The State of the Subject 2025-26: online forum Join us to reflect on and respond to the English Association’s State of the Subject Report 2025-26 by Antony Rowland An online forum to hear your thoughts about English Studies in these difficult times. englishassociation.ac.uk/the-state-of...

EVENT! Using drama to transform the English classroom: Practical strategies & teacher insights to bring Shakespeare & drama to life through performance-based learning. How drama unlocks deeper engagement & understanding in the English classroom englishassociation.ac.uk/using-drama-...

EVENT! Reading & Empathy: webinar explores this relationship, exploring how, & for whom, book reading fosters empathy;the potentially enriching effects of books, & other texts, to support empathy - with examples of research & books that nurture empathy englishassociation.ac.uk/reading-and-...

EVENT! Using drama to transform the English classroom: Practical strategies & teacher insights to bring Shakespeare & drama to life through performance-based learning. How drama unlocks deeper engagement & understanding in the English classroom englishassociation.ac.uk/using-drama-...

EVENT! Teaching oracy through authentic classroom talk tasks. This workshop will explore how we can make sure talk opportunities in the classroom are relevant, realistic, reflective of learners’ real lives & needs. Sign up! Free online! englishassociation.ac.uk/teaching-ora...

EVENT! Teaching oracy through authentic classroom talk tasks. This workshop will explore how we can make sure talk opportunities in the classroom are relevant, realistic, reflective of learners’ real lives & needs. Sign up! Free online! englishassociation.ac.uk/teaching-ora...

EVENT! Thinking Forwards:Collaboration :The Davy Notebooks Project A crowdsourced initiative to transcribe & study notebooks of Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829), revealing a pioneering chemist & poet whose ideas emerged through collaboration - SIGN UP! englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...

The State of the Subject 2025-26: online forum Join us to reflect on and respond to the English Association’s State of the Subject Report 2025-26 by Antony Rowland An online forum to hear your thoughts about English Studies in these difficult times. englishassociation.ac.uk/the-state-of...

Antony Rowland's 'State of the Subject' Report can be found on this link: englishassociation.ac.uk/the-state-of...

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EVENT! Thinking Forwards:Collaboration :The Davy Notebooks Project A crowdsourced initiative to transcribe & study notebooks of Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829), revealing a pioneering chemist & poet whose ideas emerged through collaboration - SIGN UP! englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...

The State of the Subject 2025-26: online forum Join us to reflect on and respond to the English Association’s State of the Subject Report 2025-26 by Antony Rowland An online forum to hear your thoughts about English Studies in these difficult times. englishassociation.ac.uk/the-state-of...

EVENT! Reading & Empathy: webinar explores this relationship, exploring how, & for whom, book reading fosters empathy;the potentially enriching effects of books, & other texts, to support empathy - with examples of research & books that nurture empathy englishassociation.ac.uk/reading-and-...

EVENT! Teaching oracy through authentic classroom talk tasks. This workshop will explore how we can make sure talk opportunities in the classroom are relevant, realistic, reflective of learners’ real lives & needs. Sign up! Free online! englishassociation.ac.uk/teaching-ora...

Thank you @englishassociation.bsky.social for sharing this research on the power of young people's narrative writing to increase empathy & reduce political polarisation. A very important message for schools in our times & with a new NC in English under construction. www.psy.ox.ac.uk/news/new-stu...

Booking for this year's conference from @englishassociation.bsky.social closes on the 27th May. englishassociation.ac.uk/ea-conferenc...

EVENT! Thinking Forwards:Collaboration :The Davy Notebooks Project A crowdsourced initiative to transcribe & study notebooks of Sir Humphry Davy (1778–1829), revealing a pioneering chemist & poet whose ideas emerged through collaboration - SIGN UP! englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...

I mean you might build it, but you won't understand it, control it, or integrate it into your culture including economy without the humanities. AI demands huge investment in the humanities.

Good luck with AI without humanities, UK.

🌻🌟🎉EA Conference (13 June 2026, 10:00 – 18:15)🎉🌟🌻 Come together with colleagues from #primary, #secondary, #further, #higher #education to explore innovations & hot topics in teaching across English #language, #literature, and #creative #writing.Sign up ! englishassociation.ac.uk/ea-conferenc...

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What happens when we lose spaces where people sit together& practice thinking collectively?This free event marks the publication of Between the Lines - Julia Bell, Professor of New Writing at Birkbeck talks with Dr Doug Cowie & @BobEaglestone.bluesky.social englishassociation.ac.uk/reading-the-...

EVENT! Free online #CPD *Close reading is creative reading* Why reading closely matters from primary to higher education Join contributors to the Spring issue of the EA Newsletter & explore the topic of close reading, with experts from primary, sec., H.E. englishassociation.ac.uk/close-readin...

EVENT! Free online #CPD *Close reading is creative reading* Why reading closely matters from primary to higher education Join contributors to the Spring issue of the EA Newsletter & explore the topic of close reading, with experts from primary, sec., H.E. englishassociation.ac.uk/close-readin...

👀👀 Take a look at our upcoming events - many FREE online #CPD opportunities - Primary, Secondary, Further, Higher - cross sector. Lots to choose from! AND a treasure of an archive to check out! Go! Click on the link and see for yourself ! 😊 Join us & join in! englishassociation.ac.uk/events/

Here are the best books of the year (so far).

The Ninth Annual Ann Radcliffe Academic Conference at StokerCon 2026! www.stokercon.com/ann-radcliff...

