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Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · 7d

We're so excited to welcome our new cohort of History of the Book students! In Week 1, they will delve into artists' books, bookbinding, and textual scholarship

#historyofthebook #bookhistory

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · 9d

Thank you, Karen!

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · 9d

Proofs!

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · 12d

ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... Deadline for proposals is 30 September

Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · 16d

Here you go: ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...

Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies

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The Bibliographical Society @bibsoc.bsky.social · 23d

Our friends at the British Library have asked us to share details of this year's Panizzi Lectures: events.bl.uk/events/books...

Books in their Elements: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change | British Library

The Panizzi Lectures are a series of annual lectures based on original research by an eminent scholar of the book. The lecture series is named after Anthon

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · 23d

There’s still time to submit your #bookhistory #bookstudies proposals!

Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Apr 24

Call for Contributors!

@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!

Deadline: 30 September 2025

More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...

Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies

Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · Jul 16

Still plenty of time to get those #bookstudies abstracts in! #bookhistory #bibliography

Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Apr 24

Call for Contributors!

@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!

Deadline: 30 September 2025

More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...

Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies

Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London

ies.sas.ac.uk

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Simon Kövesi @kovesi.bsky.social · Jul 5

And here's the first session!
#SharedFutures

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Zachary Lesser @zacharylesser.bsky.social · Jul 4

Just out/appena uscita! JEMS 14 (OA from Firenze UP), with 12 terrific articles on "The Politics of Book History--Then and Now". A great pleasure to edit this issue with @georginaemw.bsky.social, a brilliant collaborator (whose book, Paper and the Making of Early Modern Literature, is out soon!)

Vol. 14 (2025): The Politics of Book History: Then and Now | Journal of Early Modern Studies

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · Jul 4

Yesterday’s Reading Matters salon at English: Shared Futures, sponsored by @ies-sas.bsky.social and @univeng.bsky.social No pics of the Reading Matters panel as I was chairing, but brill papers by @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social Carina Spaulding @readingagency.bsky.social and @georginaemw.bsky.social

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · Jul 3

I’m really happy to be a part of this special issue on ‘The Politics of Book History: Then and Now’. Thanks to @georginaemw.bsky.social and @zacharylesser.bsky.social for all their hard work editing the collection oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bs...

The Queer Lives of The Life of H.H. (1822, 1688, 1650-1651) | Journal of Early Modern Studies

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The London Archives @thelondonarchives.bsky.social · Jun 30

📣Our Shakespeare in London display is now open!
📅 30 June to 25 September 2025

A chance to see our rarely displayed treasures related to #Shakespeare.
✅ Shakespeare's signature
✅ John Keats’ 1820 copy of Shakespeare’s plays
✅ Civitas Londinum map

www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · Jun 30

A few more pics from Anatomy of the Book last week, ft. guest sessions with Karen Attar, Giles Mandelbrote, and David Pearson 📚

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · Jun 24

Day 2 of Anatomy of the Book LRBS short course @ies-sas.bsky.social . Today we’ve had a visit to St Bride and a printing demo with Richard Lawrence

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · Jun 15

Hercules has a pot to piss in

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Ryan Cordell @ryancordell.org · Jun 12

One immediate action item following our "Building BookLabs" symposium was to establish a mailing list where folks running/founding/dreaming up book labs & adjacent initiatives can share resources, opportunities, events, & other materials—if you’d like to be connected sign up at the link below!

booklabs - BookLab Network List - subscribe

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Michael Durrant @michaelwdurrant.bsky.social · Jun 11

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526129390/ My book, The dreadful name of Henry Hills, is now up on the @manchesterup.bsky.social website! Chapters on Hills’s beginnings, queer books, imprints, conspiracy, and wills. Starts out in Kent (or possibly Wales) and ends up in Surat. Out March 2026.

Manchester University Press - The dreadful name of Henry Hills

The dreadful name of Henry Hills - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The dreadful name of Henry Hills by Michael Durrant

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Bodleian Libraries @bodleian.ox.ac.uk · Jun 10

📚 Join the Bodleian Conservation Team as a Book Repair Technician! 📚

We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

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CILIP Rare Books and Special Collections Group @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social · Jun 10

Senate House Library @senatehouselib.bsky.social, in partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library, invites applications for a Visiting Research Fellowship.

In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.

www.london.ac.uk/about/servic...

Visiting Research Fellowship

Senate House Library (in partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library) annually invites applications for a Visiting Research Fellowship.

www.london.ac.uk

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University English @univeng.bsky.social · Jun 9

And yet more: creative writing colleagues at www.aber.ac.uk/en/english/ help patients with long covid. More evidence that English can help to create a better, healthier world #EnglishCreates

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University English @univeng.bsky.social · Jun 3

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Georgina Wilson @georginaemw.bsky.social · May 16

This!

Institute of English Studies @ies-sas.bsky.social · Apr 24

Call for Contributors!

@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!

Deadline: 30 September 2025

More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...

Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies

Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London

ies.sas.ac.uk

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The Society of Antiquaries of London @antiquaries.bsky.social · May 23

“Make you to ravel all this matter out” (Shakespeare, Hamlet, 3.4)

Join us in June for a conference which showcases early career scholars working on the intersections between text, materiality & performance in commercial theatres from 1500-1800!

www.sal.org.uk/event/revels/

Revels Office: New Voices in Early Modern Material Culture, Theatre, and Performance - Society of Antiquaries of London

This June, the Revels Office, an international network of early career academics, will hold its first conference with the Society of Antiquaries of London. The conference showcases early career schola...

www.sal.org.uk

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Inscription: the Journal of Material Text @inscriptionjournal.bsky.social · May 22

Get reading! All the texts from issue 5 of INSCRIPTION: THE JOURNAL OF MATERIAL TEXT are online and downloadable for free at inscriptionjournal.com
We are a double-blind peer reviewed, green open access journal. Published by Information as Material in a partnership with Leeds Beckett University

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