📚 Happy #SaturdayShelfie! Spines that speak volumes 🎶 This week we’re peeking at the bookshelf of Eva Egolf, author of DJing in New York – where sound studies, community music and music education meet DJ culture. What's on your shelf?

✨ 2026 is here! ✨ A year of fresh ideas, bold thinking, and unmissable new releases from Intellect. From insightful new research to inventive explorations in art, culture and media, we can’t wait to share our upcoming titles with you. Swipe to see what's coming up!

Gareth Dylan Smith shares six albums and songs that continue to inspire both his work and his everyday listening.

Bryan Powell, co-editor of the new book series, Contemporary Music Making and Learning, talks about the scope and approach to the series. Watch the full In Conversation 👉https://youtu.be/Nd7QUkS6cXc

Transitions: Journal of Transient Migration 9.2 is out now! Special Issue: ‘Transient Migrant and Information Behaviours’ Including ‘Decoding impermanent narratives: A study of transient migrants as digital influencers on YouTube’ by Gunjan Gupta And Tanushri Banerjee https://ow.ly/9keE50XMaqy

On this episode, James Campbell is joined by Eva Egolf, author of DJing in New York: Learning Processes of Underground Club DJs. They discuss her new book, the technological shift in DJing and her thoughts around learning and maintaining a career as a DJ in New York Watch👉https://ow.ly/7xTn50XNBAg

Happy Saturday! ✨ From theory to practice, Bryan Powell’s shelves are a treasure trove for anyone passionate about music making and learning. #MusicEducation #SaturdayShelfie

Special Issue: ‘Screen Pedagogies Now’ Film International invites contributions that examine the role, value and future of screen education in an evolving global context. Deadline: 15 February 2026 Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/3PbG50XLtok

Drawing: Research, Theory, Practice 10.2 is out now! Special Issue: ‘Territorial Inscription: Drawing Out Bodies’ Including ‘Territorial inscription: Drawing as incision in speculative architecture’ by Ephraim Joris Access the issue via discover 👉 https://ow.ly/qhC550XMakM

General Call for Papers Issue 16.2 Short Film Studies welcomes submissions from short film/media scholars that reflect their own critical and scholarly interests. Deadline: 15 May 2026 Full CFP 👉https://ow.ly/UM8i50XKNzg

Day 12 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown ✨ To close our 12-day festive-season series, we’re featuring The Being of Relation by Erin Manning, a rich philosophical exploration of connection, movement and sense-making A thoughtful finale under £30 Read a free chapter 👉https://ow.ly/4RZX50XG7fw

Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty 16.2 is out now! Including ‘Material memories and Black womanhood: Asserting presence in conventional university archives through collective-declaration’ by Dyese L. Matthews and Denise Nicole Green https://ow.ly/YjQZ50XMa3v

Studies in Costume & Performance 10.2 is out now! Including ‘Costuming The Handmaid’s Tale: The silent power of clothes’ by Sarah Heaton. https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/scp/10/2

Day 11 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown ❄️ Today we spotlight On the Communicative Turn in Philosophy by Claude Mangion – a deep dive into discourse and meaning. A contemplative choice under £30. Read the book for free and find out more 👉https://ow.ly/cqTk50XG72l

Gareth Dylan Smith, co-editor of the new series Contemporary Music Making and Learning, shares more about the vision behind the series. Watch the full In Conversation here 👉https://ow.ly/3Y1850XKXVL

Call for Papers JAWS 12.2: 'A Potato Codex: An illuminated book of experimental and collaborative writing' Guest edited by Potato (Lesley Guy, Kate Liston and Tom O’Sullivan) Deadline: 30 March 2026 Full CFP 👉 https://ow.ly/hfyJ50XKNnr

Day 10 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown 🌙 Today’s book: Well-Being and Creative Careers by Mark Deuze a thoughtful and compassionate look at balancing creativity, work and personal wellbeing. A reflective read under £30 Read a free preface and find out more 👉 https://ow.ly/YAPx50XG6YI

On this episode, James Campbell is joined by Francesca Granata, editor of Fashion Projects: 15 Years of Fashion in Dialogue. They discuss the history of Fashion Projects, the editorial selection process and the future of fashion and Fashion Projects. Watch here 👉https://ow.ly/yPHb50XCHzQ

Day 9 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown ✨ Discover Fashion Projects, edited by Francesca Granata – a dynamic exploration of fashion theory and culture. A stylish pick under £30. Read a free introduction and find out more about the book 👉 https://ow.ly/6MNp50XG6Uv

#SaturdayShelfie 📚 A glimpse into Gareth Dylan Smith’s bookshelves—where rhythm, research, and reflection live side by side. Every spine tells part of a story. What’s on your shelves right now?

