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Finch Collins @finchinthestacks.bsky.social · 10h

The CFP for *Queer Bibliography: Taking Stock* is now open! Full cfp below and at bit.ly/QB2027CfP (Please feel free to circulate these graphics off Bluesky! They're sized for an IG story.)

call for proposals

Queer Bibliography
TAKING STOCK
Manchester, UK and online
2-4 September 2027

details overleaf ❧ ❧ ❧

call for proposals

Taking Stock marks the fifth annual Queer Bibliography conference and is a chance to pause and reflect and to queerly attend to the many meanings of “stock” in bibliography.

Where do we find ourselves and our work?
How might we trace queer histories of queer bibliography? How can we imagine critical futures for bibliographical enquiry within and beyond its traditional academic locations?
From the raw materials of books to the origins and shapes of personal, commercial, and institutional collections, how does "stock" participate in the production, articulation, and study of queer textuality and textual communities?
What is queer about materiality, the ecology of books, and the processes of making and engaging with (collections of) physical textual objects?

We invite participants to engage in stock-taking or to reflect on bibliographical stock, broadly defined. We welcome meta, theoretical, and historiographical work that takes stock of queer bibliography, and we welcome proposals that relate to “stock” in bibliography, book history, and reception studies.

❧ abstracts due 29 January ☙

full cfp: https://bit.ly/QB2027CfP

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Emily Higgs Kopin (spooky) @ehkopin.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

told my colleague I was judging our game design competition and she said "you do be judging" excuse me but it's called "assessment" and that skill makes me an asset to this organization

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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Deadline extended until 7 October! The Events Planning Committee seeks proposals for sessions centered on the tools and methodologies of bibliographical work, to take place during BSA’s Annual Meeting in January 2027 View the full CfP and submission instructions: 🔗https://bit.ly/cfp-tools-trade-27

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · 28/09/2026

Mark your calendars! SHARP 2027 conference on “Opening (up) the Book” will be held at the University of Pretoria. Abstracts: 30 January 2027 Conference: 7–9 July 2027 #CFP: sharpweb.org/conferences/

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Conferences – SHARPweb

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William Gibson @greatdismal.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Knowing that the plastic dinosaurs we played with as kids consisted, to whatever actual extent, of real dinosaurs.

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

I'm sure Tony was made for lots of people, but in this moment I'm sure it was made just for me because I needed it.

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Emily Higgs Kopin (spooky) @ehkopin.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

I would be way better at answering emails if y'all didn't send me so many (narrator voiceover: this was not true)

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

We have reached the "people yelling Colleen out of their car windows when I'm walking" phase of back to school.

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Today marks 25 years of my type one diabetes diagnosis and I'm here to say the phrase "cure within your lifetime" hits differently in your 30s than your 10s. Still here though!

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✯ A Pained Inkwell ✯ @aorticinkwell.bsky.social · 15/08/2026

I need this energy going forward because it’s so hard for me to stay positive about anything art related at my current age.🥲

Four panel comic. Are you sleeping? Yes, now shut up… Tolkien didn’t start LotR until he was 45, you’re doing just fine….

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John Scalzi @scalzi.com · 11/08/2026

I did the one thing that I absolutely had to do today, please clap

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 10/08/2026

Sometimes it's really wild to think about the person I am now compared to the person I was in 2023. Obviously nothing with this is because my colleagues are diligently submitting tenure applications...

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

We are officially at the "oh dear, I am so so sorry about that email I never answered" point of the summer. Moving, regardless of what, is really hard you all.

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Dylan Lewis @iamdylanlewis.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

The b in lgbtq+ stands for bibliocurious btw

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Beth DeBold @elizaaudacis.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

Opening this up to the palaeography hive mind because I’ve been staring at the word underlined in red for hours (slept on it, too) and it may kill me

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

And another peer review with my opinions goes into the void

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · 08/07/2026

Our third and final keynote is taking place in 35 minutes at #SHARPIES26. Come hear Mark Lester and Mark Letteney talk about Ancient Book History, moderated by Anna Siebach-Larsen!

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · 08/07/2026

Next up at #SHARPIES26: A Conversation on Youth Reading with Titas Bose, Natalie Hsieh, and Elizabeth Hoiem, chaired by @lmaruca.bsky.social!

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Showing off a bookseller catalog might be one of the fastest ways to get me really excited about a presentation, so looking forward to reading what Ruthie Block writes in the future. #SHARPIES26

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · 07/07/2026

Keynote from Ruthie Block starting now: "Stacker/Finder/Keeper: Mayme Clayton and the Itinerant Life of Black Books" at the #SHARPIES26!

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Joining the @sharpweb.org #SHARPIES26 from my living room with lots of coffee and a sleeping orange cat. He must be resting up to join the conversation I am chairing later today.

