'Shakespeare’s Violence and the Early Modern Spectator' by @beckyyearling.bsky.social explores how Shakespeare’s original audience might have responded to his scenes of violence, and the complex web of factors that shape our present-day responses too. Out today! https://bit.ly/4pSWjvb

Today's first: finding pearls in my mussels

Book cover reveal! Coming out with Bloomsbury in January

Excited to share the website link for the Shakespeare's Violence project - we have material on content warnings in education and free resources for teachers: teachingshakespearesviolence.co.uk

The answer to the question in my last post is apparently eight and a bit months. They like the article!

So how long do you reckon you should wait to hear back from a journal about a submitted article before deciding to pull it and try somewhere else? It's been with them since August...

Due to complicated, unexpected reasons, I am now teaching a module on science fiction cinema. This week is scientists in a rocket killing moon men; next week is three hours of German expressionism and robots. All feeling quite far from my usual patch.

Not sure that I wholly approve of social media and yet here I am, on yet another new platform. Hello!