Anyone working in history of comedy/satire, television, modern British politics - there's a fully funded PhD to research the Spitting Image archive @theul.bsky.social, with supervision at Exeter Uni. All disciplines considered, pls do share widely. www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...

Good morning! Today's read is Travellers in the Third Reich : The Rise of Fascism Through The Eyes of Everyday People by Julia Boyd

An amazing resource on Guiding in fiction- lesliesguidinghistory.com/guiding-fict...

me, 20 mins before I have to go out: I THINK NOW IS AN EXCELLENT TIME TO REDESIGN MY WEBSITE me, 20 mins before I have to go out: are you sure you've got the time? me, 20 mins before I have to go out: YES LOTS OF TIME OH NO IT IS ALL NOW BUST AND I HAVE TO LEAVE *exit stage right pursued by a bear*

Lewis Carroll's 'Alice in Wonderland' illustrations, 1959 by Finnish artist and Moomins creator Tove Jansson #WomensArt

It's SO charming, my god, it's lovely.

petition for us all to move to Brussels in the next week

Good morning! Today's read is The House At World's End by Monica Dickens #booksky

Good morning! Today's read is The House at World's End by Monica Dickens. #booksky

Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had mixed memories of this. I had remembered it as being a bit stiff to read and something that I was not even sure I had finished. Yet Michelle Magorian is one of my favourite writers (A…

An Occasional Podcast About Children’s Literature – Episode Two Hello everyone. One of the things I've been working on this year is a very occasional podcast about children's literature. This is, as the title may suggest, a terribly sporadic deep dive into the world of children's literature and it…

Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian My rating: 4 of 5 stars I had mixed memories of this. I had remembered it as being a bit stiff to read and something that I was not even sure I had finished. Yet Michelle Magorian is one of my favourite writers (A…

An Occasional Podcast About Children’s Literature – Episode Two Hello everyone. One of the things I've been working on this year is a very occasional podcast about children's literature. This is, as the title may suggest, a terribly sporadic deep dive into the world of children's literature and it…

Introducing Episode Two of An Occasional Podcast About Children’s Literature: Enid Blyton I was always going to end up doing a podcast episode about Enid Blyton. She is a figure that I've been fascinated with for forever and am yet to fully understand. A contradiction, a brand, an unknowable…

Good morning! Today's read is the last little bit of Cuckoo in the Nest by Michelle Magorian. #booksky

*Three Year Post-Doc opportunity at Northumbria University*: 'The Horror of Place-Based Harms’ Details here: tinyurl.com/5cfr8xnb Deadline: 05/07/2026, 11:59 PM #horrorNU

This thread has reminded me of two of my all time favourite background characters

One of our new initiatives at The Rumpus is a Spanish language section, El Alboroto, where we publish original Spanish prose and poetry. If you write in Spanish or know people who do, please send them here to read our guidelines and submit their work. therumpus.submittable.com/submit/35215...

past me: (historic me, currently editing, quietly crying)

Good morning! Today's read is Cuckoo In The Nest by Michelle Magorian

Only one week left to apply for the IHR 2026 internship with the Bibliography of British and Irish History, concentrating on environmental histories. Find more details and submit your application at: buff.ly/Vzpz6G3 (application deadline 15 April 2026, 11:59 pm BST).

she's writing a thing, she's researching, she's stopping for lunch, she is the modern woman

this bookshop gives me joy every time I see it! go apply!

Meet Mary Kate by Helen Morgan and illustrated by Shirley Hughes The back cover to Meet Mary Kate (artwork: Shirley Hughes) Meet Mary Kate by Helen Morgan My rating: 4 of 5 stars There is gentle and then there is this, the gentlest of things which takes your gentle into an infinite black hole…

Meet Mary Kate by Helen Morgan and illustrated by Shirley Hughes The back cover to Meet Mary Kate (artwork: Shirley Hughes) Meet Mary Kate by Helen Morgan My rating: 4 of 5 stars There is gentle and then there is this, the gentlest of things which takes your gentle into an infinite black hole…

Good morning! Today's read is Meet Mary Kate by Helene Morgan, a very (VERY) gentle post-war collection of tiny short stories about a young girl featuring incredible artwork from Shirley Hughes throughout (the sense of utter childhood in everything she does!)

