Really happy to share this roundtable - thanks to all those who were involved and to @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and @olihaslam.bsky.social for putting it together!

Our new special issue, 'The Century at 25', contains a first for the journal: a roundtable review! Convened by our Reviews & Roundtable Editors Oliver Haslam and Denise Wong, the roundtable focuses on Timothy Bewes' major study _Free Indirect_ (2022) c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...

So happy to see ‘Stuck on Stuckness: On the Intractability of the Present’, co-authored by @alicebennett.bsky.social @keeblearin.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and me for @c21literature.bsky.social special issue The Century @ 25, out in the world after over two years! doi.org/10.16995/c21...

I have an article in the new special issue of @c21literature.bsky.social, 'The Century at 25'—working through some research that didn't make it into the book while processing Lucy Ellmann's _Ducks, Newburyport_ and Olga Tokarczuk's _Flights_

Also cool: @c21literature.bsky.social runs on the software I co-created with the mighty @ajrbyers.bsky.social and uses the funding/business model I co-designed and built with the excellent @theblochian.bsky.social, making it all free for readers to access, thanks to 300+ global libraries.

A really interesting article on Wikipedia and fiction by Kiron Ward in @c21literature.bsky.social, published by @openlibhums.org. Complements nicely the article on Wikipedia and the Novel by Ryan Ruby in the current issue of New Left Review. c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/2...

This looks like a cracking issue of @c21literature.bsky.social - especially interested in the pieces on stuckness, technology and Wikipedia.

Part one of 'The Century @25' SI of @c21literature.bsky.social ed by @alicebennett.bsky.social @melissaschuh.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and I, is out now (part two coming soon): please check it out! c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1422/i...

It’s so exciting that this @c21literature.bsky.social special issue on ‘The Century at 25’ is finally out! Such a labour of love, and I’m so grateful we got to work on it together for over two years @alicebennett.bsky.social @keeblearin.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social 🎊

Excited to announce that our new issue has opened! c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1422/i... 'The Century at 25' was guested edited by Alice Bennett, Arin Keeble, Melissa Schuh, and Denise Wong

💃🏽 awesome to read my brilliant comrade @kdclewin.bsky.social's brilliant book reviewed in the new yorker: archive.is/202602131103...

We are looking for review essays! You can see some of our selected titles at the post below. Get in contact with our review editors @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and @olihaslam.bsky.social to request some or for further info

The University is offering a fully-funded scholarship in English for prospective PhDs undertaking research in the following project: Exporting the Nation: Making the Commonwealth, Re-making Men (Supervised by Prof Plain & Dr Purdon) https://ow.ly/KZ7t50Y9Uwm Closing date: 27 Feb

The final final proofs have headed off for 'Hilary Mantel', part of @livunipress.bsky.social 'Writers and their Work Series'. Can't wait to see this one in the flesh liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....

So pleased to be launching @c21literature.bsky.social ’s inaugural roundtable review w/ @olihaslam.bsky.social ! Thank you to our fabulous contributors for their work on this excellent piece 👏👏👏

Attention @bacls.bsky.social members. We recently launched the BACLS 'Work in Progress' Group, where members can get collegiate and supportive feedback on academic work. If you have work to submit or want to act as a reader do get in touch! Not yet a member? Visit our website to register bacls.org

I co-edited this bilingual issue of Mémoires du livre / Studies in Book Culture w/ @julienlf.bsky.social (an excellent collaborator). It's all open access.

From ACME (www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/jo...) to Zygon (www.openjournalscollective.org/catalogue/jo...).

Deadline 1 March 2026.

wikipedia turns 25 today! the last unenshittified major website! backbone of online info! triumph of humanity! powered by urge of unpaid randos to correct each other! somehow mostly reliable! "good thing wikipedia works in practice, because it sure doesn't work in theory" - old wiki adage

Happy New Year from all of us at C21! We look forward to receiving more of your brilliant work this year!