*Very* excited that vol.1 of New Directions in the Ghost Story, edited by myself, @henrybartholomew.bsky.social & @joanpassey.bsky.social is out! Well done to all the contributors, and thanks for bearing with us! :) Please recommend to your academic libraries! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...

"Don’t be taken in By stinking garments or an aimless grin; He also is human, and the same small star, That lights you homeward, has inflamed his mind With the old hunger, born of his kind." --- “Affinity” Welsh poet, R. S. Thomas (1913-2000) #Wales #literature #poetry

Recently updated on our site: Fables for children. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/fable... #kidlit Fables for children with titles by Satoshi Kitamura, Joseph Coelho, Sophie Anderson, Petr Horáček, Helen Ward, Poonam Mistry, Sita Brahmacha...

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Looking for the best new children's picture books? Explore the winners of our English 4-11 Picture Book Awards! See here for reviews of all the winning and shortlisted books: englishassociation.ac.uk/2026-english... @hachettechildrens.bsky.social @magiccatpublishing.bsky.social

EVENT! Free online #CPD *Close reading is creative reading* Why reading closely matters from primary to higher education Join contributors to the Spring issue of the EA Newsletter & explore the topic of close reading, with experts from primary, sec., H.E. englishassociation.ac.uk/close-readin...

EVENT! Free online #CPD *Close reading is creative reading* Why reading closely matters from primary to higher education Join contributors to the Spring issue of the EA Newsletter & explore the topic of close reading, with experts from primary, sec., H.E. englishassociation.ac.uk/close-readin...

EA Conference! (13 June, 10:00 – 18:15)Join primary, sec., FE & H.E.colleagues, explore innovations in teaching across English language, literature & creative writing! On *Climate education & sustainabilty *Shaping the future of English together Take a look! englishassociation.ac.uk/ea-conferenc...

EVENT! Teaching AI Literacy in #Primary English: Practical Approaches (23 April, 16:45 – 17:30) Equipping primary teachers to teach AI literacy and foster pupils’ safe, critical and creative engagement with AI. Sign up! FREE online. englishassociation.ac.uk/teaching-ai-...

EVENT! Teaching AI Literacy in Primary English: Practical Approaches (23 April, 16:45 – 17:30) Equipping primary teachers to teach AI literacy and foster pupils’ safe, critical and creative engagement with AI. Sign up ! FREE online. englishassociation.ac.uk/teaching-ai-...

EVENT! Thinking Forwards: Collaboration | Annotation, Animation and Chatbot Ethics: Using AI in Heritage Education (24 April, 13:00 – 14:00).Sign up! FREE online. englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...

EVENT! Teaching AI Literacy in Primary English: Practical Approaches (23 April, 16:45 – 17:30) Equipping primary teachers to teach AI literacy and foster pupils’ safe, critical and creative engagement with AI. Sign up! FREE online. englishassociation.ac.uk/teaching-ai-...

EA Conference! (13 June, 10:00 – 18:15) Join primary, sec. F.E & H.E. colleagues, explore innovations in teaching across English lang, lit, & creative writing! On *climate education & sustainabilty *shaping the future of English together! Take a look! englishassociation.ac.uk/ea-conferenc...

NEW PODCAST! Ian Patterson in conversation with Ali Smith about his latest work BOOKS: A MANIFESTO. Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/i...

Holy smokes, so honoured that my short story collection "Six Dreams About the Train" is mentioned by the wonderful Samantha Mills: "8 Story Collections That Inspired Samantha Mills’s Stunning Speculative Fiction". (AMAZING company to be in!) www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

‘The flowers are the central image of 𝘛𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘴𝘤𝘳𝘪𝘱𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯, representing cross-generational artistic collaboration and art’s power to represent and preserve (or transcribe) impermanent life.’ Christian Lorentzen (@xlo.bsky.social) reads Ben Lerner’s new novel. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...

Environmental Scotland IV: Garry Mackenzie & Coinneach Maclean 20 April, free online In this @iassl.bsky.social webinar, writers Garry Mackenzie & Coinneach Maclean will discuss their works concerning Scotland & the environment www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/environmen...

A wonderful episode featuring fascinating archival research on the Grasmere Dialect Plays by our own MA graduate @suewilkinson.bsky.social 📚🍃

My feature for the Irish Post on the Irish writers born in Britain featured in A Hosting eg Paul Howard, Mike McCormack, Catherine O’Flynn, Martin McDonagh, Eugene McCabe and Bridget O’Connor and British-based ones such as Roy Foster and Martina Evans www.irishpost.com/features/hos...

"Brushing off these practices as unscientific implies that 'true' science is, and always has been, unimpeachable. It denies us a chance to examine what flaws may fuel our own ways of thinking." A new mailbag from @wbarlowrobles.bsky.social

A new novel with #maps in it! I remember the Ordnance Survey mapping project with some dread. Boxes of the maps lined (and probably still line) the references shelves of the Map Library Reading Room in The British Library, where I was a curator during grad school. People came in to study them. 1/

Join us on Tuesday for Habitation: poems on the theme of land/class/nature with Angelina D’Roza, Steve Ely, Pete Green, Rob Hindle, Chris Jones, Fay Musselwhite. Tue 21 April The Harlequin, 108 Nursery St, Sheffield, S3 8GG Free entry, all welcome. Book here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/habitation...

Your reminder that you can find highlights from the superb Beyond the Secret Garden columns on our @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social shop front. @booksforkeeps.bsky.social @darrenchetty.bsky.social @booksforkeeps.bsky.social #notforprofit #coop #workerscoop #KidLitUK uk.bookshop.org/shop/letterb...