basgroes
@basgroes.bsky.social
🤓 Writer, Prof. of English Literature https://researchers.wlv.ac.uk/s.groes
📗🧠✍🏼 Right in the Head https://bit.ly/3QGM2CE
📗🇺🇦✍🏼🇬🇧 Writing under Fire https://bit.ly/3Odzyly
🧠✍🏼 Creative writing for brain injury https://writeinthehead.co.uk
📗🧠✍🏼 Right in the Head https://bit.ly/3QGM2CE
📗🇺🇦✍🏼🇬🇧 Writing under Fire https://bit.ly/3Odzyly
🧠✍🏼 Creative writing for brain injury https://writeinthehead.co.uk
Ready to explore how technology and creativity can change the world?
The University of Wolverhampton invites you to an exclusive Digital Futures Lab experience designed for curious, ambitious students like you!
Step into the future of creativity & tech!
Sat, Feb 7, 2026, from 2pm to 5pm
The University of Wolverhampton invites you to an exclusive Digital Futures Lab experience designed for curious, ambitious students like you!
Step into the future of creativity & tech!
Sat, Feb 7, 2026, from 2pm to 5pm
January 5, 2026 at 2:37 PM
Ready to explore how technology and creativity can change the world?
The University of Wolverhampton invites you to an exclusive Digital Futures Lab experience designed for curious, ambitious students like you!
Step into the future of creativity & tech!
Sat, Feb 7, 2026, from 2pm to 5pm
The University of Wolverhampton invites you to an exclusive Digital Futures Lab experience designed for curious, ambitious students like you!
Step into the future of creativity & tech!
Sat, Feb 7, 2026, from 2pm to 5pm
Nature is full of strange, inspirational phenomena. Yesterday we went for a walk in my hometown of Hoorn, the Netherlands and discovered these rocks wearing thick ice jackets. The wind had blown water onto frozen boulders, forming layered ice sculptures: spray icing. Sublime stuff.
December 29, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Nature is full of strange, inspirational phenomena. Yesterday we went for a walk in my hometown of Hoorn, the Netherlands and discovered these rocks wearing thick ice jackets. The wind had blown water onto frozen boulders, forming layered ice sculptures: spray icing. Sublime stuff.
🇺🇦 This Christmas, let’s not forget the war in Ukraine. Let’s continue to support their writers also.
You can buy our book with Ukrainian and Black Country writers here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
Below is one of our writer, Ihor Pavlyuk, who tried to continue writing under fire.
**Support Ukraine.**🕊️✌🏼
You can buy our book with Ukrainian and Black Country writers here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
Below is one of our writer, Ihor Pavlyuk, who tried to continue writing under fire.
**Support Ukraine.**🕊️✌🏼
December 24, 2025 at 9:17 AM
🇺🇦 This Christmas, let’s not forget the war in Ukraine. Let’s continue to support their writers also.
You can buy our book with Ukrainian and Black Country writers here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
Below is one of our writer, Ihor Pavlyuk, who tried to continue writing under fire.
**Support Ukraine.**🕊️✌🏼
You can buy our book with Ukrainian and Black Country writers here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
Below is one of our writer, Ihor Pavlyuk, who tried to continue writing under fire.
**Support Ukraine.**🕊️✌🏼
'Thinking in binary terms of Before and After is limiting and false. The two time frames merge until a big bang-type crash happens.’ - Kieran Yates
Please follow Write in the Head, a creative writing program for survivors: writeinthehead.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Please follow Write in the Head, a creative writing program for survivors: writeinthehead.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
‘Mum, my brain’: how I learned to walk, talk and even dance again after a devastating stroke at 36
I was riding high as a music journalist with a new book in the shops when I had what I thought was a migraine. In fact, it was a burst aneurysm and I needed emergency surgery. Two years into my recove...
www.theguardian.com
October 16, 2025 at 8:09 AM
'Thinking in binary terms of Before and After is limiting and false. The two time frames merge until a big bang-type crash happens.’ - Kieran Yates
Please follow Write in the Head, a creative writing program for survivors: writeinthehead.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Please follow Write in the Head, a creative writing program for survivors: writeinthehead.co.uk
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Here's a piece by @theguardian.com's Charlotte Higgins on how poetry can help people survive war mentally: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign....
