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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Special Issue Call for Papers – Aesthetics, Forms, Readers: New Directions in Science Fiction Studies More info: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/09/spec...
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Special Issue Call for Papers – Aesthetics, Forms, Readers: New Directions in Science Fiction Studies – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
CfP: BSLS 2026/27 Winter Symposium 'Occult Science: Disenchantment, Re-Enchantment, and the Persistence of Wonder' 29 January 2027 - Online More Info: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/09/bsls...
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BSLS 2026/27 Winter Symposium Call for Papers – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We are delighted to announce the winner of the BSLS/JLS early career essay prize: Daniel Bowman, “Coach Dog to Automobile Dog: Canines in Literature and Car Culture" literatureandscience.org/volume-19-is...
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Volume 19, Issue 1 (2026) | Journal of Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
CfP – Theatre About Science: Knowledge, Engagement and Action More Info: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/07/cfp-...
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CfP – Theatre About Science: Knowledge, Engagement and Action – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
The Journal of Literature and Science www.literatureandscience.org is looking for reviewers to review various articles published in the last year to 18 months in the field of literature and science. More Details: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/07/jour...
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
RA Role: Mary Shelley. This is an exciting opportunity for an early-career researcher with expertise in Mary Shelley studies and the literature and culture of the eighteenth and/or nineteenth centuries. More info: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/07/ra-r...
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RA Role: Mary Shelley – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Postdoc in “Science Narratives”, Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Oldenburg - for more info see: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/06/post...
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Postdoc in “Science Narratives”, Helmholtz Institute for Functional Marine Biodiversity, Oldenburg – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
Research Associate: ‘The Making of Natural History, 1797 – Present’ at MMU - for more info see: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/06/rese...
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Research Associate: ‘The Making of Natural History, 1797 – Present’ – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
The 2026 BSLS Book Prize is now open for nominations! If you have read, or written, a book published in 2026 that you think worthy of consideration for the prize then check out all the info on our website: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/06/book...
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Book Prize Nominations Now Open – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
CfP: Science Narratives and the Public, a conference taking place on 20 November 2026 at the Royal Society. More details: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/05/cfp-...
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CfP: Science narratives and the public – The British Society for Literature and Science
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Richard Fallon @richardfallon.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
If you're in Cambridge next week, why not drop by the @pintofscience.uk festival? On Wednesday 20th at The Tivoli I'll be talking about 'Edwardian Women in Palaeontology: The Art of Graptolites', which is enough to make anyone reach for an Aperol spritz (pintofscience.co.uk/event/small-...) #pint26
The Parkes-Lapworth microscope, equipped with large stage and camera lucida for studying small fossil invertebrates,
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 14/05/2026
Calling all PGRs and ECRs: three more weeks to submit to the BSLS/JLS essay prize! All entries receive feedback from the judging panel. www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/04/call...
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Call for entries: 2026 BSLS/JLS Essay Prize – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Monograph Prize Winner 2025: The BSLS is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2025 monograph prize is Shannon Lambert’s Science and Affect in Contemporary Literature: Bodies of Knowledge (Bloomsbury). Many congratulations to Shannon and to all the shortlisted scholars.
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
CoSciLit Conference 2026 – Registration now open For more see: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/04/cosc...
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CoSciLit Conference 2026 – Registration now open – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
The BSLS and the JLS are pleased to announce the opening of the 2026 PGR/ECR Essay Prize Competition! Entries should be between 4,000-5,000 words in length, and are due by 5 June. More details here: www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/04/call...
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Call for entries: 2026 BSLS/JLS Essay Prize – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Would anyone like to review Tara Lee's William Blake and Romantic Biology: Evolution, Originality, and Organic Form (www.cambridge.org/core/books/w...)? Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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William Blake and Romantic Biology
Cambridge Core - English Literature 1700-1830 - William Blake and Romantic Biology
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
We have a new review on the BSLS website: Jake Street reviewing Evie Kendal's Science Fiction and the Ethics of Artificial Wombs (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/04/kend...).
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Kendal, Evie, Science Fiction and the Ethics of Artificial Wombs – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Would anyone like to review Sally Shuttleworth's new book In Quest of a Cure: Literary and Medical Cultures of the Health Resort (global.oup.com/academic/pro...)? Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We have a new review on our website: Nithya Maheswari Chidam reviews Kunjana Parashar's They Gather Around Me, The Animals (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/para...).
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Parashar, Kunjana, They Gather Around Me, The Animals – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
We have a new review on our website: Georgina Kosanovic reviews Sofia Ahlberg's book Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/ahlb...).
