tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-178989122024-03-18T03:03:07.840+00:00Thomas Ruys SmithProfessor Thomas Ruys Smith - academic and writerThomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.comBlogger140125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-90094968375045135552024-01-19T12:17:00.003+00:002024-01-19T12:17:41.958+00:00Seaside Heritage Network<p>Alongside my colleague Malcolm McLaughlin, I spoke about our work on the <a href="http://www.thomasruyssmith.com/2023/10/circus-at-seaside-building-great.html" target="_blank">Great Yarmouth Hippodrome</a> at a Seaside Heritage Network event - recording below...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qljSZrgZwpY" width="320" youtube-src-id="qljSZrgZwpY"></iframe></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-63635243043255421582024-01-10T15:29:00.003+00:002024-01-11T08:59:00.356+00:00'Twas the Night Before Christmas: The Economist<p>I've been quoted in <a href="https://www-economist-com.uea.idm.oclc.org/culture/2023/12/20/twas-the-night-before-christmas-turns-200-this-year" target="_blank">this article from <i>The Economist</i></a> about the 200th anniversary of "A Visit from St. Nicholas":<br /></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgO6kB8Uga9D6O_pRaLEu_Jy04wDjW_ugyyKX_EMsXhd-1EvFbkU1oFBUASkNHa99cGu4REjvVykxENmWlB43_GyZMZYDLQKMyQUA-Eh74X49Q4AGlExXPTicWgIfZXvYg8mivU6TnZqzL_UF990GMoonDaOMgWW7J4BR2QWTUERBL7flaqA01/s2028/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2015.17.52.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2006" data-original-width="2028" height="317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgO6kB8Uga9D6O_pRaLEu_Jy04wDjW_ugyyKX_EMsXhd-1EvFbkU1oFBUASkNHa99cGu4REjvVykxENmWlB43_GyZMZYDLQKMyQUA-Eh74X49Q4AGlExXPTicWgIfZXvYg8mivU6TnZqzL_UF990GMoonDaOMgWW7J4BR2QWTUERBL7flaqA01/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2015.17.52.png" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCralNcZ0AFEwpxR-tf-eYOxcZwnQBMC5tPBESOR9Q9vCL3tD5oCdw1BlKXO78m5Y2LYLd35qSee0zrPfliHWPLZ1qhA-FjfsNGrPdcl4K4DXG9qcJBOMQG3JspNvuyLbGvXXlSMY21tDjSw1stWOahpSfK3ZTSifX-nyKahTSDJ3vIcCBuBY/s1556/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2015.18.05.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="1556" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJCralNcZ0AFEwpxR-tf-eYOxcZwnQBMC5tPBESOR9Q9vCL3tD5oCdw1BlKXO78m5Y2LYLd35qSee0zrPfliHWPLZ1qhA-FjfsNGrPdcl4K4DXG9qcJBOMQG3JspNvuyLbGvXXlSMY21tDjSw1stWOahpSfK3ZTSifX-nyKahTSDJ3vIcCBuBY/w400-h114/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2015.18.05.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-58664955373518405082024-01-10T15:27:00.004+00:002024-01-11T08:58:24.155+00:00Comparative American Studies: Christmas Special<p>I've guest edited a special Christmas-themed double-issue of <i>Comparative American Studies</i> featuring a host of excellent articles which reshape our understanding of the place of the holiday in American life and culture and beyond. Available <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/toc/ycas20/20/3-4?nav=tocList" target="_blank">here</a> (plenty of open access too...). Table of contents below.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxS5dS4M1X7aHjWoCwWbQXfZWrG2DoxqryRIctB01ALypQCwmm2s1Zbee1NqCBbXZQPgqdNmM5IDfEs0_0hMoicIpwP48qWPcU25XEx2pEGJUSZCQSZ_Ko4UeR7BxrttwRr7s9MvnrzTUD5R2wwc5qrz0XyWMQ4m-7Tk2b81V36msW3-Rin1QY/s1514/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2015.21.29.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1514" data-original-width="1030" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxS5dS4M1X7aHjWoCwWbQXfZWrG2DoxqryRIctB01ALypQCwmm2s1Zbee1NqCBbXZQPgqdNmM5IDfEs0_0hMoicIpwP48qWPcU25XEx2pEGJUSZCQSZ_Ko4UeR7BxrttwRr7s9MvnrzTUD5R2wwc5qrz0XyWMQ4m-7Tk2b81V36msW3-Rin1QY/s320/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2015.21.29.png" width="218" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRIbUeqQC_Fi04-lOVrpSRrb75rEHSVw_EFOnwopjcqvMXAP5HP4gAuEc5kL6jJtB8o-yMv333WKVnDCYBwbNZqojVbIcw2tNNC0oyiesKeywpMfBFY8OYG84_zjSQEOt6cje-PBA6QEmZRkaSHL9LXc6a_2ShV9nVkAlHyTsKzemF3X_As-H/s1216/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2015.21.42.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="1100" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIRIbUeqQC_Fi04-lOVrpSRrb75rEHSVw_EFOnwopjcqvMXAP5HP4gAuEc5kL6jJtB8o-yMv333WKVnDCYBwbNZqojVbIcw2tNNC0oyiesKeywpMfBFY8OYG84_zjSQEOt6cje-PBA6QEmZRkaSHL9LXc6a_2ShV9nVkAlHyTsKzemF3X_As-H/w361-h400/Screenshot%202024-01-10%20at%2015.21.42.png" width="361" /></a></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-20103786820144207032023-12-01T07:56:00.003+00:002023-12-01T07:58:06.697+00:00The Last Gift: LSUP Online Author Series<p> I gave a talk about <i>The Last Gift</i> for LSUP's Online Author Series - video below!</p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="true" frameborder="0" height="429" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?height=314&href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FLSUPress%2Fvideos%2F388968390229361%2F&show_text=true&width=560&t=119" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-10578372456208724652023-11-25T13:00:00.005+00:002023-11-25T13:00:54.647+00:00She learned all their secrets: The story of Anna Sewell and Black Beauty<p>Yesterday was the launch event for the <a href="https://www.ueapublishingproject.com/product-page/black-beauty-by-anna-sewell" target="_blank">new edition of <i>Black Beauty</i></a> that I've edited - a collaboration with the wonderful Redwings Horse Sanctuary. It was also the premiere of an another exciting aspect of this project: an animation about the life and legacy of Anna Sewell and her famous book - narrated by Dame Joanna Lumley. Enjoy below!</p><p></p><div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/6wxUd8PhfMk?si=fhNGmMc4qKScl6Xw" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-13445510391389860772023-10-26T10:11:00.002+01:002023-10-30T11:25:35.322+00:00A Juvenile Miscellany: An Anthology of Lydia Maria Child's Writing for Children<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrowa8ciZjUWK99qlXwkNRiYrEDWe2wdd8Pv5HVJOaUory9ul-o9JSecONH_DCv6kje3-OUYUhXozeQuSt-yUCkyTv5_r8_t8F18BvMdsdoRi_o8Vf6b84s2dOWK-NuxvzJ6nd4Q9IrYq5I8fezEkPmWyqVik_fJuD3g6byTf12gHBW3zWNhnI" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="610" data-original-width="393" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhrowa8ciZjUWK99qlXwkNRiYrEDWe2wdd8Pv5HVJOaUory9ul-o9JSecONH_DCv6kje3-OUYUhXozeQuSt-yUCkyTv5_r8_t8F18BvMdsdoRi_o8Vf6b84s2dOWK-NuxvzJ6nd4Q9IrYq5I8fezEkPmWyqVik_fJuD3g6byTf12gHBW3zWNhnI=w258-h400" width="258" /></a></div><div><br /></div>Coming in November! Edited with my colleague Hilary Emmett, this is the latest collaboration between us, the UEA Publishing Project and the brilliant final-year students on our children's literature module at UEA (see also <i><a