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Emotions and the Letter: A History from Antiquity to the Present edited by @dianagbarnes.bsky.social & @katieebarclay.bsky.social explores how letters have served as powerful tools for expressing, performing & shaping emotional experiences across cultures & historical contexts https://bit.ly/3IZVdhG

Your cowritten chapter is a terrific contribution to the volume! It was a pleasure working with you!

Look what the postman delivered today: Emotions and the Letter: A History from Antiquity to the Present (Bloomsbury 2025) www.bloomsbury.com/au/emotions-...

Today on the blog: a magnificent find by @franceswolfreston.bsky.social of a book that the poet Katherine Philips gave to Mary Jeffreys; a discussion with important scholarly implications for the study of Philips earlymodernfemalebookownership.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/h... #EarlyModern #HerBook

Madame de Sévigné’s Letters and the Formation of Elite Community Abstract. This article concerns the role played by letters written by Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, Madame de Sévigné (1626–96) to her daughter Francoise-Margu

Delighted to report that my article on Mme de Sévigné’s letters has been published in special issue on Forum for Modern Language Studies edited by Valentina Gosetti and Giulia Torello Hill. And it’s Open Access.

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And it’s a great chapter James!

I’m so sorry to have missed this session Paul. It was frantically busy. I’d love to read your paper.

Sorry to read thinks Paul. Fingers crossed for the third one

Sorry to read that you’ve been unwell Kathleen. Best wishes for your recovery xx

Thanks Paul! I am very chuffed!

Last night I was honoured to receive a prize for my 2020 essay “Animal-human compassion: structures of feeling in dark pastoral”. Emotions: History, Culture, Society, 4.1 (2020): 183-208. This was my response to the emotional devastation of drought and fire in 2019.

Looking forward to reading this!

Wonderful!

Each year my father makes a birthday card for me. Here’s this year’s. Reckon I’m 19 or 20 in this snap.