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Ahlberg, Sofia, Magic, Literature and Climate Pedagogy in a Time of Ecological Crisis – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
A new review is on our website: Lisa Ann Robertson reviews Mike Jays' Free Radicals: How a Group of Romantic Experimenters Gave Birth to Psychedelic Science (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/jay-...)
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Jay, Mike, Free Radicals: How a Group of Romantic Experimenters Gave Birth to Psychedelic Science – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We have a new review on the BSLS website: Abraham Dayalu reviews Elfed Huw Price's William Lawrence and the Organ of Mind: The Theology, Medicine and Politics of the Brain (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/pric...)
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Price, Elfed Huw, William Lawrence and the Organ of Mind: The Theology, Medicine and Politics of the Brain – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We have a new review on the BSLS website: Dong Xia reviews Conor Heffernan, Emma Tonkin, Linda Flores Ohlson (eds), Zombies in Contemporary Culture: Journeys, Bodies, Pandemics and Politics (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/heff...).
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Heffernan, Conor, Emma Tonkin, Linda Flores Ohlson (eds), Zombies in Contemporary Culture: Journeys, Bodies, Pandemics and Politics – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We have a new review on the BSLS website: Dong Xia reviews Conor Heffernan, Emma Tonkin, Linda Flores Ohlson (eds), Zombies in Contemporary Culture: Journeys, Bodies, Pandemics and Politics (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/heff...).
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Heffernan, Conor, Emma Tonkin, Linda Flores Ohlson (eds), Zombies in Contemporary Culture: Journeys, Bodies, Pandemics and Politics – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
We have a a new review on our website: Daniel Bowman reviews John MacNeill Miller's The Ecological Plot: How Stories Gave Rise to a Science (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/macn...)
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MacNeill Miller, John, The Ecological Plot: How Stories Gave Rise to a Science – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
PhD opportunity – Recording nature and writing the self: time, entomology and the archive in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. More info: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/phd-...
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PhD opportunity – Recording Nature and Writing the Self – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 18/03/2026
The BSLS Want to help keep the BSLS running smoothly? Ahead of the 2026 annual conference, we are seeking expressions of interest and nominations for two positions on the executive committee: Treasurer and Book Reviews Editor. Interested? More info here: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/bsls...
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BSLS Executive Committee: Call for nominations and expressions of interest – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
We have a new review on our website: Rhonda Mayne reviews Patrick Armstrong's Microscopy, Magnification and Modernist Fiction: Micro-Modernism from Hardy to Beckett (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/03/arms...).
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Armstrong, Patrick, Microscopy, Magnification and Modernist Fiction: Micro-Modernism from Hardy to Beckett  – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Would anyone like to review Mandy-Suzanne Wong's Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl (www.graywolfpress.org/books/daught...). Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com.
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Daughter of Mother-of-Pearl | Graywolf Press
Mollusks’ innermost selves are absolute secrets because, not only do they hide in shells or distant habitats, but also that’s just how it is with innermost selves.
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
Who would like to review Christian R. Gelder's The Search for a Science of Verse, 1880 to the Present (www.cambridge.org/core/books/s...)? Get in touch at bslsreivews@gmail.com if so.
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The Search for a Science of Verse, 1880 to the Present
Cambridge Core - Literary Theory - The Search for a Science of Verse, 1880 to the Present
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Would anyone like to review Anastasia Klimchynskaya's book, Science Fiction and the Modern World: The Emergence of a Genre in a Revolutionary Age (liverpooluniversitypress.co.uk/doi/book/10....)? Email bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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Science Fiction and the Modern World | Home
The Emergence of a Genre in a Revolutionary Age
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
Would anyone like to review Joseph Fletcher's book, William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788-1795 (anthempress.com/books/willia...). Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788-1795 | Anthem Press
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
We have a new review on our website. Encarnación Trinidad Barrantes reviews Hugh Epstein's book, Hardy, Conrad and the Senses (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/epst...).
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Epstein, Hugh, Hardy, Conrad and the Senses – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
IAS Book Launch: Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel: Tue 3rd March, 6pm (in person). The IAS welcomes Niall Sreenan for the launch of his book Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel. Zola, Hardy, and Utopian Fiction. More: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/ias-...
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IAS Book Launch: Rethinking the Human in the Darwinian Novel – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 23/02/2026
Call for Book Proposals: Secrecy in Literature and Culture (Edinburgh University Press) Series Editors Simon Cooke and Natalie Ferris invite proposals for critical studies exploring the pivotal role of secrecy in literature and culture. More info: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/call...