href="http://www.thomasruyssmith.com/2021/11/what-katy-did-book-launch.html" target="_blank">What Katy Did</a></i> and <i><a href="http://www.thomasruyssmith.com/2022/10/five-little-peppers.html" target="_blank">Five Little Peppers</a></i>). The official website is <a href="https://www.ueapublishingproject.com/product-page/a-juvenile-miscellany-by-eds-hilary-emmett-and-thomas-ruys-smith">here</a> and it's available for pre-order now. This is the first ever collection of Child's deeply influential writing for children, and I'm delighted to say that it has already received some very kind words of praise from some of the most significant Child scholars around:<blockquote><p></p>"This splendid anthology of Lydia Maria Child’s writings for juveniles is a major publishing event that represents American Studies at its best. The product of an inspiring collaboration between the scholarly editors and their students in the field, the book reprints for the first time a wide range of texts covering all the subjects about which Child sought to educate her youthful readers—relations between indigenous peoples and white settlers; race, enslavement, and abolition; history and revolution; the natural world; and work, wealth, and poverty. The anthology’s superb introduction not only highlights Child‘s role in creating an American children’s literature and influencing later practitioners of the genre but offers insightful interpretations of key texts. Altogether a remarkable achievement."<br />Carolyn L. Karcher, author <i>The First Woman in the Republic: A Cultural Biography of Lydia Maria Child</i><br /><br />"<i>A Juvenile Miscellany</i>, a beautifully edited collection of Lydia Maria Child's children's literature, is a joy to read. The selected stories are lively and evocative; together, they provide irrefutable evidence of Child's genius as a pioneering American children's author. The editors' introduction contextualizes the stories in Child's wider career as a radical abolitionist and reformer, confirming her status as a major nineteenth-century intellectual with much still to teach us today. "<br />Lydia Moland, author of <i>Lydia Maria Child: A Radical American Life</i><br /><br />"<i>A Juvenile Miscellany: An Anthology of Lydia Maria Child’s Writing for Children</i> is a milestone in the author’s recovery. Offering an abundant selection of the author’s work on various social justice causes, as well as key texts on the natural world, this generous collection represents Child brilliantly as an activist and a citizen. It is exactly the book I have been wanting."<br />Karen Kilcup, Elizabeth Rosenthal Excellence Professor at UNC Greensboro and author of <i>Stronger, Truer, Bolder: American Children's Writing, Nature, and the Environment</i></blockquote><i></i><div><br /></div><div>And we were interviewed for the Lydia Maria Child Newsletter - some screenshots here!</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyV2kUtAQT0K_Zn9EsJomlt2f6lOGsM7cMWfpd7RKl3O9E1cwMVcrnfEG2V5IC_EHUlSaXrCphfbKxz8tTAaYG5drxWzPieW2ZeUB-PQQFbidkd-mrl08XfMjukqoz_2q2YvCom7gziJSjhh3-sGU-jUMO7dBjSPMWWppgTPRyEX2cxWi3fXML" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="778" data-original-width="1594" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhyV2kUtAQT0K_Zn9EsJomlt2f6lOGsM7cMWfpd7RKl3O9E1cwMVcrnfEG2V5IC_EHUlSaXrCphfbKxz8tTAaYG5drxWzPieW2ZeUB-PQQFbidkd-mrl08XfMjukqoz_2q2YvCom7gziJSjhh3-sGU-jUMO7dBjSPMWWppgTPRyEX2cxWi3fXML" width="320" /></a></div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9lmX0-v9fJ33aiX0Y_cOhRskeqRpCep7nENy7fqCYkRsS2ZSbW_WKRI2fCmbMQL6bLCyHjUaCTs06qt_UgUc_NzB83JOlZXCRVMYkxSlabo6apz5Nda5yDdwX24h9u8zyF78F33ahZMLnGbmJZuXAKwPE-bIUs-OZQUhnxBZGh-m3qylCI__e" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1082" data-original-width="1586" height="218" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9lmX0-v9fJ33aiX0Y_cOhRskeqRpCep7nENy7fqCYkRsS2ZSbW_WKRI2fCmbMQL6bLCyHjUaCTs06qt_UgUc_NzB83JOlZXCRVMYkxSlabo6apz5Nda5yDdwX24h9u8zyF78F33ahZMLnGbmJZuXAKwPE-bIUs-OZQUhnxBZGh-m3qylCI__e" width="320" /><br /></a></div></div><div><br /></div><div>Full description below!</div><div><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><blockquote>Author and activist Lydia Maria Child was a foundational figure in the development of American literature in the early nineteenth century. After her debut novel <i>Hobomok</i> (1824) challenged readers with its representation of interracial marriage, she continued to blaze literary trails for the rest of her life, developing a loyal readership as she confronted the most pressing issues in American life. She wrote novels, poems and short stories, composed housekeeping and parenting manuals, edited abolitionist newspapers and narratives—most notably Harriet Jacobs' <i>Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl</i> (1861). Less well-known is that she almost single-handedly invented a new American literature for children. For decades, and particularly during her time at the helm of groundbreaking children’s magazine <i>The Juvenile Miscellany</i> (1826-1834), Child was a constant companion for young readers across the world.<br /><br />For the first time, this anthology brings together a career-spanning collection of Child’s writing for children which demonstrates the extraordinary richness and range of her vital work in this field. As she shaped the idea of what children’s literature could be and do, Child trusted her young readers to understand difficult questions of social and racial justice, explorations of natural and national history, sentimental domestic sketches, and much more besides. Contemporary readers can now rediscover the delight that the arrival of a new issue of <i>The Juvenile Miscellany</i> brought to the world while grappling critically with the ongoing resonance of these questions in the twenty-first century.</blockquote><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-34422166778502216422023-10-26T09:38:00.005+01:002023-10-26T09:43:39.831+01:00Circus at the Seaside: Building the Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, 1903 - Coastal Studies & Society<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8AuzZKhdwIzD_zxubaYrE9dmZ8FPi9QDQlMsiR4DouBv3TkAK_1icfEwh1OOD1Mbj6QbHuL-WU9pWp84T05cWPMNb8kBJ-PjbtNDNddcOG7uD_m232_ckcRjUEax1sDlmqak4RdDjgbCt33G_LK9V36oimBAOTRQod0H-9MrN6aHNIA8mHr5/s2048/F9WSjWkW8AA70v4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1578" data-original-width="2048" height="309" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW8AuzZKhdwIzD_zxubaYrE9dmZ8FPi9QDQlMsiR4DouBv3TkAK_1icfEwh1OOD1Mbj6QbHuL-WU9pWp84T05cWPMNb8kBJ-PjbtNDNddcOG7uD_m232_ckcRjUEax1sDlmqak4RdDjgbCt33G_LK9V36oimBAOTRQod0H-9MrN6aHNIA8mHr5/w400-h309/F9WSjWkW8AA70v4.