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Joanne Ella Parsons

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Researching #bonktastic #bonkbusters Senior Lecturer Falmouth Uni @EdinburghUP.bsky.social Series ed: #Gender and the #Body, and #19thC and #NeoVictorian Cultures Co-Ed #13CornishGhostStories #TalesoftheWeird #DoomedRomances #histsex

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Aug 22

Mine and @ruthheholt.bsky.social new book, #Ghosts and the #Gothic (published by @manchesterup.bsky.social) is available for pre-orders for its 16th September release.

www.amazon.co.uk/Ghosts-Gothi...

Ghosts and the Gothic (International Gothic Series)

Ghosts and the Gothic (International Gothic Series) : Heholt, Ruth, Parsons, Joanne Ella: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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Haunted Words Press @hauntedwordspress.bsky.social · 18h

Kicking off our YA Contributor Spotlights is the wonderful Andrew Searle, back with moon drunk, a stunning new poem! Read it in full in Issue Eleven: Forbidden Folktales now! 💙

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · 23h

Just paid tribute to goddess of sauce #JillyCooper with new generation #QueenoftheBonkbusters #MelanieBlake on @bbcradio2bot.bsky.social

#bonkbuster

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · 2d

So sorry to hear of #JillyCooper's passing

#Bonkbuster

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · 6d

Strange and exciting spot by my lovely @jendeavour.bsky.social - @britishlibrary.bsky.social have made a t-shirt of the front cover of my Tales of the Weird collection, Dead Drunk. And they've done the same for @joparsons.bsky.social and @joanpassey.bsky.social!

shop.bl.uk/products/dea...

Dead Drunk T-shirt

tbc Size Guide Centimeters XS S...

shop.bl.uk

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Horror Lex® @horrorlex.bsky.social · 13d

Peek under the sheet of "Ghosts & the Gothic" (Eds. @ruthheholt.bsky.social @joparsons.bsky.social) w/chapters by Katarzyna Ancuta on Asian spirits + Ardel Haefele-Thomas on specters of Black oppression in MASTER & DESCENDENT. @manchesterup.bsky.social
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181923/

The cover of the book "Ghosts and the Gothic" in a muted aqua color, showing three ghostly figures draped in white sheets, hovering about in an empty room.

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · 13d

Come to this! @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social is a fabulous speaker and who doesn't want a bit of spontaneous combustion on a gloomy Thursday night?!!!

Glenside Hospital Museum @glensidehospmuseum.bsky.social · 15d

Did Victorians believe heavy drinking caused spontaneous human combustion?

Dr Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social is going to enlighten us on this rather unusual subject, on Thursday 16th October at Glenside Hospital Museum, and we can't wait!

Tickets here: glensidemuseum.org.uk/introducing-...

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 21d

Publishing today!

Ghosts and the Gothic, edited by @ruthheholt.bsky.social and @joparsons.bsky.social

The first book to examine ghostly presences (and absences) in #Gothic texts bit.ly/3I59Uzy
#Ghosts #GothicStudies

Find out more: manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526181923/

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Sep 6

Me too.

Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Sep 4

And there's a risk it will reinforce the message that abuse = romance/true love/soulmates crap. I love the book but I hate seeing it promoted as romance.

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Sep 4

And the return to a white Heathcliff following Angela Arnold's version feels just so regressive and disappointing

Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Sep 4

I will watch it at some point but also like wtf?! And after seeing Saltburn's bathtub scene and the whip marks in the trailer, I think she's going to go for it even more in this film, and not for any other reason than getting column inches for being edgy.

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Joanne Begiato @jbhist.bsky.social · Sep 4

Had a spare five minutes, so taking the chance to boost mine and @medhistoryman.bsky.social's open access article on a sexual scandal from the 1820s! If you are teaching 19c sexuality, politics, masculinity, or religion why not add it to your reading list!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Radical exposure: religion, masculinity, and politics in the William Bengo’ Collyer scandal

This article considers a hitherto neglected sexual scandal involving the Congregational minister William Bengo’ Collyer and two young men at a public swimming baths in Camberwell (then in Surrey) i...