Our book WRITING UNDER FIRE has writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in dialogue. All proceeds go to the Lviv Literary Festival.
bit.ly/3PTf0iq
Our book WRITING UNDER FIRE has writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in dialogue. All proceeds go to the Lviv Literary Festival.
bit.ly/3PTf0iq
August 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Here's a piece by @theguardian.com's Charlotte Higgins on how poetry can help people survive war mentally: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign....
Our book WRITING UNDER FIRE has writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in dialogue. All proceeds go to the Lviv Literary Festival.
bit.ly/3PTf0iq
Our book WRITING UNDER FIRE has writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in dialogue. All proceeds go to the Lviv Literary Festival.
bit.ly/3PTf0iq
I have resigned as member of the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. It is not getting anything done. It is leaving healthcare, education & other areas in the lurch. Disabled people are targeted & the power of big companies is not addressed. Instead: disgusting Trumpian rhetoric. Extremely disappointing.
July 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I have resigned as member of the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. It is not getting anything done. It is leaving healthcare, education & other areas in the lurch. Disabled people are targeted & the power of big companies is not addressed. Instead: disgusting Trumpian rhetoric. Extremely disappointing.
BS! Finally saw Big Special last eve - two extraordinarily gifted Black Country lads. Also discovered that my colleague Tom Hicks designed the artwork for the cover of their new record. Very cool indeed!
July 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
BS! Finally saw Big Special last eve - two extraordinarily gifted Black Country lads. Also discovered that my colleague Tom Hicks designed the artwork for the cover of their new record. Very cool indeed!
Nothing more satisfying than cooking meals with one’s own fresh produce. 🤓😎🥔🥔🥔🤗
July 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nothing more satisfying than cooking meals with one’s own fresh produce. 🤓😎🥔🥔🥔🤗
Reposted by basgroes
At the Neo-Victorian Criminalities, Detection and Punishment conference today. Organised by Helen Davies and Maria Isabel Romero-Ruiz. Keynote is the amazing Claire Nally - great to meet her in person at last after reading her work on subcultures and on Irish fin-de-Siegel print culture.
June 23, 2025 at 9:12 AM
At the Neo-Victorian Criminalities, Detection and Punishment conference today. Organised by Helen Davies and Maria Isabel Romero-Ruiz. Keynote is the amazing Claire Nally - great to meet her in person at last after reading her work on subcultures and on Irish fin-de-Siegel print culture.
Glitching AI bots; virtual imposter syndrome; autonomous military systems – what does it all mean? Together with David Devanny I am editing a special edition of Revenant on Haunted Technologies.
Tell us something we don’t know.
More info here: bit.ly/44c6VvZ
Tell us something we don’t know.
More info here: bit.ly/44c6VvZ
June 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Glitching AI bots; virtual imposter syndrome; autonomous military systems – what does it all mean? Together with David Devanny I am editing a special edition of Revenant on Haunted Technologies.
Tell us something we don’t know.
More info here: bit.ly/44c6VvZ
Tell us something we don’t know.
More info here: bit.ly/44c6VvZ
🇺🇦 In 2024, the Humanities team
@wlv_uni
published WRITING UNDER FIRE.
We have caught up with our Ukrainian contributors to see how they are faring. See Tetiana Belimova's update here: instagram.com/p/DKog_ulMatI/
Buy the book here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
@wlv_uni
published WRITING UNDER FIRE.
We have caught up with our Ukrainian contributors to see how they are faring. See Tetiana Belimova's update here: instagram.com/p/DKog_ulMatI/
Buy the book here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
June 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🇺🇦 In 2024, the Humanities team
@wlv_uni
published WRITING UNDER FIRE.
We have caught up with our Ukrainian contributors to see how they are faring. See Tetiana Belimova's update here: instagram.com/p/DKog_ulMatI/
Buy the book here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
@wlv_uni
published WRITING UNDER FIRE.
We have caught up with our Ukrainian contributors to see how they are faring. See Tetiana Belimova's update here: instagram.com/p/DKog_ulMatI/
Buy the book here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
Reposted by basgroes
At our department's Researchmoot today, organised by @daisyeblack.bsky.social. 1st panel: Helen Davies on comic representations of Joseph Merrick, 'the Elephant Man'; Anastasia Novoselova on lexical/stylistic characteristics of book reviews + @basgroes.bsky.social on Atwood/ Alderman's collaboration
May 27, 2025 at 10:12 AM
At our department's Researchmoot today, organised by @daisyeblack.bsky.social. 1st panel: Helen Davies on comic representations of Joseph Merrick, 'the Elephant Man'; Anastasia Novoselova on lexical/stylistic characteristics of book reviews + @basgroes.bsky.social on Atwood/ Alderman's collaboration
🔥🎇 Last week Wednesday, my team hosted an event with the wonderful @yomiadegoke.bsky.social where we chatted to her about The List and unveiled research into the public's memory. And great to see @alex-goody.bsky.social!
