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OTD 1689, the first professional woman writer in English, Aphra Behn, died. Born Eaffry Johnson, just outside Canterbury, her name was pronounced in the same way we would say ‘Aff-ray’. Throughout her life her name was spelt Eaffry / Apharra / Aphra….The Ingenious Mrs Behn.

So Bank of England - surely Aphra Behn deserves a place on a banknote?

There's a new project celebrating Canterbury's forgotten daughter Aphra Behn, the most influential woman writer you’ve probably never heard of. Join the celebrations & discover more✍️ Loughborough University Arts and Humanities Research Council #womeninhistory ow.ly/byyK50PSZmt

You can book your conference ticket and accommodation now for Aphra Behn & her Restoration (2nd-4th July 2024) University of Kent - Speakers from 19 different nations are confirmed. A worldwide Aphra fest (and her contemporaries) beckons. Booking link in bio.

Wonderful, talented, witty, workaholic, beer-drinking, glass-ceiling-smashing Aphra! There you are!

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Yesterday our chair, Stewart and Charlotte Cornell 🌹✍️ A is for Aphra went to see the Canterbury-City-bound sculpture of Aphra Behn in all her sandblasted glory at the foundry & met up with the wonderful sculptor Christine Charlesworth to discuss installation, signage and cobbles (!)

A special private view of the #AphraBehn exhibition coming to Canterbury this summer is just one of the extra treats that await our conference guests. Not applied for your conference pass yet? Don’t dawdle. bit.ly/4bnx51w

As part of the wider academic Aphra Behn & her Restoration conference this July, there are also some public lectures. These are included for conference attendees, but can be booked individually for other members of the public. Please SHARE.

Our summer newsletter is out! Catch up on the Aphra conference University of Kent AphraBehnConference2024, the statue Canterbury Commemoration Society, the exhibition The Beaney, the performance of The Amorous Prince by Canterbury Players and more! All Aphra Behn, all excellent! mailchi.mp/aisforaphra/su…

A Netflix film, statue and a newly discovered first edition: joy at celebrations of Aphra Behn theguardian.com/stage/article/…

Extremely Rare 17th Century Aphra Behn Novel Oroonoko Found on Home Bookshelf Goes on Show finebooksmagazine.com/fine-books-new…

Help find this missing portrait! Probably hanging on a wall in England. Have you seen an oil version of this sketch before? 🚨 Times Culture London Review of Books BBC Woman's Hour

"The pictures of the pen shall outlast those of the pencil, and even worlds themselves." We read Oronooko (1688) by Aphra Behn on our English Literature degree during the module Dawn of Print. For more #BookRecs follow us on Insta at wordsmatter_ysj #booktwt #booktwitter

From the maiden speech of Aphra Brandreth #AphraBehn

Come on #AcademicTwitter we can do this. Which collector used only this baronial coronet as his bookplate. Anyone got any other examples…

**PETITION** SAVE ENGLISH LITERATURE AT CANTERBURY CHRIST CHURCH UNIVERSITY I’ve taught English in Canterbury for 20 years. Now, as Cabinet Member for Culture & Heritage, seeing CCCU deciding to close their English degree is I believe, short sighted tinyurl.com/4n5yyfyt

Work has started on the foundations, funded by government as part of the Connected Canterbury project, for the new Aphra Behn statue outside The Beaney in Canterbury, which will formally be unveiled early next year.

The statue of the first professional woman writer, Aphra Behn, is being installed this morning in #Canterbury. The statue is being unveiled by a VVIP on Tuesday morning at 11:30am outside The Beaney