Too busy to read my free, fortnightly newsletter? No problem! Now you can listen to it! carriegibson.co.uk/2026/05/27/c...
Very excited about my upcoming talk with The National Archives! Tune in next Friday (29 May) at 2pm UK/9am EST (which is bedtime Korean time, though I think it's worth it to stay up late on this occasion). www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/eve...
🚨If you're free this coming Sunday (12 April 2026), tune into Book Breaks (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History) where I will be talking about The Great Resistance at 2pm EST (7pm BST). Click below to sign up for a Zoom link!
marketing.gilderlehrman.org/l/941553/202...
Philip McKenzie and I had a LOT to discuss on his excellent podcast. Have a listen on Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/3f5r...
or
Apple Podcast: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...
Some thoughts on the survival of the book:
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💙📚 #booksky
OMG I was on PBS! (And if your PBS member station doesn't pick up Story in the Public Square, you can watch it here: www.pbs.org/.../story-in...).
A little reminder as the US nears its 250th anniversary:
www.latimes.com/opinion/stor...
#history #booksky
‘All of this left me wondering: which has been worse for me, ribald nights out and wine-soaked dinners with other people, or the lost hours (days? weeks?) of scrolling alone in a dark room?’
This fortnight's offering: carriegibson.co.uk/2026/06/10/c...
You can now listen to this essay. Click on the play button above! (7min 37s) There was a time that my packing list for a trip to foreign lands would include, at the very least, a small Lonely Planet p...
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Historian Carrie Gibson tells the epic story of the fight to end slavery.
It’s difficult to not suffer from information overload at the moment. It feels like every single thought I have about anything at all — let’s say, how to repair a clogged sink — has a YouTube video, a...
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The Great Resistance: tracing the epic history of resistance to slavery in the Americas.
