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New Post: Mary Wollstonecraft in the Idler This piece by Pamela Clemit was first published in the Idler, No. 54 (May-June 2017), 83-9: Quite Contrary: Mary Wollstonecraft Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) thought that a woman’s place was in t…

'Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797) thought that a woman’s place was in the resistance.' #InternationalWomensDay #DifficultWomensDay

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Unforgettable In spring 2026, the MSK offers the chance to discover the fascinating works created by women artists in the Low Countries.

These are two of around 150 paintings by 40 female artists who may have been forgotten or overlooked which are to be displayed at this exhibition at the Ghent Museum of Fine Arts. It looks worth the trip!
www.mskgent.be/en/exhibitio...

Sequel to a Reminiscence The archive of enigmatic 19th-century writer Amy Levy has a new home at Cambridge University Library

Today on #IWD we honour Amy Levy, Jewish poet, novelist, essayist, and Cambridge Alumna.

🔎Levy's Archive at the UL: https://loom.ly/RHh3bbc

With thanks to @thefnl.bsky.social, Arts Council England, Rothschild Foundation, T. S. Eliot Foundation.

3 Big Reasons Software Companies Need English Majors — Dear English Major I’m not the only English major working in tech at HubSpot. I could see a lot of English majors taking the same path as me. The tech industry needs people who can fulfill three important business needs...

English degrees - dispelling the myths about employability. www.dearenglishmajor.com/blog/3-big-r...

Year 8 recommended reading list for children aged 12-13 Year 8 reading books - a selection of exciting easy reads and challenging titles, suitable for Year 8 pupils in secondary schools aged 12-13.

Recently updated on our site:
Year 8 recommended reading list for children aged 12-13. 📚👍🏼
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A selection of reading books to challenge and interest Year 8 pupils - aged 12-13 - in KS3 secondary schools. Authors include Michael Morpur...

Project Manager at University of Stirling Explore professional services job openings, including the Project Manager position, on jobs.ac.uk. Apply today and discover more about this role.

Come and work with us at the University of Stirling! We're recruiting a research Project Manager to work on our new international AHRC project 'Transforming Cultures of Language-Learning'. 0.4 FTE for 28 months. Details below; closing date 24 March www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DQS878/p...

NEW BLOG: We need to talk about oracy

A taste of my ResearchEd talk yesterday

learningfrommymistakesenglish.blogspot.com/2026/03/we-n...

Here’s what’s making us happy this week. Hello, weekenders. It’s been a minute. We’ve been holding our joy a bit too close to the vest over here at the Hub, with editorial apologies. But the good Fridays are back! Molly Odintz…

The Lit Hub staff spent the week loving omakase, booksellers, and more!

More UK PhD graduates looking overseas for jobs, study finds Proportion of doctoral graduates remaining in UK academia has fallen substantially as more enter industry or move abroad, according to a major longitudinal survey

'Only four in 10 UK PhD graduates remain in academia just over a year after completing their degrees with many more heading overseas for research jobs than in previous years, a major national poll suggests.' 1/3

Beryl Bainbridge drew on her own life for her funny, dark novels Two of the British writer’s best works, The Bottle Factory Outing and An Awfully Big Adventure, are republished this month

Beryl Bainbridge drew on her own life for her funny, dark novels. As two of the British writer’s best works, The Bottle Factory Outing and An Awfully Big Adventure, are republished this month, John Self reassesses her writing

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Lecturer in Medieval and Early Modern History, ANU #medieval #earlymodern anzamems.org/lecture...

This was fun to do with wonderful collaborators @jenniferacooke.bsky.social @bobeaglestone.bsky.social @gailmarshall.bsky.social CEO @englishassociation.bsky.social @jtwelsch.bsky.social #ReadingMatters @ies-sas.bsky.social

25 quid for food, drink and 13 great pieces of scholarship? You’d be mad not to! Cheaper than staying at home (or you CAN stay at home and join us online)

Teaching Lit in the Lang Classroom
30 March: Uni of Nottingham

tinyurl.com/teachlanglit

Thank you to the speakers at the @englishassociation.bsky.social meeting this evening. Great to hear so much enthusiasm for reading and to be given some advice on how to establish a strong reading culture for all children.

