Katie da Cunha Lewin
@kdclewin.bsky.social
Writing + teaching. Lecturer in C20th/21st Lit. The Writer's Room OUT NOW; new project on professionalism and amateurism. Co-editor of C21 Literature journal. Rep @charlotteseymour.bsky.social. kdclewin.com
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“A poignant appraisal of readers’ quest to find intimacy with the authors they love.” @kdclewin.bsky.social’s forthcoming The Writer’s Room (Feb. 17, 2026) earned a positive review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Read the full review here:
The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love by Katie Da Cunha Lewin
Literature lecturer Lewin debuts with an insightful exploration of the spaces where famous writers crafted their most influentia...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“A poignant appraisal of readers’ quest to find intimacy with the authors they love.” @kdclewin.bsky.social’s forthcoming The Writer’s Room (Feb. 17, 2026) earned a positive review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Read the full review here:
Watching the Education Committee evidence session with Jaqui Smith (I don't know why I do this to myself) and I honestly feel like I'm going to scream
November 25, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Watching the Education Committee evidence session with Jaqui Smith (I don't know why I do this to myself) and I honestly feel like I'm going to scream
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I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
November 25, 2025 at 9:26 AM
I wish I didn’t have to share this. But the BBC has decided to censor my first Reith Lecture.
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
They deleted the line in which I describe Donald Trump as “the most openly corrupt president in American history.” /1
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Exciting news ~ TL/TH in book
form, from Peninsula Press in 2026✨
Too Little/Too Hard (edited by Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini), a collection of essays from some of the most exciting contemporary writers about literature, work, time, and value (shipping May)
peninsulapress.co.uk/products/202...
form, from Peninsula Press in 2026✨
Too Little/Too Hard (edited by Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini), a collection of essays from some of the most exciting contemporary writers about literature, work, time, and value (shipping May)
peninsulapress.co.uk/products/202...
2026 subscription
We are pleased to announce our 2026 subscription: a selection of five books publishing next year, each delivered at least one month ahead of publication, all for a special price of £55 (saving £12 on ...
peninsulapress.co.uk
November 24, 2025 at 1:38 PM
Exciting news ~ TL/TH in book
form, from Peninsula Press in 2026✨
Too Little/Too Hard (edited by Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini), a collection of essays from some of the most exciting contemporary writers about literature, work, time, and value (shipping May)
peninsulapress.co.uk/products/202...
form, from Peninsula Press in 2026✨
Too Little/Too Hard (edited by Lucy Mercer and Livia Franchini), a collection of essays from some of the most exciting contemporary writers about literature, work, time, and value (shipping May)
peninsulapress.co.uk/products/202...
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Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
November 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Almost a year now since I received this absolutely classic burn from the Canadian government.
Nice little review here on @publisherswkly.bsky.social in advance of the US publication
The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love by Katie Da Cunha Lewin
Literature lecturer Lewin debuts with an insightful exploration of the spaces where famous writers crafted their most influentia...
www.publishersweekly.com
November 21, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Nice little review here on @publisherswkly.bsky.social in advance of the US publication
Not endorsing what this guy did in any way because it sounds terrible, but if you make people teach modules of material they don't know about (or are not capable of teaching, but that's another story ehem) they will be doing this - this won't be the only place
‘We could have asked ChatGPT’: students fight back over course taught by AI
Staffordshire students say signs material was AI-generated included suspicious file names and rogue voiceover accent
www.theguardian.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:35 PM
Not endorsing what this guy did in any way because it sounds terrible, but if you make people teach modules of material they don't know about (or are not capable of teaching, but that's another story ehem) they will be doing this - this won't be the only place
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Sharing this again - deadline tomorrow! We'd love to hear from you
In conjunction with @bacls.bsky.social, we are looking for some proposals for panels at BAAS and MSA! Read more here:
Call for C21/BACLS Panel Proposals
BACLS members are warmly invited to submit proposals for panels for the upcoming British Association for American Studies (BAAS) and British Association of Modernist Studies (BAMS) conferences in coll...
c21.openlibhums.org
November 20, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Sharing this again - deadline tomorrow! We'd love to hear from you
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Doctoral Researcher, Liam Young, is co-organising the first @bacls.bsky.social graduate conference, held at the Uni of Leeds on 20 May 2026. Participants will be invited to contribute to a special issue of the journal Alluvium. Deadline for abstracts: 4 January 2026. CFP here: bacls.org/news/188/
News - BACLS New Work in Contemporary Literary Studies Conference 2026 CFP
bacls.org
November 16, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Doctoral Researcher, Liam Young, is co-organising the first @bacls.bsky.social graduate conference, held at the Uni of Leeds on 20 May 2026. Participants will be invited to contribute to a special issue of the journal Alluvium. Deadline for abstracts: 4 January 2026. CFP here: bacls.org/news/188/
Currently at the launch of this report and the findings are very interesting:
NEW REPORT – The Impact of Generative AI and the Novel 📚
Today we've published new research by @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how industry practitioners, from novelists to publishers, are experiencing AI’s significant impacts.
