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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 7h

👋🏼 Hello! Why not check out our website today? 🤗 It’s a treasure trove of information, news, archives, resources, schedule of upcoming events , projects, campaigns, publications -so MUCH to discover! Click on the link! Also… why not join us? englishassociation.ac.uk

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The English Association | The English Association

At The English Association we support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education.

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 9h

Ideal reading books for eleven-year-olds, featuring Gillian Cross, Alan Garner, Catherine Johnson and Frank Cottrell Boyce. #homelearning schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...

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Year 7 reading list for children aged 11-12, with titles by Michael Rosen, A.M Dassu, Mitch Johnson, Malorie Blackman and Catherine Johnson.

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Stephen Heard @stephenbheard.bsky.social · 15h

This is a beautiful book! Go grab a copy.

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 8h

Recently updated on our site: Books for 5 year olds. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/childrens-fa... #kidlit Books for 5-year-olds - favourites chosen by children including titles by Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, Giles Andreae, Chris Haughton,...

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Books for 5 year olds

Books for 5 year olds - favourites chosen by children including titles by Julia Donaldson Giles Andreae & Nathan Bryon and Dapo Adeola.

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QuestFriendz @questfriendz.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📚️ Check out the @englishassociation.bsky.social review of SuperQuesters Mission: Desert Danger by @pauliancross.bsky.social: ‘Engaging… perfect for a Year Two or Year Three classroom.’ Find out more about the book now: tinyurl.com/AMZdesertdan...

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

📣Listen to the recording of this event! 📣 Including info on 8 week programme, collaborative work with international colleagues from Japan, Italy, France ,Wales, Poland-multimodal work with students in schools, colleges, HE- using Arthurian myths & legends! englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

This is at 3pm today! Not too late to sign up! Join us ! 🙌🏼⬇️

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Elizabeth Draper @draperel @draperel.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

This!The IAS teacher network welcomes both experienced practitioners & newcomers, offering opportunities to deepen subject knowledge,explore innovative teaching methods, & connect with educators & scholars worldwide who share an interest in Arthurian literature, culture, and myth. Sign up! Join in!

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

📣Thinking Forwards Event📣 Tomorrow! Free online! If you can’t make it, sign up & you will be sent the recording 🤗 #myths #legends #teachingresources#thinkingforwards #interdisciplinary englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-for...

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Recently updated on our site: Grief and loss books for children. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/genres/grief... #kidlit Grief and loss themed books for children and teens with titles by Britta Teckentrup, Samuel Langley-Swain, Judith Kerr, Harry Woodgate, Laur...

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Grief and loss books for children

Grief and loss books for children and teens with titles by Laura Dockrill, Oliver Jeffers, Kereen Getten, Michael Rosen & Joseph Coelho.

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Dr. Will Green @drwillgreen.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

🗣 Public History Talks - Open for Booking! When we think about the drama of Shakespeare and his contemporaries, we often think of purpose-built London playhouses like the Globe. Yet much of the disruptive, political energy of the professional playing companies was forged on the road.

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UK-Ireland DH Association @ukiedh.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🎉 We're excited to welcome 6 new Community Interest Groups to the UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association! From #webarchives, #pedagogy, and #openknowledge, our CIG network now includes 10 active groups. 🔗 digitalhumanities-uk-ie.org/2026/09/21/2... #DH #DigitalHumanities

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Announcement: New CIGs | UK-Ireland Digital Humanities Association

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Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Calling all teachers... Join beloved writer and former Children’s Laureate Michael Rosen, for an unforgettable FREE poetry event celebrating his brand-new collection, The Weirdest Thing of All! Find out more here: clpe.org.uk/training/eve...

