We are delighted to feature in the new edition of Bath Life Magazine - and can’t wait for next week’s Mary Shelley event at the @brlsi.bsky.social as part of @curiousminds.org.uk festival. Tix here - do join us! tinyurl.com/mr2h5en5

👀We always love to see what alum of the College do - Prof @fionasampson.bsky.social (BA PPE 1992) has had an extraordinary career, and is now a Senior Research Fellow of the College. This will be a wonderful event & opportunity to hear her talk about her work 'Limestone Country'.

Rossiter Books@rossiterbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

Coming up in March at Rossiter Books in Ross on Wye we have the wonderful Fiona Sampson @fionasampson.bsky.social Fiona will talk about her book, Limestone Country Do join us for this very special event www.ticketsource.co.uk/rossiterbook... @littletollerbooks.bsky.social

"Suicide had now been added to the family quota of social shame. Yet Mary noted only ‘the worst account. A miserable day... Buy mourning' Read Fiona Sampson's compelling introduction to #MaryShelleyinBath @fionasampson.bsky.social @manderleypress.bsky.social bookanista.com/the-causes-o...

Please join us for a special event in Bath to celebrate the launch of our new book - Mary Shelley in Bath. I will be in conversation with @fionasampson.bsky.social - poet and biographer of Mary Shelley - at the @brlsi.bsky.social. Book your tix here! manderleypress.com/book-events/maryshelleyinbath

Please join us to celebrate the launch of our brand new book Mary Shelley in Bath - in Bath! @fionasampson.bsky.social and I will be in conversation at the BRSLI on 19 March to find out what, where - and who - inspired Mary Shelley’s #Frankenstein… manderleypress.com/book-events/maryshelleyinbath

I can really recommend this biography of Mary Shelley - I loved it so much I commissioned the author (@fionasampson.bsky.social ) to write the introduction to our Mary Shelley book. In one word: unputdownable!

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Really sad news: a great poet and a wonderful man.

Michael Longley: Acclaimed NI poet dies at 85

Belfast-born poet Michael Longley dies aged 85, his family says.

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Lovely to have these delicious copies of @manderleypress.bsky.social MARY SHELLEY IN BATH. It was a joy to write the Introduction: this was the fascinating time in Mary's life when she was actually writing FRANKENSTEIN.

The evolution of a book cover … here are some behind-the-scenes shots of a modern portrait of Mary Shelley, rendered in play-doh by master artist Eleanor Macnair and featured on the cover of our brand new book - ‘Mary Shelley in Bath’ (introduced by the stellar @fionasampson.bsky.social) #booksky 💙📚

Such cool artwork!

‘In 1816, when Mary started writing [Frankenstein], the study of natural phenomena wasn’t yet a proper profession; the term “scientist” had yet to be invented.’ Interesting insight by @fionasampson.bsky.social in an excellent piece on amazing #MaryShelley www.theguardian.com/books/2018/j...

Frankenstein at 200 – why hasn't Mary Shelley been given the respect she deserves?

Shelley’s Frankenstein has spoken to technological and cultural anxieties from the Enlightenment to #MeToo. But its author’s achievements have too often been dismissed or treated with scepticism

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The Guardian@theguardian.com · 2y ago

Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley’s half-sister, book reveals

Thank you @vanessathorpe.bsky.social for a great piece in The Observer amplifying this fun bit of research. Read all about it in the delicious new MARY SHELLEY IN BATH from Manderley Press @manderleypress.bsky.social & IN SEARCH OF MARY SHELLEY @profilebooks.bsky.social @guardianbooks.bsky.social

Frankenstein inspired by suicide of Mary Shelley’s half-sister, book reveals

New collection of author’s diary entries provides tragic insight

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Oh, George! On the home straight of BECOMING GEORGE, about George Sand, for @Transworld and @wwnorton.bsky.social Out in 2026, for her 150th.

super review from @fionasampson.bsky.social with a wonderful piece of news at the end ; @littletollerbooks.bsky.social are reissuing her Limestone Country!!!!! that's day-making news ....

Fiona Sampson@fionasampson.bsky.social · 2y ago

There were some fine and interesting poetry books to round up this year for @theguardian.com! @carcanet.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

Obviously, I love the west #Balkans, and was delighted to be invited there back in September - also glad my travel piece is out now. Writing like a tourist traduces a place, but it's also a way to introduce more readers to a fab, highly visitable country. Please go see North Macedonia for yourself!

Coffee, kelims and the call to prayer: an overland journey to North Macedonia

Manageable in scale but crammed with history and nature, North Macedonia is a perfect introduction to the underexplored west Balkans

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There were some fine and interesting poetry books to round up this year for @theguardian.com! @carcanet.bsky.social @bloomsburybooks.bsky.social @princetonupress.bsky.social

The best recent poetry – review roundup

Invisible Dog by Fabio Morábito; Indeterminate Inflorescence by Lee Seong-bok; The Epic of Cader Idris by Samatar Elmi; A Kiss for the Absolute by Shūzō Takiguchi

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Sarah Jessica Parker as a #BookerPrize judge, ffs?!?! Seems like fiction is being treated with almost as much contempt as poetry now.

An outbreak of sanity (and a tiny window of hope for Ukraine and eastern Europe).

Romanian court annuls result of presidential election first round

The move comes after allegations of Russian influence via social media on the first round of voting.

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Next week this beautiful book will be printed in Wales. It’s a collection of Mary Shelley’s journals, letters and fiction - all written in, or inspired by, the literary city of Bath. @fionasampson.bsky.social has introduced it to perfection! 💙📚 #booksky manderleypress.com/shop/p/maryshelleyinbath

Great to talk about #Frankenstein and #AI with Professor Nigel Crook @universityofoxford.bsky.social's recent Meeting Minds weekend.

Frankenstein & AI – challenging concepts of what’s human and what's machine

YouTube video by Oxford University Alumni

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Phew!