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Over the last few months, with my colleague Malcolm McLaughlin, I've started a new research project on the history of the Great Yarmouth Hippodrome and circus at the seaside. Our first article, "Circus at the Seaside: Building the Great Yarmouth Hippodrome, 1903", has just been published open access in <i>Coastal Studies & Society</i>. Available <a href="https://t.co/6dEw2UkSs5" target="_blank">here</a>. Abstract below...</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><blockquote>Founded in the Edwardian Age by international equestrian stars George Gilbert and Jennie O’Brien, and remarkably still working to this day, the Great Yarmouth Hippodrome circus is a heritage site of global significance. However, despite its ongoing meaning to our understanding of the social and cultural evolution of coastal entertainment, it has largely been overlooked by both seaside and circus studies—as has the broader topic of the development of seaside at the circus. This article recovers its neglected history, investigating the Hippodrome’s vital contribution to the shaping of this seaside resort. First, we look at how circus became integrated into the local community within a moment of tourist expansion in Great Yarmouth. Second, we explore the wider ramifications of this moment, as the Hippodrome connected the town to a global culture of performance, bringing travelling acts from around the world to establish the Hippodrome as a cosmopolitan presence on the British coast. While illuminating the pattern of circus mobility and the transmission of performance around the world, it also shows how the historical development of the English seaside resort, far from being the insular caricature often described in present-day nationalist nostalgia, was influenced in key ways by a diverse and global circus culture. In these ways, this article seeks to address the distinctive and neglected seaside-circus aspect of British seaside entertainment heritage.</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-87874007773477714242023-07-27T17:01:00.006+01:002023-07-28T09:31:00.121+01:00A Christmas Carol In Nineteenth-Century America, 1844-1870 - Comparative American Studies<p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9pmtqotjIr5PxpBXxVdfdZxn1j6VF4UD6nL_PWfRDDIDM6BH7vmPqWxIpYbpv888Gj9aKP5vbw7xHUOmPztJQww5_DvVBjxLEfJ3CwZgb6EKUgorcxGSCVItEzPgo_c3nTxC8O0B5CEXTMRd19KM1zwbFDwbrWhywldc9XPklphyU4IHhZPB9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1519" data-original-width="1200" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg9pmtqotjIr5PxpBXxVdfdZxn1j6VF4UD6nL_PWfRDDIDM6BH7vmPqWxIpYbpv888Gj9aKP5vbw7xHUOmPztJQww5_DvVBjxLEfJ3CwZgb6EKUgorcxGSCVItEzPgo_c3nTxC8O0B5CEXTMRd19KM1zwbFDwbrWhywldc9XPklphyU4IHhZPB9=w317-h400" width="317" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #536471; font-size: small; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">Sol Eytinge's illustration of the three spirits visiting Scrooge in Charles Dickens's </span><i style="background-color: white; color: #536471; font-family: TwitterChirp, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: small; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">A Christmas Carol</i><span face="TwitterChirp, -apple-system, "system-ui", "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif" style="background-color: white; color: #536471; font-size: small; text-align: start; white-space-collapse: preserve;">, taken from the 1868 Ticknor and Fields American edition.
</span></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p>Excited to say that my article on the tumultuous Transatlantic reception of Charles Dickens's <i>A Christmas Carol</i>, 1844-1870, has just been published open access in <i>Comparative American Studies</i>. You can read it for free <a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14775700.2023.2229214" target="_blank">here</a>. Abstract below...</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #666666; font-size: 16px;"><blockquote><span style="font-family: inherit;">Charles Dickens’s <i>A Christmas Carol</i> retains a profound presence in Transatlantic seasonal celebrations and the popular image of the festive period. While the book’s reception in the United Kingdom has been well studied, its early progress through nineteenth-century American popular culture has received much less attention and existing accounts of its rise to popularity are contradictory. This article, therefore, is an attempt to trace the ways that American readers and audiences responded to this defining Transatlantic text in the decades between its first publication and Dickens’s death in 1870. After exploring its immediate reception in the wake of its first publication in America, I examine the changing status of A Christmas Carol in relation to both Dickens’s American reading tour of 1867–8 and the aftermath of his death – finding the book, throughout those decades, to be a crucial arbiter of both the popular idea of Christmas and the reputation of Dickens and his work more broadly.</span></blockquote></span></div><p> </p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-89966324769424383952023-04-27T13:55:00.006+01:002023-06-06T14:15:54.536+01:00The Last Gift: The Christmas Stories of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOjH91pCAuHiZ9d9zaUx61LYyFUA2qwiKklnRyQ8YXadtOPqIoQG2b0lFB6pasNfgThYZFJgkoNhCWIykdvpSUh8EpyNmJzMlsiQDs7l0_lVu40BrCto30JCSzRYZHzGofoVqVEjICT10r3l7CpHOP8n9x9BjW-T2lsES43WCIXBlgkJ5gqg/s2700/SmithLAST.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxELCZio8OlwO1DYfzlmh_fOpoMPqk1UufIdoQoKbkeQd0TRTFhBk6-3xkI9gIRy_sjY75wcHTFj7hjhWLTKUEC68d3bK9BYpPKhmBrR-a3lAU9YgJG0UnrRvu5Q3BtoqX4cALlV5QnVMB83qIFNjZuVE0ofRGD64WGQlxO0LEq0_zRHDglg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2700" data-original-width="1800" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxELCZio8OlwO1DYfzlmh_fOpoMPqk1UufIdoQoKbkeQd0TRTFhBk6-3xkI9gIRy_sjY75wcHTFj7hjhWLTKUEC68d3bK9BYpPKhmBrR-a3lAU9YgJG0UnrRvu5Q3BtoqX4cALlV5QnVMB83qIFNjZuVE0ofRGD64WGQlxO0LEq0_zRHDglg=w267-h400" width="267" /></a></div></div></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Coming this October from Louisiana State University Press! This is <span style="background-color: white; white-space: pre-wrap;">the first anthology of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman's extensive and neglected holiday writings—including one previously lost story! Here's the official blurb:</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"></span></div><blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Mary E. Wilkins Freeman (1852–1930) was one of the most popular American writers at the turn of the twentieth century, and her annual Christmas stories appeared in magazines and periodicals across the globe. Since then, the extraordinary stories that once delighted her legions of fans every festive season have gone largely out of print and unread. Now, for the first time, </span><i style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box;">The Last Gift</i><span style="background-color: white;"> presents a collection of Freeman’s best Christmas writing, introducing these funny, poignant, provocative, and surprisingly timely holiday tales to a new generation of readers.