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International E. M. Forster Society @emforstersociety.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Camden Archives launches its exhibition on 'E. M. Forster's Legacy of Connection - Unseen Memorabilia' on Tuesday 29th September, 6pm - with talks by EMFS members Daniel Monk and Claire Monk!

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

It's a bit late, but @2026esse.bsky.social in Santiago was a real treat - so glad to have the opportunity to share some of my work on Gissing and literary naturalism, and hear so many other interesting papers in such a lovely city!

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Really pleased to have my review of Eret Talviste's 'Strange Intimacies' published by @fimassociation.bsky.social in Feminist Modernist Studies. They took it on when I had to withdraw the review from another journal, and they were so helpful and accommodating. Another great read! 📚

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Strange Intimacies: Affect, Embodiment and Materiality in Virginia Woolf and Jean Rhys

Published in Feminist Modernist Studies (Ahead of Print, 2026)

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The Space Between Journal: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945 @spacebjournal.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

We are still looking for one or two more short reviews (200-300 words) of publications from 1926! Enduring, popular or forgotten, we welcome any suggestions. If you are interested in contributing a mini-review in our next issue please email spacebetweenbookreviews@gmail.com

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 21/07/2026

My first read of Zola - bleak and unrelenting but also darkly fascinating and strangely moving. Not sure if I liked it or loved it.

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The Space Between Journal: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945 @spacebjournal.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

The Space Between Journal is establishing a "centenary celebration of literature" as part of the Book Reviews section! We are currently collecting short 1926 reading recommendations for the November issue. If you are interested in writing a contribution, please contact us for more details!

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 06/07/2026

It was such a treat to participate across four days in BAMS/MSA 2026. So many interesting discussions, and so much more added to my reading list!

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The Space Between Journal: Literature and Culture, 1914-1945 @spacebjournal.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

If anyone is interested in reviewing this open-access bibliography for our 2026 issue, please get in touch! Either on here or via spacebetweenbookreviews@gmail.com...

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Going to a conference where you aren't speaking is a very different experience to usual. I'm relatively new to Sylvia Townsend Warner, but this event at @ucl.ac.uk was a great introduction to so many of her central ideas. Can't wait to read more!

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The editors at The Modernist Review always offer great suggestions to improve my writing; the entire process is richly collaborative and rewarding. I am grateful they have let me publish a second time on the latest in Conradian criticism.

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Really enjoyed presenting on some of my findings on the 1926 General Strike from my visit to the @wcmlibrary.bsky.social nearly three years ago! Some great papers from fellow panellists too - John Sommerfield's 'May Day' is next on my reading list!

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 18/05/2026

Two very different concurrent reads. Much of Mayhew is more expansive and insightful than I’d previously supposed. ‘Villa America’ is an extremely readable introduction to Sara and Gerald Murphy and their (imagined) interactions with writers from the Lost Generation.

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 12/05/2026

Glad Surrey are finally making more of their local connections to Forster!

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 20/03/2026

I do love it when a good charity shop find comes with some unexpected ephemera

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Been catching up on my Jean Rhys before a book review. Am struck again by her ability to distil so much urgency into so few words.

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Very much looking forward to presenting on “weird” Forster at the upcoming @modernistudies.bsky.social / @moderniststudies.bsky.social joint conference in July!

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Sometimes Dickens can be preachy (and a bit of a slog), but the majority of these sketches make for much lighter reading. Like Austen and Forster, he’s adept at capturing both the humour and pathos of English social climbing… #WorldBookDay

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Last night’s annual Stonewall Lecture @unisouthampton.bsky.social was a fascinating discussion on radical bookshops and LGBTQ+ spaces - lots added to my reading list and can’t wait to go back next year

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John D. Attridge @johndattridge90.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Reactivating this account with the news that I have been appointed Assistant Book Review Editor for the @spacebetween.bsky.social journal! Looking forward to working with @drgreasefire.bsky.social on lots of exciting new ideas! See more about us at spacebetweensociety.com/home/about/

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About & Membership

The Space Between was created as a scholarly society in 1997 to expand the possibilities for interdisciplinary discussion of studies in the interwar and wartime periods covered by 1914–1945. …

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