The BSLS

PhD opportunity – Recording nature and writing the self: time, entomology and the archive in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. More info: bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/phd-op…

Want to help keep the BSLS running smoothly? Ahead of the 2026 annual conference, we are seeking expressions of interest and nominations for two positions on the executive committee: Treasurer and Book Reviews Editor. Interested? More info here: bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/bsls-e…

We have a new review on our website: Rhonda Mayne reviews Patrick Armstrong's Microscopy, Magnification and Modernist Fiction: Micro-Modernism from Hardy to Beckett (bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/armstr…).

Would anyone like to review Mandy-Suzanne Wong's Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl (graywolfpress.org/books/daughter…). Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com.

Who would like to review Christian R. Gelder's The Search for a Science of Verse, 1880 to the Present (cambridge.org/core/books/sea…)? Get in touch at bslsreivews@gmail.com if so.

Would anyone like to review Anastasia Klimchynskaya's book, Science Fiction and the Modern World: The Emergence of a Genre in a Revolutionary Age (liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10.38…)? Email bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.

Would anyone like to review Joseph Fletcher's book, William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788-1795 (anthempress.com/books/william-…). Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.

We have a new review on our website. Encarnación Trinidad Barrantes reviews Hugh Epstein's book, Hardy, Conrad and the Senses (bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/epstei…).

Hardship Funding for this year's conference is available: 10 bursaries of £100 each. Contact bsls2026-conf@strath.ac.uk for more information on how to apply.

IAS Book Launch: Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel: Tue 3rd March, 6pm (in person). The IAS welcomes Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction. More: bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/ias-bo…

Call for Book Proposals: Secrecy in Literature and Culture (Edinburgh University Press) Series Editors Simon Cooke and Natalie Ferris invite proposals for critical studies exploring the pivotal role of secrecy in literature and culture. More info: bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/call-f…

Is anyone keen to review Arnold Thackray's book Making Science History: A Personal Perspective from Alamogordo to AI (pennpress.org/9781606180365/…). Contact us at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.

Would anyone like to review Jane Colden’s Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America’s First Woman Botanist by Fenella Greig Heckscher (pennpress.org/9781606180471/…). Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.

Faye Lynch reviews Suman Gupta and Peter H. Tu, The Practical Philosophy of AI-Assistants: An Engineering-Humanities Conversation (bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/gupta-…)

Ellie Hibbert reviews Jessica Cox's book Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain (bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/cox-je…)

We have another review on the BSLS website: Jessica Cox reviews Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain (bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/cox-je…)

Two grant schemes from the School of Advanced Study are now open for applications: Being Human Festival 2026 and the Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities’ new Collaboration and Innovation Grant. Go to sas.ac.uk/news-events/ for details on how to apply

Call for Contributions to edited volume - The Prosthetic Ocean: Technology, Culture, and Maritime Imagination. More details: bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/call-f…

Who would like to review Michael D. Gordin and W. Patrick McGray's, book Greedy Science: Creating Knowledge, Making Money, and Being Famous in the 1980s (press.jhu.edu/books/title/53…). Contact bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.

Would anyone like to review a poetry collection for the BSLS website: They gather around me, the animals, by Kunjana Parashar (barnesandnoble.com/w/they-gather-…). Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.