</span></span></div></blockquote><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Here's the catalog copy:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFthjzTsxiDtzJoEzGxSf7FWOu2lQDWB26XWIM-xAkHFXyFnAJsYyil4bf6uhEmPiz8HxvVo3TkilmJkxJzULvUR_sazVhwP8TKSF6a7j4p8yk9f99DBFPHZY-yAAx1t1yCoUznru2D6wKqlLHS65-Z2JGwI8jRDDxZQzuBk-lHVz3Kn0X-A" style="font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="1774" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjFthjzTsxiDtzJoEzGxSf7FWOu2lQDWB26XWIM-xAkHFXyFnAJsYyil4bf6uhEmPiz8HxvVo3TkilmJkxJzULvUR_sazVhwP8TKSF6a7j4p8yk9f99DBFPHZY-yAAx1t1yCoUznru2D6wKqlLHS65-Z2JGwI8jRDDxZQzuBk-lHVz3Kn0X-A=w400-h366" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">And here's some advance praise from some wonderful Freeman experts!</span><p></p><div style="background-color: white; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 12.5px; text-align: left;"><blockquote><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“Thomas Ruys Smith’s edition of Freeman’s Christmas stories is a revelation! All our presumptions about holiday stories being drenched in sentimentality are demolished by the ways in which Freeman probes the multiple meanings inherent in the acts of giving and receiving gifts and exposes the forms of both solitude and communion inherent in Christmas. This collection transforms our understanding of the season and enhances the literary reputation of this remarkable author.”—Alfred Bendixen, executive director of the American Literature Association</span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“A lovely and varied collection of Freeman’s often-neglected Christmas stories. Smith’s lively introduction contextualizes Freeman’s portrayal of the holiday season, in all of its complexity, and the domestic tensions that Christmas evoked for nineteenth-century women.”—Leah Blatt Glasser, author of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">In a Closet Hidden: The Life and Work of Mary E. Wilkins Freeman</i> </span></blockquote><blockquote><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><i style="box-sizing: border-box;"></i>“<i style="box-sizing: border-box;">The Last Gift</i> will prove anyone wrong who once said with Mark Twain, ‘I hate Xmas stories.’ Funny and grave, delicate and ironical, Freeman’s Christmas stories talk about old age and queer desires, ecoanxiety and the love of trees, class tension, capitalistic drives, and the beauty of an old child braving it all to have her ‘Christmas once.’ A gift for all, and for all seasons.”—Cécile Roudeau, coeditor of <i style="box-sizing: border-box;">New Perspectives on Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: Reading with and against the Grain</i></span></blockquote></div><blockquote><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;"><span> </span>“Celebrated in her own time not only as a New England regionalist but also as writer of popular Christmas stories, Mary E. Wilkins Freeman challenged the genre's sentimental limits by questioning the relationships between charity and obligation, theft and gift, and transgression and redemption which her characters experience at Christmas. As Thomas Ruys Smith argues in his excellent, lively, and comprehensive introduction to these twenty-five stories, some published for the first time since their original appearance, Freeman's unjustly neglected Christmas stories reveal a new understanding both of the genre's significance and of Freeman's career as a professional writer.”<span style="background-color: white;">—</span>Donna Campbell, author of <i>Bitter Tastes: Literary Naturalism and Early Cinema in American Women’s Writing</i>.</span></p></blockquote><p></p><blockquote><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">“Finally, a volume that reprints Freeman’s Christmas fare. Freeman’s Christmas stories are inventive and experimental, emphasizing the emotional and practical complexities of the holiday, with profound implications for gendered labour, class inequality, the building of community, and the pleasures and perils of consumption. The impressive introduction frames the stories within the history of the holiday and Freeman’s delight in its intrigue.”<span style="background-color: white;">—</span>Stephanie Palmer, co-editor of <i>New Perspectives on Mary E. Wilkins Freeman: Reading with and against the Grain</i></span></div></blockquote><p><span style="color: #444444; font-family: inherit;">Looking forward to reintroducing these stories to a new host of readers this Christmas! More info <a href="https://lsupress.org/books/detail/last-gift/" target="_blank">here</a>, and you can pre-order both ebook and paperback from Amazon <a href="https://a.co/d/4MmDExN" target="_blank">here</a>.</span></p><p></p><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-80727677430643404922023-04-27T13:43:00.003+01:002023-04-27T13:43:54.934+01:00River of Dreams: Imagining the Mississippi Before Mark Twain - now in paperback!<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6U4rKMC4jI-piWZb4cS4PKp98CZEJgAv3yu9M5BOEpzW172duHtF55OWtigC95XQWkT7gRmHPTsvXYo7EfcEInar1JkxLvHRlO74nzGl-P08ObutDL93QNGkq-OXKzTfJ4LXN1TQ7xhWf8lLhlfd8yKfJ5Rk1Zfynp9KoLcdaELZh7sVLAw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="954" data-original-width="636" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6U4rKMC4jI-piWZb4cS4PKp98CZEJgAv3yu9M5BOEpzW172duHtF55OWtigC95XQWkT7gRmHPTsvXYo7EfcEInar1JkxLvHRlO74nzGl-P08ObutDL93QNGkq-OXKzTfJ4LXN1TQ7xhWf8lLhlfd8yKfJ5Rk1Zfynp9KoLcdaELZh7sVLAw=w267-h400" width="267" /></a></div><p><br /></p>Sixteen years later, <i>River of Dreams</i> is now available in paperback! Grab your copy <a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807179051?ref_=cm_sw_r_cp_ud_dp_1RYCYDQ6Y42PE26W9TCM" target="_blank">here</a> and see if it still holds up...<p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-22853532266834786192023-03-31T13:07:00.002+01:002023-11-25T13:46:47.932+00:00Black Beauty: Redwings Horse Sanctuary Edition<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_bNwPNjMSljBb8bfg4EYsbzKdn9JyudKNvyTMnS-m3JcHjoodXqvEv7n53_D8UmBlagOxedUI2RNYTqN-tTZzwwCA-Xoa7bewk1QGJpCEPHxvFyK7lDr2IV3WvVyiOeOmrBxj8Q8qSimKGCnuBh1lfzKEb1tcW-6PTOrWaX53aEstUd2tA/s1049/c02810_a6a68ebf0eb24e45a621013289706c74_mv2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="739" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjq_bNwPNjMSljBb8bfg4EYsbzKdn9JyudKNvyTMnS-m3JcHjoodXqvEv7n53_D8UmBlagOxedUI2RNYTqN-tTZzwwCA-Xoa7bewk1QGJpCEPHxvFyK7lDr2IV3WvVyiOeOmrBxj8Q8qSimKGCnuBh1lfzKEb1tcW-6PTOrWaX53aEstUd2tA/s320/c02810_a6a68ebf0eb24e45a621013289706c74_mv2.jpeg" width="225" /></a></div><div><br /></div>March 30th is Anna Sewell's birthday, which made it the perfect moment to announce an exciting project that has been in the works for a while. Working in collaboration with Redwings Horse Sanctuary and the UEA Publishing Project I've edited and written an afterword for <a href="https://www.ueapublishingproject.com/product-page/black-beauty-by-anna-sewell" target="_blank">a new edition of <i>Black Beauty</i></a> - pictured above! Rather thrillingly, Jacqueline Wilson has also written an original foreword for the book. Every copy sold will raise money for Redwings and we've got lots more planned for this collaboration. Below, some of the early coverage, including an interview with Radio Norfolk and a feature on ITV Anglia News.<p></p><p><span></span></p><a name='more'></a><p></p><p><a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/news/-/article/uea-publishing-project-launch-new-edition-of-black-beauty-to-raise-money-for-horse-sanctuary" target="_blank">UEA announcement</a></p>
