If you wanted to read #BillyWatersIsDancing, now's the time...

...grab a deal on that and loads of other fab @yalepress.bsky.social book!

#spottedinthewild...

Thanks @treadwells-books.bsky.social for highlighting #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social in your bookshop window in London's Store street!

(with thanks to Laura Way for the spot and the snap)

Thanks so much for the shout-out @libraryaac.bsky.social !

#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social

Delighted to announce that #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
is an NYC Big Book Awards 2025 winner (History - World)

#2025NYCBBA #NYCBigBookAward #BigBookAward

Oooh #spotted in the wild #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social !

If you missed us @natefeed.bsky.social conference try this 👇

🎙️podcast with #BenMarsh & artist #selenascott (+me) about our FREE educational graphic novel based on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

Thanks to @lotski79.bsky.social

🎧https://shorturl.at/oTqFf

Had a super time today @natefeed.bsky.social Conference talking with teachers about #BillyWaters!

#NATE #teachersofenglish #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social
@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @race-regency.bsky.social @ageofrev.bsky.social

Find us at our stall at Tuesday's @natefeed.bsky.social
NATE Conference - National Association for the Teaching of English

#teachingenglish #LATE #teachersofenglish #ageofrevolutionschools #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social

Massively deserved @mdamkjaer.bsky.social !

Congrats to @pfyfe.bsky.social too.

Delighted that #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social joins this distinguished field!

Today is the 1-year anniversary of #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
🎉🎻 🥂

Use the special discount code BILLY at checkout at shorturl.at/cAHgx to get it for £17.50 incl. p and p (UK only) till 31.07.25.

Today is the 1-year anniversary of #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social

🎉🎉🎉 🎻🎻🎻

It's been such fun seeing the book heading off into the world: visiting schools with our @ageofrev.bsky.social #BillyWaters educational resources has been a joy.

Today is the 1-year anniversary of #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
🎉🎉🎉
It began with the launch @dauntbooks.bsky.social
🎻🎻🎻

Here's pics of performances by the stellar @angelcakepie2.bsky.social
@hamilton_gross
@clarkecamillerimusic
@cohenbraithwaite

Today is the 1-year anniversary of #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social !

🎉🎉🎉
It began with the launch @dauntbooks.bsky.social:
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I'll be sharing music from the night by @angelcakepie2.bsky.social
@hamilton_gross @clarkecamillerimusic and @cohenbraithwaite later!

Can't believe that tomorrow is ONE YEAR since the launch of #billywatersisdancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

🎉🎻📚🎼
I'll be sharing some memories from the day tomorrow...

#throwbacktuesday #billywatersisdancing @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social @dauntbooks.bsky.social #writerslife

‘Finding Billy Waters: Black Lives in the Archives and New Resources for Educators’ William ‘Billy’ Waters: busker, sailor, immigrant, father, lover, extraordinary talent, and a forgotten Black celebrity from Regency London. Delve into Waters’ life and hear about an exciting colla…

aralearning.wordpress.com/2025/05/11/f...

Calling all #archivists and #educators: THIS is happening Tuesday lunchtime, do join us!

@ageofrev.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social #BillyWatersIsDancing

Happy Friday bluesky friends! I've been in a bunker figuring out the next book project.

More #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social news soon too.

#writerlife #writerscommunity #writersofinstagram #history #literature #victorian #regency #lovereading #summervibes

Book Talk - Billy Waters is Dancing Join us for a talk by Dr Mary L Shannon on her book Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain. ‘Finding Billy Waters: Uncovering Black Lives in Regency Britain’ Wil...

🎉It's official! I'm going to be giving a talk about Black Regency Londoners and #BillyWatersIsDancing at the gorgeous No. 1 Royal Crescent Bath for @bathprestrust.bsky.social June 12!

Book here:

no1royalcrescent.org.uk/events/book-...

and you can get a signed copy of the book too!

#spottedinthewild:
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My wonderful students @uni-roehampton.bsky.social found #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social in @batterseabookshop.bsky.social the other day and couldn't wait to let me know!

@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social @rs4vp.bsky.social

Want to read more about Black sailors in the Regency Navy?

Here are some books which helped me when I was writing #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

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Loved my visit to speak @UniofGreenwich re. #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social
last week @katarinastenke.bsky.social : and yes, I really did arrive by #clipper in suitably maritime fashion!

🛳️⚓️

I think #BillyWaters might have approved...

Lots of #BillyWaters events coming up over the next year or so...here are some of the highlights for your diary 🎼🎻📚

#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

2025-6: Join me to hear more about #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

5.2.25: Greenwich University, London (+ online)

8.4.25: Cecil Sharp House, London

12.6.25: No. 1 Royal Crescent, Bath (+ online)

25.3.26: 'Jump Billy!' Cecil Sharp House, London

See marylshannon.com/news-and-eve...

old map of st giles

Interested in London's Black history? Join me for my FREE talk!

'Finding Billy Waters: How A Black Camden Celebrity Found Fame in Regency Britain'

21.01.25 6pm

Camden Local Studies & Archives Centre
2nd Floor, Holborn Library, Theobalds Road, WC1X 8PA
#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

Excited to see my article on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social
in @societyofauthors.bsky.social autumn mag!
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To learn more about #Billy Waters buy tix to 'Jump Billy'! music night 19/03/25, 7.30pm, @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social, London:
🎼
www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
🎼

Meet Billy Waters! Sailor, father, lover, immigrant, musician, talent...

snr.org.uk/the-mariners...

@NauticalHistory
@MarinersMirror
#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...

Jump Billy! A celebration of English folk's diverse history, through the life of celebrity Black Regency busker Billy Waters.

ON SALE NOW: 'Jump Billy!': celebrating English folk's diverse history, through the life of celebrity Black Regency busker Billy Waters.

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Wed. 19th March 2025, Cecil Sharp House, London, 7.30pm

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INFO + TICKETS: www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...

#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

Who was Billy Waters?

#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

www.instagram.com/reel/C8C9M3y...

What a thrill!

The London Library featured my book #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalebooks.bsky.social

in its October/November window display - just in time for both #disabilityhistorymonth and #blackhistorymonth!

📣Thanks so much to those who funded the research for #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social !
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@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social #researchsocietyforvictorianperiodicals @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social
#houghtonlibraryharvard