Patrick Brindle

📅There's a week until the deadline to register to vote📅 So important that everyone has chance to vote and have their voices heard in next month's elections. Local elections are just as important as general elections. gov.uk/register-to-vo…

So very proud of you all! You've done the Tonksmaster proud. (Yes, I'm trying to make this nickname stick!)

Teaching a masterclass with @victoriawrites2 & @LitroMagazine on Writing the Body next month ❣️ Sign up here: litromagazine.com/masterclasses/…

Take a break from the World Cup! Register for my 2022 Penrose Lectures happening Monday and Tuesday this week: "Rethinking the State". First one on Public Value, second one on Public Purpose. Thank you @SOAS for inviting me. Register here soas.ac.uk/about/event/pe…

Meta's new AI Galactica is meant to be able to write scientific papers and Wikipedia entries, but it has been taken offline after attracting criticism over accuracy #Echobox=1668920388" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">newscientist.com/article/234752…

Thanks so much, Emma. Although I should point out that we’ve had the drop-in now. Please keep an eye on @citypublishing for updates on future events

If you’re in London tomorrow, and you’re interested in doing an MA in Publishing or in Creative Writing & Publishing, do drop in for a chat with me at City’s Northampton Square campus. 5pm - 6pm. Room A107, College Building, St John Street @citypublishing @CityUniLondon

Wake. Up. “Europe is a planetary ground zero for climate change.” #ClimateChange

@sarahjilani @jzux Oh, Sarah! No!

@jzux Raisins are not good in any context or form

what is your most benign unpopular opinion? i don’t mean like “the earth is flat” type of unpopular opinion, i mean like “I think golden retrievers are annoying” unpopular opinion

🐧📢 Are you interested in typography? Have you ever considered a career working with words and letters? If you fancy helping to ensure and improve typographic quality across our business, please apply with your CV & cover letter address to Francisca > bit.ly/3tboU3X

Love books? Want to know what goes on behind the scenes in a publisher? City’s MA Publishing is the place for you! Come and find out more at our open evening.

How to pluralize Platform capitalism-s? A short thread on some readings that complicate the useful but preliminary account by Nick Srnicek @n_srnck ; and also pluralize singular accounts of capitalism that neglect its institutional & geographical variations

We headed to the Faber archive to gather together some of the covers The Waste Land has had throughout the years. Which cover does your copy have?

Transitions in Print exhibition is now open at @TheJohnRylands. Blown away by the astonishing objects on display, inc. the St Christopher woodcut of '1423', Gutenberg indulgence, blockbooks, etc. Congratulations @simps_julianne, @temilyan and colleagues.

@photogramikka @JustStop_Oil Also rubbish politics and optics. Millions of people sympathetic to the goal of stopping oil will be upset and repelled by stunts like this. This isn’t how you build a coalition for change.

🌻🥫 BREAKING: SOUP THROWN ON VAN GOGH’S ‘SUNFLOWERS’ 🥫🌻 🖼 Is art worth more than life? More than food? More than justice? 🛢 The cost of living crisis and climate crisis is driven by oil and gas. #FreeLouis #FreeJosh #CivilResistance #A22Network #JustStopOil #NoNewOil

The dream first job in publishing - come join us!

I'm so proud to be Programme Director of the MA in English @CityUniLondon - it's such a special course. Do check it out if you're considering an MA next (academic) year! youtube.com/watch?v=eX74cr…

We released a new episode in our @BookshapersPod if you fancy W listen …

‘The Book Lover’s Bucket List: A Tour of Great British Literature’ presents some 100 wonderfully-described literary sites alongside colour destination photographs and illustrations from our collections – perfect for planning a literary outing!

I think of all the hoops that my graduates need to jump through to get their first job. And all the competencies they will need to demonstrate. And then I look at the staggering incompetence of the UK govt. Every single one of my students would do a better job. No question.