The Anne Lister Society
@AnneListerSoc
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🪶 Fostering knowledge of Anne Lister’s extraordinary life & writing; working to establish & interpret her legacy. Prof Laurie Shannon (@shanonical) tweeting.
Joined February 2020
💫 SHE’S HERE! The Apr 2024 #AnneLister Soc’y program(me)! NEW WORK on AL &: medicine, self-fashioning, travel, writerly craft, & background characters! Keynotes on new AL film project & Anne’s musicality! Stay tuned for regis info. 📸 BBC/HBO/LookoutPt
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📣 Exhibition of interest to the #Listerverse opening soon at Sissinghurst — on the life and literature of Vita Sackville-West! 🌹 Details here ⤵️
One week to go before the opening of our new literary exhibition 'Between the Covers with Vita: The Life and Literature of V. Sackville-West' | Runs 10 February - 7 September 2025 | Find out more here:
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RT @PatEsgate: It’s scholarship time again! Please help someone get to ALBW25! Every penny goes to getting them t…
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🚨Registration for the 2-day #AnneLister Soc’y conf in April opens at noon NYC time / 5pm Halifax time this Saturday, when the tix site below goes LIVE. We look forward to 2 ver. fine days!🖤 (🎟️ Day 1, 🎟️ our reception, & 🎟️ Day 2 ticketed separately.)
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We are so delighted to feature your work, Jennifer, and to hear more from you and @AnneChoma about thinking #AnneLister through a Gothic lens!! 🖤🎩🪶
Honoured to be a key note speaker with my good friend and colleague @AnneChoma at the next Anne Lister Society meeting in Halifax! Discussing our upcoming film ‘Langton’ 🙏🙌
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We are so thrilled to feature you, @AnneChoma (a co-founder of the #AnneLister Soc’y!), and the exciting new work you’re doing with @jenniferislost! 🖤🎩🪶
@AnneListerSoc @ShibdenHall @wyorksarchives @VisitCalderdale @PatEsgate @ALBW20201 A fabulous slate of subjects. Excited to be part of this with @jenniferislost delivering a keynote on Anne and all things gothic!
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Like many organizations, the #AnneLister Soc’y now has an alternative platform, given all that’s afoot on this one. At present, we’ll be broadcasting on both channels 📺 (plus Instagram). You can find us in the clear blue *** at >> @annelistersociety 💙🖤
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RT @WomensHistNet: The saint and military leader Joan of Arc is said to have been born #OTD in 1412. She is often considered a feminist fig…
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For news on all that lies ahead to celebrate #AnneLister’s birthday in Halifax this spring & to hear when & where ticket & registration details will be announced, please tune in to @PatEsgate’s ALBW live event on Saturday! 🎉 We’ll also post those details here & on Instagram! ⤵️
Hello ALBW wherever you are! It’s time for the yearly EVENT LAUNCH! Join me on Saturday, January 11 to hear what’s coming your way in Halifax, March 30 to April 6! Link to Live posted here Saturday, Jan. 11!
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Will you be joining us in Halifax this April for #AnneLister’s birthday celebrations? 🌈 If so, wonderful news about opening details at Lightcliffe Tower! 🎉🎩
As part of the #AnneLister Festival, April 2025 the Lightcliffe Tower will be open on Sat 5th & Sun 6th April from 10:30 to 12:30. No need to book, just turn up. No fee but donations will not be turned away!
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🎉 Happy Birthday, dear Helena! And thank you for “lighting the fuse”: so ver. much gratitude from all of us for your trailblazing work! 🙏
#AnneLister fans our beloved Helena Whitbread is 94 years old today. Please join me in wishing her a very happy birthday!
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🎉 A Ver. Happy New Year from the #AnneLister Soc’y! 🎉 Quite soon we’ll post the slate of speakers for our 4th mtg (watch this space). This New Year’s Day, we look back & thank all our ver. fine presenters who added new knowledge to the #Listerverse at the splendid 2024 mtg!🎩🪶
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RT @FOSMchurchyard: This year the Christmas Morning service on BBC1 is from Halifax Minster at 10:15 Christmas Day on BBC TV, iPlayer, Radi…
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RT @UKNatArcEdu: Join us for a new online broadcast event: History Mysteries! Uncover the mystery behind Victorian diarist Anne Lister for…
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Of interest to the #Listerverse: an opportunity to support @northernballet’s launch of #GentlemanJack — the ballet! 🩰🖤 This effort promises to extend #AnneLister’s legacy in new venues and new forms!
For #GivingTuesday we're highlighting Gentleman Jack - which has been shortlisted for the Fedora 2025 Van Cleef & Arpels Dance Prize for innovation. 🎉✨ You can help bring this story to the stage by supporting our crowdfunding campaign. Donate today!
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RT @SearchingForAnn: FUNDRAISING APPEAL 2024 Today we start our annual fundraiser for the Brighouse Foodbank in Ann Walker's name until Xma…
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