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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Are you a UK-based humanities and social sciences researcher interested in applying for an ERC Starting Grant? Join our webinar next week to learn more about the call and gain practical insights to help strengthen your proposal. Learn more: bit.ly/4eGHg5B

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

mailchi.mp/2875667087a6... Sign up for the free SRL newsletter & receive 📚 Recommendations for school book clubs ⭐ Books of the month 📢 Competitions 🎙️ Children's literature podcast 📖 New book reviews 💷 Great value for schools & parents 📥 Join over 10,000 subscribers

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Sign up to the FREE newsletter from The School Reading List, which includes: 📚 FREE recommendations for your school book clubs ⭐ Our books of the month 📢 Competitions 🎙️ FREE children's...

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

‘In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit.’ Today, we’re bringing out the first edition of Tolkien’s The Hobbit 🐉 It started off with a single sentence and became a well-loved children’s book, complete with illustrations and decorations from the author himself.

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Thinking Reading @thinkreadhq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

In the podcast 'Inside the Reading Gap', you will hear from headteachers and principals, teachers, charity leaders, researchers and academics, literacy teaching specialists, and most importantly, pupils and adults who have struggled with their reading. Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

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History Today @historytoday.com · 21/09/2026

Philip Hensher’s A History of the Novel in Britain is certainly novel but how does it fare as history? ✍️ Robert Eaglestone reviews the recent #history book buff.ly/PJvctPL

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‘A History of the Novel in Britain’ by Philip Hensher review

Philip Hensher’s A History of the Novel in Britain is certainly novel but how does it fare as history?

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Explore Liverpool @exploreliverpool.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🎬 | Aspiring comedy writers across the Liverpool City Region could be behind the BBC’s next big sitcom, with five original scripts set to be commissioned for development.

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Kristof Smeyers @kristofsmeyers.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

6-year fully funded research and teaching assistant job at University of Ghent in the fields of English literature/cultural theory, history/translation history, linguistics, language acquisition, communication. Own projects are welcome! Details: jobs.ugent.be/job/Ghent-As...

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Assistant English

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BSECS @bsecs.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

**The Georgian Group Dunscombe-Colt Bursary** #BSECS & the Georgian Group are offering a NEW bursary for #PGR & #ECR speaking on the architecture or material culture of the long #18thC at the BSECS annual conference. #skystorians 🗃️ Details can be found at: www.bsecs.org.uk/prizes-and-a...

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Prizes and awards Archive - BSECS

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DeclanKavanagh.bsky.social @drdeclankavanagh.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Leading a creative writing workshop on Swift's Gulliver's Travels (1726) in Special Collections at Kent, writing objects and subjects big and small. Wed 28 Oct, 2pm until 4pm, Templeman Library. Email D.kavanagh@kent.ac.uk to reserve a place. #CreativeWriting #GulliversTravels

Writing Big and Small after Gulliver
A Creative Workshop
Dr Swift
First published in 1726, the first two books of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels turn on a single trick played in opposite directions: shrink the world around its narrator, and even the smallest objects and gestures of Lilliputian court life become petty and absurd; leave him ordinary-sized among the giants of Brobdingnag, and the plainest objects, and the bodies of the people who use them, become overwhelming, even repulsive, at close range. This workshop invites participants to think about their chosen objects or subjects in both big and small ways, using inspiration from the Special Collections holdings to write other worlds into existence.
Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026
Time: 2.00pm - 4.00pm
Venue: Special Collections & Archives, Templeman Library, University of Kent,
Canterbury
Led by: Dr Declan Kavanagh
Places limited - materials provided - all levels welcome
To reserve a place, email D.kavanagh@kent.ac.uk

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Modern Humanities Research Association @themhra.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Our colleagues in the @englishassociation.bsky.social are hosting an event in London on 17 October, Why Subject Associations Matter -- celebrating their 120th birthday! Do come along if you're in the area. Details here: englishassociation.ac.uk/confronting-...