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Celebrating the 203rd birthday of the beloved Norfolk author, Anna Sewell, we are thrilled to share our partnership with <a href="https://twitter.com/RedwingsHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RedwingsHS</a> as we unveil a special edition of 'Black Beauty' 🐴<a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ThisIsUEA?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ThisIsUEA</a> <a href="https://t.co/5INtUulUdm">pic.twitter.com/5INtUulUdm</a></p>— UEA (@uniofeastanglia) <a href="https://twitter.com/uniofeastanglia/status/1641386985867583491?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">🎉📕📣 EXCITING NEWS! 📣📕🎉<br /><br />We are thrilled to announce that the <a href="https://twitter.com/UEAPublishing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UEAPublishing</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/bhousepress?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@bhousepress</a> is producing a special edition of Black Beauty in collaboration with us at Redwings! ❤️<br /><br />You can pre-order your copy today or find out more here - <a href="https://t.co/lDO7O3S6dV">https://t.co/lDO7O3S6dV</a> <a href="https://t.co/EHJu6U9DEg">pic.twitter.com/EHJu6U9DEg</a></p>— Redwings (@RedwingsHS) <a href="https://twitter.com/RedwingsHS/status/1641380061482713088?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">March 30, 2023</a></blockquote><p><a href="https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/special-edition-black-beauty-will-help-horses-820499" target="_blank">Horse & Hound coverage</a></p><p><a href="https://www.yourhorse.co.uk/news/redwings-black-beauty-special-edition/" target="_blank">Your Horse coverage</a></p><p>ITV Anglia:</p><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Great that our new edition of Black Beauty (<a href="https://twitter.com/RedwingsHS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RedwingsHS</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/UEAPublishing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@UEAPublishing</a>, <a href="https://twitter.com/uniofeastanglia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uniofeastanglia</a>) got a mention on <a href="https://twitter.com/itvanglia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@itvanglia</a>: <a href="https://t.co/cmsXWQEjsW">pic.twitter.com/cmsXWQEjsW</a></p>— Thomas Ruys Smith (@ThomasRuysSmith) <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasRuysSmith/status/1642900275999436801?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 3, 2023</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script>
<p></p><p>Radio Norfolk Interview:</p>
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<p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-50499108560028083282023-03-10T17:45:00.006+00:002023-03-22T10:44:54.834+00:00East Anglian Book Awards<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvqhNS5JHLeNrcRjYzzxNAG1oTS_9A10BjdJG7eCNKAyKQDc54NoiNdyyNOyQjAbSYa-W8qHei_bwv-3GyM7bk0EEPmgVPtBXIWOwwfh7_Hdtn8mMLBg0aw_H5jyzhuhlyoTZCa1nC2aTs4ZPNVmFwKQ4qr1SGj7UHsUEqQKYXbRy7x-UjQw" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img alt="" data-original-height="350" data-original-width="1358" height="103" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgvqhNS5JHLeNrcRjYzzxNAG1oTS_9A10BjdJG7eCNKAyKQDc54NoiNdyyNOyQjAbSYa-W8qHei_bwv-3GyM7bk0EEPmgVPtBXIWOwwfh7_Hdtn8mMLBg0aw_H5jyzhuhlyoTZCa1nC2aTs4ZPNVmFwKQ4qr1SGj7UHsUEqQKYXbRy7x-UjQw=w400-h103" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">It was a thrill and an honour to serve as a judge for the East Anglian Book Awards this year. Reading the entries for the The Mal Peet Children’s Award was a complete joy - and an eye-opener too. So many extraordinary creatives producing books for children in the region!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">My final shortlist below...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxnTt_Rnp4kHczGJtvlXpAswFnX1YnlwwOe6_XmqITkTvqPQAwwzCTWhBDBCYniDWe89RqheaI3_2osDmVJn3rKc2UWjJtvufKwNMZaK3Oxfas0XBZBgylMXTplqiXcGvEgPGq6qJOwzsM_12Q8yvycpnc642QFeo1s7GXw0AH5siI6pE0SQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2292" data-original-width="1450" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjxnTt_Rnp4kHczGJtvlXpAswFnX1YnlwwOe6_XmqITkTvqPQAwwzCTWhBDBCYniDWe89RqheaI3_2osDmVJn3rKc2UWjJtvufKwNMZaK3Oxfas0XBZBgylMXTplqiXcGvEgPGq6qJOwzsM_12Q8yvycpnc642QFeo1s7GXw0AH5siI6pE0SQ=w254-h400" width="254" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">And the winner was...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA7XYuZBDSrFPeGY4jdLDYhM-q6hv9h5veC9-RKzLrKeMeNK9gZPpf1kdq-s_JBRSVs66kezXZdoJNhhYlN-aUIsUKi6zWeH27HwNSkYCYstlQu2QMXWGOyOL7FrU1-0-JABYM2FnY7GOb6eVsZLkAHtxPYONvCkO729ePA0ckH24o5Ds_Pg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1278" data-original-width="1406" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiA7XYuZBDSrFPeGY4jdLDYhM-q6hv9h5veC9-RKzLrKeMeNK9gZPpf1kdq-s_JBRSVs66kezXZdoJNhhYlN-aUIsUKi6zWeH27HwNSkYCYstlQu2QMXWGOyOL7FrU1-0-JABYM2FnY7GOb6eVsZLkAHtxPYONvCkO729ePA0ckH24o5Ds_Pg" width="264" /></a></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-1109444153591316942023-01-06T16:02:00.000+00:002023-01-06T16:02:10.086+00:00Nineteenth-Century Literature: Enchantments of Waverley<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEV1WUxEQ9jp4ucEbKraLqXF9MBQfMGN-Vo8qUJEx84iSOj6aNoDs0CPcqzirAZmwlWoi7cCcSMaBlCgQ8a_P8xJo1QCBjBrCpSj7uLL2hJSnlay2XnUd7-sIwqY2iDa-sp8sKgi12lrSCJpFDhF-8H2X0Y6WGsyQbnMFYCSuZ9r9Ka0A-A/s1630/Screenshot%202023-01-06%20at%2015.59.58.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1630" data-original-width="1028" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiEV1WUxEQ9jp4ucEbKraLqXF9MBQfMGN-Vo8qUJEx84iSOj6aNoDs0CPcqzirAZmwlWoi7cCcSMaBlCgQ8a_P8xJo1QCBjBrCpSj7uLL2hJSnlay2XnUd7-sIwqY2iDa-sp8sKgi12lrSCJpFDhF-8H2X0Y6WGsyQbnMFYCSuZ9r9Ka0A-A/w253-h400/Screenshot%202023-01-06%20at%2015.59.58.png" width="253" /></a></div><p>Many years in the making, my article on Walter Scott and the reading lives of nineteenth-century American children is out now in <i><a href="https://t.co/tm5doiO9SI" target="_blank">Nineteenth-Century Literature</a>.