The hardback of my first book, Living as an Author in the Romantic Period, appears to be deeply but mysteriously discounted at the moment (to £23.99): link.springer.com/book/10.1007.... If you've been waiting on purchasing a Palgrave book, might be worth a check to see if this discount applies.

Living as an Author in the Romantic Period

To allow for a greater understanding of Romantic-period culture, this work explores how authors profited from their writings in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, contending that the ...

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BARS Conference 2026 - Final Registration: Next week, the University of Birmingham hosts the British Association for Romantic Studies international conference. The conference theme, Romantic Retrospection, has led to a diverse range of papers, sessions, and roundtables (1/6)

New on the blog: a 'Five Questions' interview with Yasemin Hacıoğlu on her new monograph, 'Thinking Through Poems: Composition, Emotion and Decision-Making in Romantic-Era Women’s Novels' www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6523

CFP: The 14th International Walter Scott Conference 28–30 June 2027 @edinburgh-uni.bsky.social Papers invited papers on any & all aspects of Scott’s relationship to questions of politics, place & print culture. Deadline 1 Oct 2026 #C18 #C19 #romanticism #bookhistory llc.ed.ac.uk/english-and-...

The 14th International Walter Scott Conference | English and Scottish Literature | Literatures Languages and Culture

A three-day conference with talks, panels and a plenary session exploring the work of Scottish writer Walter Scott within the theme of 'Politics, Place and Print Culture'. Currently accepting submissi...

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I'm running for a second term as President of @bars.bsky.social, along with the fabulous @maryfairclough.bsky.social as Treasurer. Election statements are here: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6540. Take a look if you're interested in seeing what BARS has been up to and what we propose.

Join us for our first BARS Writing Group, from 9.30am - 11.30am BST on Tuesday 21st July, via Teams. Please complete the short form below and we will send over the Teams joining link to your email at 9am on the morning of 21st July. forms.cloud.microsoft/Pages/Respon...

EThOS platform restored! 'Following restoration work, all metadata records previously available on EThOS have now been restored, along with an additional 14,000 records added since the service was taken offline' - more to come www.bl.uk/stories/news...

EThOS records restored

We are pleased to share that EThOS (E-Theses Online Service) is now available again following restoration work after the cyber-attack.

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✨️Job Alert✨️ Lecturer in English Literature (18-19c) 📍Liverpool John Moores University, fixed term jobs.ljmu.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

⚡️Job Alert⚡️ 📖 Research Associate - The Oxford Complete Works of Mary Shelley 📍Manchester Metropolitan University, fixed term Please share with ECRs! manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...

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Many thanks to everyone who made Fantasy's Present Pasts such a success, especially our delegates from around the world who gave such excellent papers and contributions. The next European Conference on the Fantastic will be in Karlstad, Sweden next June - hope to see you there!

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Fantasy's Present Pasts kicks off tomorrow - look forward to seeing delegates in the morning! (We have some dangerously bright conference bags...) www.gla.ac.uk/schools/crit...

We've slightly extended the sign-up period for Fantasy's Present Pasts (23rd-25th June) to accommodate a final few speakers - this means if you'd like to come along, you can still register until 9pm on Tuesday 16th June. Registration can be completed here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fantasys-p....

Fantasy's Present Pasts

The first European Conference on the Fantastic, organised by the University of Glasgow's Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic

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“I mean, your society’s broken… Should we blame the rich, powerful people who caused it? No let’s blame the people with no power & no money & these immigrants who don’t even have the vote, yeah it must be their fucking fault.” —Iain Banks died #OTD, 9 June, 2013 www.theguardian.com/books/2013/j...

Iain Banks: the final interview

Iain Banks died last Sunday, just before the publication of his final novel The Quarry. Last month he talked to Stuart Kelly about writing, politics and all the things still left to do . . .

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Applications are open for the 2026/27 BSECS-Northumbria Fellowship, offering expenses up to the value of £4000 to support a visiting scholar undertaking research into the long eighteenth century. More information and apply at bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a... @bsecs.bsky.social

Registration for the Fantasy's Present Pasts conference (23rd-25th June) closes on Sunday 14th June. If you'd like to engage with a line-up including Helen Young, Sofia Samatar, Stefan Ekman and over 150 speakers and workshop leaders, registration is here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fantasys-p....

Fantasy's Present Pasts

The first European Conference on the Fantastic, organised by the University of Glasgow's Centre for Fantasy and the Fantastic

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BARS International Conference 2028: Second Call for Expressions of Interest We received no firm responses to our initial call for Expressions of Interest in hosting the 2028 BARS conference. We’re therefore reopening the call for EoIs until June 19th: www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6451

Appointed Role Advertisements: The BARS Review Editor and BARS Postgraduate and Early Career Officers 2026-2028 BARS is currently looking to appoint new Postgraduate and Early Career Officers to replace the outgoing role-holders, and a new Editor for The BARS Review. www.bars.ac.uk/blog/?p=6454

📣 Job Alert (permanent) 📣 Lecturer in English Literature (Romanticism), The Open University www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRQ222/l...

Lecturer in English Literature at The Open University

Start your UK & international job search for academic jobs, research jobs, science jobs and managerial jobs in leading universities and top...

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Fantasy's Present Pasts is approaching fast (23rd-25th June). Really pleased with how the line-up has turned out - think it should be a sparky and convivial conference. Please do consider registering and attending if you're interested. Full details here: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/crit....

Really looking forward to this celebration of Judith Hawley: wickedly erudite and witty scholar of the #18thcentury. @royalholloway.bsky.social www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-celebrat...

A Celebration of the Career and Scholarship of Judith Hawley

Satirists, Bluestockings, and Gin: A Celebration of the Career and Scholarship of Judith Hawley

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Assistant Professor in English Dublin City University Permanent Expertise in Children’s Literature is essential. Proven experience lecturing in 19th-century literature, Modernism, and Postmodernism. universityvacancies.com/dublin-city-...

Full programme details for Fantasy's Present Pasts, the first European Conference on the Fantastic (23rd-25th June, @glasgow.ac.uk), are now up on our website: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/crit.... Registration through Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fantasys-p.... Non-presenting delegates welcome!

We’re very pleased to share news of this research fellowship position, working with our wonderful CECS / English Literature colleague Prof Mary Fairclough @maryfairclough.bsky.social on the collected works of Mary Wollstonecraft: 🔗 www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRL782/r...

Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft at University of York

Explore an exciting academic career as a Research Fellowship: The Collected Works of Mary Wollstonecraft. Don't miss out on other academic jobs. Click to apply and explore more opportunities.

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Just a few days left to apply for our Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century scholarship (full PhD funding for three years), working at Sydney with @nicolaparsons.bsky.social and at Glasgow with me. Full details here: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Deadline 21st April - questions welcome.

Just a few days left to apply for our Living with Print in the Eighteenth Century scholarship (full PhD funding for three years), working at Sydney with @nicolaparsons.bsky.social and at Glasgow with me. Full details here: www.gla.ac.uk/scholarships.... Deadline 21st April - questions welcome.

Join us on Mon 20th April, 10am-1pm BST for a free online event on applying for funding! Register on Zoom: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

BARS 2026 Conference Registration now OPEN! We are pleased to announce that registration for the 2026 BARS Conference, Romantic Retrospection, hosted by the University of Birmingham, is now open.