My fav thing to do when marking truly good essays is the quote the student's own excellent phrases back to them and engage in the feedback column. I want them to know their writing and voice has value, and an ability to spark discussion and carry forward in new ways.

Marking a batch of 3rd year final essays. The students got it so deeply. They found out things I didn't know through research, they are gems. I can tell they actually wrote these (or the ones I've read so far). Tearing up thinking about the humanities, not giving up, rejecting AI, keeping going.

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Bloomsbury will most certainly always have a piece of my heart.

The Rise of the Novel Dawn of the Rise of the Novel War for the Rise of the Novel Kingdom of the Rise of the Novel

There was once an idea that it was a good thing for people, regardless of social background, to study the arts and humanities because those fields address what it is to be human. That idea was always under pressure, but to see its near destruction in recent years has been depressing.

London writers, come be nerdy with us!

I was in St Pancras today, so stopped by to say hello and thank you.

Niche post requesting archival help: Where are the papers of Helen Maria Williams and John Hurford Stone, specifically relating to their English Press? I thought some were held in Paris as part of the city archives, but am having trouble finding any trace. No luck for Imprimerie Anglais etc.

Happy birthday to Mary Wollstonecraft! She was the ultimate babe and the perfect cranky human, in my opinion. She inspired me to move to the UK and research women's history. Enjoy these drawings from 'Hyena in Petticoats', a zine I made in 2011 while studying abroad and obsessed with her.

Why do we need AI slop generating fake quotes and conjured up images of one of the greatest philosophers of her time? Use the stunning paintings of her, draw from her moving words as memes, sure, but why do this?

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My book is on sale! It is a beautiful thing to hold in your hands. boydellandbrewer.com/book/transna...

Last day of teaching in Canterbury, again. I have loved co-convening Rise of the Professional Writer. The hardest thing about sessional lecturing is hoping you get to come back.

Highly recommend letting your two tiny children run wild in a woodland full of bluebells as a good way to get through the afternoon slump.

I read Peter Pan to my children tonight and the 20 months old ran around the room shouting FLYYYYY and trying to jump off of things while the 4 year old sprinkled fairy dust on him. Parenting is hard work but it is also magical.

Do you or one of your colleagues need an index created for a book in the humanities? I make beautiful indexes (yes, such a thing does exist!) I have space to take on 1-2 additional projects in April/May. Get in touch!

Is it a coincidence that many people I'm friends with are writing novels (myself included)? People who I think of more as poets, journalists, researchers, or non-writers. Nope. It is not a coincidence. It is a good time to create a world, or write about what you'd like to see in this one.

Spent the day lecturing on women writers of history from 18th-19th c. The students were pretty pissed that women are still dealing with the same nonsense today as two centuries ago. They were fired up, ready to read some books/make some noise. I love teaching. Best antidote for a troubling world.

OUP tells me I should share this. And publicise my book. So here it goes. Please read my book. It has a pretty cover. It's cheap (for an academic book) and you can have this discount! Also please review it, somewhere fancy if possible!

Just booked a solo trip to Paris. No children. No conference to attend. A friend to meet. Galleries to see. Going to get my flâneuse on.

Rendez-vous mercredi 15 avril à 19h30 aux Amies rouges (Paris 5e). lesamiesrouges.fr/prochains-re...

Do you or one of your colleagues need an index created for a book in the humanities? I make beautiful indexes (yes, such a thing does exist!) I have space to take on 1-2 additional projects in April/May. Get in touch!

This is now a Mr Hayward stan account

Deeply enjoying The Other Bennett Sister, as much as a reader of Austen as a fangirl for Wordsworth. So much fun to watch.

Birthday sauna, Birthday fizz, Birthday beach, Birthday writing, Birthday sun, Birthday party for 2 with my oldest friend, who came to Sussex from France to join me.

I only realise how British I have become when my mother visits and microwaves a mug of water for her tea. ☠️🫖🤢

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I'm hoping for recommendations for books and articles about professionalization. Historical, sociological...looking really broadly at the moment. Suggestions? #academicsky

The reason I want students to have to struggle with difficult texts is because I want them to have the capacity to make meaning in and of the world on their own.

