Worth a read - an interesting piece which references Adam Roberts' recent scholarly work on fantasy: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
23.02.2026 13:40
👍 3
🔁 3
💬 0
📌 0
Worth a read - an interesting piece which references Adam Roberts' recent scholarly work on fantasy: www.theguardian.com/books/2026/f...
excited to see my article, "Waving the cancelling wand: Harry Potter fans and the cancellation of J.K. Rowling," with Guilherme Giolo and Simone Driessen, out in the world. and it's open access! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Super Relaxed Fantasy Club Peter F Hamilton E J Swift 7pm, Tuesday 13th January Star of Kings, nr Kings Cross stn, London Free (optional donation)
E J SWIFT and PETER F HAMILTON are at SRFC on 13th January!
Free tickets here: srfcjan2026.eventbrite.com
@catamaroon.bsky.social
@angryrobotbooks.bsky.social
@arcadiabooks.bsky.social sky.social
This is true and I was the only one on set excited about it (and playing the song on my phone to blank stares)
What future for the #BBC and #PublicServiceBroadcasting? cstonline.net/where-to-wha...
Catching up with 'The War Between', it makes me wish there was way more British SF TV like this being made at the moment (esp with a political thriller/critical engagement vibe); it feels like a kind of adult-oriented TV drama that's rarely invested in & supported by the current UK TV industry
Don’t think so, but I’m hoping to write it up for publication & can let you know about that. The audience was a mix of magazine studies’ academics and Who fans, and now I’m off to see the Gutenberg printing press at the Gutenberg Museum; Mainz is a great place for DWM to be analysed and discussed :)
Looking forward to presenting this new work later today, on the current era of Doctor Who Magazine and what I'm terming its "upbeat individualised inclusivity". I'll be discussing how today's DWM challenges fan gatekeeping but also resonates with consumerist "brandom"
You can view the whole exhibition here:
barnabyedwards.co.uk/brave-new-wo...
Please take your seats, the carnage is about to begin: what will Quentin Tarantino’s West End debut look like?
The Writers’ Guild of Great Britain has created a free online guide for non-fiction authors working with factual material, covering themes such as copyright, defamation and ensuring good relationships with interviewees 👇 #BookSky
Katabasis by RF Kuang review – a descent into the hellscape of academia
wonder if decades of mocking media studies as a Mickey Mouse subject has anything to do with this at all
Waterworld has finally recovered its $175 million budget due to Universal's stunt shows bearing the movie's name and branding running 15 times a day every day for the 30 years since the movie's theatrical release
(Source: tinyurl.com/mr3pjyvr)
MPs are 'trapped on benefits', many claiming £50,000 a year or more in untaxed personal benefits.
Surely we need to get them off them for their own good?
We're pleased to announce the publication of issue 21.1, spanning Frisian identity in Aotearoa/NZ, Canadianness & the Barenaked Ladies, Turkish quality drama, seagoing spectators, transnational identities, conspiracies & a special section on Girl Audiences in the 'Girlscape'! www.participations.org
So, this Unbound/Boundless fiasco. I was going to be polite about it, but after this morning’s email: no
Taylor getting rich enough to buy back her albums from the venture capitalists because she doesn't want to re-record the rest of Reputation?
What a twist.
www.taylorswift.com
...look somebody else can write this paper, k?
Hot off the presses - Theatre Fandom, edited by me, @matt-hills.bsky.social & @kirstysedgman.bsky.social and featuring a collection of terrific essays. U Iowa Press 2025! (The two sides of my career have finally connected! \o/ Life makes sense now! :D)
Our first university with the job cuts today is Derby - one of our key industrial universities. It faces losing half of its senior academics. Stop this now, you stupid fools. 🇬🇧
www.bbc.com/news/article...
Cover for The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic trade paperback.
Cover for The Quatermass Experiment: The Making of TV's First Sci-Fi Classic limited edition hardback, illustrated by Robert Hack.
We're pleased to announce that @tobyhadoke.bsky.social's long-awaited history of the The Quatermass Experiment will be published in May in trade paperback, along with a limited edition hardback with special cover artwork by @roberthack.bsky.social. Order now from tenacrefilms.bigcartel.com
"You haven't got God here, have you?" Tom's on characteristic and sparkling form as he questions the format of 'This Is Your Life'
Atmosphere, analysis, ambiguity. Re-reading 'Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy' recently it felt like a startling hybrid, almost a kind of "mythic procedural."
Our @biggiveorg effort is go! donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
Please support & share. With ever decreasing funding for music education, we turn to you wonderful humans for support. We thank you for your support as we endeavour together!
