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Helena Ifill @helenaifill.bsky.social · Jul 16

VPFA 2025 is done except....we are finishing with a magic lantern show! And joined by the Society for Global Nineteenth-Century Studies!

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Helena Ifill @helenaifill.bsky.social · Jul 16

This year's 3rd Sex reading group session @vpfa.bsky.social was om "The Cannibal Women of Ratnabar Island" - a remarkable short story that led to really interesting discussion! #vpfaextremes

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Helena Ifill @helenaifill.bsky.social · Jul 16

A brilliant final keynote from @corinnefowler.bsky.social at @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes. Can't wait to read the book!

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Helena Ifill @helenaifill.bsky.social · Jul 15

A great meal with great conference pals! @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes

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Helena Ifill @helenaifill.bsky.social · Jul 15

Today was excursion day at #vpfaextremes and the Shakespeare Memorial Room in the Birmingham Library was fab. @vpfa.bsky.social

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Helena Ifill @helenaifill.bsky.social · Jul 15

A fantastic keynote from @richardfallon.bsky.social at @vpfa.bsky.social 2025 conference on de-extinction of prehistoric creatures in Victorian popular fiction and culture #vpfaextremes

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Birmingham & Midland Institute @bmi1854.bsky.social · Jul 14

Day 1 of the @VPFA1 conference is drawing to close. What a lovely way to end. Victorian silent movies accompanied by pianist @bianca.vancea_pianist

See you all for day 2 tomorrow

#VPFAExtremes #silentmovies #victorian #history

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Helena Ifill @helenaifill.bsky.social · Jul 14

It's been a lovely 1st day at VPFA 2025! @vpfa.bsky.social #VPFAextremes

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Timothy C. Baker @timothycbaker.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you don't fancy reading a long novel and would prefer to come along and read (aloud) exciting sea-themed excerpts, there's an event Fri 18 July, 14:30. aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...

Text Reading 'Impromptu Reads: The No Prep Preading Group with a Difference'.

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Timothy C. Baker @timothycbaker.bsky.social · Jun 26

If you live in Aberdeen and want to talk about Neil M. Gunn's The Silver Darlings, there's a book group for you! (Wed 16 July, 18:00-19:00) aberdeencity.spydus.co.uk/cgi-bin/spyd...

Image for 'Tall Ships Book Group', showing the cover of Neil M. Gunn's The Silver Darlings against a blue background with a coiled rope.

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Helena Ifill @helenaifill.bsky.social · Jul 13

I've finally joined Blue-sky on the train, on my way to #vpfaextremes. It's been a while since I followed a # but I'm looking forward to it! Obviously finishing my paper on the train.

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Tara MacDonald @tara-macdonald.bsky.social · Jul 11

THRILLED to share that my book has won the VPFA Second Book Prize! 🎉

Victorian Popular Fiction Association @vpfa.bsky.social · Jul 11

We are delighted to announce the winner of the 2024 VPFA Second Book Prize:
Tara MacDonald, Narrative, Affect, and Victorian Sensation: Wilful Bodies (Edinburgh University Press, 2023). Prof. MacDonald will receive a £200 cash prize and be honoured at the Annual Conference AGM.

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