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Henry Bartholomew

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Teacher, scholar, editor; PhD, FHEA; Academic Skills Lecturer at GBS. Interested in the Gothic, the weird, ghost stories, objects, Speculative Realism, Algernon Blackwood 🌲 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Henry-Bartholomew

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · 1d

The cover of my upcoming special issue of @gothicstudies.bsky.social - 'Algernon Blackwood and the Gothic' - is here! Eight essays on Blackwood's fiction, delving into questions of genre, war, empathy, occultism, and much more. Full issue out soon! @edinburghup.bsky.social @igagoths.bsky.social

Proof image of the front and back covers of Volume 27 Issue 3 of Gothic Studies Journal. The back cover lists the contents.

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · 7h

That’s very kind of you to say - I hope you enjoy it!

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · 4d

Something cosmic this way comes... the special issue of Gothic Studies I have been working on - Algernon Blackwood and the Gothic - is now in production ready for its November publication. Thrilled with the depth and breadth of insight and expertise from the contributors. More updates soon!

Three large stacks of first edition copies of Algernon Blackwood books

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Apr 20

Oh I’m sure there are many! Off the top of my head there’s Algernon Blackwood’s ‘The Deferred Appointment’

Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Mar 14

@emilyalder.bsky.social, @gothicstudies.bsky.social

Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Mar 14

Includes essays on media, eroticism, mysticism, ecocriticism, empathy, war, colonialism, and more!

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Mar 14

The wondrous Algernon Blackwood was born on this day in 1869! Excited to say that I am currently editing a special issue of Gothic Studies on ‘Blackwood and the Gothic’ due Nov. Features a truly fantastic line-up of contributors. I can’t wait for people to read it.

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Feb 9

Table tennis 🏓 … I think it’s safe to say he would have loathed it all. Though you never know! I can see him enjoying a beanbag..

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Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · Feb 9

The most uncanny thing I've learnt from @henrybartholomew.bsky.social's excellent Handheld Press edition of Algernon Blackwood's writings is that—before turning to weird fiction—he tried to open something called 'the Hub'. Presumably bean bags, open plan desks, big lamps, Starbucks, no microwave.

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Jan 24

Enjoy!

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Jan 15

Some fantastic prices here. You can pick up a copy of my books ‘The Unknown’ and ‘The Living Stone’ for £5 each! Last chance to support a small publisher before they close 👻

📚 🍫 Kate Macdonald 🧶 🐸 @kateem.bsky.social · Jan 15

The Handheld Press Grand Closing Sale has been going so well that we're continually running out of popular titles. But we've found some more! Check back at www.handheldpress.co.uk to see what's available again. Only single copies, but you might catch the one you really wanted ... 📚💙🧙‍♀️

Homepage - Handheld Press

Handheld Press sells wonderful stories from the past and the present. Our books are beautiful, designed and laid out with care.

www.handheldpress.co.uk

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Dec 6

Algernon Blackwood’s “The Woman’s Ghost Story” republished in the Picture Post on Christmas Eve 1949 as “The Story the Woman Told”. Wonderful illustration by a 27-year old Susan Einzig (who would go on to illustrate Tom’s Midnight Garden)

Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Dec 3

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Gothic Studies @gothicstudies.bsky.social · Dec 3

Excited to share a glimpse of our next issue - a special issue on Gothic and Ageing

Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Nov 24

A small book filled with extraordinary ideas. I think aesthetic empathy is due a comeback. #VernonLee

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Nov 24

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Sally Blackburn Daniels @drsallybd.bsky.social · Nov 22

I made a starter pack for people interested in scholarship on Vernon Lee go.bsky.app/DJGbDZf I included lots of wonderful academics who have shaped my thoughts and directed my own work. Please let me know if I’ve missed anyone (and sorry if I have!).

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Darryl Jones @profdarryljones.bsky.social · Nov 23

My first post over here! In case you don’t know, my biography of M. R. James, ‘For the Dead Remember’, will be coming your way next year from Oxford University Press.

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Nov 23

First paperback colonial edition of Algernon Blackwood’s ‘Pan’s Garden’ (1912).

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Nov 16

“…and her name was prominently mentioned in connection with the laureateship.” Now that would have been something..

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Nov 16

A discovery! Lovely little clipping-bookmark…

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Beth Gaskell @bethgaskell.bsky.social · Nov 13

Thought I’d make my first post both positive and useful-so here’s a list of all of the free-to-view titles now available on the British Newspaper Archive:
blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/2024/09/19/a...

List of Free to View Pages | British Newspaper Archive

Working in partnership with the British Library, here we present a list of all newspaper pages included in our free to view newspaper collection.

blog.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk

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Dr Eleanor Hopkins @drejhopkins.bsky.social · Nov 13

Sunshine (or last of) and autumn leaves in St James Park this afternoon. The appearance seemed too exciting not to note after weeks of grey …

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Nov 13

👋🏻 so many new people about! Follow if you want extremely intermittent posting about ghosts, weird fiction, and Algernon Blackwood 🧐 Also shelfies from time to time…

a black and white drawing of a ghost with the word booo written below it

ALT: a black and white drawing of a ghost with the word booo written below it

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Dr Kirstin Mills @kirstinmills.bsky.social · Nov 9

Calling all Gothic Studies scholars! This is a tiny start on a list of folks working in the #Gothic to help us find each other. Halfway through compiling I thought it might be better to opt-in to make sure you all want to be here, so please comment below if you want to join!
go.bsky.app/Si2MduA

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Henry Bartholomew @henrybartholomew.bsky.social · Nov 12

Well done for compiling this! Please add me to the list, too 🙏

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