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Dr Sian Witherden @sianwitherden.bsky.social Medieval Libraries of Great Britain Project Researcher at the Bodleian; Early Printed Books Cataloguer at Exeter College. Medievalist, book historian, and bibliophile 📚
Edinburgh Bibliographical Society @edibibsoc.bsky.social The Edinburgh Bibliographical Society promotes the study of books and manuscripts of any date, particularly Scottish. Founded in 1890, it is the oldest such society in the world and the only extant one with a Scottish focus.
Karulliny Siqueira @karulliny.bsky.social historian specializing in the written and printed culture of Brazil. I teach in the Archival Science program at the Federal University of Espírito Santo.
Gabriel Hankins @gabrielh.bsky.social Digital literary and cultural studies, modernism, psychoanalysis, horror. Editor, Cambridge Elements in Digital Literary Studies. New book: Cambridge Introduction to Digital Humanities http://bit.ly/4ftBuUV
Leslie Howsam @lesliehowsam.bsky.social Book historian. Special interests in history books (as material objects) and Eliza Orme (Victorian lawyer). Past president of SHARP (2009-2013). https://lesliehowsam.ca/
Simon Pulleyn @simonpulleyn.bsky.social Read LitHum at Balliol, Oxford. Sometime Lecturer in Classics at Merton, Oxford. Honorary Research Fellow at Dept of Greek and Latin, UCL. Retired solicitor, non-practising. Fellow, Oxford Centre for Animal Ethics. 🏳️‍🌈
/ instituut voor de Nederlandse taal / @ivdnt.bsky.social Het Instituut voor de Nederlandse Taal (INT) verzamelt, beschrijft & onderzoekt alle aspecten van het Nederlands.
Erika Gaffney @erikagaffney.bsky.social Acq Editor for Lund Humphries; Brill; CEU Press. Founder, Art Herstory. Etsy shop, http://artherstorynotes.etsy.com
Matthew Daniel Eddy🌻 @bookscribbler.bsky.social History Prof @ Durham University | Historian of Britain and the Atlantic world | w/ special interests in the global history of science, medicine and technology (including AI).
W Will Straw @wstraw.bsky.social James McGill Emeritus Professor of Urban Media Studies at McGill University. Scholar of cities, media, night Follow news of night culture at https://theurbannight.com/ or visit my research site at https://willstraw.com/
Old Paper Collector @oldpapercollector.bsky.social I am a hobby collector (+25 years) of early modern books (1500-1800) printed in Antwerp and books with recycled manuscripts. I live in the Netherlands. https://sites.google.com/view/oldpapercollector
Internet Archive @archive.org Internet Archive is a non-profit research library preserving web pages, books, movies & audio for public access. Explore web history via the Wayback Machine.
Peter McCullough @mcculloughp.bsky.social Things I like, make, or grow; assorted wokery; C16-17th religion, literature, and history. UK prof of English. 🏳️‍🌈
The English Historical Review @enghistrev.bsky.social Academic history journal, publishing in all fields and periods. Find our content here: https://academic.oup.com/ehr
HMML @visithmml.bsky.social The Hill Museum & Manuscript Library (HMML) photographs, catalogs, & provides access to manuscripts—partnering with more than 1,500 libraries worldwide to preserve & share handwritten history. Learn more: hmml.org
REBPAF (Re-Mediating the Early Book: Pasts and Futures) @rebpaf.bsky.social 📖 #REBPAF | MSCA Doctoral Network funded by the European Union | 13 PhD Researchers in Book History | Universities of Alicante • Antwerp • Bristol • Galway • Vienna • Zurich • linktr.ee/rebpaf.network (Opinions expressed are solely those of the authors.)
Modern Humanities Research Association @themhra.bsky.social The MHRA publishes the Modern Language Review, Legenda, Texts & Translations, the Annual Bibliography of English Language & Literature, and other books and journals. It funds young scholars and edits #MHRAStyle. https://www.mhra.org.uk/
Words For That @forloulou.bsky.social Linguist (HEL but it all gets me), retiring academic, epic cyclist, ngo worker, farmer. You can work out the rest.