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

🎉🎉🎉 Please do come along ! ⬇️⬇️⬇️💫💫💫⬇️⬇️⬇️ 🎂Our 120th birthday ! 🎂

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

📣Over the coming weeks & months, we’ve a great range & variety of EVENTS! 📣 Useful, informative, enriching! #CPD Visit our 🌟website 🌟Many are FREE online, at ‘twilight’ times (16.45-17.30) to hopefully fit more with busy schedules. 😊 Come along! Invite colleagues! englishassociation.ac.uk/events/

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

English Association Monographs: English at the Interface explores innovative research and examines the intersections between English Studies and other languages, cultures, professions, disciplines and technologies from the medieval period to the present day. More here: bit.ly/4xmuf72

Promotional graphic for Liverpool University Press featuring three recently published book covers: Reading Place Writing by David Cooper, Multilingualism and the Early Modern City by Christopher Joby, and Playing with Lines by Thomas Gould. Pale blue, cream, and slate blue blocks frame “Recently Published” and the series title, “English Association Monographs: English at the Interface.”

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Liverpool University Press @livunipress.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

New in the English Association Monographs series: English at the Interface. | Christopher Joby discusses his new book, Multilingualism and the Early Modern City, exploring language practices and contact between languages in the early modern multilingual city of Norwich. More here: bit.ly/4xP6u8B

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Heike Bauer @heikebauer.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Brilliant job opportunity in Birkbeck's School of Creative Arts, Culture & Communication: Lecturer in Digital and Immersive Storytelling, full-time, open ended post. Contact Scott Rodgers at s.rodgers@bbk.ac.uk to find out more: cis7.bbk.ac.uk/vacancy/lect...

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Lecturer in Digital and Immersive Storytelling (2493) - Birkbeck, University of London

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Let Dem Know by Benjamin Zephaniah. An anthology of poems on subjects from vegetables and vocabulary to pollution and revolution, including an unpublished work - Daily new children's book #kidlit #BookOfTheDay #ad - Daily new children's book #kidlit #ad ⬇️ uk.bookshop.org/a/735/978024...

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Let Dem Know by Benjamin Zephaniah.

Let Dem Know by Benjamin Zephaniah. 9780241789704

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Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Alumnus of English Literature @glasgow.ac.uk Robert Robertson talks about his experience of Glasgow, the degree programme, and his career in music since: @univeng.bsky.social @englishassociation.bsky.social @uofgartshums.bsky.social #EnglishCreates youtu.be/N4wJ8BkU_EA?...

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Robert Robertson from Tide Lines | UofG Alumni Spotlight

YouTube video by Official University of Glasgow Alumni

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 12/09/2026

A huddle on the greasy street – cars stop, nose past, withdraw – dull glint on soles of tackety boots, frayed rough blue trousers, nondescript coat stretching back, head supported in strangers’ arms… —Edwin Morgan, “Death in Duke Street” in CENTENARY SELECTED POEMS (2020) #BookWormSat #poetry

Death in Duke Street
by Edwin Morgan

A huddle on the greasy street –
cars stop, nose past, withdraw –
dull glint on soles of tackety boots,
frayed rough blue trousers, nondescript coat
stretching back, head supported
in strangers’ arms, a crowd collecting –
‘Whit’s wrang?’ ‘Can ye see’m?’
‘An auld fella, he’s had it.’
On one side, a young mother in a headscarf
is kneeling to comfort him, her three-year-old son
stands puzzled, touching her coat, her shopping-bag
spills its packages that people look at
as they look at everything. On the other side
a youth, nervous, awkwardly now
at the centre of attention as he shifts his arm
on the old man’s shoulders, wondering
what to say to him, glancing up at the crowd.
These were next to him when he fell,
and must support him into death.
He seems not to be in pain,
he is speaking slowly and quietly
but he does not look at any of them,
his eyes are fixed on the sky,
already he is moving out
beyond everything belonging.
As if he still belonged
they hold him very tight.

Only the hungry ambulance
howls for him through the staring squares.

