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Mary M. Talbot


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Dr Mary Talbot is the author of the graphic novel Dotter of her Father’s Eyes (Jonathan Cape 2012), illustrated by her husband, award winning comic artist Bryan Talbot. She is an internationally acclaimed scholar who has published widely on language, gender and power, particularly in relation to media and consumer culture. Dotter is the first work she has undertaken in the graphic novel format. It went on to win the Costa Biography Award in January 2013.

Mary’s recent academic work includes a second edition of Language and Gender (Polity 2010), a book that continues to be popular with university lecturers and students worldwide. However, she’s probably still best known for her critical investigation of the “synthetic sisterhood” offered by t ...more

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Lakes International Comic Arts Festival 2025

The international guests were in Bowness by Thursday, the day before the festival began. They were cordially invited to come on a leisurely cruise on Lake Windermere. We had the pleasure of joining them. It was a perfect evening. On board, we met Tonje Tornes, a Norwegian publisher who had come to the festival for the international rights fair on Friday and Saturday. Mohammed Sabaaneh, an exhibito Read more of this blog post »
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