Catholicisms, c.1450–c.1800 @catholicismsem.bsky.social Catholicisms, c.1450-c. 1800 is a book series of @imems.bsky.social Press, an imprint of @boydellandbrewer.bsky.social Details can be found here: https://boydellandbrewer.com/books/series/catholicisms-c-1450-c-1800/
Dr Liam Sims @liamsims.bsky.social Rare Books Specialist @theul.bsky.social | Hon. Secretary @bibsoc.bsky.social | Fellow @antiquaries.bsky.social | Venetophile | Bellringer | PhD on antiquarian networks in 18thC Lincolnshire (thesis linked in pinned post) 🌈
Theodor Dunkelgrün @theodunkelgrun.bsky.social Historian | Asst Prof @uantwerpen.be | PhD UChicago | postdocs @cam.ac.uk | Early Modern Europe & the Mediterranean, the History of Scholarship, of the Book, and of the Jews | Hagenaar | FRHistS I come from merchants in textile, and work on text and exile
Dr. Marianne C.E. Gillion @mcegillion.bsky.social • Research Coordinator at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences • Musicologist & book historian • MSCA Alumna • Opinions mine • She/her
Simon Davies @simonfd.bsky.social Publishing Manager, @themhra.bsky.social Co-editor of the MHRA Style Guide Posting about scholarly publishing • History and future of the book • Book design, typography, typesetting 📚 Also work on the history of witchcraft & magic 🌒 • Views here my own
Alice Wickenden @awickenden.bsky.social Postdoc at Cambridge working between book history & early modern lit. Current project 'provenance: early modern books in/against time' Volunteer for Abortion Support Network Book: Hans Sloane’s Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge (CUP)
Julianne Simpson @juliannesimpson.bsky.social Librarian, Chetham's Library Manchester
Oliver House @oliverhouse.bsky.social Roving Archivist @senatehouselib.bsky.social Formerly Superintendent, Special Collections Reading Rooms @bodleian.ox.ac.uk Opinions mine
ICHRPI @ichrpi.bsky.social The International Commission for the History of Representative & Parliamentary Institutions promotes parliamentary, constitutional, legal & political history ICHRPI website: https://ichrpi.info Journal website: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rper20
Journal of European Periodical Studies (JEPS) @esprit-jeps.bsky.social Publishing on the study of periodicals and newspapers in Europe from the seventeenth century to the present; the flagship journal of ESPRit, published bi-annually by Ghent University.
Drs. Mark Beumer @markbeumer.bsky.social Historian of Medicine | PhD-Candidate Charles University, First Faculty of Medicine, Institute for History of Medicine and Foreign Languages | Voorzitter @medhistoddemoulin.bsky.social | Directeur @kleiohistoria.bsky.social
Beth DeBold @elizaaudacis.bsky.social History PGR at Newcastle University | apprenticeship, women, and gender in the long 18c English book trade | previous librarian | New Englander in Old England | no terfs | she/her
Scilicet - History of Knowledge @scilicetblog.bsky.social 📖 A History of Knowledge magazine by Guy Fassler, James Fox, and Natalie Smith. ⌛️ Middle Ages to Modernity 👉 Check out our website: https://scilicet.org.uk
John Gallagher @earlymodernjohn.bsky.social Irishman between Yorkshire and Addis Ababa. Historian of language, education, migration at the University of Leeds. Editor of Renaissance Studies. Occasional BBC radio presenter. Currently learning Amharic/አማርኛ እየተማርኩ ነው. Dad!
CrowdsourceHerBook @crowdsourceherbook.bsky.social CrowdsourceHerBook is a research project about women's history, old books, and participatory science based at the University of Southern Denmark. Project blog: https://csherbook.hypotheses.org/ Posts by Charlotte Epple MSCA-DN AntCom, funded by the EU
Dr Jacob Baxter @ernestjeb.bsky.social Historian at the University of St Andrews exploring early modern statesman, readers and copyright. Deputy Director of @universalstc.bsky.social
Luis Inclán @luisinclan.bsky.social Libros antiguos y raros en la Biblioteca Francisco Xavier Clavigero de la IBERO CDMX. Publicaciones a título personal.
