Laura Rattray
@drlaurarattray.bsky.social
Reader in American Literature, University of Glasgow. All things Edith Wharton, US women's writing, modernism, 1930s, Transatlantic Literary Women
It's happening! I have a launch event for my debut fantasy novel! July 7th, 7pm, Waterstones Sauchiehall Street (Glasgow). Please do join if you can, and any shares are much appreciated! Tickets can be booked here: www.waterstones.com/events/an-ev...
Nearly time for #BAAS2026 in Glasgow🏴 Especially looking forward to chairing the BAAS-funded Transatlantic Literary Women Network early career roundtable on Friday with a brilliant line-up of speakers ⭐️(session 4E). Hope to see you there! @officialbaas.bsky.social
We are honoured to share the programme and registration details for our conference, The Dark House: Absalom, Absalom! at 90. Those wishing to attend can either offer a donation of their choice to our network via eventbrite or DM us to register interest! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/the-dark-h...
The Dark House: Absalom, Absalom! at 90
An online conference celebrating 90 years of Faulkner's Absalom, Absalom!, organised by the Faulkner Studies in the UK Research Network.
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#BAAS2026 is almost here! Attendees, which panels are you most looking forward to? And, if you're presenting, what will be discussing at the conference?
Full programme for the Edith Wharton Summit, June 4-6, now available 😊 edithwharton.org/calendar/sum...
2026 Edith Wharton Summit - The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home | Lenox, MA
The Mount is the home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, MA - the Berkshires. This annual Summit presents new scholarship, experiences, and talks.
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Happy birthday Edith Wharton! @edithwhartonsoc.bsky.social @drlaurarattray.bsky.social @laurakatherine95.bsky.social 🥳🎂
So excited for our Transatlantic Literary Women x Edith Wharton Soc joint event this Wednesday to celebrate Wharton's birthday! Come along to learn more about musicians in Wharton's fiction. Free, fun, and friendly, as always 📚💙 transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/j...
January Tea with TLW: Joint Birthday Event with the Edith Wharton Society – Professor Frederick Wegener on “Edith Wharton as Musician – Musicians in Her Fiction”
Wednesday 21 January 2026, 5pm UK/12 noon EST on Zoom We can’t believe it is nearly 2026, but we are very excited to begin the new year with our joint event with our friends at the Edith Wharton So…
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Edith Wharton talk online Wed 21 Jan. 🎂🎶 All welcome! transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/12/13/j...
January Tea with TLW: Joint Birthday Event with the Edith Wharton Society – Professor Frederick Wegener on “Edith Wharton as Musician – Musicians in Her Fiction”
Wednesday 21 January 2026, 5pm UK/12 noon EST on Zoom We can’t believe it is nearly 2026, but we are very excited to begin the new year with our joint event with our friends at the Edith Wharton So…
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Glasgow people! This in-person event is happening tomorrow & what better way is there to spend an autumn evening than talking about the inimitable Queen of the Jazz Age, Zelda Fitzgerald 🎷 free, as always 🎷 #glasgow #americanliterature transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/i...
In-Person Tea With TLW: Professor Elisabeth Bouzonviller on “Zelda Fitzgerald’s Multimedia Self-Portraiture, from Provocative Flapper to Subdued Clinic Inmate”
Please join us for an in-person Tea with the Transatlantic Literary Women event on Tuesday 11 November. We’re meeting in room 202, 4 University Gardens, University of Glasgow. Come and enjoy refres…
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🔮 NEW BLOG POST 🔮 There is nothing spookier than the dread witch, Medea... except maybe the way she is treated by all the men around her! #blog #blogger #classics #classicssky #booksky #Medea #SpookySeason theshelbiad.blogspot.com/2025/10/must...
Must be the Season of the Witch: Multitextual Medea
‘Of all creatures that feel and think, we women are the worst treated things alive’ So claims the eponymous heroine of Euripides’ traged...
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Great news! JSTOR now have a free account with an Independent Researcher category. You can access 100 documents per month www.jstor.org/action/showL...