Read now: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
Today we've published new research by @clemicollett.bsky.social examining how industry practitioners, from novelists to publishers, are experiencing AI’s significant impacts.
Read now: www.mctd.ac.uk/impact-of-ge...
November 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Currently at the launch of this report and the findings are very interesting:
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Just posted this little article on Substack, home of the picture of the desk, about why I will never be posting a picture of my desk
Why you'll never see a desk picture from me
Or, my desk has too much stuff on it
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Just posted this little article on Substack, home of the picture of the desk, about why I will never be posting a picture of my desk
Just posted this little article on Substack, home of the picture of the desk, about why I will never be posting a picture of my desk
Why you'll never see a desk picture from me
Or, my desk has too much stuff on it
open.substack.com
November 19, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Just posted this little article on Substack, home of the picture of the desk, about why I will never be posting a picture of my desk
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A new episode of The Virginia Woolf Podcast is out now - @kdclewin.bsky.social chats to Karina Jakubowicz about her new book #TheWritersRoom, the politics and practicalities of authorship, and (of course) about Virginia Woolf's own writing process:
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
Virginia Woolf Podcast — Literature Cambridge
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk
November 19, 2025 at 9:56 AM
A new episode of The Virginia Woolf Podcast is out now - @kdclewin.bsky.social chats to Karina Jakubowicz about her new book #TheWritersRoom, the politics and practicalities of authorship, and (of course) about Virginia Woolf's own writing process:
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
🎧https://www.literaturecambridge.co.uk/podcasts
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
www.thebookseller.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
www.thebookseller.com/comment/dont...
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
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It was lovely to speak to Karina Jakubowicz on the Virginia Woolf podcast @litcamb.bsky.social about my book The Writer's Room -we talked about (who else) Woolf and all things writing spaces. Check it out here
Virginia Woolf Podcast — Literature Cambridge
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It was lovely to speak to Karina Jakubowicz on the Virginia Woolf podcast @litcamb.bsky.social about my book The Writer's Room -we talked about (who else) Woolf and all things writing spaces. Check it out here
It's a shame this piece doesn't consider the lengthy strikes that have just taken place, but it's an important question nonetheless
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 8:45 AM
It's a shame this piece doesn't consider the lengthy strikes that have just taken place, but it's an important question nonetheless
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Lots of university strikes happening at the moment (from the UCU union) over the funding crisis and cuts in the sector. Via StrikeMap:
November 17, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Lots of university strikes happening at the moment (from the UCU union) over the funding crisis and cuts in the sector. Via StrikeMap:
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New issue of @c21literature.bsky.social: Journal of 21st-century Writings, Volume 12, Issue 2, is out now! Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
November 17, 2025 at 12:27 PM
New issue of @c21literature.bsky.social: Journal of 21st-century Writings, Volume 12, Issue 2, is out now! Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
It was lovely to speak to Karina Jakubowicz on the Virginia Woolf podcast @litcamb.bsky.social about my book The Writer's Room -we talked about (who else) Woolf and all things writing spaces. Check it out here
Virginia Woolf Podcast — Literature Cambridge
www.literaturecambridge.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 11:32 AM
It was lovely to speak to Karina Jakubowicz on the Virginia Woolf podcast @litcamb.bsky.social about my book The Writer's Room -we talked about (who else) Woolf and all things writing spaces. Check it out here
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I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.
November 17, 2025 at 10:58 AM
I'm on strike for the next three days in protest at my employer's refusal to rule out compulsory redundancies as part of their cost-cutting vision for a radically diminished university. My school makes a healthy profit, most of which goes back into central coffers, yet still we're told to save more.
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Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Message to all faculty: your expertise is no longer trusted or valued at this so-called “university.”
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In the same week, both the University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester announced closing their Modern Languages departments. Disastrous for the sector as a whole and for the ML landscape in the Midlands: c.org/4X7VMy9MPD
Sign the Petition
Save Modern Languages courses at the University of Leicester
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November 13, 2025 at 9:42 AM
In the same week, both the University of Nottingham and the University of Leicester announced closing their Modern Languages departments. Disastrous for the sector as a whole and for the ML landscape in the Midlands: c.org/4X7VMy9MPD
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Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings |
Issue: Issue: 2(12) Novel Media / Media Novel (Autumn 2025) (2025)
c21.openlibhums.org
November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...