James Fox @jamesafox.bsky.social Social historian of numeracy, communication, knowledge, books | Postdoc at Glasgow Uni researching early modern how-to books howtobook.eu | PhD from St Andrews on numeracy in early modern Britain | Writer and co-editor at scilicet.org.uk
Julia Boechat @juliaboechat.bsky.social PhD Candidate @historicalstudies.bsky.social researching Soviet #BookHistory | Bibliography Editor @sharpnews.bsky.social | from 🇧🇷 lived in 🇮🇹🇧🇾🇦🇹🇸🇪🇩🇪| Passionate about books, traveling and swing dancing (she / her)
Dr Bryony Coombs @bryonycoombs.bsky.social Art Historian ¶ Medieval & Early Modern PhD, FSA Scot, FRHistS ¶ Edinburgh Uni writing about Scottish MSS ¶ Visual Arts and the Auld Alliance (EUP, 2024) ¶ Anselm Adornes (Brepols, 2026) https://edinburgh.academia.edu/BryonyCoombs https://bryonycoombs.com
Malik Al Nasir @malikalnasir.bsky.social PhD Candidate, (History) University of Cambridge, St Catharine’s College. Poet, author “Letters to Gil” (William Collins, 2021) “Searching for my Slave Roots” (William Collins, 28 Aug 2025). Protégé of Gil Scott-Heron https://linktr.ee/malikalnasir
Yvette Campbell @rarebookyvette.bsky.social
FID Benelux / Low Countries Studies @fid-benelux.bsky.social Fachportal und Services für die Niederlandistik, Niederlande-, Belgien- und Luxemburgforschung | ein Projekt der Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Münster | DFG-gefördert | #FID = #Fachinformationsdienst für die Wissenschaft | https://www.fid-benelux.de
Roland Allen has a protagonist for Chapter XVII @zibaldoni.bsky.social 山人. Publisher by day, author by night. The Notebook: a History of Thinking on Paper is out there, and I'm currently writing a book about books. Here for: writers, books, historians, bicycles, notebooks, human intelligence.
Pernille Strande-Sørensen @spstrande.bsky.social 18C & 19C Scots ballads. Macpherson, Burns, Scott, & Child. R. Browning. Text theory, Folklore, Book History. Semiotics. Lib.Soc. Feminist. There’s a photo of me somewhere in my posts. MS. Also on Mastodon:@spstrande.mastodon.online
Brandon Moblo @brandonmoblo.bsky.social Archivist and Special Collections Librarian Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Meertens Instituut @meertens-knaw.bsky.social Het Meertens Instituut onderzoekt en documenteert taal en cultuur in Nederland, en Nederlandse taal en cultuur in de wereld. 🌐 meertens.knaw.nl ✉️ Meer updates? Schrijf je in voor de nieuwsbrief! https://tinyurl.com/2s383ar9
Remco Sleiderink @remcosleiderink.bsky.social Hoogleraar Nederlandse literatuur tot 1800 Professor of Dutch literature up to 1800 UAntwerpen
Alex Wingate @bibliowingate.bsky.social Rare Books Librarian at UofArizona. PhD candidate in Info Science. #BookHistory of early modern Navarre (bookselling/private libraries), #DH, #DHmakes, libraries, rare books. Senior Bibliography Editor for Chymistry of Isaac Newton. Opinions are my own.
Joëlle Daems @jodaems.bsky.social kunsthistoricus, vaak met hond petja, gespecialiseerd in fotografie, werkt bij de rijksmuseum research library en zij/haar (en verwijdert zo nu en dan persoonlijke berichten)
American Printing History Association @printinghistory.bsky.social To encourage the study of printing history. printinghistory.org
betancur . n @nelbeu.bsky.social art & architectural historian / visual, material & religious culture
Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL) @cerl-community.bsky.social A data hub & scholarly network on historic printed books & manuscripts. www.cerl.org
@books-borrowing.bsky.social @books-borrowing.bsky.social
patrizia b. @bibliologia.bsky.social grad student & book historian in training • they/them pls • [eng/ita/hun]
Benjamin Albritton @blalbritton.bsky.social Rare books and manuscripts. Measurer of shelves.
Maite De Beukeleer @beukeleir.bsky.social Historian | PhD at KU Leuven 🇧🇪 | Gender, Catholicism, lived religion | Kringwinkelnerd | Long-distance bicycle adventurer 🚲 🔊 About my name: http://bit.ly/3ZhajDF
Meghan Constantinou @mrconstan.bsky.social Rare book & special collections librarian & curator, Simmons PhD student, BSA Executive Committee, private collecting and book arts, graphic arts, collector of women's bookplates, proud mom of a cool kid.
Dr Shafquat Towheed @shaftowheed.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in English and Director of Research, School of Arts & Humanities at The Open University. Director of OpenARC, current Vice President of SHARP. I'm interested in the history and future of books and reading.
Anne Goldgar @annegoldgar.bsky.social Professor emerita of early modern European history, University of Southern California and King’s College London. Views expressed are mine, not theirs.
