In this @readlux.bsky.social interview, Rebecca van Laer explored people’s relationships with their pets. Read the full story: https://bit.ly/47hHhre #BookSky #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social#BookSky

Open-access and in print - Muireann Maguire (@muireanndinosaur.bsky.social), Invading the American Canon: Translators of Russian Literary Fiction, 1863-1984 (@bloomsburyhist.bsky.social, @bloomsburylit.bsky.social, 2025; h/t @jrdwrrn.bsky.social, #skystorians) www.bloomsbury.com/us/invading-...

In this @stltoday.com feature, @isanchezprado.bsky.social author of “Taco,” explained why tacos are more than just their ingredients. Check out the full story: https://bit.ly/3XdQPyQ 📚💙 #FoodSky #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social#FoodSky

✍️ The Anthropocene has ushered in progress and challenges, with ecological crises threatening all life. In search of new solutions in this #OpenAccess book, Lay Sion Ng turns to an unexpected source: Ernest Hemingway. @bloomsburylit.bsky.social Read now 👉 bit.ly/4nlXbqH #Ecology #ClimateChange

🔓 In celebration of #OAWeek, we have rounded up 6 books that exemplify the power of open scholarship. Read our latest academic blog post, an #OpenAccess reading list of essential research on gender, climate and justice. Read now: https://bit.ly/3L3BTAJ #OAWeek25

Read an excerpt and interview from the editors of 'Children's Literatures, Cultures, and Pedagogies in the Anthropocene' ⤵️ www.qmul.ac.uk/clpn/news-vi... #childrensliterature #climatecrisis #anthropocene

Look what we saw out in the wild, in Foyles. 'Jane Austen in 50 Words' from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social turned JACKET OUT and in rather exalted company! Grab your copy here: www.bloomsbury.com/jane-austen-...

"The hardest times to live through are the hardest times to write about." Read an excerpt of 'Writing the Hard Stuff' by @nikwalk.bsky.social ⤵️ writerschronicle.awpwriter.org/TWC/2025-oct...

🔓 Interested in publishing open access but not sure where to start? This #OAWeek, we are reflecting on our role, as a publisher, in removing potential barriers and helping academics assert control over the knowledge they produce. Explore your OA options 👉 bit.ly/4oxaANK

Can't possibly recommend Rebecca van Laer's CAT enough, and so thrilled to reread now I've grabbed myself a hard copy from the Gower St Waterstones. Cat people unite -- this is such a smart, sensitive, and thoughtful book. Read it!! @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social

Been looking forward to this one! by @rebeccavl.bsky.social whose writing I fell in love with in her Long Day Press book How to Adjust to the Dark

Enjoy a snippet about the most iconic Mexican food—as seen from the perspective of a Mexico City native, Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado. 📚💡 Just published: https://bit.ly/3KwIIu8 #BookSky #FoodHistory @bloomsburylit.bsky.social#BookSky

'Afro-Centered Futurisms in Our Speculative Fiction' is the winner of the @theignyteawards.bsky.social award for Outstanding Creative Nonfiction! 🙌🎉 Congratulations to @genni.bsky.social and the contributors! 🏆 ignyteawards.fiyahlitmag.com/2025-results/ 📕 www.bloomsbury.com/afrocentered...

Tahirah J. Walker, author of 'Rhetoric, Intersectionality, and Black Women in Pittsburgh' will be at LitFest @cityofasylum.bsky.social on Oct. 18th! 🎟️Join virtually or in-person: cityofasylum.org/program/litf... 📘 Tahirah's book: www.bloomsbury.com/rhetoric-int...

Woop! My next book, HOT TYPE, a cultural history of the Linotype and the arc of mass media, is available for preorder & 25% off at Waterstones, for my UK friends. (I'm still editing it!) It's a fascinating & epic tale. Preorders are much-appreciated: www.waterstones.com/book/hot-typ...

