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Song From the Shadows…
Our Schools Resource ‘Billy Waters: Songs from the Shadows‘ is coming in Autumn 2024! This graphic novel & sonic resource will support teaching around marginalised peoples, migration, disability, & cultures of poverty & performance in… Read more
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Anniversary!
As we approach the anniversary of #BillyWaters’ death (March 21st) listen to how the dancing, fiddle-playing sensation of Regency London’s streets was undone by fame: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p0fb2ppm Read more
Forthcoming Events 2026
Join me to learn more about Billy Waters Is Dancing!
Wednesday Feb 18th 2026: Literary Leicester Public Lecture, 5pm, University of Leicester Centre for Victorian Studies
Wednesday March 25th 2026: ‘Jump Billy!’ music night for Billy Waters’ anniversary, 7.30pm, Cecil Sharp House, London
Tuesday April 28th 2026:
Online Talk: ‘Regency Visual Culture and the Black Atlantic: Finding Billy waters’, for the ‘African Atlantic Lives and Visual Culture Network, Durham University (link tbc)
Friday May 1st 2026
In-person talk: Ealing Local Author’s Showcase, Ealing Book Festival
Wednesday 13 May 2026
Book Talk, St Giles Society, St Giles Church Rectory, London
Thursday 19 November 2026
Book talk, No. 1 Royal Crescent Bath
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Mary L. Shannon 