Journal of Visual Political Communication 12.1 is out now! 📰 Including ‘Visual attention to mobilizing political social media posts: An eye-tracking study’ by Anna Gaul, Katharina Pohl, Elisabeth Schmidbauer, Anna Sophie Kümpel and Jörg Haßler. https://ow.ly/FqA650XKKAB

Special Issue Call for Papers ‘Apparatus – the role of technology in illustration’ We invite papers that expand upon and discuss the relationship between illustration and technology. Deadline: 26 January 2026 Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/G7t250XKopi

Day 8 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown ❄️ Our pick is Entrepreneurial Arts and Cultural Leadership by Bonnie Fogel & Brett Ashley Crawford — practical insights for creative leaders. Thoughtful, inspiring – and under £30. Read it for free or find out more 👉https://ow.ly/NQa850XFOO0

Performing Ethos: International Journal of Ethics in Theatre & Performance 15.2 is out now! In this issue, the journal launches a new special section titled ‘Performance as Witness, Memory and Resistance in Times of War’. https://ow.ly/MuVm50XKKtG

Intellect is pleased to announce that Australian Journalism Review 47.2 is out now! Including ‘Invisible journalists and dominant algorithms: AI-generated news and its implications for Australian media pluralism’. Access the issue via discover 👉 https://ow.ly/UPPV50XKhGF

New review! ⭐ Find out more about Music Making and Civic Imagination by Dave Camlin 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/music-making-and-civic-imagination

Day 7 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown🌟 Today we feature Hip-Hop Archives by Mark V. Campbell & Murray Forman, exploring cultural memory and the foundations of hip-hop studies Essential reading — and under £30 Read the introduction and find out more about the book👉https://ow.ly/nrjp50XFNn3

Design, Business & Society 10.2 is out now! Special Issue: ‘Experience Design’. Including ‘Customizing deeper transformational tourism experiences for vulnerable tourists’ Sandra Goh, Jagdeep Kaur Sabharwal and K Thirumaran. https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/dbs/10/2

International Journal of Education Through Art 21.3 is out now! Including ‘Can TikTok save the planet? An a/r/tographic inquiry in three parts’ by Angela Hostetler. Access the issue via discover 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/eta/21/3

Call for proposals We invite proposals for a new book series, Twenty-First Century Musical Theatre, which will focus on contemporary musical theatre on stages or screens anywhere in the world. Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/vjSL50XKg9G

Day 6 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown ✨ Today we’re sharing Last Artist Standing, edited by Sharon Louden – a powerful collection on resilience, community and the realities of sustaining creative practice. An uplifting read under £30 Read a free chapter👉https://ow.ly/qSXb50XFKE5

Journal of Applied Journalism & Media Studies 14.3 is out now! Special Issue: ‘The Plight of Women Journalists: Safety Risks and Gender Discrimination’ Including ‘X trolls and harassment: Reflections from journalists in South Africa’ by Kealeboga Aiseng https://ow.ly/WNXO50XKalG

Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Interdisciplinary Voice Studies 10.1&2 is out now! Special Issue: ‘Listen to Performance, Listen to Voices’ Including ‘Enacting nostalgia: Singing during the last dinner of a winter housing scheme for migrants’ by Paul Bai https://ow.ly/OWLJ50XKaeb

Call for Proposals: Playtext series The editors welcome contributions that take a consciously interdisciplinary and intertextual approach, reflected by playtexts that engage with wider social and performance contexts. Read more 👉 https://ow.ly/p65o50XJx9x

