'About 150 academic roles are set to go at the south-west institution, which said it was targeting areas that are “no longer sustainable” or have seen changes in student demand.' History and English are name-checked. 1/3

Book history folks, can anyone help me identify this?

eavesdropping on a couple of english lit academics in st. john, i overheard confirmation of what is surely going to be the biggest literary news story of the year

Bookshopping! In a big city for the first time in a while and the ability to go to a good bookshop and just browse has sent me a small buying spree. First up, People's Coop Bookstore (peoplescoopbookstore.com).

RBS invites you to the 2026 Sue Allen Lecture for Women in Book History: “Bookish Solidarity in a Time of Institutional Crisis,” by Heather O'Donnell at 5:30 p.m. ET on Wednesday, 3 June at @rareuva.bsky.social's Auditorium or via Zoom. Details: rarebookschool.org/events/2026/...

The Guardian published a list of top 100 novels as voted on by various authors and critics. I turned it into a network to foreground literary tastes and tastemakers. chriswarren.info/novels-worth...

Me: Hammering a gold doubloon into the church door at Wittenberg.

In the archive with students from my poetry class this week. Let's see how Theodore Roethke is doing at getting published by the Kenyon Review.

I don't think I've seen an earlier book with an illustrated cover. I'd love to hear of any examples. Horace Walpole, ll Castello di Ortranto. Storia gotica. Trans. Jean Sivrac (In Londra : presso Molini, Polidori, Molini e Co. Hay-Market; Ed I. Edwards, Pall-Mall, 1795). Kenyon Spec. Coll.

Writing about texts is like rock-climbing, when you let go of a hand-hold it is to reach for a new one and you better be holding onto something else while you do so. If you don't, you might think you're flying, but you're actually starting to fall.

Bring back Aristotle's four causes!

✍ Introducing ✍ Sharpie, a letterform recognition game for beginner #EarlyModern #palaeography gjhilton.github.io/Sharpie/ AKA What I Did Over Reading Week. #skystorians I’d be so grateful if you had time to share or take a look and tell me what sucks and needs fixing. Love g 🗃️

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