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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · 18d

Much looking forward to my visit @somervillecollege.bsky.social #Oxford on 12 Oct to talk about Victorian #badass #BarbaraBodichon www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/...

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · 19d

#LymeRegis? Fossils, yes; #MaryAnning, yes; #JaneAusten, yes; #ShuteLiteraryFestival YES! I’ll be there on Saturday at 2 to talk about the #Trailblazer #BarbaraBodichon. Do join us if you can.

Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Sep 12

www.some.ox.ac.uk/news-events/.... Come and join us if you’re anywhere near #oxford on 12 Oct. #BarbaraBodichon #WomensHistory #WomenArtists #WomensRights

Sundays at Somerville: Jane Robinson and Trailblazer - Somerville College Oxford

We are delighted to welcome Jane Robinson (English, 1978) to talk about her most recent book, Trailblazer, a life of Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon, the first feminist to change our world. Professional ...

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Jul 8

New post on my website - rare as hen’s teeth - about what’s happening at the moment: namely, trying to get the first draft of #LunaticWomen finished in time to set up & run this year’s #AlderneyWeek #EscapeRoom. Happy summer, everyone.

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Caroline Rance @quackdoctor.bsky.social · May 11

In the new episode of @shewrotetoo.bsky.social I had a fascinating conversation with author @janerobinson.bsky.social about the subject of her latest biography - 19th-century educationalist and women’s rights campaigner Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon.

Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

An interview with biographer Jane Robinson about this pioneering 19th-century feminist

shewrotetoo.substack.com

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · May 9

Enjoy: Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon
open.substack.com/pub/shewrote...

Trailblazer: Barbara Leigh Smith Bodichon

An interview with biographer Jane Robinson about this pioneering 19th-century feminist

open.substack.com

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Apr 5

Know why Jean-Francois Millet’s ‘Louise Jumelin’ (Art Gallery of Ontario) is looking so glum? Because she missed the chance to buy ‘Trailblazer’ for an astonishing 99p on Amazon Kindle (April offer)

Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Apr 1

Delighted to announce that ‘Trailblazer’ has been chosen by Amazon as April’s #KindleMonthlyDeal. Only 99p! Take a look www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0C6...

Trailblazer: The First Feminist to Change Our World eBook : Robinson, Jane: Amazon.co.uk: Kindle Store

www.amazon.co.uk

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Feb 20

Publication Day Today! 💃🥂🎈#Trailblazer’s now available in paperback. Enjoy the company of a remarkable, life-enhancing pioneer. www.penguin.co.uk/books/443503...

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Feb 3

New ‘news’ post on my website www.jane-robinson.com, including the publication date on the paperback below. Take a look over coffee…

Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Jan 21

Waiting for me when I got home today: advance copies of my new #Penguin paperback, due out on 20 Feb. It’s a biography of the #WomanArtist and #Activist #BarbaraBodichon. Love the way it looks! #Trailblazer #Feminist #WomenPioneers

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Jan 12

Me too.

Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Jan 11

This beautiful painting’s in the Boverie Gallery in Liege. Look carefully. What’s the story? #Women&Books WomenInArt
#ReadingWomen #WalterMacEwen

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Jan 6

Yes!!! Happy new year to you too 😊

Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Jan 6

And so the new working year begins. Notebooks? Tick. Candle? Tick. Sugared almonds? Tick. Brain in gear? Well…Good luck, everyone who’s resuming the routine today.
#WomensHistory #WomenWriters #LunaticWomen

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Dec 3

And just for good measure, St Lucy, patron saint of #ophthalmologists, with a nice pair of eyes in a dish.

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Dec 3

Here’s Catherine of Siena with her book in the #Accademia #Venice…

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Dec 3

Today’s inscrutable #LearnedWoman with a book, in the #PinocatecaNazionale in #Bologna #WomensHistory #ArtHistory

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Dec 3

I really need to do a book about surprising historical images of women…

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Nov 29

Working in #Siena today. Look at these Sibyls from the floor of the Duomo. #WiseWomen from #Diverse backgrounds WITH BOOKS! I love them.

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · Nov 23

Also: If you don't have money to buy my (or anyone's) books, and you live in the anglosphere, before you pirate them, try to get them from your local library instead. They have it or can get it, they pay for the books, and in many places writers get paid for their books being lent. Everyone wins!

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Nov 21

A nice Christmas filip: on.ft.com/4i2hgRE

Best books of 2024: History

Tony Barber selects his must-read titles

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Nov 20

Looking forward to visiting #SomervilleCollege @universityofoxford.bsky.social on Saturday to take part in a #literaryfestival, talking about the incomparable #BarbaraBodichon. Always good to talk #books with booky people!

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Jane Robinson @janerobinson.bsky.social · Nov 19

My current project is a history of the perception and treatment of 'mad' women, focusing on 5 extraordinary C19th & C20th female reformers. Any pre-1948 stories of madwomen in the family welcomed, to help me contextualise. #lunaticwomen #mentalhealth #medicalhistory #psychiatry #womenpioneers

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