Historian of archaeology, Co-Investigator of Beyond Notability @beyondnotables.bsky.social, Co-Editor (with Dr Katy Soar), Strange Relics (Handheld Press, 2022). Website: https://www.amarathornton.com/; Agent: @agentbal.bsky.social @mmagency.bsky.social
Dr Amara Thornton
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Last night I became one of the new patrons of the Wilkie Collins Society. I did my DPhil on him 30 years ago so I would love to know who’s working on him or reading him now - with a view to organising an event. Who’s a fan? (And here’s a link to the Society website.) wilkiecollinssociety.org
We are doing this!
#folklore #london
*New Magazine Alert*
A WEIRD OCCASIONAL is "an occasional publication devoted to the weird, particularly the older and unknown stuff" - I have contributed a 14 page lead essay on the many crimes of M.P. Dare, cover art and a lost vampire story.
Link: tinyurl.com/7c28rmdd
💬 “My advice to anyone considering freelancing is to start by developing an understanding of what makes you unique. That might be a specific skill, a perspective, or lived experience.”
Read our Q&A with Livi Adu, the first of this year’s chats about museum consultancy for Freelancers’ Week 👇
UK folks, let's jump on this AI regulation petition the Society of Authors emailed out! It's an actual parliament one so the government HAS to respond if it reaches the signature threshold.
It calls for regulations to make AI developers disclose copyrighted works trained on.
Sign & repost!! ❤️
Washing machine has inexplicably shrunk to oblivion a wool jumper in a colour I enjoy very much. Don't know what to do with the miniscule remains.
