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New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

Don't miss our newsletter! Fast Five: Meena Khandelwal | Channel Spotlight: Big Ideas | Scholarly Sources: Jerry Brotton on What’s Your Map? newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/whats-your...

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What’s Your Map?

Meena Khandelwal, Big Ideas, and Jerry Brotton

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Stentor Danielson @chefstentor.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

For @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social I talked with Christy Hyman ( @writingtwobooks.bsky.social ) about The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp: newbooksnetwork.com/the-cultural...

Cover of The Cultural Heritage Resilience of the Great Dismal Swamp by Christy Hyman

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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

🎧 Drops today: the ARB Podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Jieun Baek, “Privileged But Powerless” @yalepress.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 👇 Available below and wherever you listen to your podcasts. buff.ly/B1YU4qi

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Communication Research Center @bucomresearch.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

CRC Director, @commscholar.bsky.social, and @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social sit down to chat about Content Confusion and how advertising is now inextricably linked to the news we consume. 🎧 Listen here --> newbooksnetwork.com/content-conf...

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Michelle A. Amazeen, "Content Confusion: News Media, Native Advertising, and Policy in an Era of Disinformation" (MIT Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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Bloomsbury Literary Studies & Creative Writing @bloomsburylit.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

Baudelaire's Objects by Joseph Acquisto was recently featured on an episode of New Books in French Studies from @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Learn about Baudelaire's representation of objects in the natural world at the link below! newbooksnetwork.com/baudelaires-...

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Joseph Acquisto, "Baudelaire's Objects" (Bloomsbury, 2026) - New Books Network

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Stephen LN @riffsandmeaning.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

I was on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social hosted by Rebekah Buchanan talking all things Point Break. @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social @bloomsburymedia.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/point-break

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Bradley Morgan @bradleymorgan.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

My latest interview for @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social! Spoke with music historian Ashley Kahn about his book “Days of Miracle and Wonder” (@atriabooks.bsky.social, 2026) exploring Paul Simon’s landmark solo album “Graceland” & its legacy 40 years later. Listen here newbooksnetwork.com/days-of-mira...

“Days of miracle and wonder: Paul Simon and the Trials and Triumphs of Graceland” by Ashley Kahn

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"Nomads, Past and Present" Podcast @nomadspod.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 I talked to Arpan Roy about his ethnographic research into the lives of Palestinian Roma under Israeli occupation. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts ⬇️ @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social

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Relative Strangers: Romani Kinship and Palestinian Difference - New Books Network

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Matthew Wolf-Meyer @mw-m.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I was interviewed with @eraikhel.bsky.social and Junko Kitanaka about our recent volume, “Mapping Medical Anthropology for the 21st Century” for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. It’s a fun conversation thanks to Amisah Bakuri! Check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/mapping-medi...

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Matthew J. Wolf-Meyer et al eds., "Mapping Medical Anthropology for the Twenty-First Century" (Rutgers UP, 2026) - New Books Network

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Emily Matson @emilymatson.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

Happy to share my podcast episode on "China's Date Debate" with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social from the other week: newbooksnetwork.com/chinas-date-...

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Emily Matson, "China’s Date Debate: How Manchurian Scholars Rewrote World War II" (U Michigan Press, 2026) - New Books Network

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I interviewed Francesca Sbardella on her great book, Inhabiting Silence (@berghahnbooks.bsky.social) for the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/inhabiting-s...

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Francesca Sbardella, "Inhabiting Silence: An Anthropologist in the Cloister" (Berghahn Books, 2025) - New Books Network

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Daniela Gerson @danielagerson.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

I've done more than 30 conversations since launching THE WANDERERS, but talking with @plerner.bsky.social really stood out. Not only a wonderful friend, but a real public intellectual, he elevated the book. Listen in to this conversation @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social !!

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University of Washington Press @uwapress.uw.edu · 08/09/2026

In ROUTES OF TAIWAN TEA, Po-Yi Hung demonstrates how a popular commodity has reshaped borders, traditions, and geopolitics. Listen to an interview with the author on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social: newbooksnetwork.com/routes-of-ta... #TaiwanandtheWorld

Routes of Taiwan Tea: Mobility, Borders, and Territoriality by Po-Yi Hung

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Meghan M. Garrity, Mass Expulsion: The Politics of Forced Population Removal - Oxford University Press, 2026 global.oup.com/academic/pro... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Miranda Melcher newbooksnetwork.com/mass-expulsion

Cover of book, with title in grey-blue and dark red, and detail of the Angels Unaware sculpture by Timothy P. Schmalz - a large group of people with angel wings in the background.