Ah, 2025. Not the greatest. TBQH what keeps me going are my little projects--the opportunity to read and write. I got to engage with some great and important books this year. On Immediacy (and being Very Online):

The Centre for Uses of Literature at the University of Southern Denmark is inviting applications for the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Postdoctoral Fellowships 2026 (MSCA-PF). www.sdu.dk/en/forskning... @bacls.bsky.social @c21literature.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social

A fascinating-sounding special issue edited by one of our esteemed advisory board

An interview with @randongenerator.bsky.social and @sandropology.bsky.social, the guest editors of our latest issue 'Novel Media / Media Novel' 👩🏽‍💻🧑🏽‍💻👨🏽‍💻 c21.openlibhums.org/news/873/

@randongenerator.bsky.social and I did a little something over the last few years 👀🥳

An interview with @randongenerator.bsky.social and @sandropology.bsky.social, the guest editors of our latest issue 'Novel Media / Media Novel' 👩🏽‍💻🧑🏽‍💻👨🏽‍💻 c21.openlibhums.org/news/873/

a new monograph by one of our fabulous advisory board ☺️

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a new monograph by one of our fabulous advisory board ☺️

We're hiring! We have 2 jobs advertised: Library Engagement Lead and Operations Manager, deadline Tues 6 January 2026. Links: openjournalscollective.org/static/engag... openjournalscollective.org/static/opera... Come work for a major new international organisation funding #openaccess publishing!

Another one of our team has a book out! Congratulations Melissa!

“A poignant appraisal of readers’ quest to find intimacy with the authors they love.” @kdclewin.bsky.social’s forthcoming The Writer’s Room (Feb. 17, 2026) earned a positive review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Read the full review here:

Some of you may know that I curate a huge reading list if Palestinian fantasy, science fiction, and horror. It is not up to date… Please comment if you identify as Palestinian, or if you know of something that should be in the list! Please share for visibility. soniasulaiman.com/readpalestin...

Sharing this again - deadline tomorrow! We'd love to hear from you

Opinion: Chaos is coming for scholarly publishing. Another one of our most-read articles over the last week. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

I'm honored to have my article, "Counterfactuals and the Tumblr Aesthetic: Allegories of Reading in _Frankenstein_ and _The Locked Tomb_" included in this special issue!

graphic designers are essential and under-appreciated!! huge thanks to @sjzavala.bsky.social for helping us with our most recent cover.

Universities want new business models, not just discounts. As @theblochian.bsky.social (OLH Exec. Director) writes: Together we can move our university funding away from obscene commercial extractivists and back into scholar-led non-profit models www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-v...

Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...

In conjunction with @bacls.bsky.social, we are looking for some proposals for panels at BAAS and MSA! Read more here:

In conjunction with @bacls.bsky.social, we are looking for some proposals for panels at BAAS and MSA! Read more here:

One of our reviews editors @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social has a book out! Congratulations Denise!

as a smaller, digital-only journal that is diamond open access and charges no author-processing fees (thanks @openlibhums.org!), we can promise that we will be able to make a decision about your submission much faster than traditional print journals.

We've refreshed out author guidelines for submissions to our journal, including new guidance for anyone looking to submit an interview. We'd love to hear from you! c21.openlibhums.org/site/authorg...

one of the ironies of the push for open access in the uk is that article processing charges mean actual open access publishing is ever more unaffordable and ever more restricted to wealthy institutions, and basically impossible for colleagues between contracts. open indeed!

As part of the @openlibhums.org C21 never charges authors processing charges. One of the many positives of open access publishing

Delighted to be a new Advisory Board Member for @c21literature.bsky.social. More about this most excellent journal can be found here: c21.openlibhums.org/site/about/

New publication in @c21literature.bsky.social > “The Novel, Recycled: On Tom Comitta’s The Nature Book (2023)” by Michael Kalisch. Read it here: doi.org/10.16995/c21...