LindaS
lindas1775.bsky.social
LindaS
@lindas1775.bsky.social
18thC lit, Austen, biography, nature.
Hooray, I have at last finished A Thing that has kept me chained to the computer (mostly unproductively) for a week. Taking a break for Bluesky therapy.
January 11, 2026 at 11:17 PM
Very fetching boots
AI is such a boon for literature: without it, I wouldn't have heard of the great author Edgalan Poe, also known as The EDGART.

📚💙 #booksky
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
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There are so many ways that archival collections and thus histories can be amplified or silenced --including digitization.

This was one of my efforts at describing how that works, and the implications. www.historians.org/perspectives...
Archival Shouting – AHA
Some collections of historical sources have been given a microphone, with profound consequences for the practices of history.
www.historians.org
December 22, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Here is a list of upcoming Jane Austen and the Brontës virtual events scheduled for the next few months. There is a lot here from book clubs to movie nights & everything in between! Check the event websites for more information and details. 👉🏻 excessivelydiverting.substack.com/p/austen-bro...
November 23, 2025 at 2:34 PM
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Here's a comment from one of our 2025 speakers. We welcome proposals from academics and non-, and look for a wide variety of topics -- just address one or both of the theme novels in some way.
October 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
#cfp Explore Austen's first-sold and last-composed novels, Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, with the Jane Austen Society of North America. CFP closes November 30. #c18 #18thc #18thcentury #austen #janeausten
PLEASE SHARE: The Call for Papers for the 2026 JASNA AGM is open through Nov 30. The conference will be in Tucson, AZ, Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026, focusing on Jane Austen's Bath Novels: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. 1/4
November 8, 2025 at 2:10 AM
PLEASE SHARE: The Call for Papers for the 2026 JASNA AGM is open through Nov 30. The conference will be in Tucson, AZ, Oct 29-Nov 1, 2026, focusing on Jane Austen's Bath Novels: Northanger Abbey and Persuasion. 1/4
October 29, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Timeline cleanse

It is a truth universally acknowledged that every Jane Austen event must be in want of a ball. #jasna #neatravels
October 23, 2025 at 12:40 AM
Reflecting on the highlights of the Jane Austen Society of North America's "Austen at 250" conference in Baltimore: Paula Byrne's lead-off keynote, speakers from 9 countries, Austen's birthplace artifacts on display (first time in US!), 950 enthusiastic Austen admirers. On to 2026!
October 23, 2025 at 7:42 PM