The Anne Lister Society
@AnneListerSoc
๐ชถ Fostering knowledge of Anne Listerโs extraordinary life & writing; working to establish & interpret her legacy. Prof Laurie Shannon (@shanonical) tweeting.
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๐ And *another* ver. special birthday to mark in April! ๐๐ญ๐ #EnglishWriters
Don't miss out on seeing the wonderful Anne Lister - In Her Words exhibition. There is only one week left!
It's on until the 30th April Bankfield Museum
Free entry. Open Tues-Sat 10am-4pm.
#AnneLister #Calderdale #Halifax
๐ถ๐ฉ Check out more on #AnneLister โs music โ and view wonderful interpretive performance by Lisa Timbs, video now posted by Bankfield Museum! ๐ถ๐ฉ
Want to think more about #AnneLister โs youth and childhood? Doctoral studentship in history on โGrowing up Queer, 1790-1918โ at Oxford University announced โ of interest to the #Listerverse ! Details here โคต๏ธ
What a TERRIFIC job the entire #Calderdale team did with #ALBF ! You educated us, entertained us and most of all opened your arms to the #community that now considers Halifax their spiritual home. Deep thanks to every one!! #ALBW #AnneListerSoc #SeeYouIn25
๐ Splendid news for the #Listerverse ! More details about *LANGTON* โ a new #AnneLister film in development from Jennifer van Gessel โ this will be extraordinary! ๐ซ๐๐ชถ
Having a blast working on this with anne choma and @Jenniferislost. Amazing the detail Anne C. can pull out at any given moment, regarding any given day in Anne Lโs life, and Jenโs a very talented writerโcanโt wait till it hits the screen!!
But of course we are.
New fans are discovering this wonderful show all the time.
The Gentleman Jack Effect continues to grow thanks to the worldwide Ann(e)dom and the efforts of the The Anne Lister Society & Calderdale Council - to name just a few. #BringBackGentlemanJack BBC Lookout Point TV
The Women's International Stone Alliance (who created the Anne Lister stone monument in 2022) will at Shibden on the 20th and 21st April running the first of two weekends of stone carving and dry stone walling workshops for women.
Book with them direct:
eventbrite.co.uk/e/stone-workshโฆ
๐ฃ ๐ As promised, West Yorkshire Archive Service has released #AnneLister diaries 17 & 18 today! ๐ With huge thanks to the archive, Jenny, and all the transcribers and checking team, Anneโs Journal is taking its due place as a landmark in the history of English writing! ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐
Thanks for your good words about the #AnneLister Socโy and community, Abi! Best wishes as you start your PhD on Anne โ and hope to see you next time. Hereโs to the growing #Listerverse !
Great thanks to you, Jann, for your rich contribution on how kinship can be *made* as well as inherited; the #AnneLister Socโy aims to keep up with Anneโs improvisations โ and foster intellectual community to interpret all sheโs left us! ๐ฉ๐๐ชถ
And great thanks to you, Sophie, for joining us this year and supporting the collective mission to develop new knowledge about #AnneLister ! ๐