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Call for Book Proposals: Secrecy in Literature and Culture – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Is anyone keen to review Arnold Thackray's book Making Science History: A Personal Perspective from Alamogordo to AI (www.pennpress.org/978160618036...). Contact us at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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Making Science History – Penn Press
The history of science from 1945 to 2020, told from the perspective of Arnold Thackray, a pioneering expert in the fieldIn this fascinating personal account ...
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Would anyone like to review Jane Colden’s Botanic Manuscript: The Legacy of America’s First Woman Botanist by Fenella Greig Heckscher (www.pennpress.org/978160618047...). Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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Jane Colden's "Botanic Manuscript" – Penn Press
A richly illustrated account of the life and work of Jane Colden, America’s first woman botanistJane Colden (1724–1760) was America’s first woman botan...
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Faye Lynch reviews Suman Gupta and Peter H. Tu, The Practical Philosophy of AI-Assistants: An Engineering-Humanities Conversation (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/gupt...)
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Gupta, Suman and Peter H. Tu, The Practical Philosophy of AI-Assistants: An Engineering-Humanities Conversation – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
Ellie Hibbert reviews Jessica Cox's book Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/cox-...)
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Cox, Jessica, Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 17/02/2026
We have another review on the BSLS website: Jessica Cox reviews Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/cox-...)
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Cox, Jessica, Confinement: The Hidden History of Maternal Bodies in Nineteenth-Century Britain – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Two grant schemes from the School of Advanced Study are now open for applications: Being Human Festival 2026 and the Centre for Public Engagement Practice in Arts and Humanities’ new Collaboration and Innovation Grant. Go to sas.ac.uk/news-events/ for details on how to apply
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News & Events
News, events, videos, podcasts and seminars from the School of Advanced Study (SAS).
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 16/02/2026
Call for Contributions to edited collection - The Prosthetic Ocean: Technology, Culture, and Maritime Imagination. More details here: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/02/call...
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Call for Contributions – The Prosthetic Ocean: Technology, Culture, and Maritime Imagination – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Who would like to review Michael D. Gordin and W. Patrick McGray's, book Greedy Science: Creating Knowledge, Making Money, and Being Famous in the 1980s (www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...). Contact bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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Greedy Science
Creating Knowledge, Making Money, and Being Famous in the 1980s
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Would anyone like to review a poetry collection for the BSLS website: They gather around me, the animals, by Kunjana Parashar (www.barnesandnoble.com/w/they-gathe...). Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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They Gather Around Me, the Animals|Paperback
Selected by Diane Seuss as winner of the 2024 Barbara Stevens Poetry Book AwardNational Federation of State Poetry SocietiesThe brilliance of Kunjana Parashar's They Gather Around Me, the Animals glea...
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 26/01/2026
We have a new review on our website. Raul Martin IV has reviewed Eleanor Keisman's book, New Animal (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/01/keis...).
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Keisman, Eleanor, New Animal – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
CfP Deadline approaching! Friday 30th January for Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850. For the full CfP see: www.bsls.ac.uk/2025/11/cfp-...
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CfP: Romantic Elements: Rocks, and Stones, and Soil, 1750–1850 – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We have a new review on the BSLS website. Manan Rathod reviews Paul De Kruif's The Drama of Discovery: How Microbe Hunters Shaped Popular Understandings of Microbiology (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/01/de-k...)
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De Kruif, Paul, The Drama of Discovery: How Microbe Hunters Shaped Popular Understandings of Microbiology – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Would anyone like to review The Tenant in the Mind: Consciousness and Its Imperatives by Mark Christhilf (markchristhilf.com/works-on-the...)? Get in touch at bslsreviews@gmail.com if so.
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The Tenant in the Mind - markchristhilf.com
The Tenant in the Mind Unlike animals, human beings seek the meaning of existence. We want to know why we are here, whether life has a purpose, and if so, what it is. Such questions emanate from consc...
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
We have a new review on the site, Ananya Roy has reviewed Kate Foster and Molly Crozier (eds), The Human and the Machine in Literature and Culture: Cultures of Automation – The British Society for Literature and Science (www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/01/fost...)
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Foster, Kate and Crozier, Molly (eds), The Human and the Machine in Literature and Culture: Cultures of Automation – The British Society for Literature and Science
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The British Society for Literature and Science @thebsls.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Tita Chico has reviewed Lucinda Cole's, The Fifth Plague: Cattle, Contagion, and the Medical Posthumanities and you can read the review on our website here: www.bsls.ac.uk/2026/01/cole...
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Cole, Lucinda, The Fifth Plague: Cattle, Contagion, and the Medical Posthumanities – The British Society for Literature and Science
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