Amanda Wyatt! Visconti @literaturegeek.bsky.social Just+joyful, critical+creative tech+culture+craft ✨💻📚🏳️‍🌈 not fascist shit tho 🎨Letterpress, zine, #DHmakes Pro-human bookish code/data Experimental/DH/art futures Dr! 🏳️‍⚧️They/Them 🎓🦮@ScholarsLab Director 🌈 3 ! in a hoodie ⚖️ Abolition Art: WolfproofPress.com
Prof. Allie Alvis 🌷 @book-historia.bsky.social Book historian, Pop Bibliographer, old book liker, Curator of Special Collections. They/them. Biblioshitposter. Views my own.
Kate Ozment @grubstreetwomen.bsky.social Professor-turned-librarian; I like my books and cookie dough rare; TX ➡️ CA ➡️ OH; she/they 🏳️‍🌈 views my own
Samantha Rayner @profbookshops.bsky.social Vice Dean Wellbeing, Faculty of Arts and Humanities, UCL; Professor of Publishing and Book Cultures; co-chair of the Bookselling Research Network and the Penguin Books Researchers Network; General Editor, CUP Elements series in Publishing and Book Cultures
Leo Cadogan @leocadogan.com Antiquarian bookseller, London. (ABA/ILAB). Content here mainly old books and dog, some other stuff. To sign up for newsletters, please visit leocadogan.com
Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History @bcricciinstitute.bsky.social Ricci Institute for Chinese-Western Cultural History at Boston College. 利瑪竇中西文化歷史研究所. https://www.bc.edu/bc-web/centers/ricci.html
Liesbeth Corens @onslies.bsky.social Historian: mobility & recordkeeping of #earlymodern Catholic minorities. Book: confessional mobility and English Catholics in Early Modern Europe. Also grumpy about the state of UK Higher Education so likely to talk about how it is being failed...(She/Her)
Jonas Kjøller-Offersgaard @jonaskjoller.bsky.social Librarian and PhD Student at Faculty of Theology, University of Copenhagen
Christine Kooi @christinekooi.bsky.social Reformation historian, immigrant, birder, dochter van Nederlanders, author of REFORMATION IN THE LOW COUNTRIES, 1500-1620 (Cambridge UP, 2022). Working on a book on the year 1572 in (mostly) Europe. Opinions all mine, and I speak only for myself.
Natasha Constantinidou @nconstantinidou.bsky.social Historian of early modern European ideas and culture, researching (Greek) early printed books; co-ordinator of #HorizonEurope #GrECI project (2023-25) http://greci-twinning.org #bookhistory #classicalreception #skystorians
UCL Publishing @uclpublishing.bsky.social UCL MA in Publishing and UCL Centre for Publishing | Department of Information Studies, Faculty of Arts & Humanities | Publishing and book cultures research and education | Bloomsbury
Jaime Galbarro @jgalbarro.bsky.social Dr. en Filología Hispánica. Profesor de Literatura Española en la Universidad de Sevilla. www.jaimegalbarro.com
Jenna Mead @jennamead.bsky.social Respectfully living & working on unceded Wurundjeri Woi Wurrung & Bunurong Country. Medieval science stuff, Indigenous writing
Research Society for Victorian Periodicals @rs4vp.org An organization dedicated to researching and teaching about newspapers, magazines, and serial print forms in Britain and its empire throughout the long nineteenth century.
Sydney J Shep @nzsydney.bsky.social Reader in Book History and The Printer, Wai-te-ata Press, Te Whare Tā O Wai-te-ata, Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand
Andrea Reyes E (she/her) @altibel.bsky.social Self-funded PhD student (reading history in XVIII New Spain) & paid researcher (open science, research integrity) at Leiden University. Baking & reading aficionada. Managed by a Timneh. ORCID 0000-0002-5676-2122
The Magdalen Writing @nebroadwe.bsky.social I have a doctorate in English literature and work in a library, which probably explains everything you are about to read. Proud member of Vatican II's Lost Generation.