Attention UK readers! 'Hot Type' by @jeffjarvis.bsky.social is 25% off on @waterstones.bsky.social online! Discover the story of the Linotype, the revolutionary machine that gave birth to mass media. Pre-order a copy today through 17th Oct. 📕 www.waterstones.com/book/hot-typ... #WPreorder

Lit Hub featured an excerpt of Rebecca van Laer’s “Cat.” Read it here: https://bit.ly/3IZfBiO #BookSky #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social#BookSky

"Taco" by Ignacio M. Sánchez Prado comes out in one week! Get a preview with our recent blog post: https://bit.ly/46LzC5t #BookSky @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

Join author Erik Mortenson, author of 'Rethinking Kerouac', for a panel discussion at @lalabookslowellma.bsky.social, part of this year's Lowell Celebrates Kerouac festival ⤵️ 📆 Friday, Oct. 10th 🕑 2pm 📘 www.bloomsbury.com/rethinking-k... lalabookstore.com/event/2025-1...

🧵It’s #BannedBooksWeek! Celebrate the #FreedomToRead and stand up to censorship with this reading roundup👇 @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

From the stereotype of the "crazy cat lady" to the joy of cat memes, this new book is a playful meditation on cats and their people. 😸 Now available: https://geni.us/B2rb #BookSky #Nonfiction @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

LAST CHANCE! Save 30% sitewide in our Back to School Sale! 📚💻📝 Sale ends October 5th. Discover our bestsellers: https://bit.ly/4mjeU1i

Brian Duff, author of “Restaurant,” explored how restaurants support community engagement and nourishment in @unecgh.bsky.social’s Oh, the Humanities podcast. Listen here: https://bit.ly/482CHzl 📚💙 #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social#LiteraryStudies

LA Weekly featured @isanchezprado.bsky.social’s “Taco” in their book gift roundup. Check out the rest: https://bit.ly/4pMjiJl 📚💙 #FoodSky #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social#FoodSky

New in the Research Spotlight series on our Literary Studies & Creative Writing Blog! Patrick Taylor highlights the challenges faced by psychologically disabled WWI veterans, and the voluntary initiatives that supported their reintegration ⤵️ https://bit.ly/46w8dmX #academicsky #phdlife

Have an idea you would like to develop into an academic book? Applications to the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship are open until Oct. 1st to Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse early career scholars (UK only). More info: bit.ly/4mHlgcn

How can we turn difficult subjects into meaningful prose? Author Nicole Walker takes us through some of her key ideas from 'Writing the Hard Stuff' on the Bloomsbury Academic Blog ⤵️ https://bit.ly/4nddmr6

Event this Sunday! Join author Clive Bloom as he presents gothic London's uncanny literature, arcane events and its infamous and imagined geographies 📍National Army Museum 📆Sunday 28 Sep 2025, 4.00pm - 5.00pm 🎟️ chelseaheritagequarter.co.uk/chf/london-u...

New from Object Lessons: Videotape Discover rise and fall and global cultural impact of the VHS tape ⤵️ 📕 https://bit.ly/3VlTPZi #filmstudies #mediastudies #materialculture #nostalgia

Attending the @moderniststudies.bsky.social 2025 conference? Book a meeting with @bendoyle.bsky.social to discuss your book idea on the @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social stand! Find out more about publishing with us ⤵️ https://bit.ly/42sYjRI

Have an idea you would like to develop into an academic book? Applications to the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship are open until Oct. 1st to Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse early career scholars (UK only). More info: https://bit.ly/4mHlgcn

New for your library: 'Theory Across Disciplines' edited by Jeffrey R. Di Leo From architecture and film studies through to economics and neuroscience, this is an introduction to the multidisciplinary character of contemporary theory. 📙 https://bit.ly/4mkfP1K

New in the research spotlight series on our Literary Studies & Creative Writing Blog! Natasha Radford introduces her research in children’s picture books and the importance of building an inclusive library for children. ⤵️ https://bit.ly/46lUAGH #academicsky #phdlife #highered #childrensliterature

Don't forget: save 30% sitewide in our Back to School Sale! 📚💻📝 Discover our bestsellers: https://bit.ly/4mjeU1i

Hot on the heels of my last, please join me in welcoming the brilliant Ulla Kriebernegg as our new series editor for the @bloomsburylit.bsky.social series 'Studies in the Humanities, Ageing and Later Life' www.bloomsbury.com/series/bloom... - Ulla, welcome aboard and I can't wait to work with you!

