Dear friends. You are welcome to join us for this celebration of the publication of this essay collection, of which we are very proud. Edited by Maureen Farrell💙 & me. The first collection of its kind on this topic. Enjoy the hospitality of School of Education. (Book will be on cash sale too)

I'd like to invite you to join the next English Association and IES Thinking Forwards talk about STEM-SHAPE collaboration. This one is my team (she says shyly), chaired by Clare Lees: englishassociation.ac.uk/thinking-forwa…

Excellent work by The British Academy revealing cold spots for SHAPE subjects in the UK. English Association wonkhe.com/blogs/there-ar…

All Welcome, Creative Conversations are free, and you don't have to be a member of the university to take part UofG Arts & Humanities University of Glasgow UofG CreativeWriting eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-con…

My survey is now on display at Bonnybridge Library and soon at Falkirk Library. Follow the QR code (or pick up a paper copy) to let me know YOUR views on the Bonnybridge UFO triangle Falkirk Libraries @UofGEngLit UofGArtsResearch University of Glasgow Public Engagement Dani Garavelli David Clarke

So, the “Perspectives on Fantasy” book series (Bloomsbury Literary Studies & Creative Writing) I’m co-editing with Matthew Sangster + Brian Attebery has grown! 6 books out (left) and more commissioned and due out soon (right)! (And even more that don’t have a cover as yet! Will post updates as we go!) UofG Fantasy

Our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships are now open for applications! We’re delighted to invite scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our unique research collections #UofGLibraryFellows Apply at: glasgow.ac.uk/library/resear… 🗓️Closing date: 6th January 2025

My take on the problems of 'silo' discourse: the myth of the organisation as a living organism Medical Humanities Glasgow @UofGEngLit University of Glasgow Public Engagement UofG Critical Studies Wonkhe MedHums_BMJ The Polyphony

It was a pleasure to share my paper 'A Thing of Nothing: The Early Modern Poetic Vacuum' at Bayreuth University last week. Thank you to Florian Klaeger and the members of 'Scientific poetry & poetics in Britain and Germany' society for the opportunity to speak alongside you all.

Last thing I finished before my retirement and I'm really glad to see it surface. doi.org/10.1017/978100…

I’m in this new #Tolkien documentary on ARTE free to watch online from today: arte.tv/en/videos/1150… I selected multiple languages for audio and English subtitles, but there are options to watch in German or French! UofG Fantasy UofG Arts & Humanities Tolkien Society The Wonder of Tolkien

So lovely to see this year’s Fantasy MLitt cohort, the Peregrines, graduate this morning! Congratulations! Fly away and do amazing things! UofG Fantasy UofG Arts & Humanities UofG Critical Studies @UofGEngLit

Applications for our UofG Library Visiting Research Fellowships close on 6th January! We’re looking for scholars from across the globe to apply to work with our unique research collections #UofGLibraryFellows Apply now: glasgow.ac.uk/library/resear…

I’m quoted in this BBC News (UK) article on fantasy, Welsh legend, + the Welsh language 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 : bbc.co.uk/news/articles/… Some of my points👇 are explored more fully in my book and in my essay in the British Library fantasy collection (see below) 1/3 UofG Fantasy UofG Arts & Humanities Catrìona Aitken

Wonderful Claire Wilson will be our first #CreativeConversations guest of 2025 Please join us 1pm, Mon 13th Jan University of Glasgow Chapel or sign below to attend virtually eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-con… All Welcome! Free! Penguin Books Penguin Books UK Moniack Mhor Chaired by Louise Welsh

Join us for this FREE online event, a collab. between UofG Fantasy and the Centre for Fantasy Literature Studies, Taras Shevchenko Institute of Literature, National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine: “Fantasy in the Midst of War: Perspectives from Ukraine” eventbrite.co.uk/e/fantasy-in-t…

The 7th book of our Bloomsbury Literary Studies & Creative Writing Perspectives on Fantasy series is out in hardback + #OpenAccess! Justice in 21st-Century Fairy Tales and the Power of Wonder by Cristina Bacchilega and Pauline Greenhill Link to both formats: bloomsbury.com/uk/justice-in-… UofG Fantasy UofG Arts & Humanities

Promises to be a field-leading collection! UofG Critical Studies Durham Institute for Medical Humanities The Polyphony UofG Fantasy @UofGEngLit

📢Job alert! We’re looking for 3 new graduate trainee Archives & Special Collections Assistants to join our innovative, user-focused engagement team. See more details and apply: jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/archives-a… 🗓️Closing date: 25 April 2025

Discover our English Literature MLitt and Modernities MLitt programmes with our live Q&A with current students. 📖 Tuesday 29 April, 2pm (BST) 📅 Head to YouTube and click "notify me" for a reminder to join us on the day👉 ow.ly/VKjt50VtHqu