My favourite places are bookshops and libraries. Yet, few stories reflect my experience and my body. When the book doesn't exist... you should probably write it. I'm so proud that ‘Break the Mould' will be published by Hachette Children's Group on October 15th: sinead-burke.com/break-the-mould

John Jones was also a direct descendant of strict- and free-metre poet Angharad James (1677-1776). Jones’s biography includes includes details of her godliness, learning and musicality. Read about Angharad James on our website: womenspoetry.aber.ac.uk/en/welshpoems/…

You can view Merryell Williams' book of recipes here hdl.handle.net/10107/4631573 National Library of Wales

Beth oedd yn mynd drwy feddwl copïwr llawysgrifau? Yn ail hanner yr unfed ganrif ar bymtheg, fe ofynnwyd i rywun wneud copi o lawysgrif Peniarth 20. Cofnododd ei syrffed ar ymyl dalen yn y llawysgrif wreiddiol fel hyn: 'Heb gael un geinioc am ysgrivennu lxxiiii o ddalenne.'

A rare glimpse of the thoughts of a 16th-century Welsh scribe. Here are the words of the frustrated amanuensis who was asked to make a copy of NLW, Peniarth MS 20: 'Heb gael un geinioc am ysgrivennu lxxiiii o ddalenne' ['Not received a single penny for writing 74 folios']

Very sad news about the death of the great Margaret MacCurtain, aged 91. The quality and breadth of her historical work (especially on women's history) would be enough to mark her passing, but Sister Margaret was also a champion of the poor, oppressed, and marginalised.

‘This is an eminently readable compact biography of a particularly colourful late eighteenth-century personality. Each of the various phases of Hester Salusbury/Thrale/Piozzi’s life is presented in detail...' Available from your #localbookshop #ChooseBookshops

#OnThisDay in 1806 Jane Williams was born. #JaneWilliams, under her bardic name #Ysgafell, was a writer with a long and varied list of publications. To learn more about her life, purchase a copy of Jane Williams YSGAFELL from your #localbookshop

Happy LGBT+ History Month 2021! Mis Hanes LHDT+ 2021 Hapus! 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Here's a thread of the #LGBTHM21 events in and around Wales, or relevant to Wales! ⬇️ Dyma edefyn o'r digwyddiadau Mis Hanes LHDT+ bydd yn berthnasol i Gymru! ⬇️

On International Women’s Day let’s not forget that the origin of Wales’s bardic muse is a woman. She is invoked in the first anthology of Welsh-language women’s poetry up to 1800, Beirdd Ceridwen (Ceridwen’s Poets) by our own Cathryn Ch-White #Ceridwen #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021

Our project leader @SarahPrescott18 discusses women’s powerful engagement with elegy in Wales, Ireland and Scotland in this aptly-titled volume, Feminisms and Futures! #elegy #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021

On International Women’s Day, here are a trinity of writings by our very own Sarah Dunnigan 🌿 - an article, a monograph, and an edited book on Scottish women’s writing! #eros #spirituality #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021

Some women who composed Scottish Gaelic were politically engaged clanswomen. Read our own Kate Mathis’s article ‘Presence, absence, and audience: the elegies of Sìleas Na Ceapaich “At Home” and “Abroad”’ @DrMaudBailey #elegy #jacobite #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021

Did you know that women in early modern Ireland wrote in Irish, English and Spanish? Our own Marie-Louise Coolahan explores this in her monograph and in the fantastic EM Women's Writing project! #language #reception #networks #ChooseToChallenge #IWD2021

The poet Mary Davies (Mair Eifion) whose works were published in the book Blodau Eifion was born at #Porthmadog #Caernarfonshire #Wales #onthisday 1846 biography.wales/article/s-DAVI… #WelshHistory