Dr Laura Varnam
Tutor in English Lit at Univ, Oxford. Medievalist. Poet. She/her. Church as Sacred Space (2018). Encountering Margery Kempe (2021). Primers Volume Seven: Grendel’s Mother Bites Back (2024). Writing a book on Du Maurier.
@bkadams.bsky.social
I am an Assistant Professor of English Literature at Arizona State University who works on book history, premodern critical race studies and early modern English drama. I spend a lot of time with Barnabe, an adorable dog. These posts are my opinion.
@emer.bsky.social
professional Shakespeare opinion haver, token hot autistic person, quare fellow. she/her. IRISH SHAKESPEARES: GENDER, SEXUALITY, & PERFORMANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY coming v soon. loves shoegaze, Frasier, & the Criterion Channel. i’m also very nice
@zacharylesser.bsky.social
Book history, Shakespeare, early modern studies @ Penn English. Views just my own. Image in header is from: https://shorturl.at/FtfZQ / Gen'l Ed., Arden Shakespeare / https://pennmaterialtexts.org/ / http://shakespearecensus.org / http://deepplaybooks.org
@erikkwakkel.bsky.social
Professor of Book History at UBC School of Information, Vancouver. Into medieval manuscripts. He/his. Blog: https://medievalbooks.nl. Writing a book on ads by medieval scribes. “There is more to life than medieval books, but it's a good place to start.”
@micahmackay.bsky.social
Writer and Historian ✍️ Dr of Carols (yes, really) 🎓 Arts Development & Cultural Advocate🎭 Currently writing about how we can transform arts funding ✨
@helengittos.bsky.social
Associate Professor of Medieval History; parent involved in the Independent Inquiry into Maternity Services at East Kent
@pstafford.bsky.social
Historian of early Middle Ages, Grandmother, Leftwing, Labour, Leeds, British, European. Emerita Prof University of Liverpool
@medievalwomenspeak.bsky.social
Medievalist, PhD'ing at Cambridge. Chaucer, gender, trauma. Bringing the voices of medieval women forward.
@hornesupremacy.bsky.social
Early medieval archaeologist | Viking trade PhD (Glas.) | MA (Oxon) Balliol, Oxford history | Author: A Viking Market Kingdom in Ireland and Britain | Co-Ed. / Author: The Viking Age in Scotland | Archaeology & Museum Comms | Govan Stones Museum Assistant
@medievalists.bsky.social
Hello from Medievalists.net, where the Middle Ages begins - check out our website at www.medievalists.net
@sebsobecki.bsky.social
Prof. of Later Medieval English Literature, U of Toronto https://www.english.utoronto.ca/people/directories/all-faculty/sebastian-sobecki Latest essays: https://tinyurl.com/3k9jx7cs & https://tinyurl.com/43adn8fu & https://tinyurl.com/9trb43p6
@hamarquette.bsky.social
Director, Serious Organised Crime & Anti-Corruption Evidence (SOC ACE) - https://www.socace-research.org.uk/ & @soc-ace.bsky.social | Professor, University of Birmingham | Substack newsletter - https://substack.com/@profheathermarquette
@joiedevivre9.bsky.social
avid reader w/focus on womxn writers • virgo sun sagittarius moon • my library is an archive of longings • feminist #NYRBWomen25 #AContinuation25 Pacific Coast • joiedevivre9.com
@janinebradbury.bsky.social
Writer | Academic | Poet | BBC New Generation Thinker | Senior Lecturer at University of York https://www.janinebradbury.co.uk/
@rosemaryk96.bsky.social
⚔️ Medievalist and bookseller. Sometimes poet. 29. 📍 PhD student in UCC's School of English and Digital Humanities working on genre & masculinities in Old English Literature. 📖 Editor in Chief for Apardjón Journal for Scandinavian Studies.
@cavepoet.bsky.social
Writer, artist, experimenter, sexton, hedgeling. Poetry Dr @Prayer. The Book of Yona (Shearsman, April, 2024) Editor (Guillemot Press)
@jlmmorton.bsky.social
Poet / Writer She / Her / Dr #PoetryReview #Rialto #PBLJ #Magma etc| Winner Geoffrey Dearmer & Laurie Lee Prizes | Highly Commended @forwardprizes | RED HANDED @brokensleepbooks 2024 | LAKE 32 Yew Tree Press 2020 | Chaotic good 💫 |www.jlmmorton.com
@liambatespoet.bsky.social
NWCDTP-funded PhD student @MMU/ Northern Writers’ Award for Poetry winner / Human Townsperson (Broken Sleep Books) out now www.liambatespoet.com
@isabellekenyon.bsky.social
Editor & #bookmarketing consultant 📚 Poet and Novelist. M.D. @fly_press & #NorthernFictionAlliance Coordinator. Novel The Dark Within Them out March 2024🔥
@synderlic.bsky.social
Medievalist who writes on Chaucer and religion in later medieval Britain; teaches Latin, Old English, and the History of English; family historian; dad; husband; once and future rower; union member. https://gladlywoldehe.net/
@jenlorden.bsky.social
Writing about really Old English at W&M, PhD UC Berkeley. Author FORMS OF DEVOTION IN EARLY ENGLISH POETRY (Cambridge UP) and LITERARY FORM IN EARLY MEDIEVAL ENGLAND (Cambridge UP) she/her 🏳️🌈 Opinions my own. www.jenniferlorden.com
@clarelees.bsky.social
Director of the Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London. Medievalist. Feminist. Poetry now and in the last 1000 or so years. Arts. Practice. All kinds of books and their histories.
