Writer. Historian. Wanderer. My third book – The Great Resistance: The 400-Year Fight to End Slavery in the Americas – is out now in the US and 12 Feb in the UK. More info here: linktr.ee/carriegibson76https://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mwros4bv7s2iThis fortnight's offering: 'The last thing any writer needs is to have their speech policed by this strange new fever-dream reality where a piece of all-seeing software trained on millions of books has the audacity to tell writers what they can and cannot write.’ https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/09/30/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-the-bully-in-the-machine/01 Oct 2026 01:18 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwros4bv7s2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mvofuyyrws2gMy latest offering: ’Humans had to move to survive. We still do.’ https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/09/16/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-one-step-at-a-time/17 Sep 2026 00:35 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvofuyyrws2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mulx3dbqlc2iThis fortnight’s offering: George Sand's Winter in Majorca and Frédéric Chopin's Preludes might not be with us had they been able to drink mojitos by the pool. https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/09/02/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-island-strife/03 Sep 2026 07:40 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mulx3dbqlc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3msi47e4uw22cSuper excited by this! If anyone is going to be in Edinburgh on 20 August, do join us! https://www.edbookfest.co.uk/events/peggy-brunache-carrie-gibson-the-fight-to-be-free07 Aug 2026 08:10 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msi47e4uw22chttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3msfiw4spzk2mThis fortnight's offering: 'Certainly, I can reproduce it here. I can make it my screen saver! I can print it on a tote bag! I can have him on the back of a phone case! What I can’t do is replicate the wonder of seeing that painting for the first time.' https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/08/05/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-art-and-artifice/06 Aug 2026 07:20 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3msfiw4spzk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mrbmixyc722qThis fortnight's newsletter offering: ‘Colston looks like a sort of colonial specimen dredged out of the waters of the past and put on display.’ And special news about an upcoming C-SPAN Book TV appearance! Sign up at my website carriegibson.co.uk/newsletter/ https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/07/22/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-how-the-mighty-are-fallen/23 Jul 2026 00:48 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrbmixyc722qhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mq66sqj3yk2uThis fortnight's offering: 'Forgetting. Remembering. Imaging. It always comes back around to the stories we tell ourselves, how we tell them, and what we leave out.' https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/07/08/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-bicentennial-baby/08 Jul 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq66sqj3yk2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mo5hgrnxes2dA little reminder as the US nears its 250th anniversary: https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2026-06-11/americna-revolution-hispanic-history-cubans-mexicans #history #booksky13 Jun 2026 04:51 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mo5hgrnxes2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mnxwfpddxc2g‘All of this left me wondering: which has been worse for me, ribald nights out and wine-soaked dinners with other people, or the lost hours (days? weeks?) of scrolling alone in a dark room?’ This fortnight's offering: https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/06/10/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-scrolling-alone/11 Jun 2026 00:03 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnxwfpddxc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mmvcc2utvk2oToo busy to read my free, fortnightly newsletter? No problem! Now you can listen to it! https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/05/27/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-the-cost-of-translation/ https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/05/27/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-the-cost-of-translation/?fbclid=IwY2xjawSEsqRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeAIaIOiSdi4N1A7yfJt9M3fXvLrupASlngpcEhpIrjOnhjLM4YRhhF0iU3Vg_aem_59vhIXBkLxb9inSDdOmWFQ28 May 2026 05:33 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmvcc2utvk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mmqeua6f4c2pOMG I was on PBS! (And if your PBS member station doesn't pick up Story in the Public Square, you can watch it here: https://www.pbs.org/.../story-in-the-public-square.../). https://www.pbs.org/video/story-in-the-public-square-5242026-4urdcr/26 