About

I run Victorian Secrets, an independent press dedicated to publishing books from and about the nineteenth century. We recently published Below the Fairy City: A Life of Jerome K. Jerome, Hope and Glory: A Life of Dame Clara Butt and The First Adman: Thomas Bish and the Birth of Modern Advertising.

In my spare time, such as it is, I’m a part-time PhD student at the University of Sussex, researching the fiction of Florence Marryat. You can find out more about my research on Academia.edu.  I also run workshops on publishing and digital research methods. When not grappling with the ravages of modernity, I’m helping research a new biography of Queen Victoria.

I live in Brighton with my partner, three cats, and thousands of (mostly Victorian) books. I’m a member of the Victorian Society, the British Association for Victorian Studies, the North American Victorian Studies Association, The Trollope Society, and The Jerome K. Jerome Society.

You can also find me on Twitter and Facebook, and on my other blog, The Digital Researcher.