Reminder to all #WomenWritersNet that our #SkyChat is this evening...Hope to 'see' you: @kathleengjones.bsky.social @lilydunn.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @luluallison.bsky.social @moschoenfield.bsky.social @ncashmanfiction.bsky.social

Are you an academic planning to publish for the first time? Or perhaps you have some experience, but you're keen to find out more about the opaque world of publishing? I've just launched a new series of blog posts to demystify the process: www.louiseduckling.com/blog/demysti...

Demystifying the publication process — Louise Duckling Editorial

Announcing a series of blog posts to help academic authors navigate the publishing process.

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Interested in music? If you're looking for something entertaining to listen to this weekend, we highly recommend this fascinating episode of The Essay (Radio 3) featuring WSG member @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. Brianna links Christina Aguilera to 18c performers. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, Music Rediscovered, The influential Italian singing master

Brianna Robertson-Kirkland demonstrates the fashionable singing style in 1780s Edinburgh.

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Calling all members! Our AGM is this Thursday 11 June, 7pm (BST). All members are invited to attend. This an opportunity for you to share your feedback and suggestions for the year to come. We very much hope to see you there. (See your inbox for invite and details)

Are you a published author? Did you know that you can get paid every time someone borrows one of your books from a UK library? The deadline to register for the UK's Public Lending Right (PLR) is 30 June. I've explained more about author payment schemes here: www.louiseduckling.com/blog/magicmo...

‘Magic Money Trees’ for UK authors: is there a payment waiting for you? — Louise Duckling Editorial

7 April 2026 In this post, I explain why you should be claiming your secondary rights payments by joining the ALCS and PLR schemes.

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My monthly newsletter is going out next week. I'll be exploring what it means to be a good literary citizen, with all the ups and downs that may entail. I'll be talking about the art of the book review, collegiality, and generosity among authors. Sign up here: www.louiseduckling.com/newsletter /1

Are you interested in joining in on a really 'eventful' conversation? Come along to our monthly #womenwriters #skychat to talk Writing Events: Festivals and Readings on Thursday, 21 May BST. @lilydunn.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @luluallison.bsky.social @moschoenfield.bsky.social

We're delighted to be hosting Paterson Joseph at a special Zoom event next Thursday 14 May, 7pm - 8.30pm (BST). He'll be in conversation with Karen Lipsedge talking about Charles Ignatius Sancho. Would you like to join us? /1 of 2

Congratulations to WSG member Brianna Robertson-Kirkland for her excellent essay on Domenico Corri, featured recently on BBC Radio 3.

DrBree Robertson-Kirkland @breerob-kirk.bsky.social · 6mo ago

So honoured to have been asked to record an episode of BBC's The Essay: www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/... It's on Domenico Corri, one Corri who will feature heavily in my forthcoming book! @bsecs.bsky.social @wsguk.bsky.social

Keen to meet a new generation of historians researching British history in the (very) long 18th century? Join us for our annual Lightening Talks presentations and Q&A on 29 April at 5:30pm. All welcome. Free. In person at the Institute of Historical Research in London or online on Zoom. #Skystorians

Lightning Talks

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Earlier we were treated to a fantastic @healthhumslboro.bsky.social talk by @saralread.bsky.social where she discussed her novels ‘The Gossips’ Choice' (2020) & 'The Midwife’s Truth' (2023), and how case notes and midwifery practices in historical medical treatises are transformed into fiction.

Happy birthday to Johnson's Dixonary, being spitefully flung out of coach windows for 271 years.

Another great topic at this month's #WomenWritersNet chat, taking place here on Thursday 16

Women Writers Network@womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Meet our supportive network of #WomenWriters when we discuss Women Writers and #Writing Genre-Blending Fiction on Thursday, 16 April at 6pm BST. #WomenWritersNet @sunisamara11.bsky.social @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social

#ICYMI, the History of Parliament is excited to be hosting an 8-week internship for postgraduate-level researchers this summer, working with the House of Lords 1640-60 section. Applications are open now! Follow the link below for more details on the role and how to apply:

Internship: History of Parliament Trust, House of Lords 1640-60 Project - The History of Parliament

The History of Parliament is excited to announce a new 8-week internship position for postgraduate-level researchers.

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Do you work on Ann Radcliffe? Do you work on women writers and producers of the Gothic and horror? Do you work on topics related to people of marginalised genders in the Gothic? Join us! Submit an abstract for our upcoming online conference! romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...