Glasgow people! Join us on Tuesday 11 November at 4pm for an in-person Tea with TLW event, where we'll be joined by the incredible Elisabeth Bouzonviller for a talk on Zelda Fitzgerald! #AmericanLiterature #Glasgow 📚💙 transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/10/21/i...
In-Person Tea With TLW: Professor Elisabeth Bouzonviller on “Zelda Fitzgerald’s Multimedia Self-Portraiture, from Provocative Flapper to Subdued Clinic Inmate”
Please join us for an in-person Tea with the Transatlantic Literary Women event on Tuesday 11 November. We’re meeting in room 202, 4 University Gardens, University of Glasgow. Come and enjoy refres…
transatlanticladies.wordpress.com
Lovely review of @bloomsburylit.bsky.social new F Scott Fitzgerald handbook in @thetls.bsky.social - “...a treasure trove of new scholarly work on the author.” Check out the handbook here: www.bloomsbury.com/bloomsbury-h...
The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald
Bringing together leading voices from across the globe, The Bloomsbury Handbook to F. Scott Fitzgerald presents state-of-the-art scholarship on the renowned Jaz…
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It's September, which means we're officially in the month of the Transatlantic Literary Women celebration event! Come along to a friendly get together where we're celebrating YOU & all our achievements in 2025! Hope to see you there. 🥂 transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/08/11/t...
Tea With TLW Celebration!
When: Wednesday 10 September 5pm UK time First of all, we here at TLW would like to extend a huge thanks to everyone who joined us in person or online for our TLW Symposium in Derby this summer. We…
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Still some last minute tickets left for my Folklore & Women event in Manchester on the 6th August! www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/folklore-w...
Folklore & Women: The power of folklore in reclaiming female stories
How have myths and fairytales shaped feminist thought? Explore the power of folklore, its symbols and role in today’s society. With Q+A.
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Edith Wharton Summit at The Mount next June! Please help us spread the word. Submissions deadline: 1 October edithwharton.org/calendar/sum...
The Edith Wharton Summit - The Mount | Edith Wharton's Home | Lenox, MA
The Mount is the home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, MA - the Berkshires. This annual Summit presents new scholarship, experiences, and talks.
edithwharton.org
Had the most amazing two days of papers, conversations, and laughter at the Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium 🩷 thank you to my beautiful, brilliant teammates for making it such a success @laurakatherine95.bsky.social @drlaurarattray.bsky.social 🩷
Fun first day at the Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium @shelbyjudge.bsky.social @laurakatherine95.bsky.social
@sarahemsley.bsky.social is hosting a 250th birthday celebration in honour of #JaneAusten on Sunday, August 17 at 4:30 at the #Halifax Public Gardens. I *hope* to get there,too. www.facebook.com/events/21121...
Jane Austen in the Public Gardens: A 250th Birthday Celebration
Event in Halifax, NS by Sarah Emsley on Sunday, August 17 2025 with 110 people interested.
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Our TLW symposium is THIS WEEKEND!! Tickets are free, attendees are fabulous… hope to see you all on Friday & Saturday 📚
Laura Rattray@drlaurarattray.bsky.social · last yr.First post on Bluesky 🤞: I’m really looking forward to this week’s Transatlantic Literary Women symposium, led by the brilliant @shelbyjudge.bsky.social There’s still time to join us: transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/t...
Reminder that you can still grab online tickets for our Symposium on Friday and Saturday THIS WEEK!! Programme and tickets available below - we have panels and pub quizzes and book clubs - come join us!
Laura Rattray@drlaurarattray.bsky.social · last yr.First post on Bluesky 🤞: I’m really looking forward to this week’s Transatlantic Literary Women symposium, led by the brilliant @shelbyjudge.bsky.social There’s still time to join us: transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/t...
First post on Bluesky 🤞: I’m really looking forward to this week’s Transatlantic Literary Women symposium, led by the brilliant @shelbyjudge.bsky.social There’s still time to join us: transatlanticladies.wordpress.com/2025/06/19/t...
TLW Symposium 2025: Programme & Tickets
The Transatlantic Literary Women Symposium is happening at the University of Derby on the 4th-5th July 2025. It’s also a completely hybrid event, so you’re also able to tune in and part…
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