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Bloomsbury Linguistics @bloomsburyling.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Our May sale continues, with up to 30% off in linguistics until Sunday. Save on new books and bestsellers by @philipseargeant.bsky.social, @neilcohn.bsky.social and many more. Browse our highlights: US customers: bit.ly/3VaCsLh UK / international: bit.ly/49CuhiZ

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The Future of Language by Philip Seargeant
The Literary Lifeline by Kevin Harvey
The Semiotics of Performances by Paul Bouissac
The Patterns of Comics by Neil Cohn
Econarrative by Arran Stibbe
Significant Emotions by Ashley Frawley

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 17/03/2026

Gracie Mae Bradley, co-author of Against Borders, explores how we might reshape the world to overcome barriers that fuel division and disparities. www.mklitfest.org/borders

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Writer and lawyer Abda Khan explains how cultural differences and misunderstandings create barriers, and explores how we might overcome them. www.mklitfest.org/borders @ouliterature.bsky.social

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 15/03/2026

Novelist Kit de Waal, a leading voice for working class writers, joins Dr Dan Taylor to discuss how to challenge the class ceiling. www.mklitfest.org/online-event... @kitdewaal.com @ouliterature.bsky.social

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

Writer and lawyer Abda Khan explains how cultural differences and misunderstandings create barriers, and explores how we might overcome them. www.mklitfest.org/borders @ouliterature.bsky.social #literature

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Tim Marshall, author of Prisoners of Geography, discusses why physical borders are such a live issue in today's world. www.mklitfest.org/online-event... @philipseargeant.bsky.social #literature #politics #borders #geography @ouliterature.bsky.social

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OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Together with @MKLitFest, we welcome Tim Marshall to our series on Borders in Literature, talking to @philipseargeant.bsky.social about the impact of geographical borders on today’s interconnected world. 9 Mar, 7pm, Zoom. Tickets (free): bit.ly/mklfmarsh #geography #politics #literature

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Gracie Mae Bradley, co-author of Against Borders, explores how we might reshape the world to overcome barriers that fuel division and disparities. www.mklitfest.org/borders @ouliterature.bsky.social

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 28/02/2026

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 03/03/2026

Writer and lawyer Abda Khan explains how cultural differences and misunderstandings create barriers, and explores how we might overcome them. www.mklitfest.org/borders @ouliterature.bsky.social

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Bloomsbury Linguistics @bloomsburyling.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

It's National Linguistics Day, and what better way to celebrate the role of linguistics in your life than with a bargain book or two? Enjoy 30% off recent highlights like these in our ongoing festive sale! See more linguistics books on offer: bit.ly/49CuhiZ @philipseargeant.bsky.social

Banner showing the book covers for The Literary Lifeline by Kevin Harvey, The Future of Language by Philip Seargeant and Why Do Linguistics? by Fiona English and Tim Marr

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

Our ‘Radicals of Russell Square’ map on sale at Waterstones in Gower Street

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

‘The times we’re living in are dominated by rapid technological change, and much of this change is focused on how we communicate.’ @philipseargeant.bsky.social discusses how 21st-century developments in technology are changing the ways we communicate www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/...

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Patricia Lovett MBE @patricialovett.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Listened to this yesterday - absolutely fascinating - as are all of @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social podcasts. V interesting explanations of weird street names and distinctions between roads and streets.

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B&W Thornton of Stratford-upon-Avon @bwthornton.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Street Names Word of Mouth BBC Radio 4 @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social talks to @philipseargeant.bsky.social from the Open University about where our street names come from, like Whip-Ma-Whop-Ma-Gate in York, and Michael's old address, Love Lane. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

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BBC Radio 4 - Word of Mouth, Street Names

Michael Rosen talks to Philip Seargeant about where our street names come from.

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Bloomsbury Academic @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

How are 21st-century developments in technology changing the very nature of language and the ways that we communicate with each other? @philipseargeant.bsky.social, author of The Future of Language, provides a brief history of the future of human communication bit.ly/4merPmK

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

To accompany the @openuniversity.bsky.social's collaboration with Radio 4's Word of Mouth with @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social, here's a short quiz about the bewildering world of idioms connect.open.ac.uk/education-de...

