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Muireann Maguire

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Professor of Russian and Comparative Literature at the University of Exeter, translator of Russian literature, avid fan of books (esp. but not only Penguins), and parkrun. Also likes dinosaurs ๐Ÿฆ•.

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An Interview with Hamid Ismailov - Asymptote When Hamid Ismailov answered my questions, he had just returned from a tour of the United States promoting his most recent book to appear in English, We Computers (Yale University Press, 2025), t...

Just what we need at the end of January - the new edition of Asymptote is out! Youโ€™ll find my interview with the inspirational Hamid Ismailov there, alongside all sorts of other wonderful things www.asymptotejournal.com/interview/an...

29.01.2026 15:43 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Exciting appearance in the TLS by my @exeter.ac.uk colleague Maria Scott @mariascott.bsky.social

21.01.2026 15:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Muireann Maguire reads from Aleksandr Beliaev's 'Professor Dowell's Head'
Muireann Maguire reads from Aleksandr Beliaev's 'Professor Dowell's Head' YouTube video by Translators Aloud

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Today we revisit this beyond wonderful reading by @muireanndinosaur.bsky.social from Aleksandr #Beliaev's 'Professor Dowell's Head', from RED STAR TALES, the first comprehensive collection of translated #Russian and #Soviet #sci-fi. Don't wait; dive in! youtu.be/WVyW7ZQeazs?...

14.03.2025 17:49 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Always good to be back in my alma mater โ€” but a special honour this time to be inducted as Honorary Fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge. So grateful to be able to accept it in person.

13.02.2025 18:41 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 2 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Shelf of red leather-bound books with titles in gold on the spines

Shelf of red leather-bound books with titles in gold on the spines

Charles Darwin was born on 12 February 1809.

He is best known for his theory of evolution, published in 'On the Origin of Species' in 1859. However, he also produced many other works, as this shelf in Rev. Sabine Baring-Gould's library shows!

๐Ÿ“ท Baring-Gould Library 0660

#DarwinDay #OTD #RareBooks

12.02.2025 09:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 26 ๐Ÿ” 5 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Invading the American Canon

Coming soon to all good bookshops
(but also free to download)...

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/invading-...

12.02.2025 14:59 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0