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We can now also say that we are supported financially by both SHARP and the Bibliographical Society! A small grant from SHARP will support the running costs of the conference, and the support of the Bibliographic Society will allow us to offer stipends to postgrads.

Reposting the cfp for the 3rd Queer Bibliography Conference, to be held in Newcastle, and online 11-13 June 2025. Full cfp ➡️ bit.ly/QueerBiblio2... Submission form ➡️ bit.ly/QB2025Propos... Questions? ➡️ queerbibliography@gmail.com Call closes 31 January.

Alternative google drive link to cfp here: drive.google.com/file/d/1M6Rh3l…

I am delighted to announce the cfp for Queer Bibliography: In the Making is now open. Please see the attached full cfp: bit.ly/QueerBib2025 and the submission form: bit.ly/QB2025Proposal…. I look forward to seeing many of you next year!

It goes without saying but please do share this widely. I hope this is a small glimmer of positivity for some of you amidst today's news.

Call for submissions! *Embodied Knowledge and Making Texts: A Handbook* Send your research proposals and creative responses to @conversiontales and me by 13th Jan thinicepress.org/research/call-…

I'm teaching a session on the study of paper for this (which may or may not be a selling point). The learned line-up of @JosephHone_ , @liamsims and Melanie Wood for a whole day should be a sufficient draw for most of you!

Excellent bibliographical skills workshop at Newcastle next month, organised by @BibSoc !

@philistella I have not but I will seek it out now

@18thcsam Have you seen 'The Taste of Things'? Pretty sure it contains an homage to this (and is just generally a very delicious and soothing experience)

Planning a housewarming in October means its time to revisit my comfort Wikipedia page en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Emp…

@BarryPierce Afaik foredge painting goes back centuries as a method of both decorating and protecting the edges of the pages. The resurgence in the mid 20thc was both a callback to vintage books and a way to disguise the inevitable browning on cheaply made high-acid paper.

i didn't know coloured edges on 60s paperbacks were such a thing, sometimes you still find them in charity shops, what did they signify? just aesthetics?

@friede Sounds lovely, thank you!

@18thcsam When Chelsea and I were there, we were close to The Bryn Mawr Bookstore (fittingly) which in turn is near a very good cheese shop

From today for the next month I'll be in Boston spending some time at the Houghton. I've never been to Boston before and I'll be based in Somerville. Where should I eat/drink/go visit while I'm here? Would love to hear your recommendations!

@ChapBookPro Thanks Giles!

@18thcsam It's been a while, but I'm glad to see the Diesel Cafe in Somerville is still there

@liamsims @aglmasters Congratulations Liam!! 🎊

With a huge sense of joy & relief I have just submitted my PhD thesis. 79,869 words. 241 pages. 5 years & 10 months of my life. Looking forward to a summer of rest & a viva in a couple of months. But now, champagne with a long-suffering but patient & lovely @aglmasters. #phdlife

it’s so lonely being the only one who knows the correct amount of reading to assign students and the correct amount of sociology to apply to literature

@JordanPfot Also imagine if we treated vaccines in the manner of the Cass Review. Overseen by someone who is chosen for a lack of expertise, without consultation with those affected by policy, and widely condemned by international experts.

Probably worth reflecting on how we got to this point, where the performance of seriousness requires ignoring the international health consensus and instead relying on a review that was specifically carried out by non-experts.

It's worth noting that the ban on puberty blockers that Labour is about to carry out puts the UK firmly to the right of even some of the more conservative bans in the US. The rhetoric might look different but criminalising(!) access is truly unprecedented.