The first 1000 of our digitised manuscripts have now returned and are available to view online. They include over 600 Ancient, Medieval and Early Modern items, from the Sherborne Missal and the Amherst Manuscript to the Eadui Psalter! blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

The Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship offers publishing support for early career scholars with Black African or African Caribbean heritage based in the UK. Apply by 20th October for financial support and mentorship: bit.ly/3B7F7hP Writers & Artists

A lovely discussion and vibrant work coming out of the Atlantic Medieval and Early Modern Group. I always enjoy dipping into some Early Modern witchery once and awhile. It was a joy to get to showcase some Indigenous creatives engagement with medievalism with y'all (more soon!)

Okay, this sounds freaking amazing!!

Just downloaded this last night! Excited to dig in

I believe that they still have space if you are looking to engage with the Mi'kmaq language to learn more about the culture, language, and land on which you are living (for those on Mi'kma'ki)

Happy Indigenous Peoples' Day! Today and everyday, we celebrate Native pasts, presents, and futures. Check out Throughlines with Larissa FastHorse, Ty Defoe, and Michael John Garcés on community informed creative practice and centering Native voices. throughlines.org/suite-content/…

It's #Halloween and our fabulous new exhibition on #MedievalWomen has just opened! So of course we had to do a blogpost on MEDIEVAL WITCHES 🧙‍♀️😈🔥 Read it here🔗blogs.bl.uk/digitisedmanus…

CRT friends: do you have a favourite (undergraduate accessible) anthology for understanding race?

Somewhat ironically, I can’t seem to make it through ‘Call of Cuthulu’ today without unexpectedly falling asleep…

Cfp: Tolkien and War. 21st annual Tolkien at the University of Vermont hybrid conference. 5 April 2025. Proposals by 2 Feb. 2025. annasmol.net/2024/11/02/cfp…

I think I just hit a new personal poppy record. Between buying it at the exit of the grocery store and getting home, I’ve already managed to lose it 🤦‍♀️

Psyched to witness this gathering and learn from this exciting line-up from afar with the livestream option (register now!)

It seems the educators may have forgotten nothing of the sort, but they simply chose to respect the trauma of those who actually experienced recent war and tragedy. The refugee children that this was meant to protect and respect don’t deserve to be centred in their own school?

The media labelling of the US president-elect as the "once-and-future president" is messing with my Arthurian brain synapses

I am excited to share with you the CFP for Contemporary Indigenous Horror shar.es/ag4zDO, a forthcoming collection co-edited by myself and Naomi Simone Borwein MSVU_English

Congrats to two of ILSA's BRILLIANT members Jordan Abel and Niigaan Sinclair on winning Governor General's Literary Awards for Fiction (Abel) and Non-Fiction (Sinclair)! Click here to learn more about these amazing reads: ggbooks.ca/#winners

Thank you to the Tolkien Society for inviting me to speak at #Westmoot 2025! Take a look at the other keynote speakers — I’m honoured to be in their company! tolkiensociety.org/events/westmoo…

Dropping in briefly to remind y'all to get your submissions in for ICMS (due Sept 15). Please see attached for panels organized by myself and Sarah LaVoy-Brunette Please email questions, as I am not frequently on X right now. Thanks!