Romancing the Gothic 2026 Online Conference CFP

More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 22nd/23rd August 2026 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of An…

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Meet our supportive network of #WomenWriters when we discuss Women Writers and #Writing the Messy Middle on Thursday, 19 March at 6pm GMT. #WomenWritersNet @sunisamara11.bsky.social @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @nicolawriting.bsky.social

Until 31st May applications for the Research Bursary are open! We’re offering one £500 bursary to support research in women’s and gender history. Find out more and apply via the link below. Let’s keep discovering and sharing Scotland’s women’s histories! womenshistoryscotland.org/projects-and...

📢 Bluesky friends, I have a monthly newsletter! It's for academic and non-fiction authors, and each month I offer practical tips, ideas and curated resources about the world of writing, editing and publishing. Next issue goes out on Monday 9 March. Sign up: https://www.louiseduckling.com/newsletter

It's #WorldBookDay & #WomensHistoryMonth, so I thought I'd share some of my favourite books by and about women. These authors are brilliant in the way they use narrative to transform historical facts into engaging stories. Have you read any of these? Which books would you add to the pile?

Here's one for all the SF horror fans out there. Enjoy!

A. J. Hodges@secondworldedits.bsky.social · 6mo ago

I have a new short story out! 🎉 “Silent Disco” is SF horror, exploring an alternative subculture in Manchester, UK. You can support Foofaraw, the lit mag, by buying a copy below. So excited to share it with you all! foofaraw.metalabel.com/mindlessly-m...

We are excited to announce the publication of a new collection of essays by WSG members, Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange, 1550–1850, edited by @breerob-kirk.bsky.social and @louiseduckling.bsky.social Congratulations to everyone involved! womensstudiesgroup.org/2026/02/19/p...

Publication day for Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange, 1550-1850

We are excited to announce the publication of a new collection of essays by WSG members, Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange, 1550–1850, edited by Brianna E. Robertson-Kirkland and Louise Duc…

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It's publication day! Many thanks to all who made this possible.

Louise Duckling@louiseduckling.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's wonderful to see advance copies of 'Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange' out in the world. I had a wonderful time editing this book with @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. More news soon on our wonderful contributors! Publication date: 19 February. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

Publication day is TOMORROW for this contribution to #WomenStudies! Edited by @louiseduckling.bsky.social and @breerob-kirk.bsky.social, and released by @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social. #skystorians

Louise Duckling@louiseduckling.bsky.social · 7mo ago

It's wonderful to see advance copies of 'Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange' out in the world. I had a wonderful time editing this book with @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. More news soon on our wonderful contributors! Publication date: 19 February. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

This is a great topic for this month's #skychat from @womenwritersnet.bsky.social. Whether you're a specialist #romance writer or editor, or incorporating romantic scenes in your latest work, this will be helpful. Please spread the word. #edibuddies

Women Writers Network@womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Save the date: Thursday 19 Feb at 6:30 pm GMT for our @womenwritersnet.bsky.social #skychat. This month’s topic: women writing romance and intimacy. Lots to talk about! @sunisamara11.bsky.social @heathertweed.bsky.social @louiseduckling.bsky.social @jolloyds.bsky.social @poetsarahdoyle.bsky.social

My blog for the @uniofstandrews.bsky.social Library Special Collections went live yesterday! It's a very short glimpse of the thousands of women whose lives I've been researching over the last 16 months.

It's wonderful to see advance copies of 'Women and Transnational Cultural Exchange' out in the world. I had a wonderful time editing this book with @breerob-kirk.bsky.social. More news soon on our wonderful contributors! Publication date: 19 February. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

These workshops are running this week! Don't miss out. There's still time to buy tickets. Online so you can join from anywhere! You can choose either the Friday or the Sunday. Friday - buytickets.at/romancingthe... Sunday - buytickets.at/romancingthe...

#talknews #earlymodern #womenscholars Gearing up for my @WSGUK talk at the Foundling Museum this Saturday. Do come along if you can! womensstudiesgroup.org/2026/02/04/u...

Upcoming events in February

Our final in-person seminar is taking place on Saturday 7 February at the Foundling Museum. Esther Villegas de la Torre: Seventeenth-century women scholars: an interdisciplinary, comparative a…

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Well, look what just came through the door. Delighted that this edited collection with @louiseduckling.bsky.social will be available for everyone to read! Lovely work from our @wsguk.bsky.social ! #skystorians #womenstudies

This looks like another great event from @wsguk.bsky.social for International Women's Day 2026

Women's Studies Group 1558-1837@wsguk.bsky.social · 8mo ago

We're delighted to announce our event @foundlingmuseum.bsky.social 8 March 2026, London, 2-4pm: "18th-Century Women, Struggle, Fame or Fortune". Talks will be in the Picture Gallery (free with Museum admission). Full list of speakers via link: foundlingmuseum.org.uk/event/women-... /1