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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 3d

Love it - thank you!

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 4d

Thank you so much 😊

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LWRt @lwrt.bsky.social · 6d

Story time with Tom Waits.
Stop motion animation of Frank’s Wild Years.

#art #artsky #tomwaits #animation #illustration

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 6d

Tune in to listen to a podcast made live at the Bradford Lit Festival, with me discussing my book, ‘The Roma’, with the brilliant Damian Le Bas:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=zxq9...

S4: E7 - The Roma: A Travelling History

YouTube video by Bradford Literature Festival

www.youtube.com

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Tara Hanks @marina72.bsky.social · Aug 31

My August reading #BookSky📚

Highway Thirteen by Fiona McFarlane
The Propagandist by Cécile Desprairies
The Roma: A Travelling History by Madeline Potter
So Far Gone by Jess Walter
Love Forms by Claire Adam
Homework: A Memoir by Geoff Dyer
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman
Little World by Josephine Rowe

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 8d

Thank you!

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 8d

🖤

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 8d

In 1893, Bram Stoker hiked up to Slains Castle in Aberdeenshire - it became a partial inspiration for Castle Dracula. Today I was thrilled to be able to see hike up there too and see the ruined castle in all its Gothic glory. Thanks @romgothsam.bsky.social for such a fun day!!

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 12d

What are you doing this October? Reading a spooky short story or poem a day with us? I should hope so!

Join the #AScareADay challenge (or just pick a few stories to read and get some new authors to be a fan of!)

romancingthegothic.com/2025/09/21/t...

The ‘Scare a Day’ Challenge – October 2025

It’s almost October, which means it’s almost time for the #AScareADay challenge! One poem or scary short-story a day for a whole month. You can read along with us using the links below.…

romancingthegothic.com

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 8d

If you can only imagine Heathcliff as sexy if he's white, if you don't question move to a white actor in your creation of your fantasy version of Wuthering Heights, if you think 'he's sexy' is an excuse for whitewashing and not a red flag... you're ignoring some pretty obvious problems. 4/

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 8d

Reading an article this morning on the Elordi casting where Fennell defends the Elordi casting on questions of age and race as 'he looked like the Heathcliff ilustration'in her teenage copy. Her response to the book, she says, was 'primal, sexual' 1/

Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 8d

I'll be here! Talking about adapting Wuthering Heights and the ongoing issues of anti-Romani racism in Gothic studies.

Come join us! (Online)

Efram Sera-Shriar @dreframss.bsky.social · 8d

October is the best month for some monstrously fun entertainment. On Halloween @cncsi.bsky.social will be hosting a chillingly-good online workshop: Nineteenth-Century Gothic Afterlives. I hope you can join us. It will be a real screamer! 👻

Details👇
cn-csi.com/event/hallow...

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 15d

It is 😔 and thank you lovely please do xxx

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 16d

Oh my goodness 😭😭😭

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PennyBlake trollchild @pennyblake.bsky.social · 16d

🧵 🙏💔Hi lovelies, I don't know if you've seen my posts about Roma charity Dihk he na Bister and the amazing work they do for Roma Youth around the Roma Holocaust memorial? One of their amazing team - Safet Dimiri - has had a terrible accident... 1/2

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PennyBlake trollchild @pennyblake.bsky.social · 16d

2/2 his family are now struggling to pay for medical bills and basic needs. Please, if you are able to, donate or share their campaign www.gofundme.com/f/safet-and-...

Donate to Safet and His Family After a Serious Accident, organized by Mihai Oancea

Our friend Safet Demiri, a former participant of Dikh He Na Bister, was re… Mihai Oancea needs your support for Safet and His Family After a Serious Accident

www.gofundme.com

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 20d

Oh I’m so glad!! And thanks so much for sharing

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Kevin Corstorphine @drkevcorstorphine.bsky.social · 21d

Heads up @igagoths.bsky.social - delighted to announce the CFP for IGA 2026: 'Gothic Selves/Artificial Others' hosted at the University of Hull 28-31 July! hullgothic.wordpress.com

Gothic Selves/Artificial Others

18th Biennual Conference of the International Gothic Association: 28-31 July, 2026. Hull, UK

hullgothic.wordpress.com

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 26d

Yes, Roma — the Roma are originally from N India so there are some cultural continuities

Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 26d

Thank you so much lovely 🥰🥰🥰🥰

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · 26d

At Ando Glaso Roma crafts fair in Glasgow

Me with my book ‘The Roma’ in traditional hair and with a scarf

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · Sep 9

Mulțumesc frumos 🙏

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Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · Sep 9

Hey folks,

I'm making my book group read 'Venoni' by Matthew Lewis and I wondered if any of my Gothic and Romanticism friends would be interested in doing a live reading/dramatic performance. The more drama, the better!

Give me a shout if you could be into it!

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · Sep 4

For my Romanian speaking friends on here, sharing this little interview I did for ‘Libertatea’.

www.libertatea.ro/stiri/madeli...

Povestea emoționantă a Madelinei Potter, tânăra de etnie romă ajunsă profesoară la Universitatea din Edinburgh

Născută în 1989 într-o familie de romi din România, Madeline Potter s-a lovit de mai multe ori de discriminare în copilărie și adolescență, însă piedicile ivite au călit-o și mai mult. Și-a luat doctoratul la Universitatea din York în 2020, predă la Universitatea din Edinburgh, iar în acest an a lansat în Marea Britanie o […]

www.libertatea.ro

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · Sep 4

🤭🤭🤭

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Madeline Potter @madelinepotter.bsky.social · Sep 4

So excited to see and share the cover design for the German edition of ‘The Roma’!

Cover showing the title ‘Die Roma: Eine Gescichte von Identität und Widerstand’ with a flowery border and a photo of people dancing

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