New year & the launch of an exciting new project! Very much looking forward to chatting poetry, creativity, & play at Durham University next Friday (16th) – join online or come hang out in person📚🧠
Looking for a creative way to jumpstart 2026? Join our Project Lead Patrick Errington at Durham University's Narrative Cognition Lab/@durhamimh.bsky.social on Friday 16 Nov for an interactive talk on poetry & creativity!
Tickets are free & you can join online! medhumsplatform.org/event/readin...
Are you a passionate leader with a love for reading @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social are recruiting a Head of Reading Communities to lead a team of six to deliver impactful programmes across Scotland
📍Edinburgh/hybrid
💷 £40,400
📅Full time, permanent
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🎉We're hiring!🎉
We're looking for 2 Postdoctoral Researchers to join our exciting, interdisciplinary team. Both are full-time, fixed-term (almost 4 years), based in Edinburgh's @uoe-cahss.bsky.social / @uoe-llc.bsky.social w/ links to @schoolofppls.bsky.social & @morayhouse.bsky.social
Pls share!
We’re excited to share Literacy Lab’s new Future of Books and Reading report 📚
The paper combines research insights, professional expertise, and readers' voices to highlight the enjoyable, engaging, empowering and enriching effects of reading at every age.
Read more here ⬇️
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New job opportunity for literacy researchers interested in participatory methods/young people/poetry/wellbeing. Brilliant research team, led by @pat-err.bsky.social. Advert: elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/hcmUI/Candid.... Project website: rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk. Please share! @uoe-cahss.bsky.social
& thanks also to our host school @uoe-llc.bsky.social (@uoe-cahss.bsky.social) & affiliated @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social schools/depts @schoolofppls.bsky.social @morayhouse.bsky.social @edinnovations.bsky.social @edfuturesinstitute.bsky.social @iashedinburgh.bsky.social
Cannot wait to get started!
endless thanks to my brilliant co-leads @profsarahmcg.bsky.social & @danmirman.bsky.social, to all our partner orgs (incl. @literacy-trust.bsky.social @poetrysociety.org.uk @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @byleaveswelive.bsky.social @ptbopoetry.bsky.social @cilipscotland.bsky.social)
🎉 Thrilled to share that I've received a @ukri.org #FutureLeadersFellowship for our transdisciplinary, participatory, & practice-partnered project #RewritingWor(l)ds @re-writer.bsky.social/ rewriting-worlds.ed.ac.uk researching #poetry, creative engagement, & #wellbeing for young people
Last minute reading alert! ✨ Will be reading with some of my favourite poets at the Poetry in Session in the Poetry Lit! Festival! TODAY in *THIRTY* MINS!
📅 September 13th 🕒 13.30 pm BST
🎥 Watch @ www.facebook.com/PoetryLit / www.instagram.com/poetrylitonl... / www.youtube.com/@poetrylit22...
OPPORTUNITY!! @royalholloway.bsky.social is recruiting a poet to join our Creative Writing team - the role is part-time (0.5), permanent, and encompasses teaching and research! More than happy to chat about department culture and all things RHUL poetry🧡 jobs.royalholloway.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx...
On a related note: does anyone know of any public lists or databases of small or indie presses? With contact details would be amazing, but I'd just take names for now. Our mailing list needs updating and I want to check our reach, this would be a great help, but not sure where to look.
Cioran quotation (July 1968): 'To create a work that is of interest to no one. I have almost done it...'
...felt this entry when translating it today... (from Cioran's Notebooks, July 1968)
#DailyCioran #notevenalittlebitDailyCioran
had a few lovely emails recently from folks asking about my Cioran translation, which have inspired me to restart my old (not-at-all-)Daily Cioran excerpts of translation-in-progress.
so for all you threes of people wanting more nihilistic French-Romanian philosophy in your life: you’re welcome
