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drmarylshannon.bsky.social
📣Thanks so much to those who funded the research for #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social !
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@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social #researchsocietyforvictorianperiodicals @paulmelloncentr.bsky.social
#houghtonlibraryharvard
November 22, 2024 at 11:15 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Meet Billy Waters! Sailor, father, lover, immigrant, musician, talent...

snr.org.uk/the-mariners...

@NauticalHistory
@MarinersMirror
#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

yalebooks.co.uk/book/9780300...
December 10, 2024 at 10:31 AM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Want to read more about Black sailors in the Regency Navy?

Here are some books which helped me when I was writing #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

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February 18, 2025 at 9:09 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Interested in London's Black history? Join me for my FREE talk!

'Finding Billy Waters: How A Black Camden Celebrity Found Fame in Regency Britain'

21.01.25 6pm

Camden Local Studies & Archives Centre
2nd Floor, Holborn Library, Theobalds Road, WC1X 8PA
#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social
old map of st giles
January 10, 2025 at 12:27 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Delighted to announce that #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
is an NYC Big Book Awards 2025 winner (History - World)

#2025NYCBBA #NYCBigBookAward #BigBookAward
September 29, 2025 at 7:35 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Today is the 1-year anniversary of #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
🎉🎉🎉
It began with the launch @dauntbooks.bsky.social
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Here's pics of performances by the stellar @angelcakepie2.bsky.social
@hamilton_gross
@clarkecamillerimusic
@cohenbraithwaite
June 11, 2025 at 8:09 AM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Massively deserved @mdamkjaer.bsky.social !

Congrats to @pfyfe.bsky.social too.

Delighted that #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social joins this distinguished field!
June 30, 2025 at 3:32 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Oooh #spotted in the wild #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social !
July 13, 2025 at 8:29 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Thanks so much for the shout-out @libraryaac.bsky.social !

#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social
libraryaac.bsky.social Library of Anglo-American Culture & History @libraryaac.bsky.social · Oct 20
"Billy Waters Is Dancing", a #biography by @drmarylshannon.bsky.social retraces the forgotten story of Black Regency sailor, who became London's most celebrated street performer & finds him & other figures of Black Regency Britain in #popularculture

#BlackHistory #CulturalStudies #BlackHistoryMonth
Holding the book "Billy Waters is dancing" in front of a wall overgrown with autumnal leaves and vines
October 24, 2025 at 7:24 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Lots of #BillyWaters events coming up over the next year or so...here are some of the highlights for your diary 🎼🎻📚

#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 12:47 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Today is the 1-year anniversary of #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social !

🎉🎉🎉
It began with the launch @dauntbooks.bsky.social:
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I'll be sharing music from the night by @angelcakepie2.bsky.social
@hamilton_gross @clarkecamillerimusic and @cohenbraithwaite later!
June 11, 2025 at 7:40 AM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Had a super time today @natefeed.bsky.social Conference talking with teachers about #BillyWaters!

#NATE #teachersofenglish #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social
@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social @lateteachers.bsky.social @race-regency.bsky.social @ageofrev.bsky.social
July 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Fab day last week with @patersonjoseph.bsky.social recording 'The King of the Beggars: The Music of Billy Waters' 🎼🎻

🎧BBC Radio 3
Sunday June 28th 2026
7.15pm

Later on BBC Sounds

#billywatersisdancing #blackhistoryisbritishhistory #disabilityhistroy #theatreland #folkies @yalebooks.bsky.social
May 11, 2026 at 8:50 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
If you missed us @natefeed.bsky.social conference try this 👇

🎙️podcast with #BenMarsh & artist #selenascott (+me) about our FREE educational graphic novel based on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

Thanks to @lotski79.bsky.social

🎧https://shorturl.at/oTqFf
July 4, 2025 at 5:25 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Chuffed to be invited by @drhorrocks.bsky.social on the Public Engagement Panel #BAVS2026 @bavs-uk.bsky.social

▶️ as a preview here are albums by performers of Jump Billy! @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social which was based on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

Info here: tinyurl.com/2hhm6vfv
April 24, 2026 at 9:24 AM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
#spottedinthewild...

Thanks @treadwells-books.bsky.social for highlighting #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social in your bookshop window in London's Store street!

(with thanks to Laura Way for the spot and the snap)
November 14, 2025 at 1:26 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
#spottedinthewild:
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My wonderful students @uni-roehampton.bsky.social found #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social in @batterseabookshop.bsky.social the other day and couldn't wait to let me know!

@leverhulmetrust.bsky.social @rs4vp.bsky.social
March 14, 2025 at 3:26 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Today is the 1-year anniversary of #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalepress.bsky.social @yalebooks.bsky.social
🎉🎻 🥂

Use the special discount code BILLY at checkout at shorturl.at/cAHgx to get it for £17.50 incl. p and p (UK only) till 31.07.25.
June 11, 2025 at 4:22 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Find us at our stall at Tuesday's @natefeed.bsky.social
NATE Conference - National Association for the Teaching of English

#teachingenglish #LATE #teachersofenglish #ageofrevolutionschools #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social
June 30, 2025 at 3:46 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Loved my visit to speak @UniofGreenwich re. #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social
last week @katarinastenke.bsky.social : and yes, I really did arrive by #clipper in suitably maritime fashion!

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I think #BillyWaters might have approved...
February 11, 2025 at 7:11 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Who was Billy Waters?

#BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social

www.instagram.com/reel/C8C9M3y...
December 9, 2024 at 9:46 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Can't believe that tomorrow is ONE YEAR since the launch of #billywatersisdancing @yalebooks.bsky.social @yalepress.bsky.social

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I'll be sharing some memories from the day tomorrow...

#throwbacktuesday #billywatersisdancing @leverhulmetrust.bsky.social @dauntbooks.bsky.social #writerslife
June 10, 2025 at 1:37 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
🎉It's official! I'm going to be giving a talk about Black Regency Londoners and #BillyWatersIsDancing at the gorgeous No. 1 Royal Crescent Bath for @bathprestrust.bsky.social June 12!

Book here:

no1royalcrescent.org.uk/events/book-...

and you can get a signed copy of the book too!
Book Talk - Billy Waters is Dancing
Join us for a talk by Dr Mary L Shannon on her book Billy Waters is Dancing: Or, How a Black Sailor Found Fame in Regency Britain. ‘Finding Billy Waters: Uncovering Black Lives in Regency Britain’ Wil...
no1royalcrescent.org.uk
March 21, 2025 at 5:48 PM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
Excited to see my article on #BillyWatersIsDancing @yalebooks.bsky.social
in @societyofauthors.bsky.social autumn mag!
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To learn more about #Billy Waters buy tix to 'Jump Billy'! music night 19/03/25, 7.30pm, @cecilsharphouse.bsky.social, London:
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www.efdss.org/whats-on/26-...
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December 18, 2024 at 11:33 AM
drmarylshannon.bsky.social
What a thrill!

The London Library featured my book #BillyWatersIsDancing
@yalebooks.bsky.social

in its October/November window display - just in time for both #disabilityhistorymonth and #blackhistorymonth!
December 9, 2024 at 9:42 PM