Reposted by Kaye MitchellUoM English, American Studies & Creative Writing Department @uomenglish.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Looking forward to this one! Natalie Adler in conversation with @mbpearl.bsky.social, 9th October @blackwellsmcr.bsky.social. Natalie will be discussing her debut novel, Waiting For A Friend, set amidst the AIDs crisis in 1980s New York. Tickets: buff.ly/whu6suu 023
Reposted by Kaye MitchellTanita Tikaram @tanitatikaram.bsky.social · 15/08/2026White professor ‘ MattGPT ‘ whose most recent book contained fabricated quotations, non-existent source references, & left ChatGPT URLs accidentally embedded in footnotes is sad about Jason Arday’s death but still wants Arday & all black academia held to higher standards than his own writing . 11158501559
Reposted by Kaye MitchellArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 09/08/2026At Goldsmiths CCA in London, Alice Hattrick considers the containers we make for the crip experience.artreview.comNotes on a Crip ExhibitionAt Goldsmiths CCA in London, Alice Hattrick considers the containers we make for the crip experience 031
Reposted by Kaye MitchellLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 12/07/2026‘Margaret Busby situates herself in a long line of editors and anthologists tasked not only with bringing the work of Black writers into print but with defining the parameters of Black literature.’ Christine Okoth on the trailblazing Black British publisher. www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukChristine Okoth · How Things Should Go: Margaret Busby’s BooksMargaret Busby acknowledges the importance of anthologists and editors in championing overlooked or underrepresented... 01512
Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026Please sign the petition against the brutal and utterly unnecessary job cuts being proposed at Exeter University c.org/cgSJ8xQxmtc.orgSign the PetitionStop Redundancies at the University of Exeter 010
Reposted by Kaye MitchellBen Phillips @benphillips1989.bsky.social · 23/06/2026A statement from Exeter UCU branch @ucu.org.uk - please share far and wide. 16231273
Reposted by Kaye MitchellJennifer Cooke @jenniferacooke.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Free to download for 10 more days and succour to those of us in HE's trenches right now. This is an amazing short book. www.cambridge.org/core/element...cambridge.orgThe Disinterested TeacherCambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Disinterested Teacher 044
Reposted by Kaye MitchellFaber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 15/06/2026Sarah Hall will deliver the 2026 Faber Lecture, under the title, Burning Snowflake: Nature. Writing. Rebellion. Hall will give the lecture on 10 October in Manchester, with Burning Snowflake also published in hardback on 8 October. faber.co.uk/journal/sarah-hall-will-deliver-the-2026-faber-lecture 0125
Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 04/06/2026Extremly sad news. www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...theguardian.comMarjane Satrapi, creator of Persepolis and acclaimed French-Iranian artist, dies aged 56Family members said the author of the landmark comic book memoir ‘died of sadness’ after the death of her husband last year 000
Reposted by Kaye MitchellLondon Review of Books @lrb.co.uk · 30/05/2026‘The task facing a mature society is to adapt its methods of financing universities to sustaining the purposes for which such institutions exist – rather than, as at present, the other way round.’ Stefan Collini on universities in crisis www.lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v4...lrb.co.ukStefan Collini · Squadrons of Pigs: Bonfire of the UniversitiesThe problems with Britain’s universities are systemic and deep-rooted, not just local or contingent. Yet political and... 02010
Reposted by Kaye MitchellHenry Mance @henrymance.ft.com · 26/05/2026Otherwise, the article was perfect 52895190
Reposted by Kaye MitchellLaura Salisbury @laurasalisbury.bsky.social · 12/05/2026We have a postdoc medical humanities position available at Exeter on the Wellcome-funded After the End project. Are you interested in endings and aftermaths? If so, please do apply and join our research team. careers.exeter.ac.uk/vacancies/79...careers.exeter.ac.ukPostdoctoral Research Associate in Exeter | University of ExeterView details and apply for this Postdoctoral Research Associate vacancy in Exeter. Postdoctoral Research Associate Salary Details The starting salary will be from £34,610 on Gra... 1815
Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 12/05/2026Spotted in the wild (aka Waterstones Deansgate) - the new @deadinkbooks.bsky.social edition of Gillian Freeman’s “The Leather Boys”, for which I wrote the intro. 📚🌈 061
Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 23/04/2026Find yourself a cat / dog / human / Faculty Dean who looks at you like Arthur looks at me. 391
Reposted by Kaye MitchellResearch Professional News @resprofnews.bsky.social · 22/04/2026Over 1,000 UK university job losses announced since January. www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-u... 21318
Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 21/04/2026My February reads (which I forgot to post - I’m not “here” much). 000
Reposted by Kaye MitchellDuke University Press @dukepress.bsky.social · 30/03/2026Save 30% on #NewBook "Close Writing" by Alice Butler, which reflects on the works, letters, and lives of the experimental writers Kathy Acker and Cookie Mueller. buff.ly/TTSh7XL 0173
Reposted by Kaye MitchellDead Ink Books @deadinkbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2025Introducing the next title under our new imprint Outsider Classics — Gillian Freeman's THE LEATHER BOYS 🏍️ A novel originally published in 1962 that played a key part in liberalising British society's regard of homosexuality, about queer, working class lads and motorcycle gangs. Cover 🎨 Luke Bird 184
Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Congratulations to @newwritingmcr.bsky.social MA Creative Writing graduate India-Rose Bower, whose debut novel We Call Them Witches has just been published. womensprize.com/india-rose-b...womensprize.comIndia-Rose Bower on The Rise of Eco-Horror - Women's Prize 001
Reposted by Kaye MitchellCentre For New Writing @newwritingmcr.bsky.social · 22/01/2026Head to Social Refuge next week for the launch of 'Chosen Family', a new novel by our PhD graduate Madeleine Gray: 📅 Monday 26 January ⏰ 7-9pm 📍 Social Refuge, 27 Great Ancoats Street, M4 5AJ 🎟️ £5 (£20 including book) www.socialrefuge.com/event-detail...socialrefuge.comChosen Family Book Launch | Social RefugeJoin Madeleine Gray in launching her new book here in the UK! 012
Reposted by Kaye MitchellFaber Books @faberbooks.bsky.social · 19/01/2026Sarah Hall’s Helm has been shortlisted for the Winston Graham Historical Prize 2026. Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors. 071
Kaye Mitchell @drkayemitchell.bsky.social · 16/01/2026Out imminently: the second novel by former @newwritingmcr.bsky.social student Madeleine Gray. Today’s book of the day in The Guardian. 011
Reposted by Kaye MitchellUoM English, American Studies & Creative Writing Department @uomenglish.bsky.social · 16/01/2026📣Sexuality Summer School | 24–29 May 2026 📅 Join us in Manchester for postgraduate workshops, seminars & public events on sex, race & sexuality. Keynotes: @crileysnorton.bsky.social, @kanerace.bsky.social & @profrichardson.bsky.social. Details and sign up: sexualitysummerschool.wordpress.com 074