@edwardmills.bsky.social
Hiya! I'm a postdoc at @exeter.ac.uk (on the 'Learning Anglo-French' project, over at @medievalfrench.bsky.social), working on all things medieval French. Also a brass-band conductor / cornet player, and a cat dad.
@johnclibbens.bsky.social
Emeritus Prof at BCU: linguistics and psychology, archaeology, Old and Middle English, classical languages, choral singing…
@authormelih.bsky.social
Author of ‘Looking for the Durrells’. Mad about Corfu, books, art, dogs & cats, music, film, cake & coffee. A good heart is the sun and the moon. Gratitude is my mantra. Trying to make a difference every day.
@themerl.bsky.social
We explore the history of the English countryside and its people. Posting hog on main. Chaotic Good. Website ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/ Merch ➡️ https://merl-shop.co.uk/ Podcast ➡️ https://merl.reading.ac.uk/explore/absolute-units/
@samhogarth26.bsky.social
Medieval(ism)ist and historic buildings nerd working in commercial archaeology. he/him
@markforrest.bsky.social
Dorset history, mostly medieval and manors, SDNQ, Record Society, VCH Wiltshire and Gloucestershire
@olegb.bsky.social
Historian of East Asia at the University of York in the UK. Recently working on samurai, castles, masculinity, drugs, sport, emotions, comics, medievalism, and public history. Needs fewer hobbies. www.olegbenesch.com
@crushton.bsky.social
Editor of Arthurian Studies at Brewer. All about Camelot, zombies, Lovecraft, Tolkien. Not necessarily combined. But maybe?
@mjhorswell.bsky.social
Historian | Author | Editor I research the memory and use of the crusades and medievalism. Hon. Research Associate at Royal Holloway, Uni of London; Fellow of the Royal Historical Society; and editor of the Engaging the Crusades series. Views own.
@holliemcnish.bsky.social
Follow for poetry, random thoughts and new discoveries because poetry and the world is endlessly fascinating and I know nothing. On tour now: www.holliepoetry.com/livedates
@karenmccarthywoolf.bsky.social
Poet. Novelist. Essays. Nature geek & speaker addict. Author Top Doll 2024. TS Eliot Prize Shortlist. Fulbright Postdoctoral Scholar UCLA. FRSL. Teaches at Goldsmiths. Faber Academy. 🎶🐿️ 🪐
@jennypagdin.bsky.social
Poet - The Snow Globe (Nine Arches 2024, poetry winner East Anglian Book Awards), pamphlet Caldbeck (2017, shortlisted Mslexia). Bridport shortlist 2023, Café Writers committee
@clareshawpoet.bsky.social
Poet. I love moss, mudlarking and broken things. Proud to be Northern, non-binary and neurodivergent.
@salenagodden.bsky.social
poet & author: latest books ‘Mrs Death Misses Death' 'Pessimism is for Lightweights' 'With Love, Grief and Fury' & ‘Springfield Road’ books & gigs: https://linktr.ee/salenagodden Substack: https://salenagodden.substack
@jobellwriter.bsky.social
Poet, digital salonniere. Host of The Poetic Licence (Patreon) - monthly prompts, famous poet interviews, a creative community. Memoir, BOATER out with HarperNorth in summer '25. https://linktr.ee/BoaterJoBell
@meledgerwood.bsky.social
Playwright. Royal Court Writers Group (North). Live Theatre Bursary 2020. BBC NE Voices 2021. Bush Theatre Allotments 22/23. Box of Tricks Accelerate 2024. Grass Routes Prize Top 20%.
@yeloop.bsky.social
@dremilyvincent.bsky.social
Research Fellow, English @unibirmingham.bsky.social @mediaandepidemics.bsky.social. Deputy Assoc Director (Research) @cncsi.bsky.social Durham Uni. @GothicaUob.bsky.social. ECR Rep @bavs-uk.bsky.social. ‘Summoned to the Séance’ @britishlibrary.bsky.social👻
@carlkears.bsky.social
@denniswise.bsky.social
Tolkien & fantasy scholar Editor: SPECULATIVE POETRY & THE MODERN ALLITERATIVE REVIVAL (https://rowman.com/ISBN/9781683933304/) denniswilsonwise.net
@racheldelman.bsky.social
Heritage type and historian. Writes about medieval and Tudor women and their buildings. Fellow of the Royal Historical Society and the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland. Heritage Partnerships Coordinator at the University of Oxford.