#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Dr Joseph Owen (Southampton) recounts a project on housing, heritage & identity: 'Heritage risks being reductively conceived if it encompasses only the built environment... It is here that poetry’s relevance becomes apparent.' universityenglish.ac.uk/poetic-socia...

The @univeng.bsky.social Spring Conference and AGM takes place on Fri (27 March) with a keynote by Professor Lieven Buysse, President of @essenglish.bsky.social. Sign up here: universityenglish.ac.uk/agm/ @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures Today's blog comes from Dr Aisha Jahan, a writer and lecturer in Creative Writing at Cardiff University. 'I am so honoured to be a part of these young writers’ journeys.' universityenglish.ac.uk/wales-nation... #EnglishStudies

#EnglishCreates: Futures Our series on 'Communities' continues with an insightful post by Isaac Fraveshi – PhD student, poet, and artist at the Southampton Institute for Arts and Humanities. 'Sticking together: collage as a community listening praxis': universityenglish.ac.uk/sticking-tog...

As @carolinelucas.bsky.social recently wrote for @univeng.bsky.social #EnglishCreates, “political failure can be seen as […] a failure to imagine that a better world is possible.” I agree re the present govt but don’t think we can let the way things are today limit our horizons of possibility.

#EnglishCreates: Futures 'What can poetry offer to policy makers?' Today, Prof Nicky Marsh (University of Southampton) - the curator of this month's series on 'Communities' - asks how literary practice can help us to think about the 'pride in place' agenda: universityenglish.ac.uk/how-does-lit...

Yet more great evidence about how important and skilled English graduates are @univeng.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Prof Stephanie Jones (Uni of Southampton) reflects on the process of shaping an interdisciplinary, cross-sector community: 'Shared language is powerful, possible and necessary for inclusive action.' universityenglish.ac.uk/subtle-and-s... #EnglishStudies

#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Prof Will May (Uni of Southampton) reflects on the stories that poets tell about the people who make them poets: 'Understanding that poetry is a plural, collaborative process is also a way of reaffirming its inclusivity.' universityenglish.ac.uk/practicality...

#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Prof Nicky Marsh (University of Southampton) introduces this month's theme, 'Communities': 'It is not just that literary culture is sustained by communities... but that communities themselves are sustained by literature' universityenglish.ac.uk/1-literature...

Some fascinating posts on the #EnglishCreates website, hosted by @univeng.bsky.social that will be of interest to A Level Literature students + their teachers universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

This was fun to do with wonderful collaborators @jenniferacooke.bsky.social @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @gailmarshall.bsky.social CEO @englishassociation.bsky.social @jtwelsch.bsky.social #ReadingMatters @ies-sas.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures To round off our series on 'Critical Reading', Prof Ben Davies (University of Southern Denmark) takes a fascinating look at some of the books that have shaped his research into reading and readers: universityenglish.ac.uk/a-reading-li... #EnglishStudies

This is a lovely read.

A thoughtful piece that made me think about my "special" books. Signed editions etc. I guess it's the physical connection to the author that makes these stand out. But there's an oddness to it. If I want to reread, I'll use a different edition to preserve. So, basically, these books are never read.

Increasingly my favourite Victorian novel

Such a pleasure to reflect on Middlemarch again. Thanks for the opportunity

Wonderful post by @gailmarshall.bsky.social on books, reading, connection, and lifetimes of reading. @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social #EnglishCreates

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#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Dr JT Welsch (University of York) re-examines the so-called 'death of reading': 'Like most clickbait, these rants rest on a false opposition. There’s no real war between print and digital media.' universityenglish.ac.uk/death-of-rea... #EnglishStudies

#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Prof Gail Marshall (University of Reading) reflects on a treasured first edition of Middlemarch: 'Books connect us to each other... but they also grow with us, and connect us to different versions of ourselves' Full post: universityenglish.ac.uk/reading-matt...

#EnglishCreates: Futures How can reading transform our lives? Today, Dr Rebecca Fisher (CEO, The English Association) reflects on the two books did just that for her: 'What happened felt like a miracle... The lights had come back on.' universityenglish.ac.uk/two-books-ch... #EnglishStudies

#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Prof Jennifer Cooke (Loughborough University) discusses the profound value of reading in the age of social media: 'Just as smart phones and social media sites train us in one way, proper reading trains us in another...' universityenglish.ac.uk/really-readi...

The next instalment of #EnglishCreates is all about reading, beginning with @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @engmediacentre.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @rsliterature.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social @rbtownsend.bsky.social @barbarableiman.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures We kick off our series on Critical Reading with Prof Robert Eaglestone (Royal Holloway): 'in the increasingly scientised discourse which has so effectively helped to teach decoding, the fundamental holism of reading can get lost.' universityenglish.ac.uk/reading-is-a...

