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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 5d

The book is in! No thanks to Leo

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 9d

Update: Leo no longer wants me to finish the book

A cat sitting in front of a computer screen

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 14d

Things are good but hectic! James and I just moved into our new house and I'm trying to get my book manuscript in by the end of the month. Yes absolutely let's get coffee when you're next in Cardiff!

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 14d

I didn't! I've changed institutions since the conference so maybe she contacted my old email. How is she doing?

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 14d

Announcing New Welsh Voices in English Literature - a new research series at Swansea!

I wanted to devote some of my @leverhulme.ac.uk trust fellowship to promoting work by other ECRs in Wales.

I'm really looking forward to these two talks this semester, with Bridget Bartlett and Beth Pyner.

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 17d

Leo (Bloom) firmly agrees with you!

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · 17d

Leo is judging me for watching the athletics rather than finishing my book...

A cat sitting on a window sill; a screen with the athletics on; an open book

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Sep 3

Congratulations Gabriela!

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Jun 21

Do yourself a favour and read James's story this weekend

James Green @jamesrbgreen.bsky.social · Jun 15

I wrote a story: prosetricsthemagazine.com/2025/06/11/j...

James Green

Writer James Green is a writer, teacher, and researcher living in Cardiff. He works in London, has published articles on James Joyce and Oscar Wilde in Modernist Cultures and Open Library of the Hu…

prosetricsthemagazine.com

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James Green @jamesrbgreen.bsky.social · Jun 15

I wrote a story: prosetricsthemagazine.com/2025/06/11/j...

James Green

Writer James Green is a writer, teacher, and researcher living in Cardiff. He works in London, has published articles on James Joyce and Oscar Wilde in Modernist Cultures and Open Library of the Hu…

prosetricsthemagazine.com

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Jun 16

Who made the bread?

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 24

This was one of my favourite conference experiences EVER!

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 23

Looking forward to meeting lots of people at BAAS! ECRs, come along to our roundtable at 1pm in LC154 where previous speakers from the How To series will offer advice on starting your academic career, with lots of chances for you to ask questions!

British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · Apr 22

Will BAAS 2025 be your first academic conference? Or are you yet to choose a conference & unsure where to start?

Don't worry - our How To series has you covered! In this episode, Siân Round sits down with Chelsea McNutt (Cornell University) to unpack how to prepare for conferences.

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How to... Prepare for an Academic Conference

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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · Apr 22

Will BAAS 2025 be your first academic conference? Or are you yet to choose a conference & unsure where to start?

Don't worry - our How To series has you covered! In this episode, Siân Round sits down with Chelsea McNutt (Cornell University) to unpack how to prepare for conferences.

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How to... Prepare for an Academic Conference

youtu.be

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 20

Then very gauche

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 20

Depends if it's for you or me

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thank you, Ahmed!

Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 11

Thank you, Amanda!

Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 11

As consolation that the weather in Virginia is somehow worse than in Cardiff, my article on Lillian Smith has been published open access in JAS: doi.org/10.1017/S002....

This essay is a labour of love spanning all the way back to my master's research (and a preview of the final chapter of my book)

Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit and Periodical Readerships | Journal of American Studies | Cambridge Core

Lillian Smith's Strange Fruit and Periodical Readerships

doi.org

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 8

Thanks, Aimee! Will you be at BAAS?

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Apr 8

Over the moon to have signed a contract with UGA Press to publish my first book "The Serial South" in their Print Culture in the South series!

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Mar 31

First day in sunny Charlottesville as the Lillian Gary Taylor Fellow in American Literature at UVA working on the Anne Spencer papers!

I'll be here for two weeks and then off to Chapel Hill. Recommendations very welcome!

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Siân Round @sianround.bsky.social · Mar 12

I had a great chat with Tom about writing your first journal article - well worth a watch for PGRs and ECRs looking to make their first step in the world of academic publishing!

British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · Mar 12

😵‍💫 Looking to write your first journal article but don't know where to start? You're in luck.

The BAAS 'How To...' skills series is back! We're joined by Tom Cryer to tackle all things academic articles, from adapting thesis chapters to finding the right journal for you.

How to... Write Your First Journal Article

In the latest episode of the BAAS 'How To...', we are joined by Tom Cryer (UCL) to discuss where to begin when it comes to writing & publishing an academic j...

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Sam Wetherell @samwetherell.bsky.social · Jan 28

On 27 Feb my book comes out. It’s about how Liverpool’s recent history should change the way we think about modern Britain. On this thread every few days till then, I will tweet an extraordinary fact about Liverpool’s twentieth-century. Pre-order here: www.waterstones.com/book/liverpo...

Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain by Sam Wetherell | Waterstones

Buy Liverpool and the Unmaking of Britain by Sam Wetherell from Waterstones today! Click and Collect from your local Waterstones or get FREE UK delivery on orders over £25.

www.waterstones.com

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British Association for American Studies @officialbaas.bsky.social · Feb 12

The latest episode of our 'How To...' skills series is out now 📺

In this episode, Dr Kathryn Napier Gray (University of Plymouth) discusses sharing academic research with non-academic audiences.

Watch it, & the other videos in the series, now on YouTube:

How to... Engage the Public with your Research

In this episode of the skills series, Dr Kathryn Napier Gray (University of Plymouth) discusses sharing your academic research with non-academic audiences.Th...

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