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Armanc Yildiz @armanc.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

Have you listened to our conversation with @slagstadk.bsky.social on his amazing book, Standardizing Sex (@uchicagopress.bsky.social) yet? It’s published on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social . Check it out! newbooksnetwork.com/standardizin...

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Ketil Slagstad, "Standardizing Sex: A History of Trans Medicine" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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Ketil Slagstad @slagstadk.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

It was a pleasure to talk to @armanc.bsky.social about the history of trans medicine, activism, and the recurrent efforts to standardize sex on the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast.

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Hamish Maxwell-Start and Michael Quinlan, Unfree Workers: Insubordination and Resistance in Convict Australia, 1788–1860 - Palgrave, 2022 link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Hannah Forsyth newbooksnetwork.com/unfree-workers

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Unfree Workers

This book examines how convicts played a key role in the development of capitalism in Australia and how their active resistance shaped workplace relations.

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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

🎧️ Drops today: the ARB New Books Network Podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Charlie Walker, author of “On Thin Ice”, published by Duckworth Books @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social buff.ly/s1XMKuz

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

In this episode, I speak with the iconic Kirby about their joyful and powerful new book, Fairy (Palimpsest Press, 2026). Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/fairy 🧚‍♂️: @itsakirby.bsky.social @palimpsestpress.bsky.social @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #queerlit #fairy #nonfiction

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Michael E. Neagle @mikeneagle.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

My latest interview - this one with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, which selected #ChasingBandits (@uncpress.bsky.social) as the NBN Book of the Day. Thanks to host Jacob Hagstrom for the great conversation. Link to podcast here: newbooksnetwork.com/chasing-band...

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Vicki Ziegler @bookgaga.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

Need a captivating listen that will lead you to an astonishing book? Listen to the incomparable @itsakirby.bsky.social, interviewed by the singular @hollay.bsky.social Ghadery on @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social about Fairy: newbooksnetwork.com/fairy 'Nuff said. 🧚

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Kirby, "Fairy" (Palimpsest Press, 2026) - New Books Network

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Karl Galle @karlgalle.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Interesting essay by Alison Bashford based on her new book "Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic," which she also talked about in a stimulating @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast with Miranda Melcher: newbooksnetwork.com/decoding-the... #HistSTM @uchicagopress.bsky.social

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Alison Bashford, "Decoding the Hand: A History of Science, Medicine, and Magic" (U Chicago Press, 2025) - New Books Network

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New Books in Irish Studies @leabhairnua.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Talking with @ciarab.bsky.social about archives, silences and the limits of digital solutions @universitypress.cambridge.org @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/absence-in-t...

The mostly orange, multi-coloured cover of Ciara Breathnach's book "Absence in the Archives"

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GhileneH @ghilene.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

The previous one with @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social was already good, so I'm wholeheartedly ready to listen to the author again! 👍 newbooksnetwork.com/justice-for-...

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Sara McDougall, "Justice for Jehanne: The Tale of a Medieval Survivor" (Princeton UP, 2026) - New Books Network

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Academic Life 🌎📚 @academiclife.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Book bans & book challenges - how do they happen? The @ncacensorship.bsky.social joins me to unpack the history of censorship, where we’re headed, and what you can do about it. #BookSky #EduSky @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social @womenknowhistory.bsky.social podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

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Book Banning: A Discussion with Christine Emeran of the National Coalition Against Censorship

Podcast Episode · The Academic Life · May 9, 2024 · 42m

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Rachel Grace Newman @rachelgracenewman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

For @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, my conversation with Ulices Piña about his new book from @univnebpress.bsky.social! Rebellious Citizens: Social Upheaval and Democracy in Revolutionary Mexico newbooksnetwork.com/rebellious-c...

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Bethany Wasik @bethanywasik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

ICYMI: A spectacular discussion about "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation" has landed at @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social between the equally spectacular author, @tomhulme.bsky.social, and host @niallherron.bsky.social. Check it out here: newbooksnetwork.com/belfastmen-2

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Tom Hulme, "Belfastmen: An Intimate History of Life Before Gay Liberation" (Cornell UP, 2026) - New Books Network

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Matthew Thomas Miller (He/Him) @mtmiller.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Want to learn a bit more about my book? The @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social in Islamic Studies generously invited me to talk about my book with Shobhana Xavier. Listen here: newbooksnetwork.com/feeling-like...

