Workload intensification. Breaches of the National Framework Agreement. Degradation of key employment policies. Read about our ongoing dispute with Sheffield Hallam University here: ucuhallam.org/generalnews/ha…

I really love Amélie Nothomb’s writing. Another compelling autofiction!

Soft launch of the PALA 2025 online presence. Aston University, Birmingham UK, 7-12 July 2025.

My university is officially transitioning from Zoom to Teams and this makes me very sad. I like Zoom so much better!

Devastated to learn about the recent passing of Graham Rawle. As a person, he was as brilliant, witty and kind as his work. So sad. Graham Rawle obituary theguardian.com/artanddesign/2…

Scans capture sweeping reorganisation of brain in pregnancy theguardian.com/science/2024/s…

Academics don’t say “I love you”, they say “I read your article”, and I think that’s beautiful

Tell me you were a teenager in the 90s without telling me: After hearing this on the radio this morning, I still know all the words and the video was seminal. Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Official HD Video) youtu.be/6M6samPEMpM?si… via YouTube

Ok, I need this in my life. The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade | Non-Fiction | Faber faber.co.uk/product/978057…

Really enjoyed hearing RICHARD AYOADE talking about The Unfinished Harauld Hughes at Off the Shelf Festival of Words this evening. He described it as a mockumentary but I’m wondering if (& hoping) it can be classed as autofiction. Leaving with a signed copy so I’m looking forward to finding out!

If your footnote needs to be this long, it should not be a footnote.

Looking forward to reading this.

Roses are red, Violets are blue, Poetry often deviates from schematic templates. In this paper, I will discuss... P. s. You have until 14th Feb to submit an abstract for #PALA2025, hosted by English at Aston University 💜 pala2025.com/cfp/

Woah! Mysterious new Mark Z. Danielewski book on the horizon in 2025! 🖤

I keep saying this but can we please have season 4?! I know Covid caused a lot of disruption, but things are different again and we need to know how it ends!

Attended this today and it was brilliant. A masterclass in how to tell personal narratives alongside academic research!

Found this abandoned playing card on my driveway & thought of Graham Rawle. After reading The Card, I’d email Graham when I found cards (apparently other people did too) & he’d respond with a witty reply about what it meant! Such a lovely man and talented creative. Still missed.

How do fictional worlds help us understand grief? At #PALA2025, I’m presenting on A Monster Calls, using Text World Theory & Responsive Bibliotherapy to show how style and structure depict grief and how readers respond emotionally SHU Stylistics PALA 2025 PALA