Day 5 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown 🌙 Explore Urban Music Governance by Jess Reia, a timely study of culture, policy and the future of music in cities. A compelling choice for winter reflection and under £30! Read for free or find out more about the book 👉https://ow.ly/7PaY50XFApM

Journal of Applied Arts & Health 16.2&3 is out now! Special Issue: ‘Creativity, the Arts and the Environment’ Including ‘Shaping the future of the arts therapies in a climate emergency’ by Gary Nash and Vanessa Jones. TaPRA https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jaah/16/2-3

Journal of Urban Cultural Studies 12.2 is out now! Special Issue: ‘Haunted Terrains and Critical Topographies: Rethinking the Production of Space’ Including ‘Anti-world-building in 1930s London’ by Stephen Read Hager. https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jucs/12/2

New review! 🤩 Find out more about Shock Factory by Nicolas Ballet 👉https://www.intellectbooks.com/shock-factory

Day 4 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown✨ Today we spotlight Artists as Writers, edited by Seph Rodney, PhD & @stevengfullwood – a vibrant look at artists who reshape language and form A creative seasonal pick under £30 Read a free introduction or get your own copy 👉https://ow.ly/nEGY50XFzTI

Journal of Popular Music Education 9.2 is out now! Including ‘Defying gravity in the classroom: A critical pedagogy for analysing Wicked: Part One’ by Drew X. Coles. Access the issue via discover 👉 https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/jpme/9/2

Intellect is pleased to announce that East Asian Journal of Popular Culture 11.2 is out now! Including ‘‘It’s nuts or nothin’: Grotesque, carnival and postmodernism in Chainsaw Man’ by Ryan Johnson #PopularCulture Access the issue via discover👉 https://ow.ly/6tVJ50XJM6c

The Korean Society of Clothing and Textiles will be hosting the 2026 International Conference on Clothing and Textiles on 22–23 May 2026. Call for abstracts for oral and poster presentations are welcomed. Find out more 👉https://www.ksct.or.kr/home Deadline: 15 January 2026

Day 3 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown Today’s pick is Sight Readings by Alan John Ainsworth, a thoughtful exploration of photography, perception and visual meaning A perfect winter companion – under £30 Read chptr 1: https://ow.ly/sKPS50XFzvo https://ow.ly/3xKB50XFzvm

On this episode James Campbell is joined by Gareth Dylan Smith and Bryan Powell, series editors of Contemporary Music Making and Learning. They discuss the focus of the series, highlight new books and offer a preview of what’s forthcoming. 👉https://youtu.be/Nd7QUkS6cXc

Day 2 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown ❄️ Meet Leigh Bowery by Sofia Vranou – a striking exploration of one of performance art’s most iconic figures. Bold, insightful and a brilliant seasonal spotlight. Read a free sample 👉https://ow.ly/er5X50XCPfK Find out more 👉https://ow.ly/Qu6c50XCPfM

Call for Book Chapters Community-Based Learning for an Ageing World: Intergenerational & Inclusive Practices for a Humanities of Care edited by Juanjuan “June” He and Catherine Quay Abstract deadline: 31 January 2026 Full CFP: https://ow.ly/3imR50XHrHC

Day 1 of our Festive Season Reading Countdown ✨📚 Today we’re spotlighting Wild Renaissance by Guillaume Logé – a powerful reimagining of creativity, ecology and the art–nature relationship. A beautiful way to begin our 12-day celebration of ideas under £30. 👉https://ow.ly/CO6V50XCOWb

We are at PSI in Brazil! Stop by to say hi to James and check out our books and journals available. We will be here until Monday! Find out more 👉https://www.psi-web.org/psi-conference-30/

Still Moving: Conversations with Senior Professional Dancers Still Performing by Sonia York-Pryce is out now in hardback! This book contributes to the growing literature on overcoming ageism in dance and offers an inspiring look at human potential and resilience. https://ow.ly/oqV450XHuzb

Join Professor Sonjah Stanley Niaah for her Inaugural Professorial Lecture on dancehall, cultural studies theorising, and activism in the African diaspora. She also edits our forthcoming Journal of Caribbean Music & Sound Cultures. More about the journal👉https://ow.ly/GjMl50XIuL5