Amy Maroney
@amymaroney.bsky.social
Keeper of lost stories. Fueled by art, nature, & women's histories. Author of The Miramonde Series and the Sea and Stone Chronicles.
Join me for a fascinating conversation with author Gary Baysinger this Thursday, October 30, at 11 AM PST on Portland, Oregon’s kboo.FM alternative radio station. Gary and I shoot the breeze for about an hour, chatting about my writing life and inspirations. kboo.fm/media/130047...
Check out The Coffee Pot Book Club's #BookOfTheMonth: 🌟The Pirate's Physician by Amy Maroney🌟 Discover a compelling adventure full of intrigue & romance in the Mediterranean Sea! thecoffeepotbookclub.blogspot.com/2025/06/book... #HistoricalFiction #Renaissance @amymaroney.bsky.social
From around 1900 onwards, the Belgian artist Firmin Baes worked almost exclusively in pastels on canvas, rather than paper; he used a similar technique to Degas, crushing pastel sticks and mixing the pigment with water and gum arabic to make a paint that he applied with a brush.
Love history and the paranormal? Join authors Helen Hollick and Kathy Hollick on a delightful journey through North Devon as they encounter history, beautiful landscapes, and the occasional friendly ghost. @helenhollick.bsky.social @cathiedunn.bsky.social www.amymaroney.com/2025/04/07/g...
Ghost Encounters - Amy Maroney
Join authors Helen Hollick and Kathy Hollick on a delightful journey through North Devon as they encounter history, beautiful landscapes, and the occasional friendly ghost.
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Group IV, No 3, The Ten Largest, Youth, 1907, Hilma Af Klimt, Swedish artistcwho was a pioneer re abstract art #WomensArt
Canadian artist and printmaker Christina Koch based in the country’s easternmost province, Newfoundland and Labrador #WomensArt
Katie Brooks, US artist known for creating intricate paintings on natural found materials, including leaves #WomensArt
Tulips, Mary Moser (1744-1819), English painter-one of the most celebrated women artists of 18thc Britain #WomensArt #April
"I just decided, when someone says you can't do something. DO MORE OF IT." - Faith Ringgold (1930-2024) US artist #womensart
As #WomensHistoryMonth comes to an end, here's a reminder to explore more art by women all year round 💗 Visit our women artists art term for art, stories, resources and more 👉 buff.ly/Bfwdlyf 🧑🎨 Dod Procter (1892–1972) © the artist's estate / Bridgeman Images. 📷 Jerwood Collection
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There are many thousands of women artists represented on Art UK.
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Check out my 5-star review of historian Annie Whitehead's fascinating new nonfiction book, Murder in Anglo-Saxon England. Whitehead brilliantly portrays a mesmerizing medieval world of power, betrayal, warfare, bloodshed, and justice. @anniehistory.bsky.social www.bookbub.com/books/murder...
Murder in Anglo-Saxon England by Annie Whitehead - BookBub
We all love a good murder story. Historian and author Annie Whitehead has collated around 100 cases in Anglo-Saxon England, from regicides to robberies gone wrong, and from personal feuds to state-san...
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Today, author Alison Morton wraps up our March through History with an inspiring post about women making history. @alisonmorton.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/29/m...
Marching on - Alison Morton on women making history as we speak - Anna Belfrage
We are reaching the end of an entire month focused on the women of the past and I hope you have enjoyed the eclectic selection of “heroines” as presented by all my lovely guests. But history is not do...
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Basket of Plums and Basket of Strawberries, 1632 by Louise Moillon, French Baroque era painter #WomensArt
Kenyan artist Thandiwe Muriu’s photographic portraits cloaking models in patterned fabric #WomensArt
A new Scottish tartan memorializing the (mainly) female victims of the Witchcraft Act has been officially registered, created by Claire Mitchell and Zoe Venditozzi, founders of the Witches of Scotland campaign #WomensArt via Smithsonian Magazine
Welcome to WomensArtBlueSky! 💙 Image - the ‘Graffiti Grannies of Lisbon', Lata65
Women were key players during WW2, and some of them worked as spies. Check out author Deborah Swift's post today about Britain's women field agents. Working behind enemy lines, they sabotaged Nazi operations. @deborahswift.bsky.social #WomensHistoryMonth www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/27/m...
