I'm so glad to share the CFP for the Eleventh conference of the International Association for the Study of Popular Romance. Link to the full CFP  www.iaspr.org/conferences/... Please share with your cool academic circles! #popularromancestudies #romance #CFP #AcademicSky @iaspr.bsky.social

Many thanks to @sreepurnadatta.bsky.social & @ashleyremminga.bsky.social from the @utas.edu.au for their significant role as cheer sqaud for my presentation on popular romance plots. UTAS keeps producing people who show up for each other! Very proud of my UTAS academic background ❤️

@jodimca.bsky.social and I wrote a thing for @theconversation.com on the new season of Rivals! theconversation.com/rivals-seaso...

Rivals season 2: Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire drama shows good sex from a woman’s point of view

Rivals prioritises the female gaze when it comes to the bonkbuster sex scenes, explaining its enduring popularity among women.

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If you're watching the second season of Rivals: @dramyburge.bsky.social and I have a piece on it and the way both it and its source material depict sex in The Conversation.

Rivals season 2: Jilly Cooper’s Rutshire drama shows good sex from a woman’s point of view

Rivals prioritises the female gaze when it comes to the bonkbuster sex scenes, explaining its enduring popularity among women.

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I've done a fun little month's round up for April. Our theme was 'Folklore and Fear' so if that's your jam... give it a look! romancingthegothic.com/2026/05/07/f...

Folklore and Fear: April Round Up

The April talks (and most of the book groups) were dedicated to folklore, folk music and folk tales from a range of traditions: from Indo-Carribean folklore and horror to British and Irish traditio…

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Very excited to share the definition of trope in romance fiction, synthesised beautifully and significantly by @heatherschell.bsky.social I was fortunate to be part of this amazing discussion during the Popular Culture Association’s annual conference [2025] Link: www.jprstudies.org/2026/03/defi...

Defining the Trope in Romance Fiction | Journal of Popular Romance Studies

Trope n. A named, recognizable plot device or feature that raises expectations about the direction of the plot or character interactions. A tag that references a recognizable plot device and serves as...

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"Dark Tales of Wonder" is a collection of Dark Fantasy short stories with a splash of horror and dash of Whimsy. Inspired by True stories shared by friends and family steeped in Pakistani Folklore and Superstition. Grab your copy: Links are in Bio! #Horrorsky #writingcommunity

Save the date: RomanceClass is doing another KILIG FOR FREE day (several days really) on 4/4! Romance novellas, short stories, and short story collections, in English, by Filipino authors will be available free at this link: romanceclassbooks.com/free

From the sublime to the… cute? I (p)review the new TV show The Other Bennet Sister - which I’m really enjoying!

The Other Bennet Sister: this fresh take on Pride and Prejudice transforms the overlooked Mary

This new BBC drama is an enjoyable retelling of Austen’s most popular novel from the perspective of one of its least regarded characters.

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The CFP for the always fantastic @fsnnorthamerica.bsky.social annual conference is now live Deadline: 8 May 2026 #FanStudies docs.google.com/document/u/0...

FSNNA 2026 CFP ("Boundaries")

Call for Proposals Fan Studies Network North America Conference 2026 (virtual) October 22-25, 2026 The Boundaries of Fan Studies and Fandom Boundaries have always been a part of fandom, as producers ...

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CfP: conference “Scream@30”. Dec 16, 2026 @ Bangor University, UK. Deadline: June 1, 2026

Scream@30 An in-person academic conference hosted by The Centre for Film, Television and Screen Studies, Bangor University, UK 16th December 2026 Wes Craven’s Scream (1996) changed the face of horror…

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So good to come across your own book while spring-cleaning the books you own. "Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan"examines Anglophone romance reading community in Pakistan & highlights the readers' perspective and preferences. #Romancelandia #Fandom #AcademicSky @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

Hi all! For an essay collection on #toystudies toyetic tv (TV shows based on toys like She-Ra), I could use an essay or two on modern videos (e.g. #Labubu and #PopMart) or other interesting pitches. email valerie@calithwain.com Thanks! #academicsky #booksky #cfp

Re-reading Crusie is nicest thing this procrastinating academic has done in what seems like a very long time. Loving everything about my slow morning so far! #reading #jennifercrusie #romancelandia #booksky

I'm running a popular romance course at the University of Liverpool... but only if enough people sign up! Come and join us! www.liverpool.ac.uk/continuing-e...

New Year, New-ish Call for Papers Calling all #Bronte scholars, #poetry specialists, #Romantic & #Victorian -ists: please consider submitting to our Brontës and Poetry special issue of Brontë Studies - #creative approaches encouraged 🖤 Abstracts: 1 April Manuscripts: 15 December Please RT

A new publication by Katie Deane, on dark romance, is the first work of romance scholarship of 2026. And it's open access!

Dark romance: an introduction

This article examines the rise of dark romance from the fringes of self-publishing to a bestselling genre. After surveying definitions of dark romance, the article provides a detailed chronology of...

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🚨 A new Special Issue has been published today! The volume "(Un)defined YA / Series / Romance" features an introduction by Amanda K. Allen (@amandaallenphd.bsky.social) and six research articles. Follow the link and keep reading to discover them: www.jprstudies.org/special-issu... #RomanceResearch

Just a reminder that Romancing the Gothic's conference this year is celebrating the 200th anniversary of Ann Radcliffe's publications! The conference focuses on women and people of marginalised genders in the Gothic and horror! Come join us! romancingthegothic.com/2025/10/15/r...

Romancing the Gothic 2026 Online Conference CFP

More Terrors than her Reason Could Justify A 200th Anniversary Celebration of Ann Radcliffe’s Posthumous Publications 2026 marks the 200th anniversary of the publication of Ann Radcliffe’s final po…

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Extremely chuffed to see this review of my book. All thanks to Qurrat-ul-Ain Liaqat, @jprstudies.bsky.social and @hannahoorenman.bsky.social ❤️ #bookreview #AcademicSky #booksky #romancelandia #romance #fanstudies #fandom

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🚨 A new book review has been published in JPRS! Qurratulaen Liaqat reviews Javaria Farooqui's (@javariafarooqui.bsky.social) book "Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan: Reading the Regency". Follow the link to read it: doi.org/10.70138/FRC... #RomanceResearch

One of the very few pieces I managed to publish this year is my entry on "Ethnonationalism and Gender" in 'The Sage International Encyclopedia of Politics and Gender.' Have a look if you have institutional access.I'm too poor to get it even with the contributor discount😍 #AcademicSky

📣 Important update regarding this CfP: the submission deadline for our Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman" has been extended until 30 November 2025! 🔗 Find all the relevant information through the JPRS website: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/... #RomanceResearch

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CfP 🚨 The Journal of Popular Romance Studies is now accepting paper submissions for its Special Issue "Romancing the Posthuman", focusing on romance, critical love studies and posthumanism: 📆 Deadline: 31 October 2025 📄 Send 300-word abstracts ➕ More information: www.jprstudies.org/submissions/...

Weekend vibes with books [that I have been carrying around as emotional support and not finding time to read] and plants. Books in the post: Talia Hibbert's "Get a Life Chloe Brown" and Ayesha Muzaffer's "The Haunting of Dr Rahimuddin Shamsi." #Reading #Romance #horror #plants #booksky

📣 Really proud to announce the publication of Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship, an #OpenAccess collection of essays co-edited with @amsichani.bsky.social and published by @uolpress.bsky.social that examines the role of failure in #DH and research more broadly @sas-news.bsky.social

Reframing Failure in Digital Scholarship - University of London Press

Failure is ordinary. From technological failures and computational obsolescence to rejected applications and challenging collaborations, failure is an unavoidable part of any scholarly endeavour. This...

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New #CFP International #WomensWriting online conference

Coolest call for book proposals! #romance #power #desire #AcademicSky #booksky #academicwriting #books

Sharing Ayesha Muzaffer's " Bhabies of Lahore" again because it is a very indigenous, very cultural brand of horror. The stories know the difference between a churail and a ghost & show why certain nights feel heavier in our part of the world. Cool, spooky, and South Asian! #horror #pakistan

Got Rosemary Pennington's very interesting book, "Pop Islam: Seeing American Muslims in Popular Media," from the book exhibit at PCA, NO, 2025. I've loved the chapter on Ms Marvel Kamala Khan. Conference book hauls are best! #bookhaul #popislam #amreading #AcademicSky #msmarvel #booksky

For those readers, "the fabricated society [...] mirrors their reality" (74) and they "relate to the descriptions of food and customs in the Regency historical romances as they define the criteria against which they critically 'judge' their society and their own selves" (75).

Romance Fandom in 21st-Century Pakistan

Romance Fandom in 21st-century Pakistan offers the first major study of English-speaking romance fandom in South Asia, providing a new reader-centric model that engages with romance readers as genre e...

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