May 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmqeua6f4c2phttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mmg6d5qa422eVery excited about my upcoming talk with The National Archives! Tune in next Friday (29 May) at 2pm UK/9am EST (which is bedtime Korean time, though I think it's worth it to stay up late on this occasion). https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/whats-on/events/the-great-resistance-the-400-year-fight-to-end-slavery-in-the-americas/22 May 2026 05:12 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mmg6d5qa422ehttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mlrljwe5fs2uSome thoughts on the survival of the book: https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/05/13/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-by-the-book/ 💙📚 #booksky14 May 2026 00:42 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlrljwe5fs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mlarae4ksc27Pause the apocalypse for a second and enjoy some of these lovely blooms from Singapore's Botanic Gardens.07 May 2026 08:09 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlarae4ksc27https://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mk7pqja6z22hPhilip McKenzie and I had a LOT to discuss on his excellent podcast. Have a listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3f5rKLNYpAdcVngHyMxZgR?si=5645a5134d544101 or Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-256-the-great-resistance-w-carrie-gibson/id1484558993?i=100076317955624 Apr 2026 04:44 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk7pqja6z22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mjmvaoxk5s2dReposting this for any bluskis in the Atlanta area – come see me this coming Saturday (18 April)! Details below! [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Apr 2026 17:02 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjmvaoxk5s2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3miu4fd4ik22q🚨If you're free this coming Sunday (12 April 2026), tune into Book Breaks (Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History) where I will be talking about The Great Resistance at 2pm EST (7pm BST). Click below to sign up for a Zoom link! https://marketing.gilderlehrman.org/l/941553/2024-05-22/wv33106 Apr 2026 20:34 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3miu4fd4ik22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mhefb7xd7k2y🚨Attn Atlanta friends! I will be there on 18 April at A Cappella books. Come join us! Details below: https://www.acappellabooks.com/pages/events/1480/carrie-gibson-the-great-resistance?fbclid=IwY2xjawQn7T1leHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEexiDAMOf9ivp_Oj2FjC8uaAdP3t-iaLgoTaypedZBGqHiyKIp9D1u3sbNKsQ_aem__McqkyZJR68XYfRgSEhkug18 Mar 2026 21:05 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhefb7xd7k2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mhacc3znas25Such a lovely time ❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Mar 2026 06:01 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhacc3znas25https://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mgq7laeus224Can't wait!! [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Mar 2026 20:30 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgq7laeus224https://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mgknqb745s2jNow less than a week to go! 🎉 Arizona friends hope to see you there for some great books and amazing conversations ❤️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Mar 2026 15:27 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgknqb745s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mf6yje7tz22xLess than a month to go until the Tucson Festival of Books ❤️So excited for conversations with @renatakeller.bsky.social @tomzoellner.bsky.social and @calebgayle.bsky.social Also looking forward to hearing @mkn.bsky.social Check out the schedule here: tinyurl.com/nhkj2xmp19 Feb 2026 06:43 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf6yje7tz22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3mf6y2r2bc22xI go a little into the historiographical deep weeds here, but why not? My latest newsletter: https://carriegibson.co.uk/2026/02/18/carrie-gibsons-offcuts-bad-bunny-herbert-bolton-and-the-dream-of-a-greater-america/19 Feb 2026 06:35 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf6y2r2bc22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3men6kz46xs2v🚨UK friends, The Great Resistance is finally out TODAY in Britain (+ Commonwealth). Get your copies now! 📚 ❤️ #booksky #skystorians Or, if you prefer to listen, the audio version awaits your ears! 🎧 https://basicbooks.uk/titles/carrie-gibson/the-great-resistance/9781529363612 Feb 2026 04:43 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3men6kz46xs2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/carriegibson.bsky.social/post/3me5k3sbs6k2nJust a friendly reminder for any UK/Commonwealth-based #blueskis, #historians, or book-lovers on 📚💙 #booksky that The Great Resistance will be in bookshops from 12 February ❤️05 Feb 2026 23:27 +0000at://did:plc:jcuaufft3ky2e6pagfb7mbsc/app.bsky.feed.post/3me5k3sbs6k2n