Brooke Newman
@brookenewman.bsky.social
Historian, voracious reader, & cocktail 🍸 enthusiast. Upcoming book—THE CROWN’S SILENCE: The Hidden History of the British Monarchy & Slavery (Mariner, Jan. 2026). Link: https://tinyurl.com/5erj7z6x
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
All views, my own. Website: www.brookennewman.com
Happy that THE CROWN’S SILENCE is part of @marinerbooks.bsky.social fantastic Winter 2026 nonfiction lineup. #booksky 📚 #slaveryarchive
November 26, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Happy that THE CROWN’S SILENCE is part of @marinerbooks.bsky.social fantastic Winter 2026 nonfiction lineup. #booksky 📚 #slaveryarchive
Great non-fiction winner this year. And that brilliant title—it hits hard. Congratulations to Omar El Akkad! @nationalbook.bsky.social
November 20, 2025 at 12:37 PM
Great non-fiction winner this year. And that brilliant title—it hits hard. Congratulations to Omar El Akkad! @nationalbook.bsky.social
Why historians must write for general readers! 📚 Imagine % of Britons who are also unaware that the British monarchy played a pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade & expansion of African slavery in the Caribbean/wider Americas. There’s a book for that👇—& many other must-read history books.
November 18, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Why historians must write for general readers! 📚 Imagine % of Britons who are also unaware that the British monarchy played a pivotal role in the transatlantic slave trade & expansion of African slavery in the Caribbean/wider Americas. There’s a book for that👇—& many other must-read history books.
2 months out & the UK edition of THE CROWN'S SILENCE is off to the printers! Special thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @lauratrevelyan.bsky.social @joycechaplin.bsky.social Amanda Foreman & Kate Winkler Dawson #booksky 📚
November 17, 2025 at 1:09 PM
2 months out & the UK edition of THE CROWN'S SILENCE is off to the printers! Special thanks to @sathnam.bsky.social @bellribeiroaddy.bsky.social @marcusrediker.bsky.social @corinnefowler.bsky.social @lauratrevelyan.bsky.social @joycechaplin.bsky.social Amanda Foreman & Kate Winkler Dawson #booksky 📚
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
America in 2025. 😡
November 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
America in 2025. 😡
Excited to join historians @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
November 5, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Excited to join historians @araujohistorian.bsky.social
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Ana Lucia Araujo and Toby Green as the new series editors of UGA’s fantastic, long-running “Race in the Atlantic World” Series. Please spread the word. We’ve expanded the geographical & chronological scope w/RAW 2.0 & welcome your proposals!
Hell yes. 🙌 Congratulations to @abigailspanberger.com —VA’s next governor!
November 5, 2025 at 1:03 AM
Hell yes. 🙌 Congratulations to @abigailspanberger.com —VA’s next governor!
Made this spicy ginger mocktail for a friend and it went over well.
November 2, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Made this spicy ginger mocktail for a friend and it went over well.
I'm looking forward to meeting students and faculty at Wake Forest University today and talking about my upcoming book.
October 29, 2025 at 2:22 PM
I'm looking forward to meeting students and faculty at Wake Forest University today and talking about my upcoming book.
Who wants to tell him about 1789? 😬 Time to brush up on 📚 in case of accidental time jumps.
#historysaveslives
#historysaveslives
October 28, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Who wants to tell him about 1789? 😬 Time to brush up on 📚 in case of accidental time jumps.
#historysaveslives
#historysaveslives
Out in exactly 90 days! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #booksky 📚
October 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Out in exactly 90 days! bookshop.org/p/books/the-... #booksky 📚
Out in three months in the US/UK—and definitely contributing to this conversation. Will be holding a London book launch with Bell Ribeiro-Addy. Excited to read The Big Payback in the interim!!
October 25, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Out in three months in the US/UK—and definitely contributing to this conversation. Will be holding a London book launch with Bell Ribeiro-Addy. Excited to read The Big Payback in the interim!!
Too soon, New Yorker.
October 22, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Too soon, New Yorker.
I’m still deciding between multiple compelling topics for my next book; but, regardless of the topic, SCANDAL WITH NO END sounds like a winning title. ✅
October 19, 2025 at 11:23 PM
I’m still deciding between multiple compelling topics for my next book; but, regardless of the topic, SCANDAL WITH NO END sounds like a winning title. ✅
Tell me more about how “the democrats are undermining our country on the world stage.” Just kidding…BLOCKED.
October 17, 2025 at 11:58 PM
Tell me more about how “the democrats are undermining our country on the world stage.” Just kidding…BLOCKED.
Breaking news re: Prince Andrew. The institution he was born into wants nothing more to do with him—rightly so. 👋
October 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Breaking news re: Prince Andrew. The institution he was born into wants nothing more to do with him—rightly so. 👋
Zeke would much rather be working, but somebody is enjoying his Friday.
October 17, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Zeke would much rather be working, but somebody is enjoying his Friday.
Heading to the printers soon and out in both the US/UK in three months!
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
October 17, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Heading to the printers soon and out in both the US/UK in three months!
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#booksky 📚
Available for pre-order now wherever books are sold: bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
A critical call to action. “Bowing to the demands of any government, political party or interest group in exchange for money undermines the highest values that U.S. universities teach and uphold. America’s global leadership in higher education rests on a commitment to academic freedom…”
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October 15, 2025 at 12:23 PM
A critical call to action. “Bowing to the demands of any government, political party or interest group in exchange for money undermines the highest values that U.S. universities teach and uphold. America’s global leadership in higher education rests on a commitment to academic freedom…”
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