It was great to deliver one of the keynotes for #SHARPIES, in the form of an interactive, video game-esque experience! Thanks to @sharpweb.bsky.social, organisers, and all who participated. A recording is available for SHARPists who couldn't make the live session but want the opportunity to play...

Very pleased to say that @bethdriscoll.bsky.social & I have a contract for our book The Social Life of Canapes with Goldsmiths Press - out towards the end of 2027, all being well 1/

Ready for a pacy, comic, thrilling audiobook - set at the Frankfurt Book Fair? THE FRANKFURT KABUFF by Blaire Squiscoll is now available in audio. More detail including how to download: ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2026/04/01/t... @clairesquires.bsky.social @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social

What’s the best (and worst!) canapé you’ve had at a work function? Please share & reply/DM, as part of @bethdriscoll.bsky.social & my research project on ‘the social life of canapes’. We'd love to hear your anecdotes! For more info on the project head here ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/t...

One of our SHARPIES highlights is three keynote events, featuring emerging and established scholars who, together, embody our inclusive approach to book history in their diversity of objects, geographical and historical focus, and methods. @bethdriscoll.bsky.social

Have now read the latest from Blaire Squiscoll (magnifique!) and celebrated with a Negroni 🍹.

Delighted to get my hands on the latest novella (signed, no less!) from @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social A prequel to the gripping The Frankfurt Kabuff, I’m excited to see where TFM68BCCYOR takes me…

Yes, that's books and potatoes.

Are you signed up for UllaNews? If not, sign up now! ullapoolism.substack.com If so, expect an exciting and exclusive pre-publication competition in relation to my new print book TANTE FRAN'S MAY 68 BOOK CLUB: CHOOSE YOUR OWN REVOLUTION. If that's not enough of a teaser - it involves POTATOES.

Not yet signed up for UllaNews and missed the announcement about a competition to win a free copy of @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social’s new book, Tante Fran’s May 68 Book Club?! Fear not -read more and sign up here… (PS it involves potatoes! 🥔) open.substack.com/pub/ullapool...

What’s this? A print copy of Tante Fran’s May 68 Book Club: Choose Your Own Revolution, no less, 57 years precisely after the events! 👠 🪧 🇫🇷 For more information see @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social’s website ullapoolism.wordpress.com/blaire-squis... 1/

A mere sample of some of the chapter choices in my novella Tante Fran’s May 68 Book Club: Choose Your Own Revolution - what more could you desire from a trip to Paris? 📚 👠 📕

📢 What’s this? Rumours of a new print book from the pen of Blaire Squiscoll…?! 🇫🇷 Set in Paris! 🚪 a Frankfurt Kabuff prequel! 👀 Watch this space for details…

Democracy day!

Have you seen the enticing cover image for @blairesquiscoll.bsky.social’s new Bluesky account. Just in time for May! @clairesquires.bsky.social

A question for my colleagues in creative industries…can anyone point me to work that uses creative methods to research the creative industries? Non-traditional or unusual methodologies?

I haz blogpost! It's in Dutch but don't we all use online translator (use the normal one, not AI). It's about a speculative method I discovered thx to @clairesquires.bsky.social & @bethdriscoll.bsky.social. There are no performances planned for this year, but if you interested, drop me a DM.

Happy UllaValentine’s! Meet your Method (and maybe sign up)!! open.substack.com/pub/ullapool... @bethdriscoll.bsky.social

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First professorial work day

And @bethdriscoll.bsky.social on the fascinating "What Readers Do: Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age" newbooksnetwork.com/what-readers...

New to me, and amazing! asapjournal.com/feature/the-...

What’s the most unusual canapé you’ve had at a work function? @clairesquires.bsky.social and I are researching canapés and would love your participation. DM or post text, image or audio recordings about canapés with the tag #canaperesearch. More info: ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/t...

Listen! @bethdriscoll.bsky.social talks to @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about the fantastic "What Readers Do Aesthetic and Moral Practices of a Post-Digital Age" newbooksnetwork.com/what-readers...

If you like interesting podcasts, @clairesquires.bsky.social and I much enjoyed our conversation about THE FRANKFURT KABUFF CRITICAL EDITION with Dave O’Brien: newbooksnetwork.com/the-frankfur...