Come and join me for some focused writing and time around a bonfire. There's even a cage for locking up your smart phone.

I say this every year, but: The uni students I'm teaching are thoughtful, intelligent, will make everything they encounter better. With a new addition for 2026: They deeply hate AI.

Call for Papers: Women’s Fieldwork and the Making of Nineteenth Century Natural History Collections We seek articles to complete a special issue on women’s field collecting, and contributions to nineteenth century natural history for Nuncius. #Histsci #NaturalHistory #WomensHistory #Fieldwork

Writing a book can be a lonely thing, so it's very gratifying when someone reads it and understands why you wanted to write it in the first place. Pleased with this review in Women's Writing. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

'Nonetheless, he continued his interviews well into the 1980s, blowing through deadlines, publishers, his years on this planet.' I think many among us can relate to this method of research...

Lovely day so far: indexing a wonderful new book on Mary Shelley, then working w/ a coaching student on their hybrid research/memoir project. I offer human indexing services (no software!) and work with writers and researchers. Get in touch if you are looking for some support with your manuscript!

I definitely shouldn't be allowed in the mum group WhatsApp chat when Wuthering Heights is mentioned, I have no chill.

I don't think it is only our job to teach students how to read long novels; it may also be our jobs to teach them how to live without an online surveillance state. To learn without intrusive apps. To swap notes. To write in a book's margins. To exist in their communities in slow, clunky, human ways.

What a lovely evening. Perfect poem prompts, lots of writing/thinking, collaging, good chats. Thank you ♡ @minxmarple.bsky.social and @saloneurope.bsky.social

The UK government is proposing radical and punitive changes to settlement rules. This is settlement, not citizenship. The consultation is open until 12 February; please respond to it and oppose these evil proposals. Amnesty have a good guide: www.amnesty.org.uk/resources/gu...

It feels like it's been impossible to get people outside of higher ed to understand that eliminating staff/programs/majors is primarily an ideological project, whatever claims are made about finances. What's happened at the Post is what's been happening in higher ed for ages.

I'm hosting another lovely retreat at Starcroft Farm 15-19 June - this time on Writing Lives. Bring your memoir & historical projects for 4 glorious days of writing in the Sussex countryside. www.starcroftfarm.co.uk/writing-retr...

Phenomenal talk tonight from @luisacale.bsky.social at the London Paris Romanticism Seminar on her new monograph THE BOOK UNBOUND: flying leaves, heavenly voices, epitexts across a century ... what more could one want? So glad I was able to be there.

Any authors/artists feeling weird about doing self-promotion right now: I'm actually kind of begging you to bring some of your unique creation to my timeline. Not just as a distraction, but because art is a tool for building empathy--it's the way we learn to see the world through other eyes.

First day back today lecturing on a BA English prog. that is 'teaching out' i.e. shutting down. It's an awful shame, for all society tbh. In spite of this, or because of it, we've written a beautiful class: The Rise of the Professional Writer, looking @ centuries of value & importance of literature.

Been thinking this morning about the value of taking the time to be calm, to read & write, esp in our current world (on fire). I'm working on that for myself & am always open to chatting w/ writers looking to develop their practice & find meaning in their work. www.alexiswolf.co.uk/authorservices

Been thinking this morning about the value of taking the time to be calm, to read & write, esp in our current world (on fire). I'm working on that for myself & am always open to chatting w/ writers looking to develop their practice & find meaning in their work. www.alexiswolf.co.uk/authorservices

"What is there to explain, anyway? That life is infinitely inventive? That some of us are a little different? That some of us keep living while others do not?" www.awritersnotebook.org/p/words-and-...

Super excited to be returning to Canterbury Christ Church Uni to co-teach a module on The Rise of the Professional Author. There is nothing better than working with a colleague to build a beautiful reading list full of books and authors you love, knowing you'll soon be discussing them with students.