#EnglishCreates: Futures Thank you to Prof Ralph Pite and his team of collaborators for providing us with such wonderful content across the month. The posts make for an invaluable resource for teachers, students, and readers, and can be found here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

#EnglishCreates: Futures Our month on 'Environments' concludes with a post from our curator, Prof Ralph Pite (Uni of Bristol), offering recommendations for readings and resources for lecturers, teachers, and general readers alike: universityenglish.ac.uk/what-next-wh... #EnglishStudies

#EnglishCreates: Futures We are thrilled to share today's blog by Caroline Lucas, Britain’s first Green MP: 'Literature is the way we exercise the muscle of the imagination... And unless we can imagine a greener, fairer world, we’ll struggle to achieve it.' universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

We continue with Dr Michael Malay's (University of Bristol) superb blog, asking what it might mean when 'even the simple act of kite-flying' is 'haunted' by the question of the Anthropocene': universityenglish.ac.uk/kite-flying-... #EnglishStudies #Ecocriticism #Antropocene

#EnglishCreates: Futures continues with this post by Francesca Mackenney and Jamie Castell (Cardiff University): 'How do representations of sound in literature shape our awareness of the natural world?' Read the full post here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat... #EnglishStudies #Ecocriticism

#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Dr Jeremy Davies (University of Leeds) shows how English can help us to think about climate change: 'Literature of the first fossil-fuelled society can help us to imagine alternative futures...' universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat... #EnglishStudies #Ecocriticism

#EnglishCreates: Futures continues with a brilliant piece by Rachel Green (University of Bristol): 'When I tell people that my research is about farming and rewilding, the most common response I get is: "So… how is that an English PhD?"' universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat... #EnglishStudies

#EnglishCreates: Futures Our 'Environments' month continues with Prof Ralph Pite's latest piece on bringing nature into the teaching of English Studies: 'How can you make the natural world an everyday, "natural" presence for students?' Full post: lnkd.in/ewQk7pDB #EnglishStudies #Ecocriticism

#EnglishCreates: Futures! Today's brilliant post is by Sarah Dukes, an English teacher at The Chase School in Worcestershire: "English is a gift... key skills can be taught using the climate crisis and nature as the subject matter..." universityenglish.ac.uk/teaching-it-... #EnglishStudies

New #EnglishCreates post. @ies-sas.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social

#EnglishCreates: Futures Today, Dr David Cooper & Prof Kate Pahl (MMU) discuss 'Teaching on treescapes': 'By listening to and being attentive to children’s meaning making practices, a social poetics of treescapes engagement emerged...' universityenglish.ac.uk/voices-of-th... #Ecocriticism

#EnglishCreates: Futures continues with a blog on 'Close Reading on the Beach' by Dr Rachel Murray (University of Bristol): 'Looking closely in this way helps us to slow down and tune into what is in front of us...' universityenglish.ac.uk/the-sea-the-... #EnglishStudies #Ecocriticism

#EnglishCreates: Futures delves into the Blue Humanities with a post by Dr Laurence Publicover (University of Bristol): 'The language we use to talk about the ocean floor reveals our (often misplaced) assumptions about it...' universityenglish.ac.uk/literary-stu... #EnglishStudies #Ecocriticism

#EnglishCreates: Futures continues this week with a focus on the 'Blue Humanities': 'Oceans have always seemed mysterious, vast and invulnerable... Until recently, that is...' universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat... #EnglishStudies #HigherEducation #Ecocriticism #bluehumanities

#EnglishCreates:Futures continues w/ Prof Ralph Pite's brilliantly insightful reflections on how English Studies seeks to address contemporary climate crisis: 'THE GRAPHS DON'T WORK' Full post: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat... #EnglishCreates #EnglishStudies #HigherEducation #Ecocriticism

Look no further than an English or other Arts and Humanities degree #EnglishCreates excellent careers

#EnglishCreates: Futures kicks off with the first in a series of brilliantly insightful blogs by Professor Ralph Pite on the subject of English Studies and 'environments' These will prove how important English studies are in the current polycrisis: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

Deadline reminder for @univeng.bsky.social funding scheme: 5pm on 10th November 2025.

Pleased to announce @univeng.bsky.social small funding scheme now open to members. UE will fund up to 20 projects up to £250 each to support research/pedagogy/continuing professional development activities in Lit, Lang, Creative Writing. See details here: universityenglish.ac.uk/englishcreat...

📚Join us on 30 Oct 2025 at Senate House for The History of English Studies in Britain symposium 🎤 Speakers include Carole Atherton, Gail Marshall, Ronan McDonald, Christopher Stray, Stuart Jones, & Stefan Collini Free (booking required)👉 tinyurl.com/43z9mxnc #EnglishStudies #Humanities #Literature

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