</i> Abstract below...</p><span><a name='more'></a></span><blockquote>While the deep popularity and widespread presence of the works of Walter Scott in the cultural life of nineteenth-century America have long been acknowledged, one group of his admirers has been relatively neglected. The literary lives and reading habits of American children from this era remain obscure, and their influential, ongoing relationship with the Wizard of the North both before and after the Civil War has received almost no attention. This article therefore explores the vital, persistent, and shifting role that Scott played in the lives of literate young Americans. In the antebellum years, the enchantments of Waverley reshaped the literary landscape for children as Scott’s novels received parental approbation as legitimate sources of textual entertainment and historical instruction. After the Civil War, the generation of Americans who had grown up reading Scott in turn used their own position as cultural gatekeepers to try and kindle a love for his work among a new generation tempted by fresh literary sensations. The overlooked responses of young readers themselves are documented where possible here through correspondence, diaries, memoirs, and, particularly, the vibrant letters pages of children’s magazines.</blockquote><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-34546157750773189252023-01-05T14:15:00.002+00:002023-01-05T14:15:35.776+00:00UEA Christmas Lectures for Children 2022<p>Video of our <a href="http://www.thomasruyssmith.com/2022/11/uea-christmas-lectures-for-children-2022.html" target="_blank">2022 UEA Christmas lecture for children</a>: A Child's Christmas in Nineteenth Century America:</p>
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/7iwASnwuQFg" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-79454029608527677662022-12-31T10:06:00.002+00:002022-12-31T10:06:13.647+00:00Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast: Five Little Peppers<p><iframe allow="autoplay" frameborder="0" height="110px" src="https://embed.acast.com/$/61168564926b7100124612a7/five-little-peppers" width="100%"></iframe></p><div>In what is fast becoming a Christmas tradition, I went on the Gilded Age and Progressive Era Podcast - along with my colleague and co-editor Hilary Emmett - to discuss our new edition of <i>Five Little Peppers</i>. Props to Hilary for the reading!</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-50405578021664401152022-11-12T11:26:00.005+00:002022-11-12T11:26:59.014+00:00UEA Christmas Lectures for Children 2022<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8zLcCog9znBjgzVsvkPl1EyDFxMyPMiwHkUFstl4q3mvzsJ8L9v-OsDLL1MDA2ipvN6aPnBqupusDRK0NaudqZMnmypG74Gn1U1vEpTU0EhZdcjfAV0ukjlo08QCzI04qU2NRhEw0a1nZYbuTCYrIbEUnA9QZDdO7XuS3pw273MxmD33ZQ/s1280/Christmas%20lectures.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="225" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW8zLcCog9znBjgzVsvkPl1EyDFxMyPMiwHkUFstl4q3mvzsJ8L9v-OsDLL1MDA2ipvN6aPnBqupusDRK0NaudqZMnmypG74Gn1U1vEpTU0EhZdcjfAV0ukjlo08QCzI04qU2NRhEw0a1nZYbuTCYrIbEUnA9QZDdO7XuS3pw273MxmD33ZQ/w400-h225/Christmas%20lectures.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p>Well, it's been <a href="http://www.thomasruyssmith.com/2012/11/uea-christmas-lectures-for-children-2012.html#more" target="_blank">a decade</a> since I last gave one of the UEA Christmas Lectures for Children, and I'm doing it again! This time, in the company of my colleague Hilary Emmett. We're going to be exploring what <i>A Child's Christmas in 19th Century America</i> was like, drawing on plenty of my research from the last few years and our children's literature publishing project. Get your free ticket <a href="https://www.uea.ac.uk/events/view?id=6f0447ae-356c-4ac4-b0bf-25012350ebbc" target="_blank">here</a>.<br /><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-81895745734402161872022-11-12T11:21:00.001+00:002022-11-12T11:21:03.940+00:00Five Little Peppers: Launch Event<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOg_Iw_M0Q53EDf44XNNj04rfNbr0rONRsfox0ZKKEqxzKNK9TBpDOSo7zHbLocn_5LvQMDfP45TerpUBpOuecrM0GqyNGxe-fWW-uTVV3ZhcM4DckdQUbA1GfonaUV6hJMB8mXht_uXUDv2zynO51ydnInyYyDYSfAjRbMrtI0PB17NhqQ/s1280/Peppers%20launch.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikOg_Iw_M0Q53EDf44XNNj04rfNbr0rONRsfox0ZKKEqxzKNK9TBpDOSo7zHbLocn_5LvQMDfP45TerpUBpOuecrM0GqyNGxe-fWW-uTVV3ZhcM4DckdQUbA1GfonaUV6hJMB8mXht_uXUDv2zynO51ydnInyYyDYSfAjRbMrtI0PB17NhqQ/w300-h400/Peppers%20launch.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br />This Wednesday we officially launched <i>Five Little Peppers</i> at the wonderful Norwich bookshop Bookbugs and Dragon Tales. It was great to introduce the book the staff and pupils from Queen's Hill Primary. Get your own copy <a href="https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/five-little-peppers-how-they-grew-by-margaret-sidney" target="_blank">here</a>.<p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-45476657652620290642022-10-21T11:15:00.001+01:002022-11-12T09:46:37.594+00:00Five Little Peppers<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a class="CID3703c9fc-0ce3-4c0a-a720-6fdf60013886" data-sessionid="3b7e4a8b-8c84-2a39-54d3-8a1494ff929c" data-shapeids="4" data-slideid="" style="text-align: start;"> </a><img class="CID3703c9fc-0ce3-4c0a-a720-6fdf60013886" data-from-ppt-online="true" data-image-height-mu="11.8159203980099" data-image-width-mu="8.33333333333333" src="data:image/jpg;base64, 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style="text-align: start;" /></div><div><br /></div>I'm thrilled that the second book produced in collaboration my co-editor Hilary Emmett, our students, and the UEA Publishing Project, will be published in November. This time, we're breathing new life into Margaret Sidney's Gilded Age bestseller, <i>Five Little Peppers and How They Grew</i> (1882)! As with last year's edition of <i><a href="http://www.thomasruyssmith.com/2021/11/what-katy-did-book-launch.html" target="_blank">What Katy Did</a></i>, students enrolled on our final year children's literature module co-wrote the introduction and were involved in all aspects of the design. Bonus content: this edition also includes two early short stories by Sidney featuring the Pepper children, including the original version of the hard-to-find "Polly Pepper's Chicken Pie", first published in <i>Wide Awake</i> magazine in 1877! <p></p><div>Order your copy direct from the UEA Publishing Project <a href="https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/five-little-peppers-how-they-grew-by-margaret-sidney" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-37916093179298898062022-05-14T11:19:00.002+01:002022-05-14T11:19:37.098+01:00BrANCA 