Oh no! I’m so sorry to hear this! 😔😔😔

Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...

Deadline extended to 16 November!

@asle-us.bsky.social @eseh.bsky.social @carsoncenter.bsky.social @advancesjournal.bsky.social @19birkbeck.bsky.social @bacls.bsky.social

Lilac top border with text saying ‘call for chapters’. Below is an image of southern hemisphere of the globe drawn in swirling blue and brown lines. Text below reads ‘Companion to International Comics Studies’.

#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.

Many congratulations, Dom! 😊 So pleased for you! 👏🏼 Great news

Literaturesa

I'm going to be speaking online on the topic of 'Science Fiction Techno-Futures and the Medical Humanities' for the Literature and Science Forum on Wed 2nd July, 5pm BST: literaturesa.co.uk/about-us

Lovely photos! 😊

Fantastic to meet you too Barbara 😊 Likewise!

Same here, Dom! Sorry I had to leave earlier to catch my train. Sad to miss your paper!

Thank you to @carowintersgill.bsky.social @heavenforfend.bsky.social and @bacls.bsky.social conference team for organising a brilliant event. Thanks @barbarafranchi.bsky.social for chairing our Ishiguro panel & @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @drdominicdean.bsky.social Iain MacRury for great questions!

Had a wonderful time at the @bacls.bsky.social What Happens Now conference at Stirling University last week, finding solidarity with colleagues at this difficult time for English & humanities. Chaired a fantastic panel on Global English @agnes555.bsky.social @rsazzad.bsky.social & Tara Senanayake

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o – A Tribute through the Wasafiri Archive In tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive.

In tribute to Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1938-2025), Wasafiri has lifted the paywall on a range of his articles, stories, and interviews from our 41-year-old archive, each introduced by @flostadt.bsky.social‬, Deputy Chair and Trustee of Wasafiri.

Read & access here:

BACLS WHN 2025: Conference Registration now open!

The registration for the BACLS “What Happens Now?” Conference taking place 10th June – 12th June 2025 at Stirling University is now open. Please register via this link:
shop.stir.ac.uk/conferences-...

Never Let Me Go with Laura Colombino and Yugin Teo - part 2 YouTube video by The World Literature Podcast

World Literature Podcast Parts 2 & 3 on the 20th Anniversary of the publication of Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go with me and Laura Colombino, and hosted by Ivan Stacy, is now available on their YouTube channel youtu.be/1vILMft2DkQ?...
#ishiguro #kazuoishiguro #neverletmego #faber

Never Let Me Go with Laura Colombino and Yugin Teo - part 1 YouTube video by The World Literature Podcast

Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go turned 20 in March, and I was kindly invited, together with Laura Colombino, to participate in Ivan Stacy’s World Literature Podcast to discuss the novel and some themes that have developed in that time. Part 1 here: youtu.be/Ttsz-Vt2MbE?... #ishiguro #neverletmego

Front Cover of Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities edited by Gavin Miller, Anna McFarlane and Donna McCormack

NOW OUT! Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, ed. by me, @mariettarosetta.bsky.social, and Donna McCormack. @edinburghup.bsky.social @durhamimh.bsky.social @the-polyphony.bsky.social
tinyurl.com/5f6x94se

A copy of the book The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities

I just received my copy of The Edinburgh Companion to Science Fiction and the Medical Humanities, feat. a lengthy introduction my @drgavinmiller.bsky.social and I, and a chapter on pregnancy from me. #medicalhumanities #sf #sciencefiction #disabilitystudies

Editorship of <em>C21 Literature</em> C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings is the journal of the British Association for Contemporary Literary Studies (BACLS). The journal is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publica...

📢Exciting opportunity: @c21literature.bsky.social is seeking a new editor for a three-year term, to start on 19th May 2025

C21, the journal of BACLS, is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication & circulation of 21C writings.

More details on the role: c21.openlibhums.org/news/793/

If anyone would be interested in joining me and Sandro in proposing a panel on scholarly fields & literature - transhistorical - for the BSLS 2024 Conference in Birmingham do get in touch! MedHum, EnvHum, or any other approaches welcome. Deadline is in two weeks