English Literature is thriving at Wolves. To join: lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ
English Literature is thriving at Wolves. To join: lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ
June 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🔥🎇 Last week Wednesday, my team hosted an event with the wonderful @yomiadegoke.bsky.social where we chatted to her about The List and unveiled research into the public's memory. And great to see @alex-goody.bsky.social!
English Literature is thriving at Wolves. To join: lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ
English Literature is thriving at Wolves. To join: lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ
Wonderful to see the BBC pay attention to the Virtual Reality experiments we have been running with our English Literature students: lnkd.in/dWkHjqKj.
If you want to join the most exciting English Literature course in the UK, go to lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ 👏
If you want to join the most exciting English Literature course in the UK, go to lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ 👏
May 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Wonderful to see the BBC pay attention to the Virtual Reality experiments we have been running with our English Literature students: lnkd.in/dWkHjqKj.
If you want to join the most exciting English Literature course in the UK, go to lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ 👏
If you want to join the most exciting English Literature course in the UK, go to lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ 👏
Here is Aleks, one of my students on my course Literature in the Digital Age explaining her creation of a 3D essay using Virtual Reality tools to show how agency, identity and social relationships have changed over the past 20 years.
Next steps in the Digital Humanities... Come along...
Next steps in the Digital Humanities... Come along...
May 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Here is Aleks, one of my students on my course Literature in the Digital Age explaining her creation of a 3D essay using Virtual Reality tools to show how agency, identity and social relationships have changed over the past 20 years.
Next steps in the Digital Humanities... Come along...
Next steps in the Digital Humanities... Come along...
It's wonderful to see that my memoir RIGHT IN THE HEAD is receiving serious critical attention. See chapter 7 in Emma Aldwinckle's PhD thesis on Lived Experience of Chronic Illness and Disability: doi.org/10.25392/lei...
Emma's review in MEDIUM has over a 1000 likes:
medium.com/@emmaastra/b...
Emma's review in MEDIUM has over a 1000 likes:
medium.com/@emmaastra/b...
April 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It's wonderful to see that my memoir RIGHT IN THE HEAD is receiving serious critical attention. See chapter 7 in Emma Aldwinckle's PhD thesis on Lived Experience of Chronic Illness and Disability: doi.org/10.25392/lei...
Emma's review in MEDIUM has over a 1000 likes:
medium.com/@emmaastra/b...
Emma's review in MEDIUM has over a 1000 likes:
medium.com/@emmaastra/b...
Glad to see the UK Parliamentary Committee on Prison Culture use our report on the @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Big Bookshare project.
* reading has wellbeing benefits for inmates
* we need tech in prisons to upskill prisoners
Full report, here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
* reading has wellbeing benefits for inmates
* we need tech in prisons to upskill prisoners
Full report, here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
April 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Glad to see the UK Parliamentary Committee on Prison Culture use our report on the @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Big Bookshare project.
* reading has wellbeing benefits for inmates
* we need tech in prisons to upskill prisoners
Full report, here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
* reading has wellbeing benefits for inmates
* we need tech in prisons to upskill prisoners
Full report, here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Last week, my PhD student Lily breezed through the defence of her doctoral work on the representation of non-conscious cognition in contemporary British fiction.
She has a gifted mind and a tenacious spirit. In these times of darkness and distraction, I find a glimmer of hope in her achievement.
She has a gifted mind and a tenacious spirit. In these times of darkness and distraction, I find a glimmer of hope in her achievement.
March 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Last week, my PhD student Lily breezed through the defence of her doctoral work on the representation of non-conscious cognition in contemporary British fiction.
She has a gifted mind and a tenacious spirit. In these times of darkness and distraction, I find a glimmer of hope in her achievement.
She has a gifted mind and a tenacious spirit. In these times of darkness and distraction, I find a glimmer of hope in her achievement.
