Dear Squidsoup. Is it just next Monday that Submergence is cancelled….? Love, us.

Kurt Vonnegut tells his wife he’s going to buy a single envelope and his explanation sums up the current state of the world.

Are you our new Research Fellow? Come spend 10 months working alongside us and Pervasive Media Studio, researching young people & careers in creative tech. wshd.to/fellowshipacti…

Just here to remark that I have three invite codes for the sunlit uplands. If one were inclined to go…(DMs open)

Anyone at Centre For Print Research have a lead…?

Have five here. DMs open.

International students are not migrants. They aren’t planning on settling in the U.K., the vast majority return home after their studies. They also contribute nearly £42 billion per annum to the U.K. economy. Take them out of the migration statistics, they don’t belong there.

I’m mostly off this place and elsewhere, but if you’re still out there, then this is your midwinter read. Thanks Simon.

What Clare said. (I’m Co-I on this, minor role, mostly there to stop the roof falling on Verity McIntosh’s head. And run some research)

Brand new £6m scheme supporting UK artists to engage with immersive tech. Led by UWE Bristol and course leader Verity McIntosh - there couldn't be a better time to join us at UWE to study MA Virtual and Extended Realities. Applications open (see link in bio) but filling fast!

All of this, 100 percent, about AI.

One of the first things I'm asked when I put a piece of work out is 'what is it then?' So I wrote a (short) book to answer that. If you'd like a digital copy, it's free. iBooks only, as Kindle doesn't permit fixed-layout eBooks anymore.. books.apple.com/gb/book/ambien…

The Ambient Frame. May 23rd & 24th. Arnolfini. Bristol. UK We think it’s time to talk about the whole field of creative technology and publishing. Register for more information and to be the first to hear about tickets: research.ambientlit.com/index.php/2024…

UnderCurrents is on sale. 24 pages. Handmade and bound. Edition of 50 (of 479 million). Each copy is unique. Oulippean Folk Horror*. With the nastiest thing I’ve ever written at its heart. ambientliterature.bigcartel.com/product/underc… *if that doesn’t get your interest piqued, nothing will.

Quoted with images. £28. I’m very proud of this little book.

To celebrate the release of David Barnett's folk horror novel #WitheredHill (out this Thurs), we've partnered with Ambient Literature to produce a FREE immersive audio experience called #RoadsToWitheredHill! Dare you venture in? Visit our blog for more info👉 canelo.co/news/2024-09-2…

.Ambient Literature has teamed up with Canelo to create a mile-long audio walk accompanying Withered Hill, a folk horror novel by David Barnett (off writing a book) bookbrunch.co.uk/page/article-d… (£)

retweeting this one for the one-week-live anniversary (that's a thing, right?) #witheredhill #immersive #roadstowitheredhill

this is a better and more thorough examination of the The Bookseller piece than I could manage to write - go on, have a browse. Sam is wise*. (*that was *not* a LOTR joke)

it's more about why immersive experiences are valuable for publishing, but hey, go read it yourself: