Are you interested in contemporary publishing, texts, and readers? Then you'll love the SHARPIES festival, which kicks off in just two weeks! Registration is still open and free for SHARP members. SHARP membership is 55-100USD. events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...

Are you interested in book history around the globe? Check out the SHARPIES online, global book history festival, taking place July 7th-9th. Free for SHARP members (and membership is between 55–100USD). Time is running out, so register today! events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...

Have you ever wondered what SHARP is? How to get published in one of SHARP's publications? Or how the SHARP Book Prize gets awarded? You're not alone! Register for the SHARPIES to get answers to these questions and more! events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...

Come think about Feminist Bibliography with me this summer! I’m teaching a one-week online course for @calrbs.bsky.social—I love this class and am excited to do it again. Description below; priority deadline April 15; all details at www.calrbs.org/feminist-bib...

Here's a short film outlining the experience of our inaugural residency with @monitorbooks.bsky.social mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Player/dffH5...

The call for applications for the UCL Small Press in Residence 2026 is now open. The residency is hosted by @uclspeccoll.bsky.social in collaboration with the @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social and @uclpublishing.bsky.social Please share: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

Join the Bookselling Research Network on Friday, March 13th for what will be a fascinating talk by Sarah Harkness: Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers built a Publishing Powerhouse booksellingresearchnet.uk/event/harkne... #bookhistory #publishing

Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers built a Publishing Powerhouse - Bookselling Research Network

Sarah Harkness speaks on her recent book, "Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers built a Publishing Powerhouse"

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Working with @kajamarczewska.bsky.social and the amazing team at @uclspeccoll.bsky.social - what could be better? Deadline 23 March, 10am London time, apply!

UCL Special Collections@uclspeccoll.bsky.social · 5mo ago

Call for applications! We are looking for a small press to take up a temporary residency at UCL! £5,000 to spend flexibly, an opportunity to work with outstanding collections & collaborate with brilliant students and staff! blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...

This conversation will be fantastic - 10 years on from Words Onscreen, the chance to talk to Naomi Baron about AI and the future of reading. Online at 2pm GMT today (and free!)

Tyler Shores@tylershores.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Join us online for our latest ThinkLab event! Really looking forward to having Professor Naomi Baron join us to discuss her book, Reader Bot: What Happens When AI Reads, and Why It Matters (@stanfordpress.bsky.social). Register: buytickets.at/intellectual... @intellforum.bsky.social #cambridge

T-minus 24 hours to @tylershores.bsky.social ‘s talk for @uclpublishing.bsky.social on The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of AI - join us at 1pm (London time) Weds 4th Feb (registration is free via www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...) #reading #publishing #bookhistory

Online seminar - The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of AI

Tyler Shores (Director of ThinkLab, University of Cambridge) - 1pm Wednesday 4th February 2026

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Really looking forward to this talk by @tylershores.bsky.social at @uclpublishing.bsky.social - some space available for in person attendance as well! #reading #publishing #bookhistory

UCL Publishing@uclpublishing.bsky.social · 6mo ago

What may be gained - or lost - when AI becomes embedded in the act of reading itself? Join us 1pm Weds 4th Feb for a free online talk from @tylershores.bsky.social on online reading, including how AI can function as a thinking partner across different kinds of texts. www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Approaches to promote children’s mental health and wellbeing Date: Feb 9 | Time: 3pm to 5pm Location: 26 Bedford Way Hear from UCL academics as they explore how arts, leisure & physical activity can foster resilience & wellbeing in young people. https://bit.ly/49iLxcz

Approaches to promote children’s mental health and wellbeing

Join us on 9th February for a special event during Children's Mental Health Week 2026.

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Still time to register for today’s @uclpublishing.bsky.social free online event, Understanding the Digital Public Library Ecosystem, with guest speakers @kiberens.bsky.social and Prof Rachel Noorda - sign up via www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

Understanding the Digital Public Library Ecosystem

Players, processes, and how publishers can work with libraries to reach readers

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The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍 📜

!Stop Press! Article on bias in digitised newspaper collections: ’Whose News’, in the new journal of @comphumresearch.bsky.social by Kaspar Beelen, @jonhistorian61.bsky.social, @kmcdono.bsky.social and me. See blog for summary & 🧵 1/7 Article doi.org/10.1017/chr.... Blog is.gd/2IFc30 #dh #c19 🗃️

Looking forward to tonight's www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/digit... event: 100+ booked but some tickets still available. See you on Zoom at 6pm UK time for a wide-ranging discussion of the impact of reading on our health and wellbeing

Digital Bibliotherapy: Reading for Wellbeing

What happens to reading for wellbeing when the books aren’t on paper, or a reading community meets in a virtual space? How, and why, do reading practices change, and what does this mean for readers wh...

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Laura Dietz@loradeets.bsky.social · 9mo ago

…and with @shaftowheed.bsky.social of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Dr Carina Spaulding of @readingagency.bsky.social as well - join us tomorrow to share ideas on reading for wellbeing! Thank you to @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for making the event possible 📚

…and with @shaftowheed.bsky.social of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Dr Carina Spaulding of @readingagency.bsky.social as well - join us tomorrow to share ideas on reading for wellbeing! Thank you to @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for making the event possible 📚

UCL Publishing@uclpublishing.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What happens to reading for wellbeing when the books aren’t on paper? Join the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and the UCL Centre for Publishing for a free online event 11th November 6pm (UK time): Digital Bibliotherapy: Reading for Wellbeing www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/digit...

So looking forward to this event, and hearing from Dr Nenna Orie Chuku, Dr Katharine Smales, and Prof Sam Duncan - our thanks as always to @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for generous support of this research #reading #wellbeing @sharpweb.org @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

UCL Publishing@uclpublishing.bsky.social · 9mo ago

What happens to reading for wellbeing when the books aren’t on paper? Join the @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and the UCL Centre for Publishing for a free online event 11th November 6pm (UK time): Digital Bibliotherapy: Reading for Wellbeing www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/digit...

🚨 Job alert! UPenn Libraries, on behalf of @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social, seeks to appoint an early career library professional or postdoctoral researcher with a background in premodern manuscript studies for an NEH-funded, 22-month Manuscript Data Curation Fellowship 📜

Manuscript Data Curation Fellow

University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

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📚Join us on 30 Oct 2025 at Senate House for The History of English Studies in Britain symposium 🎤 Speakers include Carole Atherton, Gail Marshall, Ronan McDonald, Christopher Stray, Stuart Jones, & Stefan Collini Free (booking required)👉 tinyurl.com/43z9mxnc #EnglishStudies #Humanities #Literature

The History of English Studies in Britain: a Symposium

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FYI: We are hiring a 3-year research postdoc at @camdighum.bsky.social to study AI and the future of creativity. Application deadline Sep 21; more info below. Please circulate / apply! www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/r...

Now Hiring: Research Associate (Fixed Term) - CDH

Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH) seeks to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in Digital Humanities. The post will run for three years from Spring 2026. The successful candidate will work with Profess...

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Quick rundown for non-US academics of whether you're likely to be eligible for the Anthropic payout: 1. you have works published in or before 2022 2. which are registered for US copyright (most likely if you had a US publisher, not otherwise): check here publicrecords.copyright.gov 1/2

…and another permanent, full time role available at UCL DIS: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Publishing Practice, Grade 8/9. Closing date 16th September. Come work with us! www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Closing date coming up soon: Monday 8th Sept for the Lecturer (Teaching) in Publishing, Knowledge Production, Platforms and Society role (permanent, full time). Click below for details and to apply!

Laura Dietz@loradeets.bsky.social · 12mo ago

Come work with us! Three jobs with UCL Department of Information Studies: first up, Lecturer (Teaching): Publishing, Knowledge Production, Platforms and Society - application deadline 8th Sept www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!

Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration

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So great to see this in the world. Thank you to editor Janneke Adema, all of the authors, reviewers, and fine folks at @michiganpublishing.bsky.social for creating this timely special issue!

Journal of Electronic Publishing@jepub.bsky.social · 11mo ago

We at @jepub.bsky.social are excited to announce the publication of our new special issue on Publishing and Climate Justice, edited by Janneke Adema! journals.publishing.umich.edu/jep/issue/38... [1/n]

CFP: Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People An online conference hosted by the University of Münster 11-12 February 2026 Abstracts due 11:59pm on 31 August! Full CFP and to submit: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/ Please share!

Come work with us! Three jobs with UCL Department of Information Studies: first up, Lecturer (Teaching): Publishing, Knowledge Production, Platforms and Society - application deadline 8th Sept www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

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Do your PhD in Manuscript Cultures with us! Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social Apply by 30 Sep! More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...