In this @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social interview, Brian Duff, author of “Restaurant,” discusses his background in political theory and restaurant reviews which influenced his latest book. Read more: bit.ly/4nRUE8z #BookSky #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

My PhD student Patrick Taylor blogs about his doctoral research on shell-shocked British veterans of WW1 for @bloomsburylit.bsky.social. His thesis is a comparative and overlapping account of such patterns in Britain and Australia bloomsburyliterarystudiesblog.com/2025/09/turn...

Out now: 'Reading and Writing for Change' ✍️🌐 An exploration of how creative writers and readers can recognize and resist processes of power in works of literature and their own writing to redress social injustices. 📙 https://bit.ly/46rCLX1 #creativewriting

Maine Calling (@mainepublic.org) interviews Brian Duff, author of “Restaurant,” where he evaluates the state’s restaurant scene. Listen to the episode: https://bit.ly/47Z9NQv #BookSky #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

ISLAND is a year old today!! 🏝️ To celebrate here’s a recent photo of the author taken by his kid on an old East German Praktica. If you’ve read ISLAND, thanks for reading! (If not, there’s still time!) @bloomsburylit.bsky.social @bloomsburyacad.bsky.social

Our senior publisher @bendoyle.bsky.social has been appointed to Main Panel D: Arts and Humanities for the Research Excellence Framework (REF) 2029, the UK’s system for assessing the excellence of research in #highereducation. 2029.ref.ac.uk/news/expert-...

Streaming has taken over, but the legacy of the videotape continues to inform modern entertainment. Explore the latest addition to our Object Lessons series: https://bit.ly/45H8R1G 💡📚💙 @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

Listen to author Brian Duff on his Object Lessons book 'Restaurant' and the Maine restaurant scene ⤵️ 🎧 podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/m... 📘 www.bloomsbury.com/restaurant-9...

Have an idea you would like to develop into an academic book? Applications to the Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship open 1st September 2025 to Black, Asian or Ethnically Diverse early career scholars (UK only). More info: bit.ly/4mHlgcn #academicsky #phdlife #highered

Listen to author Suzanne Jill Levine discuss her new book Unfaithful: A Translator's Memoir on the Three Percent Podcast ⤵️ 🎧 open.spotify.com/episode/2cOJ... 📙 www.bloomsbury.com/unfaithful-9...

The WashU arts and sciences peeps did a shot piece on the forthcoming Object Lessons books by Eileen G'Sell (Lipstick) and me (Taco), as well as WashU’s support for the series. artsci.washu.edu/ampersand/wa...

New for your library: ‘Teenage Time’ by @pamthur.bsky.social Discover how the teenager, as they has been perceived since the 1940s, have shaped the temporal imaginary of the 20th and 21st century literature. 📖 Read a sample: bit.ly/4m33waB 📘 More info: bit.ly/45nJBfn

Oliver Buckton’s “The World Is Not Enough” investigates Ian Fleming’s life and works, including his creation of #JamesBond. bit.ly/4p7ddXI (Available Oct. 2025 in the UK) 📚💙 #LiteraryStudies @bloomsburylit.bsky.social

Advance copies of 'The American Sentence' by Ira Nadel from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social just dropped onto my desk and look AMAZING! Available in paperback, it's a thoroughly engrossing account on the evolution of the American sentence over the years. www.bloomsbury.com/american-sen...

New reference volume in The Decades Series! ‘The 1920s: A Decade of Modern British Fiction’ examines both canonical writers such as Virginia Woolf and E. M. Forster as well as less widely-studied writers such as A. A. Milne and Naomi Mitchison. 📘 bit.ly/4m0JBsZ #britishfiction #literarystudies