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Sep 4

Well the trailer for #EmeraldFennell’s
new #WutheringHeights is quite something… www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID0r...

"Wuthering Heights" | Official Teaser

YouTube video by Warner Bros.

www.youtube.com

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Sep 1

My back to teaching journey soundtrack ##GuiltyWomen by #MelanieBlake #Bonktastic #Bonkbuster

Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ghosts and the Gothic (International Gothic Series)

Ghosts and the Gothic (International Gothic Series) : Heholt, Ruth, Parsons, Joanne Ella: Amazon.co.uk: Books

www.amazon.co.uk

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Dr Emily Vincent @dremilyvincent.bsky.social · Aug 11

Visited the UK’s official book town Hay-on-Wye and was pleasantly surprised to find this excellent selection of @britishlibrary.bsky.social #TalesoftheWeird! Thanks to the bookseller at Addyman Books for my 5 minutes of fame with my collection, Summoned to the Seance: shop.bl.uk/products/sum...

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Jul 19

‘It’s not just pleasure – it’s resistance’: portraits of people with their sex toys around the world
#sextech #sexstudies #sexuality #pleasure
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

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Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · Jun 30

Our next Think While You Drink features @philmellows.bsky.social in conversation with our fellow organiser & beer expert, Prof Sam Goodman, about his new book @beerbreaks.bsky.social at the Famous Royal Navy Volunteer (22 July at 6.30pm). A great place to get tips on good British holiday beers!

Bright green poster style advert for Think While You Drink with times and details about the event similar to those in the post. The bottom reminds us this is collaboration between Good Chemistry Brewing, the Drinking Studies Network and the University of Bristol.

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Jun 29

This is going to be a fabulous addition to our @edinburghup.bsky.social #Gender and the #Body series!

Pam Lock @pamplemoussepam.bsky.social · Jun 27

Well this is lovely to end a Friday on:

"I am absolutely delighted to be writing a little earlier than expected to let you know that the series editors have approved your book for publication with no corrections requested!"

'The Drunkard in Victorian Fiction & Culture' will be a reality at last!

Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Jun 21

Yes! Please come back again!

Charlotte Yule @shadowsandcobwebs.bsky.social · Jun 20

Huge thanks to @joparsons.bsky.social and everyone at the @thecwwa.bsky.social for an amazing conference! I’ve come away with so many fantastic ideas contacts and questions. Very much hoping to be back again next year!

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Charlotte Yule @shadowsandcobwebs.bsky.social · Jun 19

As someone whose research is all about inhabiting landscape I am loving the green lushness of Falmouth campus. Excited for day 2 of the @thecwwa.bsky.social conference in glorious sunny Cornwall.

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Pip Fincher @apipany.bsky.social · Jun 19

Having a wonderful time at the CWWA annual conference at Falmouth University! Learning so many things from many fascinating speakers. Roll on Day 2!!
@thecwwa.bsky.social

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Intellect Books @intellectbooks.bsky.social · Jun 16

📚 Intellect is proud to support CWWA 2025 Conference in Falmouth, 18–20 June!

✍️ We’re seeking book proposals & journal contributors in women’s writing, gender studies, queer studies & more.

Contact 👉 [email protected]

Find out more 👉ow.ly/eqFt50W0Gug

@thecwwa.bsky.social

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Joanne Ella Parsons @joparsons.bsky.social · Jun 17

So looking forward to welcoming you all here. Its perfect beach weather too!!

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Barbara Franchi @barbarafranchi.bsky.social · Jun 17

Up bright and early to catch the cross country train and I am now en route to Falmouth for what promises to be an exciting CWWA conference starting tomorrow. Plus, slow solo travel is the best, esp in conference season. Can’t wait to meet @joparsons.bsky.social and everyone at @thecwwa.bsky.social!

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