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Bloomsbury Linguistics @bloomsburyling.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

New in paperback this week: Bloomsbury.com/9781350538474 @philipseargeant.bsky.social

Cover image of The Future of Language, with endorsements reading: 'I've never read a book on language with such a breadth of vision' - David Crystal; 'A scholarly, must-read book' - New Statesman'

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Podcast of Episode 4 of our #FreeSpeech and #Literature series - #Translation and #Censorship - is now available to listen. Translators Sawad Hussain and Monica Cure discussed taboos, cultural difference, banned words + more with Daria Chernysheva. mklitfest.org/podcasts @monicacure.bsky.social

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Podcasts | MK Lit Fest

Podcasts available from Milton Keynes Literary Festival.

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

The #podcast of Episode 3 of our #Freespeech and #literature series - Historical #CancelCulture - is now available. Charlotte Gordon talks to Jupiter Jones about #marywoolstonecraft, cancelled in the C18th. www.mklitfest.org/podcasts #romanticoutlaws #openuniversity @jupiterjonz.bsky.social

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Dan Berlinka @danberlinka.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

I haven't seen Giant yet (am going in May) but this discussion with playwright Mark Rosenblatt is excellent, talking about (among other things) how and if Roald Dahl's antisemitism colours his own reading of the books. open.spotify.com/episode/3Bub...

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Free Speech and Literature: Part 1 - Literature and Offence

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Nancy Friedman @fritinancy.bsky.social · 27/03/2025

“Maybe I’m thinking too much about the emoji. This is just the way people communicate these days, I understand. ... But the emoji are part and parcel of a set of exchanges that reveal a group of people play-acting at importance." - @slate.com slate.com/life/2025/03...

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There’s One Part of the Signal Leak That I Can’t Get Out of My Head

This week, we found out our leaders are just more fools in a group chat.

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Here's the podcast of the most recent event in our series on literature and free speech, run in collaboration with the @mklitfest.bsky.social Author Charlotte Gordon discusses the 'cancelling' of Mary Wollstonecraft with @jupiterjonz.bsky.social open.spotify.com/episode/4d4v...

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Free Speech and Literature: Part 3 - Historical Cancel Culture

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

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Free Speech and Literature: Part 3 - Historical Cancel Culture

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

The next of our sessions on literature and free speech is next Monday (24 March) with the author Charlotte Gordon talking about Mary Wollstonecraft and the fall and rise of her reputation Free to attend (though donations for the running of the lit fest welcome) www.mklitfest.org/historical-c...

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Out in paperback in a couple of weeks @bloomsburyling.bsky.social

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Blog post by Santosh Mahapatra reporting on the findings from India from our project on the future of English www.open.ac.uk/blogs/Modish...

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English in Higher Education in India: Teachers’ Perspectives | modish

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 15/03/2025

Here’s the recording of the first in our series on Literature and Free Speech. Playwright Mark Rosenblatt talks about his play Giant, which is transferring to the West End next month open.spotify.com/episode/3Bub...

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Free Speech and Literature: Part 1 - Literature and Offence

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Milton Keynes Literary Festival @mklitfest.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

The podcast of the first episode of our Free Speech and Literature series with the Open University is now available to listen again: open.spotify.com/episode/3Bub... #literature #markrosenblatt #drama @oupolitics.bsky.social #freespeech #literature Series details: www.mklitfest.org/free-speech-...

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Free Speech and Literature: Part 1 - Literature and Offence

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 13/03/2025

At the Romanian Cultural Institute for a discussion about literary translation

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

Here's an interview with David Crystal from last week's Future of English event which the @openuniversity.bsky.social were a part of www.youtube.com/watch?v=64HR...

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The Future of English: In conversation with David Crystal

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Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social · 12/03/2025

I'll be interviewing the author Julia Bell about being a writer in the era of the algorithm next Monday, as part of the OU's Language, Literature and Politics research group and the MKLit Fest. Free to attend (though donations welcome) www.mklitfest.org/the-age-of-t...

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