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Lucy Atkinson 🧡

@_Lucyatkinson_

North-East based poet and playwright. PhD researcher at Durham University. Accidental witchcraft expert. 🦇 she/her Substack: lucyatkinson

 County Durham.
Joined July 2019
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Thrilled to say that I have a new piece up at @ConversationUK talking about witch lit and @kirstylogan’s newest novel Now She is Witch.🐈‍⬛ 🧹 theconversation.com/witch-li…
Witch lit: how modern writers are reinventing the witch

Witch lit: how modern writers are reinventing the witch

These new witches are rarely comparable to traditional dirty hags. The new witch is often beautiful, at once dark, gothic, ethereal and wild.

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Durham University@durham_uni31 Oct 2024
This #Halloween we hear from Creative Writing PhD student @_Lucyatkinson_ @READEnglish with an extract from her novel Fifteen Witches. Lucy’s research sheds new light on the Newcastle witch trials. 🔊👂 brnw.ch/21wOgya
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On this day in 1650 14 women and 1 man were executed for witch craft in Newcastle. substack.com/home/post/p-147…
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So good to see a Gateshead boy on the podium. Congradulations Kieran! – at North East, England
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Silver in the sun for Kieran Reilly 🥈 Incredible riding on the Place de la Concorde! #Paris2024
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I hope the blue tits know that my entire sanity is being able to watch them from my window to distract myself from PhD work
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Absolutely astounded by @HadestownUK just beautiful. This is what adaptation is all about. Feel like every musical from this point forward will pale in comparison 🎸 🌺
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A very wet and rainy trip to @NewcastleCastle today. A perfect waterlogged trip through history.
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You can catch me on bbc radio tees today at 11:20 and 11:35 talking about my research and my novel about the Newcastle witch trials.
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Had a lovely article about my research come out in the northern echo today.
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A dog is a requirement for survival during the PhD. 🐾
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Excited for a great night of theatre 🦁 – at Newcastle Upon Tyne, England
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Naomi Booth@NaomiBooth20 Jan 2024
Had a wonderful night in that there London at the Edge Hill Short Story Prize, where my story, 'Sour Hall', picked up the Reader's Prize. Enormous congratulations to @berniemcgill 💫💫💫 and massive thanks to @LRBbookshop and @EHUShortStory
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And the winners are... 🏆 Naomi Booth wins the Readers' Prize for her story 'Sour Hall' 🏆 Bernie McGill wins the Edge Hill Short Story Prize 2023 for her collection THIS TRAIN IS FOR Find out more here: lrb.me/fk3
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Just a casual owl on the back fence. Nothing special 🦉
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A fascinating insight into the research and creative writing of our PhD student Lucy Atkinson. Lucy also shares her experiences studying a PhD with us.
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Read how Creative Writing PhD student Lucy Atkinson is shedding new light on the Newcastle witch trials, through her research and her novel. ➡ brnw.ch/21wGh9U @READEnglish #witchtrials #creativewriting #witchlit
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Durham University@durham_uni22 Jan 2024
Read how Creative Writing PhD student Lucy Atkinson is shedding new light on the Newcastle witch trials, through her research and her novel. ➡ brnw.ch/21wGh9U @READEnglish #witchtrials #creativewriting #witchlit
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I wrote a little piece answering some questions about what it’s like to do a PhD in witchcraft literature at Durham! 🐈‍⬛ dialogue.durham.ac.uk/27/luc…
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So pleased to have been a part of this wonderful documentary on witchcraft in the north east! The North East Witch Trials - Welcome to the Witch Trials - BBC Sounds bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0gppm…
The North East Witch Trials - Welcome to the Witch Trials - BBC Sounds

The North East Witch Trials - Welcome to the Witch Trials - BBC Sounds

How the largest recorded mass execution for witchcraft in English history was forgotten.

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Durham University@durham_uni20 Oct 2023
Do you like scary stories? With Halloween just around the corner, PhD researcher @_Lucyatkinson_ @READEnglish tells us why The Woman in Black is the spookiest book she’s ever read 👻 🎃 👉 brnw.ch/21wDI54
A man sitting in front of a sunset under a tree reading a book which is glowing from its pages.

ALT A man sitting in front of a sunset under a tree reading a book which is glowing from its pages.

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I had such a fun time working on this article for @ConversationUK on the scariest book I’ve ever read. Great to see the other picks. Check it out here: The book that haunts me – seven experts on the scariest thing they’ve ever read theconversation.com/the-book… via @ConversationUK
The book that haunts me – seven experts on the scariest thing they’ve ever read

The book that haunts me – seven experts on the scariest thing they’ve ever read

From haunted houses to villainous vampires, these are the spooky reads our experts just can’t forget.

theconversation.com
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I’ll be reading at the Read Them your Frights event tonight. Going to be such a good night. Do bag tickets and come along if you are around 👻
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The day is finally here!! 🥳🙌 There's still time to book onto any of tonight's events – and they all have live-stream tickets available. See you there! Feat. @ZaffarKunial @katherine_heiny @gracedent @AdamCSharp DurhamBookFestival.com
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Popped up to London again to see The Crucible. Truly incredible. Can’t recommend it enough.
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