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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · Nov 10

In Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1897), Dr Seward’s journals are famously ‘Kept in Phonograph’. Join me for a nerdy deep dive in which I, brandishing back-of-an-envelope math, calculate the cost of Seward's phonograph habit, & encounter a creature more uncanny than Dracula himself! 1/14 #Gothic

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University of Wales Press @uniwalespress.bsky.social · 1d

📚🚨 SALE 📚🚨

We have 70% off in our new academic year sale!

Celebrate the start of a new term with some fantastic discounts ⤵️

www.uwp.co.uk/sel-sale/

New Academic Year
SALE!

70% Discount
Code: AC25
Offer ends: 31 October

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Preeti Chhibber @runwithskizzers.bsky.social · 2d

every author in this video has had their books banned #BannedBooksWeek #UniteAgainstBookBans

get involved to stop the attacks on our freedom to read: uniteagainstbookbans.org

Fierce Reads @fiercereads.bsky.social · 3d

We have a very important message for you this #BannedBooksWeek: Get involved! All week long we'll be sharing tips on books to read and how to join the fight for the freedom to read. ⁣
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#FreedomToRead #BooksNotBans #BannedBooks #ReadBannedBooks

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · 5d

Getting crafty ahead of tomorrow’s sold-out Halloween workshops at Mackintosh at the Willow, where we’ll be learning about the sweet and spooky history of sugar…and why vampires have a sweet tooth!

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Letters with wax seals, coloured pencils and a historical source from 1797 which reads “i do not want to drink blood sweeten’d tea’ by Robert Southey.

Poster for workshop featuring spooky cupcakes. Sponsor logos: National trust for Scotland, British Association for Victorian Studies, Heritage Lottery fund, University of Glasgow. Text: Are you a family living in Glasgow or the Central Belt? Join us to take part in a University of Glasgow research project about sugar awareness, ethical choices, and the sweet and spooky history of sugar.
Participants will be asked to complete questionnaires as part of the research and during the sessions participants will:
• Design their own 'sweet-and-spooky'-inspired afternoon tea stand to take home and use
• Make elaborate sugar-craft cupcakes with pastry chefs from David Duncan Sugarcraft School
• Learn more about the history of sugar through spooky stories and true tales from the past to develop a better understanding of why we crave sugar and how we can consume it ethically and in moderation to avoid becoming 'a sugar vampire.
Workshops are suitable for children 7-12 years old and one accompanying parent. Places are limited to one child per adult and booking is essential.

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · 6d

Wilkie Collins did ‘slutty little glasses’ first.

I will not be taking questions at this time.

Photograph of Wilkie Collins with very large beard and very tiny glasses

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Susan Kaye Quinn is Writing Solarpunk 🌞🌱 @susankayequinn.bsky.social · 14d

They've lost the 9yos

JA Westenberg
@Daojoan@mastodon.social

My 9 year old and his classmates have started using “that’s AI” to mean “I don’t believe you.”

Me: we’re having dinosaur meat for dinner

Kiddo: that’s AI
Sep 24, 2025, 07:36 AM

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · 15d

Me and my insomnia ready to take on the day.

Bedraggled looking raccoon brandishing a coffee and a sword

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Dr Laura Eastlake @victorianmasc.bsky.social · 16d

This year is the year!
What a great lineup. Join @romgothsam.bsky.social and read along.

Dr Sam Hirst @romgothsam.bsky.social · 16d

Look what's up...

Are you ready for this year's #AScareADay challenge?

Read a scary story or poem a day for the whole of October. Curated by me!

Come see what we've got on the list this year!

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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Melissa Edmundson @melissae.bsky.social · 18d

Violet Hunt and her amazing cat. #caturday

The author Violet Hunt standing in a Victorian/Edwardian era drawing room. To her right is an upholstered chair with a floofy black cat sitting on it.

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Dr Bob Nicholson @digivictorian.bsky.social · 25d

I’m on TV tonight! Check out the first episode of Britain’s Railway Empire at 8pm on Channel 4.

It’s a new, two part series about the history of the railways, starting with the Victorian Era. It’s not just a story about tech and engineering, but covers the social and cultural impact too.