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💀your friend corrigan.🥀 @hereliescorri.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Larry is an inspiration.

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · 23/06/2026

Are you interested in contemporary publishing, texts, and readers? Then you'll love the SHARPIES festival, which kicks off in just two weeks! Registration is still open and free for SHARP members. SHARP membership is 55-100USD. events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...

A Conversation about Digital-Textual Histories, Martin Paul Eve in conversation with Matthew Kirschenbaum, Tuesday, July 7 @ 1pm UTC
What Contemporary Readers Do: A Spoken Word Interactive Video Game Experience, a Keynote Address by Beth Driscoll, Wednesday, July 8 @ 6:30am UTC
Writing Backward and Big Fiction in Conversation, Alexander Manshel and Dan Sinykin interviewed by Greg Barnhisel, Wednesday, July 8 @ 7:30pm UTC

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Hey #RBMS26, my phone died so if you're trying to find me you'll need to do it the old fashioned way. Technology is such an interesting thing to deal with!

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Honey & Wax Booksellers @honeyandwaxbks.bsky.social · 18/06/2026

Two weeks to apply for the tenth and final Honey & Wax Book Collecting Prize! $1000 for an outstanding book collection built by a woman, aged 30 or younger. The Knicks did it – now it’s your year! #honeyandwaxprize #honeyandwaxbookcollectingprize

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Ellen Forget @ellenforget.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

Does anyone know of any short-term fellowships or other funding I could apply for to help me get to Germany in September? Trying to attend a conference, but internal funding hasn't come through. Anything related to #BookHistory #DisabilityStudies or #DigitalHumanities. Thanks!

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I also just got to see the Goodyear Blimp at the Lexington airport? This is just a wacky travel adventure if I do say so myself...

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

I cannot decide if O'Hare is the Malört or Tequila of airports. And yes, I've been here for hours.

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

Surely someone is writing about and studying airport bookstores, right? I'm just not aware of it? Because I want that.

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Thinking Through Printing friends, I think I need to come with a warning label today that says I've been up since 4:30am, forgive me for that. But I'm here!!!

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

Another year, another faculty retreat that I feel the urge to live post but have literally no reason to do so.

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

Email is bad, actually

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Matthew Noe @noethematt.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

It's okay to enjoy things Important to, even

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

My employer loves me, or at least wants me to eat free food.

Two smiling gluten free humans holding a sign that says "dietary restriction table, gluten free guests only" at the front of a buffet line with only GF foods

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · 19/05/2026

If you want to attend a sporting event to watch the game, there's nothing like basketball but if you want to attend a sporting event and not watch the game, baseball is basically the GOAT sport

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UK Libraries @uklibraries.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

he's back 😻 oh yes he is

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Trans* Book History @transbookhistory.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

If you’re in or near Lexington tomorrow come on out for the Halftone Zine Fest from noon-5pm at SAVS. Halftonezinefest.org We’ll be giving away small and tiny language models as well as other printed sundries.

A hand holding two small pocket notebooks with marble paper covers. The larger green notebook has a label that says “small language model” and the smaller yellow notebook has a label that says “tiny language model”

A hand holding two small pocket notebooks with marble paper covers. Both have labels on the back that say “made by human hands at the King Library Press”

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Hanging out at the Midwest Archives Conference and trying to figure out how to navigate a 300 person conference after years of either 15, 100, or 600+ person conferences.

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Colleen Barrett @colleenlovesbks.bsky.social · 14/05/2026

Come hang out with me from afar in July! It'll be a blast.

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SHARP @sharpweb.org · 13/05/2026

Hey book nerds! We just hit 200 registrants for the SHARPIES! Don't let July 7th-9th be the worst bout of FOMO you've ever experienced. Register now! events.zoom.us/ev/Ap9iEZwmC...

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SHARPIES: A Global Book History Festival

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Sarah Werner @wynkenhimself.bsky.social · 13/05/2026

Spots are still available for my CalRBS online summer course on feminist bibliography! Spread the word and come explore with me! 📜 📚

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BOO! k HistoriAAAH 🎃 @book-historia.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Sometimes all you can do is peak in an archival envelope, sigh to yourself, and close the archival envelope

An envelope full of a wad of colorful threads

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The Bibliographical Society of America @bibsocamer.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

🚨 Funding Alert! 🚨 Are you passionate about book history, bibliography, or book arts? Submit your proposal today for financial support for upcoming events in your community! 📖✨ 📅 Deadline: 1 July (11 weeks away!) Learn more & apply today 👉 bibsocamer.org/events/funding-opportunities

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Megan L. Cook @meganlcook.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

It’s that time of year when all my friends are hanging out at the ABAA New York International Antiquarian Book Fair without me

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