Marching through history - the secret agents of WW II - Anna Belfrage
Deborah’s previous contribution to this blog tour of ours dipped into the 15th – 16th century. Today, she guides us through history far closer to us, namely the brave women who acted as secret agents ...
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Our march through history continues today with author Nancy Jardine's fascinating look at a talented 19th c. Scottish sculptor, Amelia Hill. #WomensHistoryMonth #Edinburgh #Scotland @nansjar23.bsky.social www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/25/m...
Marching through history - meet the sculptor Amelia! - Anna Belfrage
Today, Nancy Jardine is back. Remember Nancy? She kicked off this month of female history with a post about Cartimandua, ancient British queen. Today, she has frog-leaped forward to the 19th century, ...
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Today on our march through history, celebrated author and historian Helen Hollick shines a light on the persecution of witches in Europe. #WomensHistoryMonth @helenhollick.bsky.social www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/22/m...
Marching through history - the innocents: of the persecution of witches - Anna Belfrage
There’s a huge, huge blot on the history of Europe. It starts spreading in the late 15th century and stains the years all the way up to the early 18th century. Years and years of women being persecute...
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'Herstory' includes rich legacies of writing and other evidence of women's worlds. Canadian novelist Cryssa Bazos brings to life such women in her mesmerizing novels about the tumultuous 17th century. #WomensHistoryMonth @cryssabazos.bsky.social www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/21/m...
Marching through history - on opposite sides of the divide - Anna Belfrage
Cryssa Bazos is a 17th century enthusiast – as am I. We do not agree on Prince Rupert, she tends to lean Royalist where I am more Parliamentarian, but those minor differences aside, I find her books s...
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The Prado, national art gallery of Spain, founded in 1819, only hosted its first solo exhibition of a female artist in 2016, 17thc painter Clara Peeters, not untypical of many major galleries globally... #WomensArt
Women have contributed essential knowledge to the healing professions throughout history. Today, author Elizabeth St.John shines a light on Lucy St.John and Johanna St.John, two brilliant and innovative healers. #WomensHistoryMonth @elizabethstjohn.bsky.social www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/20/m...
Marching through history - Elizabeth St. John on women as healers in the 17th century - Anna Belfrage
In 2024, Liz St.John’s latest’s book, The King’s Intelligencer, was selected as Book of the Year by the Coffee Pot Book Club. So well-deserved! It was one of my top three reads in 2024, and it is set ...
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❀༻ Books Worth Reading ༺❀ •´¸.•*´¨)✯ ¸.•*¨) ✮ ( ¸.•´✶ West of Santillane By Brook Allen *´¨✫) maryanneyarde.blogspot.com/2025/03/west... #BooksWorthReading #BookOfTheDay #HistoricalFiction #bluesky💙📚 @brookallenauthor.bsky.social
Queen Elizabeth I's Tudor court brimmed with fascinating women, but history has overlooked them in favor of her male courtiers. Today, author Tony Riches shines a light on influential, resilient Lady Penelope Rich. #WomensHistoryMonth @tonyriches.bsky.social www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/19/m...
Marching through history - diving into Elizabethan times with Tony Riches - Anna Belfrage
The first book I ever read by Tony was about Owen Tudor, the man who married Henry V’s widow. Since then, I have read all his books, enjoying how he has worked his way through the Tudor timeline. Alon...
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Celebrating Women's History Month with sixteen historical fiction authors by sharing women's stories from across the ages. Our host, Anna Belfrage, kicks us off with this introduction #WomensHistoryMonth. www.annabelfrage.com/2025/03/01/b...