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

Come along ! Spread the word! thttps://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/diversifying-english-practical-strategies-to-make-english-more-inclusive-tickets-1992345475951?aff=oddtdtcreator&mc_cid=b4b6bde97c&mc_eid=fe738b8607

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Diversifying English: practical strategies to make English more inclusive

Join expert practitioners for a day of CPD dedicated to diversity in English, with a focus on the English Literature A Level

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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 01/09/2026

The Society's events programme resumes this month. Join us at 6pm on Friday 25 September for: ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act’, with Glen O’Hara (Oxford Brookes) bit.ly/4i0YEDS All welcome #Skystorians

Image of footpath signs and text: Professor Glen O’Hara (Oxford Brookes University): ‘In All Our Footsteps? Rights of Way and the Battle for the Land after the 1949 National Parks and Access to the Countryside Act’, on Friday 25 September 2026 (in person at the Institute of Historical Research, London, and online)

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 31/08/2026

Bookings are officially open for Rutherglen’s first-ever Book Festival, 29 Oct–21 Nov The festival includes author talks, readings, conversations, storytelling & creative workshops. All events are FREE, but places are limited – book your favourites now! rutherglen900.com/event/ruther...

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Rutherglen Book Festival - Rutherglen 900

Rutherglen 900 and South Lanarkshire Leisure and Culture Libraries Launch the first ever Rutherglen Book Festival Your Library. Your Stories. Your Festival. Rutherglen 900 and South Lanarkshire Leisur...

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British Library @britishlibrary.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Happy birthday to Mary Shelley, born on this day in 1797 📕 At 18, she began writing Frankenstein, helping to invent a whole genre and giving us one of literature’s most iconic monsters. Not a bad legacy.

Black and white etching portrait of Mary Shelley. Her portrait is set in an oval, she is wearing a black off the shoulder gown. Her hair appears to be a dark brown and falls around her jawbone.

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School Reading List @schoolreadinglist.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Recently updated on our site: Year 3 reading list for children aged 7-8. 📚👍🏼 schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list... #kidlit Suggested reading books for Year 3 children, aged 7-8. A diverse and interesting range of exciting titles aimed at children of all abilities...

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Books for Year 3 children aged 7-8 in KS2

Books for Year 3 children in KS2 with a diverse collection of recommended texts chosen by qualified librarians and educators.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 30/08/2026

“…my habitual residence was on the blank and dreary northern shores of the Tay, near Dundee…” @profdanielcook.bsky.social examines why Scotland mattered so much to Mary Shelley, & considers her position in the Scottish #Gothic tradition #FrankensteinDay #Frankenstein 💙📚 www.nls.uk/papercut/mar...

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Mary Shelley and the Scottish Gothic Tradition | National Library of Scotland

Explore the profound impact of Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein' on literature and culture.

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The Publishing Post @thepublishingpost.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

The perfect Sunday read: Reading non-fiction is largely viewed as less approachable than fiction. We've done some research into why it's so important that you give it a try! #booksky #writersky #readingcommunity #authors #reading #books #nonfiction www.thepublishingpost.com/post/the-imp...

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The Importance of Reading Non-Fiction

By Haiden Allsopp, Ellen Jones and Fida Mohammed

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edelsemple.bsky.social @edelsemple.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

Shakespeareans! Join me & @kscheil.bsky.social in Atlanta for our @saaupdates.bsky.social seminar on #shakespeare & his family in biofiction and biography. #shax2027 registration deadline is 15 Sept. #hamnet

A call for papers for a seminar at an academic conference (SAA), that includes a description of the seminar and images of Shakespeare and family from biofictions about them.

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Association for Scottish Literature @asls.org.uk · 30/08/2026

“the novel’s fizzing exuberance derives from the fun of watching Gray’s keen authorial intelligence finding layer upon layer of unexpected possibility in his one ingenious narrative conceit” @jonathancoe.bsky.social reviews Alasdair Gray’s POOR THINGS in the @lrb.co.uk www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v1...

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Jonathan Coe · Gray’s Elegy

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samuel mehr @mehr.nz · 30/08/2026

my 5yo said she was making a sign for her fort and I was expecting like "no boys allowed" or whatever, but in fact it said:

Rainbow lettered sign "everyone alowed in this fort"

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