2022: Pedagogical Possibilities<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipX2Q5l9N-a6Bpc-54wvRZmY64DY0QuagiKNMX_lhP1_6CcITP69TXdVnK7DM08lRBb2-qxhF88QSgheQ_VYUkPY0L89ClnZVW3ymEs7cN7QYLLETJVqBYerMRZG6CVsnT3MsZ6SZ2VqP3aonx_vCLWRiCX901GM3Bp7nq8DEfqvy4uyWmfQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2880" data-original-width="5120" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipX2Q5l9N-a6Bpc-54wvRZmY64DY0QuagiKNMX_lhP1_6CcITP69TXdVnK7DM08lRBb2-qxhF88QSgheQ_VYUkPY0L89ClnZVW3ymEs7cN7QYLLETJVqBYerMRZG6CVsnT3MsZ6SZ2VqP3aonx_vCLWRiCX901GM3Bp7nq8DEfqvy4uyWmfQ" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Had a great time at <a href="http://www.branca.org.uk/symposium22.html" target="_blank">BrANCA 2022</a> discussing our new edition of <a href="https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/what-katy-did-by-susan-coolidge" target="_blank"><i>What Katy Did</i></a> produced in collaboration with our students and the UEA Publishing Project. Here we are! News about this year's edition coming soon!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNkHvdqA4dg5_g-zxkedAeIz6xPoTk7StL8p94jA8iQL5D7DZJjwtMOggptIBKYzlRol2fLeoE1jI5gX5Hbc36rsY5x6aFfdffxoxGbrUuzBxuFBqylG58T24_BjG1NW6s20o7IAzDdI-ch4a_INQxVUYA2kqHVQfU_1-vV40jPvHsypTnxQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjNkHvdqA4dg5_g-zxkedAeIz6xPoTk7StL8p94jA8iQL5D7DZJjwtMOggptIBKYzlRol2fLeoE1jI5gX5Hbc36rsY5x6aFfdffxoxGbrUuzBxuFBqylG58T24_BjG1NW6s20o7IAzDdI-ch4a_INQxVUYA2kqHVQfU_1-vV40jPvHsypTnxQ" width="180" /></a></div></div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-13422727696810047342022-05-05T10:25:00.001+01:002022-05-05T10:25:30.456+01:00Review: Journal of Southern History<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhR3P3GSP1w-n3qETOf2LYBmq1vW2GbqOl4l4Ci0CY8apgyBbjJ9TbsgKzSyRfVftu5KiE1d9cKzcPxZKMLQLXzoy__G2nz8vOyLM_vOWnsh3ThgUqP0Kpn4b8Bw-E-YZ3bz-L7y7qqcSnRIc-kwR4Bs53ZPH2NWWGHk3iyWW7Uieq9O6vDA" style="display: inline !important; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="278" data-original-width="180" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhR3P3GSP1w-n3qETOf2LYBmq1vW2GbqOl4l4Ci0CY8apgyBbjJ9TbsgKzSyRfVftu5KiE1d9cKzcPxZKMLQLXzoy__G2nz8vOyLM_vOWnsh3ThgUqP0Kpn4b8Bw-E-YZ3bz-L7y7qqcSnRIc-kwR4Bs53ZPH2NWWGHk3iyWW7Uieq9O6vDA=w130-h200" width="130" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"></div><p><i>Deep Water</i> got a great review in the <i>Journal of Southern History</i>. Here are some snippets:</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSqe6fRP_bjmZTM7oGK4e2FHlIHzkYhzE4fXubo7x4UG0oGQeAvBa0Dli8kl4qA0OAPiBSzspgsd4obMU-MQrlld7DwDousEUWSJWHb-fWqT_TNyOGcOM3KbXhtOy2yZ5Jp_fFsDJvbk8DaEz-dXm-rNFHjKzZRJhvRUc49mE7ArTl7ugtfg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="404" data-original-width="976" height="191" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjSqe6fRP_bjmZTM7oGK4e2FHlIHzkYhzE4fXubo7x4UG0oGQeAvBa0Dli8kl4qA0OAPiBSzspgsd4obMU-MQrlld7DwDousEUWSJWHb-fWqT_TNyOGcOM3KbXhtOy2yZ5Jp_fFsDJvbk8DaEz-dXm-rNFHjKzZRJhvRUc49mE7ArTl7ugtfg=w463-h191" width="463" /></a></div><br /></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-47412377212316956252022-03-15T11:43:00.001+00:002022-03-15T11:43:09.556+00:00Podcast: Our Missouri<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipUsnAq8iBiRfSLbE2hXgxpfXXPKV5BLMPYy0K-w8tHxOoNFMebbi12_dYQXFh58a29Kl5ZMCAd-uNgzvwkYN81ablCUxQYexQg37BUg3u_Cet5CA7ShneQXdSzwl-GhxfffFVe9X-y5gJKtl1jkj-HkPge_ySZ1TMHNx6TjDyFO0V6yX5iQ=s2270" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="764" data-original-width="2270" height="135" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEipUsnAq8iBiRfSLbE2hXgxpfXXPKV5BLMPYy0K-w8tHxOoNFMebbi12_dYQXFh58a29Kl5ZMCAd-uNgzvwkYN81ablCUxQYexQg37BUg3u_Cet5CA7ShneQXdSzwl-GhxfffFVe9X-y5gJKtl1jkj-HkPge_ySZ1TMHNx6TjDyFO0V6yX5iQ=w400-h135" width="400" /></a></div> <p></p><p>I appeared on the State Historical Society of Missouri's Our Missouri podcast as part of their Water and Waterways series, discussing all things Twain and the Mississippi. Check it out below.<br /></p>
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<p><br /></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-3630181779364360742022-01-10T08:04:00.004+00:002022-03-15T13:09:16.099+00:00Christmas Past: Media Round-Up<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNFBxC5RrhX8WTbwVK0hT4NywTQoY8uMfCrtY37EoCczqjRVH2DhXx_uyrWVn1bSPqB-1Eo39SYb0CdrYYXApEWJ4VjbpljfFnEiQljVxhUwBUuvtBVRgIZQZdmO-q-ii1Ux1/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="640" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNFBxC5RrhX8WTbwVK0hT4NywTQoY8uMfCrtY37EoCczqjRVH2DhXx_uyrWVn1bSPqB-1Eo39SYb0CdrYYXApEWJ4VjbpljfFnEiQljVxhUwBUuvtBVRgIZQZdmO-q-ii1Ux1/" width="208" /></a></div><br />A round-up of publicity for <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Christmas-Past-Anthology-Seasonal-Nineteenth-Century/dp/0807176087/ref=mp_s_a_1_5?dchild=1&keywords=christmas+past+smith&qid=1633333129&sr=8-5" target="_blank">Christmas Past</a></i>. <div><br /></div><div>First, I wrote a blog post for Louisiana State University Press - available <a href="https://blog.lsupress.org/christmas-past/" target="_blank">here</a>.</div><div><br /></div><div>And I was a guest on three of my favourite podcasts - <a href="https://christmaspast.media/history-lesson-the-christmas-stories-of-19th-century-america/" target="_blank"><i>Christmas Past</i></a>, <i><a href="https://weirdxmas.podbean.com/e/christmas-past-american-xmas-literary-history-with-thomas-ruys-smith/" target="_blank">Weird Christmas</a></i>, and the <a href="https://shows.acast.com/gildedageandprogressiveera/episodes/christmas-past" target="_blank"><i>Gilded Age and Progressive Era</i></a>! Thanks to all the hosts for having me on. Embedded below!</div><div><br /></div>
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</div><div><br /></div><div>Plus, <i>Christmas Past</i> was reviewed in the <i>Wall Street Journal</i>, <a href="https://www.wsj.com/articles/christmas-past-and-american-christmas-stories-review-tales-for-the-night-before-11640298131" target="_blank">here</a>. </div><div><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWh3sbpWdLBwOac12aiNaKR0_E6c3pbRotuv0WrmHwJrYXoCje6MNb-apnTTHgQbYci3PVgxeYUyhdzN8tOGLDSEA_azvzxwz0b64LcDpVtI2yhCJj8GHcqwQp9yJpI2Mn_swwk3eiYN8WrXNvbexmyOf-v5BOP0GElFFjYqwlBZq8ATOZMg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1800" data-original-width="2387" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgWh3sbpWdLBwOac12aiNaKR0_E6c3pbRotuv0WrmHwJrYXoCje6MNb-apnTTHgQbYci3PVgxeYUyhdzN8tOGLDSEA_azvzxwz0b64LcDpVtI2yhCJj8GHcqwQp9yJpI2Mn_swwk3eiYN8WrXNvbexmyOf-v5BOP0GElFFjYqwlBZq8ATOZMg" width="318" /></a></div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-2425163418558798352021-12-01T08:54:00.005+00:002021-12-01T08:55:29.625+00:00What Katy Did: Launch Video<p>Watch <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SEoDXtNS3tM" target="_blank">here</a>.