Good morning! Today's read is the Garland Story Book For Girls (no. 18 in the Bumper Book series).

Tove Jansson (Finnish, 1914–2001), Moomin and sisters Mymble and Little My paint an #Easter egg #womensart #Moomins

Today I discovered the existence of Tintin Spanish / French dictionaries and I am infinitely delighted by them

Good afternoon! Today's read is Silver Blaze by Lilias Edwards, a 1960s pony story featuring a girl who wants a pony and a group of Rapscallion Youths Who I Think Will Turn Good Shortly.

Hello chums! If you're an author and have five minutes to spare, a friend's daughter is doing her dissertation on "An investigation into the link between music and the author’s imagination" and would love your thoughts - docs.google.com/forms/d/1wy0.... Thank you if you can support!

Quartet by Leah Broad Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World by Leah Broad My rating: 4 of 5 stars "But this book does not 'rewrite' history. It relates a history that has always been there, waiting to be told." That was the moment when I knew that I was interested. I am not…

Júlia Sardà! She's excellent everywhere but her Mary and Frankenstein is breathtaking and if you don't know it, then you should. @andersenpress.bsky.social didyoueverstoptothink.com/2018/09/21/m... #kidsbookfriday #kidlituk #kidlit

Quartet by Leah Broad Quartet: How Four Women Changed the Musical World by Leah Broad My rating: 4 of 5 stars "But this book does not 'rewrite' history. It relates a history that has always been there, waiting to be told." That was the moment when I knew that I was interested. I am not…

Hello chums! If you're an author and have five minutes to spare, a friend's daughter is doing her dissertation on "An investigation into the link between music and the author’s imagination" and would love your thoughts - docs.google.com/forms/d/1wy0.... Thank you if you can support!

So I was very tempted to post yesterday for April Fools, something along the lines of "reg and len, so romantic, best proposal ever, god i've been wrong all this time" and then I decided that I couldn't even pretend so didn't. (let's all guess what I've just reread!).

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📢 It's the final day to nominate titles for this year's Ursula K. Le Guin Prize! This is one of the most exciting prizes around - I've discovered new favourites while reading previous shortlists - so don't miss the opportunity to nominate your favourite 2025 releases that meet the criteria.

Me, sidling into this bookshop, trying to subtly walk over to the j section in the children's

Good morning! Today's read is some more of Quartet which (despite knowing very little about the musical world unless it's me, bellowing along to Eponine) I am enjoying immensely.

I'm not remotely connected to this job but I think it looks cracking and you should apply - "Are you a poet with a developing national and/or international profile for whom a poetry fellowship would make a significant artistic and professional difference?" jobs.leeds.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...

"The removal of books from school libraries... challenges the professional expertise of librarians, undermining their role as trained specialists in selecting and managing collections." (librarians, I'll always have your backs). barbara567band.blogspot.com/2026/03/beyo...

Good morning! I've just got several conference acceptances in the inbox (hurrah, yay, joy, etc, etc) so would welcome any tips people have on funding for conference attendance for indie scholars. Thank youuuuu. #academicsky

Shirley Hughes though ❤️

When ur about to drag a shipful of sailors down to Davy Jones’s locker and u remember u left the oven on.

Good morning! Today's read is some more of Quartet which (despite knowing very little about the musical world unless it's me, bellowing along to Eponine) I am enjoying immensely.

There is a lot that I'm delighted by in the world of vintage books but this - the marks of a previous collector noting the titles that they had in the series - is right up there.

Good morning! Do you fancy doing a short online course about British Children's Literature in the 20th Century or one about Blogging and Writing For Online Audiences? Well, you are in luck my friends, because they are precisely what I teach and I'd love you to join the next intakes. Links below -

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