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Matthew Thomas Miller, "Feeling like Lovers: Affect in Medieval Sufism" (U California Press, 2026) - New Books Network

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Hollay Ghadery @hollay.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

In this NBN episode, I speak with award-winning author and journalist Ian Brown about his bestselling memoir, 70: A Diary of My Seventy-First Year (Penguin Random House, 2026). Listen in: newbooksnetwork.com/seventy @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social #nonfiction #memoir #nonfictionbooks

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New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

Don't miss last week's newsletter! The Democracy Group | Fast Five with Mubanga Kalimamukwento | Grad Student Corner: Parenting in Academia newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/meet-the-d...

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Meet the Democracy Group

Jenna Spinelle, Mubanga Kalimamukwento, and Grad Student Corner

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New Books Network @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

Don't miss last week's newsletter! Our wonderful summer intern Anna wrote a great one exploring environmental studies in the francophone world! newbooksnetwork.substack.com/p/bon-voyage...

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Bon Voyage, Anna!

Perlego, botany, and a farewell to our summer fellow

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Arnab Dutta Roy @arnabdr.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

In the last @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social episode, I speak with the brilliant @aarthivadde.bsky.social about her fantastic new book We the Platform: How the Internet Changed Twenty First-Century Literature. Please check it out: newbooksnetwork.com/we-the-platf...

Information about New Books Network episode on Aarthi Vadde’s book We The Platform

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MHoussayH @mhoussayh.cpesr.fr · 19/08/2026

#readinglist Po-Yi Hung, « Routes of Taiwan Tea: Mobility, Borders and Territoriality » (Also another opportunity to HIGHLY recommend the @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcasts, in so many fields) podcasts.apple.com/fr/podcast/n...

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New Books in Geography

Social Sciences Podcast · Updated weekly · This podcast is a channel on the New Books Network. The New Books Network is an academic audio library dedicated to public education. In each episode you wil...

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Michael Brill @michaelpbrill.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

"In this episode we spoke with Marian Scheuer Sofaer, Esquire, & Dr. Einav Yehuda-Shnaidman about The Expulsion of Jews from Iraq, 20th Century: The Agonies of Redemption (Brill, 2024), by Dr. Zvi Yehuda, & translated by Sofaer." @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social newbooksnetwork.com/the-expulsio...

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Zvi Yehuda and Marian Scheuer Sofaer, "The Expulsion of Jews from Iraq, 20th Century: The Agonies of Redemption" (Brill, 2024) - New Books Network

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Stuart Elden @stuartelden.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Michael R. Griffiths, The Death of the Author and Anticolonial Thought - Palgrave Macmillan, 2025 and New Books discussion link.springer.com/book/10.1007... @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social discussion with Matthis Frickhoeffer newbooksnetwork.com/the-death-of...

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The Death of the Author and Anticolonial Thought

This Palgrave Pivot offers a concise account of the early history of how global literatures have engaged with and challenged the death of the author

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Asian Review of Books @asianreviewofbooks.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

🎧 Drops today: the ARB New Books Network Podcast features Nicholas Gordon in conversation with Sandip Roy, author of “Chapal Rani, the Last Queen of Bengal”, published by Seagull Books @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social 👇 Available below and wherever you listen to your podcasts. buff.ly/bHx44wh

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Jeff (Hot Type) Jarvis @jeffjarvis.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Today is pub day for my new book, Hot Type. To celebrate, I spoke with the inimitable Miranda Melcher at the great @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social. Here's the conversation. newbooksnetwork.com/hot-type

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Jeff Jarvis, "Hot Type: The Magnificent Machine that Gave Birth to Mass Media and Drove Mark Twain Mad" (Bloomsbury, 2026) - New Books Network

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Emile Chabal @emile-chabal.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

Want to try before you buy..? Listen to this comprehensive and wide-ranging @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social podcast, in which I outline some of the key arguments and ideas in the book, as well as the process of writing it. newbooksnetwork.com/the-age-of-h...

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Emile Chabal, "The Age of Hobsbawm: The Life of a Revolutionary Historian" (Harvard UP, 2026) - New Books Network

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Dr Claudia Kreklau @claudiakreklau.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

@newbooksnetwork.bsky.social Thank you very much for inviting me to chat about my book *The Making of Modern Eating*! Tune in to the podcast on how working women, food science, and court ostentation made modern eating right here: newbooksnetwork.com/the-making-o... @berghahnbooks.bsky.social

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