</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAWlsnp7YgFLhfYbYcmzojS5-Wo4dYd9xP-JLAptA1KmNpUJQTNRBIVRHK1ZBZeTddD4YiK8eHLbCbMA8OPXHvpYhCDTNFl-6FFtjxmSKvnLk2baeurJddPtkCnU405WCGznQ/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDAWlsnp7YgFLhfYbYcmzojS5-Wo4dYd9xP-JLAptA1KmNpUJQTNRBIVRHK1ZBZeTddD4YiK8eHLbCbMA8OPXHvpYhCDTNFl-6FFtjxmSKvnLk2baeurJddPtkCnU405WCGznQ/" width="180" /></a></div><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-48324673812603970662021-11-25T11:36:00.006+00:002021-11-26T06:54:33.121+00:00What Katy Did: Book Launch<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2M9JTDuCcAlv4W1nDlEK7TyHaTGInJCQx28xv8QnXJDf3IKCIAzHvQ9-6nNliKmUOshVYNYojo3s-6PGJ4hYsHR1tLIkCcqKu77QtiZjvZnkeuzdr4wgqdQynbSi3UDGL7JzM/" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="1466" data-original-width="2048" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2M9JTDuCcAlv4W1nDlEK7TyHaTGInJCQx28xv8QnXJDf3IKCIAzHvQ9-6nNliKmUOshVYNYojo3s-6PGJ4hYsHR1tLIkCcqKu77QtiZjvZnkeuzdr4wgqdQynbSi3UDGL7JzM/w400-h286/Screenshot+2021-11-25+at+10.59.57.png" width="400" /></a></div><p></p><p>Over the past year I've been working on a very special book project: along with my colleague Hilary Emmett, students from our final year module on nineteenth century children's literature, designer Emily Benton, and UEA's Boiler House Press we've been busy producing a new edition of Susan Coolidge's beloved book for children, <i>What Katy Did</i>. 2022 is its 150th anniversary, so this is timely on a number of levels! Working collaboratively on this new critical edition - the first of its kind - has been a wonderful experience and I'm looking forward to talking more about the genesis and development of the project at our book launch on <b>November 30th at 5pm</b>. You can register for the event, for free, <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-for-what-katy-did-from-uea-publishing-project-tickets-215790955557?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb" target="_blank">here</a>. And you pre-order your copy <a href="https://www.boilerhouse.press/product-page/what-katy-did-by-susan-coolidge" target="_blank">here</a> (or here on <a href="https://amzn.to/3FKu2zX" target="_blank">amazon</a>).</p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-for-what-katy-did-from-uea-publishing-project-tickets-215790955557?utm-campaign=social&utm-content=attendeeshare&utm-medium=discovery&utm-term=listing&utm-source=cp&aff=escb" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img alt="" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1200" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhse_MtpUNJQII9B9aQO9re7G3pSgv9oEHcMhe3YfZuA1TtTs2uKoqDI2emXNhjehEsEnq4zMxOWU27UIZ4BBJQk0K6nTPEp48Kwj6cGNkahmy6xSHFvYEuIoBTMv_hMzC1dh2f/" width="240" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><span><a name='more'></a></span><div><br /></div><div>In the meantime, the folks at Boiler House Press have been producing some nice promo material in advance of the book's release, which I'll gather here:</div><div><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">"She was a dear, loving child [...] and made bushels of good resolutions every week of her life, only unluckily she never kept any of them."<br /><br />Find out more about the main character of the rediscovered classic, 'What Katy Did'. 👧<br /><br />Pre-order your copy now: <a href="https://t.co/5KKCGy5QYq">https://t.co/5KKCGy5QYq</a> <a href="https://t.co/9k4Vvfv5Xb">pic.twitter.com/9k4Vvfv5Xb</a></p>— Boiler House Press (@bhousepress) <a href="https://twitter.com/bhousepress/status/1461280567023087618?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 18, 2021</a></blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">Read all about the font at the heart of 'What Katy Did', making it more legible and accessible for all.<br />Pre-order your copy here: <a href="https://t.co/tWBaXgjfU7">https://t.co/tWBaXgjfU7</a> <a href="https://t.co/svA1XNx4ek">pic.twitter.com/svA1XNx4ek</a></p>— Boiler House Press (@bhousepress) <a href="https://twitter.com/bhousepress/status/1459121312035651584?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 12, 2021</a> </blockquote><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p dir="ltr" lang="en">🦗 What's with the crickets on this and other tweets? Now you know! You’re welcome. Don’t forget to order your copy <a href="https://t.co/PAXXXgc1oD">https://t.co/PAXXXgc1oD</a> and join us and <a href="https://twitter.com/ThomasRuysSmith?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@ThomasRuysSmith</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/harriet_cooper_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@harriet_cooper_</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/AmericanStudies?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AmericanStudies</a> & <a href="https://twitter.com/uniofeastanglia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@uniofeastanglia</a> on Nov 30th to learn more: <a href="https://t.co/iMIq36WM1o">https://t.co/iMIq36WM1o</a> 🦗 <a href="https://t.co/onHjz9X5Vz">pic.twitter.com/onHjz9X5Vz</a></p>— Publishing Project (@UEAPublishing) <a href="https://twitter.com/UEAPublishing/status/1463840115453837312?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">November 25, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async="" charset="utf-8" src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"></script><div><br /></div></div><div>This book is also part of Boiler House Press's new <a href="https://www.boilerhouse.press/recovered-books" target="_blank">Recovered</a> series, dedicated to bringing forgotten books back to life (as featured in the <a href="https://www.thebookseller.com/news/boiler-house-press-reveals-recovered-books-series-1272013" target="_blank">Bookseller, here</a>). The other book that's helping to launch the series is <i>Gentleman Overboard</i>, and it's being launched on December 2nd. <a href="https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/launch-for-gentleman-overboard-from-boiler-house-press-and-recovered-books-tickets-213088081187?aff=erelexpmlt" target="_blank">Book here!</a> </div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer">Thomas Ruys Smith - thomasruyssmith.com</div>Thomas Ruys Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11852643130989621838noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17898912.post-2175107268059476362021-10-21T08:04:00.003+01:002021-10-21T08:06:07.179+01:00Christmas Past: Facebook Live<p>To mark the release of <i><a href="https://www.amazon.com/dp/0807176087/ref=cm_sw_em_r_mt_dp_ZT1N74G6X5FGSV1T5H59" target="_blank">Christmas Past</a></i> I gave a talk as past of LSU's Facebook Live Author Series - available here! More updates soon!</p><p>
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