Emanuela Vai @emanuelavai.bsky.social Renaissance/Early Modern Historian: Musical Instruments, Space, Sound and the Senses | Head @batecollection.bsky.social Head of Research(Hums) Fellow @Worcester College @ox.ac.uk | Digital Humanities & Sensory Heritage @torchoxford.bsky.social (FRHS,FHEA)
@guidothys.bsky.social @guidothys.bsky.social
SHARP News @sharpnews.bsky.social An open-access publication of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading, and Publishing (@sharpweb.org). Read Bookish Feature Articles, Book Reviews, Pedagogical Materials, and Bibliographies here: https://sharpweb.org/sharpnews
SHARP @sharpweb.org 📚 Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing 💚 Promoting humanities scholarship 🤓 Supporting global, early career, and BIPOC scholars 🪢 Facilitating bookish community sharpweb.org
Patrick’s Rare Books @patricksrarebooks.bsky.social Forensic Pathologist buying & selling antiquarian medical books, theology, & Bibles. patricksrarebooks.com Author of The Grave Below.
Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social Research centre specialising in the history of the book, manuscript and print studies, textual scholarship, digital editing and new critical approaches to literary history at the School of Advanced Study, University of London https://ies.sas.ac.uk/
Gladstone's Library @gladlib.bsky.social A unique residential library in North Wales with beautiful Reading Rooms, Food for Thought restaurant, accommodation and more. Read, write, rest! linktr.ee/gladlib
Trinity College Library, Cambridge @trincolllibcam.bsky.social The Trinity College Library in Cambridge comprises the modern student library, the Wren Library, and significant rare books, manuscript and archive collections. https://www.trin.cam.ac.uk/library/home/ https://trinitycollegelibrarycambridge.wordpress.com/
Hanna Gentili @hannagentili.bsky.social Research Associate, HEPMASITE, Universität Hamburg • previously @ British Library • PhD from the Warburg Institute • Jewish Studies - Renaissance Studies - Digital Humanities
Paul Arblaster @paularblaster.bsky.social Historian and translator
Cecile de Morree @morree.bsky.social Medievalist, Feminist, Book Historian, Singer | Assistant Professor of Middle Dutch Literature @RU (https://www.ru.nl/en/people/morree-c-de) | currently working on popular song and sexual consent (c.1500-1550)
Matt Shaw @matthewshaw.bsky.social In a library. Most likely just off Queen's Lane. #PrintHistory #Time #Newspapers https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/an-inky-business-a-history-of-newspapers-from-the-english-civil-wars-to-the-american-civil-war-matthew-j-shaw/5911999?ean=9781789143867
Joseph Hone @josephhone.bsky.social Writes about literature and old books ☞ THE BOOK FORGER out now from Chatto & Windus ❧ Editing Pope
Dennis Duncan @djbduncan.bsky.social Associate Prof @ucl.ac.uk | FRHistS | INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE | NYT, LRB, Guardian, WaPo, TLS | Book history, Oulipo, translation | Rep: Anna Webber/A.M.Heath
Nina Lamal @ninalamal.bsky.social Early modern historian ☞ Archive dweller, book lover, coffee-addict ☞ Book: Italian communication on the Revolt in the Low Countries (1566-1648) ☞ Edition: Letters of Suriano, the first Venetian ambassador in The Dutch Republic (1616-1623)
Lieke van Deinsen @liekevdeinsen.bsky.social
KB nationale bibliotheek @kb.nl 📚 De nationale bibliotheek van Nederland 🔍 Ontdek onze collectie online én in Den Haag 📖 Open voor bezoekers: kom studeren, lezen en onderzoeken 💻 www.kb.nl
Fragmentarium @fragmentarium.bsky.social Laboratory for Medieval Manuscript Fragments: https://fragmentarium.ms posts currently by William Duba.
The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social The Bibliographical Society exists to promote the study of the history of the book, for librarians, collectors, historians and book lovers everywhere.
Bibliotheca Hertziana – Max Planck Institute for Art History @bhmpi.bsky.social Research institute for art history and architecture, part of @maxplanck.de 📍 Rome, Italy
John Carter Brown Library @jcblibrary.bsky.social
Universal Short Title Catalogue @universalstc.bsky.social The Universal Short Title Catalogue is the most comprehensive catalogue of the early modern print world. Posts by @ciaokatet.bsky.social and @ernestjeb.bsky.social Website: https://www.ustc.ac.uk/ | Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ustcgram
Joost Depuydt @joostdepuydt.bsky.social Curator of typography & printing house heritage at Museum Plantin-Moretus (Antwerp, Belgium), loving maps, music and photography
Erik Geleijns @erikgeleijns.bsky.social Curator of material collections @kb.nl. Was cataloguer @allardpierson.bsky.social and Curator of Early Collections @huisvanhetboek.bsky.social. Double espresso. Archives. Long distance walking. Proud keeper of the STCN cheese slicer.