Author Phil Harris on his retirement with a view of the Round Reading Room of 1857. Photo: BL Corporate Archive, PH 034/342

We’re delighted to share that A History of the British Museum Library, 1753–1973 by P. R.

Harris is now digitised and freely available to all interested in the history of the Museum and librarianship.

Find out more here: link.bl.uk/vvx

Last call for our Reconnecting Teens and Texts Conference - March 6th- Milton Keynes. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/overcoming... It’ll be an inspiring day! We have just 5 tickets left! @kashleyenglish.bsky.social @openingdoors.bsky.social @rootedinreading.bsky.social

✨Happy Gray Day✨
45 years on, Lanark still pulses through Scottish literature. We mark it with a new response to Book Four—Chris Tait’s new Scots poem The Necropolis created whilst on placement—drawn from Gray’s drafts, turning archive into living, echoing art.

IN TWO WEEKS: Activating Archives for Local and Societal Impact

📅 11 March, 12.30–2.30pm
📍 John Rylands Library, 150 Deansgate
🎟️ https://ow.ly/Ru1550Yf00N

Join us as we explore how archival collections can be 'activated' through robust, ethical and sustained community partnerships.

Emagazine is such a good investment. The archive of articles is so useful for thinking about critical perspectives. Give pairs or small groups different articles to look at, summarise or argue with. There will be tonnes on any text your studying. #TeamEnglish

@hetanshah.bsky.social @christophersmith.bsky.social If you could share, please

A frame from a cartoon. There's a night sky with yellow stars in the background, and it's framed on all sides by dark green leaves. In the middle is a man wearing sort of Elizabethan dress, in green and yellow; his boots and sleeves and front are also made out of green leaves, and he has spiky green hair and beard.

Oberon: I have a DASTARDLY PLAN and also will now GO INVISIBLE to do some eavesdropping #MoonMad #SlowShakespeare
www.english.cam.ac.uk/research/slo...
In the 1992 Animated Tales Dream, Oberon (voiced by Daniel Massey) could actually become invisible, melding with the trees; a rather lovely effect.

Books for Year 3 children aged 7-8 in KS2 Books for Year 3 children in KS2 with a diverse collection of recommended texts chosen by qualified librarians and educators.

Recently updated on our site:
Year 3 reading list for children aged 7-8. 📚👍🏼
schoolreadinglist.co.uk/reading-list...
#kidlit
Suggested reading books for Year 3 children, aged 7-8. A diverse and interesting range of exciting titles aimed at children of all abilities...

We invite all critically thinking applied linguists to submit a book proposal to our CRITAL book series, edited by Netta Avineri.

Visit www.degruyterbrill.com/serial/crital-b/html or contact our senior acquisitions editor Natalie Fecher (natalie.fecher@degruyterbrill.com) for more information.

Ninety-Nine Novels: Lanark by Alasdair Gray - The International Anthony Burgess Foundation In 1984, Anthony Burgess published Ninety-Nine Novels, a selection of his favourite novels in English since 1939. The list is typically idiosyncratic, and shows the breadth of Burgess’s interest in fi...

“LANARK is a strange, experimental book that immediately thrusts the reader into a weird world with glimmers of familiarity”

—author @rodgeglass.bsky.social & the International @anthonyburgess.bsky.social Foundation discuss Alasdair Gray’s LANARK
#GrayDay 💙📚
www.anthonyburgess.org/blog-posts/n...

Cover image for the book Shakespeare in Tongues by Kathryn Vomero Santos

Hi, Bluesky! Allow me to (re)introduce myself by sharing the cover of my forthcoming book, Shakespeare in Tongues, which will be published by Routledge in the Spotlight on Shakespeare series next year. Many thanks to artist Fausto Fernandez for permission to use his gorgeous collage!

Only 10% of boys aged 14-16 read daily for pleasure, National Literacy Trust finds Exclusive: Report says British teenagers’ time for books is being crowded out by schoolwork, screens and sports

I feel increasingly sorry for this generation of children. They are endlessly told what to do. These young men say they engage with sport, schoolwork and socialising with family and friends. They like reading online. All of these behaviours are extremely positive

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

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