, we're looking for someone to review Sarah Flew's 'Charitable Giving in Victorian Britain'. This book looks at the growth of charity in 19th century Britain through the lens of the philanthropic activities of Samuel Jones Loyd, 1st Baron Overstone.

Book cover for Biblical Wisdom and the Victorian Literary Imagination. It includes an illustration by William Blake of God and his angels protecting the humans below him.

Denae Dyck's 'Biblical Wisdom and the Victorian Literary Imagination' is another exciting release from recent months. Published by @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social, it examines the new approaches to sacred texts and biblical interpretations that arose in the Victorian era.

Book cover for Invoking Empire. It shows groups of indigeous tribes meeting the British army at a tent. The cover is in black and white with the title at the top.

We also have Darren Reid' 'Invoking Empire' from @manchesterup.bsky.social. This title explores the transitional decades between 1860-1900 when countries such as Canada, South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand remained part of the British Empire while gaining some degree of self-government.

Book cover for The Waltzing Body in Victorian Literature, featuring a crowd of people looking at a couple waltzing and kissing. The cover is purple and in the style of an engraving

Some of our new titles for review include...

Sabrina Gilchrist Hadyk's 'The Waltzing Body in Victorian Literature' from @oxfordacademic.bsky.social – the first book-length study of the waltz in Victorian literature 💃

✨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/

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 ✨

You too, Paul! I’ve loved revisiting your piece in the full anthology 😍

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...

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-...

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 👇

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👇

Ruth anne on a beach walking away from the camera towards the sea

Thank you for all the birthday wishes. I’ve spent the day by the sea 🌊 🎉

LITFEST: Simon Rennie and Ruth-Anne Walbank: Cotton Famine Poetry VENUE: Lancaster Library

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 🎧

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Online registraton 💻
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LITFEST: Simon Rennie and Ruth-Anne Walbank: Cotton Famine Poetry VENUE: Lancaster Library

In-person registration 📌
dukeslancaster.org/whats-on/the...

Simon and Ruth-Anne with the Litfest logo. The logo is an outline of Lancaster's skyline with the tag-line 'The World into Words".

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!

@ireadoldbooks.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social @ohiounivpress.bsky.social @cambridgeup.bsky.social @routledgehistory.bsky.social @vsawc.bsky.social @victorianpoetry.bsky.social @victorianreview.bsky.social @thevicsoc.bsky.social @victoriangothik.bsky.social