🖊️📚🧠 Our Arts Council England project WRITE IN THE HEAD is featured by the BBC in this excellent and deeply human article interviewing stroke survivors about our online creative writing programme for people with acquired brain injury. See: www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🖊️📚🧠 Our Arts Council England project WRITE IN THE HEAD is featured by the BBC in this excellent and deeply human article interviewing stroke survivors about our online creative writing programme for people with acquired brain injury. See: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Last week I started trialling VR technology on my module Literature in the Digital Age. The students are creating their own VR builds, 3D essays that offer the user a spatialised and embodied experience.
They loved this new way of communicating knowledge whilst building new skills.
They loved this new way of communicating knowledge whilst building new skills.
February 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Last week I started trialling VR technology on my module Literature in the Digital Age. The students are creating their own VR builds, 3D essays that offer the user a spatialised and embodied experience.
They loved this new way of communicating knowledge whilst building new skills.
They loved this new way of communicating knowledge whilst building new skills.
Today I had the humbling pleasure of testing creative exercises w volunteer's at @wlvuni.bsky.social's Walsall campus for the Write in the Head project funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.
Alice Cullinane is creating a story for BBC.
Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest bit.ly/3PBTP4h
Alice Cullinane is creating a story for BBC.
Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest bit.ly/3PBTP4h
January 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Today I had the humbling pleasure of testing creative exercises w volunteer's at @wlvuni.bsky.social's Walsall campus for the Write in the Head project funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.
Alice Cullinane is creating a story for BBC.
Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest bit.ly/3PBTP4h
Alice Cullinane is creating a story for BBC.
Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest bit.ly/3PBTP4h
🧠🧠❤️🔥🔥To celebrate the release of the audio version of Right in the Head's Chapter One, Jetstone is temporarily offering the e-book 📚 at an discounted price of only *£2.49*: amzn.to/42xxX1Z
Listen to Chapter One, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwW-...
Listen to Chapter One, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwW-...
Right in the Head: My Stroke Journey by Sebastian Groes - Chapter One (abridged with subtitles)
YouTube video by School of Humanities, University of Wolverhampton
www.youtube.com
January 29, 2025 at 11:19 AM
🧠🧠❤️🔥🔥To celebrate the release of the audio version of Right in the Head's Chapter One, Jetstone is temporarily offering the e-book 📚 at an discounted price of only *£2.49*: amzn.to/42xxX1Z
Listen to Chapter One, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwW-...
Listen to Chapter One, here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwW-...
🎸🥁Next week Sat, 1 Feb, 6PM, Wolverhampton, I'll be talking to Tiffany Murray about her riveting memoir growing up in the Rockfield Studios in the 1970s. ❤️🔥🔥
Come along to hear about her encounters w/
Queen
Hawkwind🤘🏼
& many more bands, singers,
Tickets here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi 👏🏼🙌🏼
Come along to hear about her encounters w/
Queen
Hawkwind🤘🏼
& many more bands, singers,
Tickets here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi 👏🏼🙌🏼
January 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎸🥁Next week Sat, 1 Feb, 6PM, Wolverhampton, I'll be talking to Tiffany Murray about her riveting memoir growing up in the Rockfield Studios in the 1970s. ❤️🔥🔥
Come along to hear about her encounters w/
Queen
Hawkwind🤘🏼
& many more bands, singers,
Tickets here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi 👏🏼🙌🏼
Come along to hear about her encounters w/
Queen
Hawkwind🤘🏼
& many more bands, singers,
Tickets here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi 👏🏼🙌🏼
🔥The English Team at the University of Wolverhampton
is proud to work with the amazing 🖊️
@yomiadegoke.bsky.social on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.
Free📚
Get reading❤️🔥
For more info: bit.ly/4auS8zw
Check out our BA English Literatures: bit.ly/44VlCmD
is proud to work with the amazing 🖊️
@yomiadegoke.bsky.social on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.
Free📚
Get reading❤️🔥
For more info: bit.ly/4auS8zw
Check out our BA English Literatures: bit.ly/44VlCmD
January 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🔥The English Team at the University of Wolverhampton
is proud to work with the amazing 🖊️
@yomiadegoke.bsky.social on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.
Free📚
Get reading❤️🔥
For more info: bit.ly/4auS8zw
Check out our BA English Literatures: bit.ly/44VlCmD
is proud to work with the amazing 🖊️
@yomiadegoke.bsky.social on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.
Free📚
Get reading❤️🔥
For more info: bit.ly/4auS8zw
Check out our BA English Literatures: bit.ly/44VlCmD