Really looking forward to this talk by @tylershores.bsky.social at @uclpublishing.bsky.social - some space available for in person attendance as well! #reading #publishing #bookhistory

Bournemouth Beach and Cliffs from Pier: sent in 1903 to Miss Marriott, Eastlake Road, Camberwell: Dear Fan, we are not at all hot in fact had to return for coats this morning. Just going to Boscombe on electric car and have booked seats for theatre tonight. #PostedInThePast

ICYMI: The government has pledged £27.5m to the Libraries Improvement Fund as part of a £1.5bn package to be invested in cultural organisations over a five-year period 👇 #BookSky

Have you completed a PhD in the last 10 years? Applications are open for our Postdoctoral Visiting Fellowship in Sustainability and Environment. Funding covers an £8000 bursary for part-time (0.5) research over 8 months, plus travel expenses. Apply by Monday 9 February. link.bl.uk/VisitingFellowship

🎉 THE BIG NEWS IS HERE 🎉 This spring, Fansplaining will relaunch as a full weekly publication, featuring reporting, analysis, criticism, personal essays, and much more, all under our longtime strapline: “By, for, and about fandom.” Check out our full announcement (in written and audio form):

Just a couple of weeks left to send in your chapter proposal for our proposed Companion to International #ComicsStudies, which aims to increase visibility of understudied comics cultures and industries. Very happy to hear from new voices and established ones - full details here lnkd.in/eq_eD52z.

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The ten trends shaping book publishing... My annual attempt at diving what the future might hold for how books are amde distributed and sold... www.linkedin.com/pulse/future...

The Sixth Ever Quite Niche Children’s Literature Christmas Quiz It's the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, the one where I try to desperately avoid making typos and hope that I've not messed up (apologies in advance if I have....) - it's the Christmas quiz! If you're new here, I've done a…

Endless screaming

"Writing with Robots" students presented in their unessays yesterday & here are a just few I was especially excited about & I got permission to share Most unessay projects are accompanied by an "artist’s statement" outlining the argument of the piece—I will try to get to the core of those here+

"there's a new serif in town"

I have an friend who is trying to research textiles/textile history in relation to libraries (e.g. the history of textile related community groups/activities in library spaces). Does anyone have any suggestions for books / journals? @quinnanya.me - I thought you might know?

Oof The Tidal Zone by Sarah Moss rings so true on (fairly recent) state of uk academia …

Fantastic many congrats

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Investigation: Thousands of retired teachers and leaders potentially entitled to better pensions following the landmark McCloud ruling have died before even receiving statements outlining what they could receive schoolsweek.co.uk/thousands-of...

…and with @shaftowheed.bsky.social of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Dr Carina Spaulding of @readingagency.bsky.social as well - join us tomorrow to share ideas on reading for wellbeing! Thank you to @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for making the event possible 📚

Make hope normal. Zohran Kwame Mamdani is the new mayor of New York. Amdani, Mamdani! (Amdani - 'go for it' in welsh)

Amdani, Mamdani!

So looking forward to this event, and hearing from Dr Nenna Orie Chuku, Dr Katharine Smales, and Prof Sam Duncan - our thanks as always to @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for generous support of this research #reading #wellbeing @sharpweb.org @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

‘I felt like that character on Trigger Happy TV with his enormous mobile phone. “Look,” I seemed to be telling the passengers scrolling Instagram on their devices, “I’m reading a book!” ‘ www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

Many congrats to @charlottejohanne.bsky.social for this award winning #ComicsStudies article which we are delighted to have published in Studies in Comics! Free to read at the link below.

#AcademicSky Please share this call for #ComicsStudies chapters for our proposed Companion to International Comics Studies as widely as possible. Full details here ow.ly/5vY050XipXT and deadline for proposals is 31 Jan 2026.

So the self styled ‘most beautiful bookshop’ in Porto was a big disappointment. 10 euro entry long queues and not much by the way of books but plenty of ‘merch’

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