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Founded in 1906 to support, promote, and celebrate the discipline of English Studies (registered charity 1124890). www.englishassociation.ac.uk/join-us/
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · Oct 16
English teachers, subject leads,academics, policy makers,members of national organisations, exam boards & other stake holders attended a summit called by the English Association & Shakespeare’s Globe. Recommendations, ideas, approaches to GSCE reform emerged: englishassociation.ac.uk/summit-on-th...
Summit on the Reform of the English GCSEs: report and recommendations | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 14h
Join us! Spread our words, events and more!
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 14h
Exploring #Shakespeare ! Free online event ! englishassociation.ac.uk/illuminated-...
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The Stephen Spender Trust @stephenspender.bsky.social · 16h
Our latest #CreativeTranslation Digest has landed!

Find all the key dates for the 2025-26 school year and info about current projects and competitions:
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#SSTPoetryPrize #edusky @translationexch.bsky.social
The Stephen Spender Trust and the Queen's College Translation Exchange present a year in Creative Translation key dates: ANTHEA Bell Prize poetry resources PUBLISHED 19 September 2025 European Day of Languages 26 September 2025 International Translation Day 30 September 2025 Anthea Bell Prize fiction resources PUBLISHED October 2025 STEPHEN SPENDER TRUST 2025 CELEBRATION EVENT STEPHEN SPENDER PRIZE 2025 WINNERS announced 19 November 2025 Anthea Bell Prize non-fiction resources PUBLISHED January 2026 Literature fires the imagination (SPRING SERIES) Creative Translation Professional Learning (PL) for teachers in Wales JAN - FEB 2026 Anthea Bell PRIZE 2026 competition phase 2 Feb - 27 March 2026 World Book Day browse our AUTHENTIC TEXTS DATABASE 7 March 2025 World Poetry Day BROWSE OUR POETRY TRANSLATION ACTIVITIES 21 March 2026 Stephen Spender Prize 2026 open for entries 1 MAY - 31 JULY 2026 Literature fires the imagination (SUMMER SERIES)
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Dr Jennie Orr @drjenniferorr.bsky.social · 19h
We will soon be announcing a new Fellowship through the British Association for Romantic Studies which supportsthe work of independent researchers. It's a tight deadline but if you fall into this category or know anyone who does, watch this space @bars.bsky.social
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Loughborough English @lboroenglish.bsky.social · 16h
Our own Nick Freeman has contributed a chapter, ‘The Ghost Story 1870-1900’, to The Victorian Ghost Story: An Edinburgh Companion (Edinburgh UP). There’s spooky fun for all the family with Dickens, Kipling, Stoker, and various other practitioners of the ghostly tale ...
The Victorian Ghost Story
The Victorian Ghost Story
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Ruth Ahnert @ruthahnert.bsky.social · 15h
Hey! We have two new draft chapters of the Living with Machines book up online for your delectation! One on Mapreader and one on the Environmental Scan. read.uolpress.co.uk/projects/liv...
Living with Machines | University of London Press
*Living With Machines* is a data-driven history of the coming of the machine age in Britain in the long nineteenth century. Featuring an innovative open access edition enhanced with interactive maps, ...
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Bennie Kara @benniekara.bsky.social · 18h
New Substack on teaching Rabindranath Tagore in English - have a read, then go and read some Tagore! open.substack.com/pub/bennieka...
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CLPE @theclpe.bsky.social · 17h
Our building offers an ideal space for orgs in the education sector.

Office & classroom spaces are now available to let, surrounding our renowned Literacy Library - home to 23,000 children’s books & a hub for literacy training and events.

Contact: [email protected] for info.
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 1d
A pleasing headline here🤗⬇️
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Mercedes Sheldon @mercedessheldon.bsky.social · 1d
Fab editorial by @umnenglish.bsky.social faculty.
"Majoring in English is by no means a bad investment of a student’s time and tuition dollars. ... While graduates with English degrees may start out earning less than peers in other fields, they out-earn them in the second half of their careers."
Counterpoint | Actually, English majors are thriving at the University of Minnesota
"As the chair of the English department, past English chair, and assistant dean of curriculum and instruction at the University of Minnesota in the Twin Cities, we often find reports of the demise of ...
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BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk · 1d
For #StorySharerWeek, we've been learning how the team at Glenbrook Surestart in Belfast use #Bookstart Toddler packs.

Here's how they create a sense of magic and excitement about sharing stories, making the most of the gifting moment to inspire families:

https://bit.ly/3KMANt1
A photo of a woman reading a picture book to children as they all sit around a table plus a quote from Martina Hannon, health visitor: "It creates that magic for both the parent and the child"
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The British Academy @britishacademy.bsky.social · 1d
“It celebrates the skills, values, and importance of the social sciences and humanities.”

In a new interview with @fivebooks.com, 2025 British Academy Book Prize Chair Professor Rebecca Earle FBA discusses how this year’s shortlist captures the ideas shaping our world.

👉 https://bit.ly/3KLwIoY
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Curious Minds @curiousminds.org.uk · 1d
We are really excited to have @drdaveobrien.bsky.social @markrt.bsky.social and @orianbrook.bsky.social join us in 10 days.

It is online and free. Please join us: CuriousAboutCultureisBad.eventbrite.co.uk
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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 1d
ICYMI: The Sunday Times is partnering with Bookbanks and Coram Beanstalk on a Get Britain Reading campaign to address the UK’s reading crisis 👇 #BookSky
The Sunday Times launches Get Britain Reading campaign with Bookbanks and Coram Beanstalk
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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 1d
EMC CPD Online: Starting to Teach A Level English Literature

A day-long, cross-specification course to introduce those new to teaching English Literature at A Level to the principles and practices of A Level teaching.

Book by: 8am on 3rd November
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Broadview Press @broadviewpress.bsky.social · 1d
The contextual materials in our NEW edition of A Room with a View include...

✅ Selected letters by Forster
✅ Contemporary reviews
✅ Images of Forster and key places in his novel

& more!

Take a closer look: buff.ly/i3MI7xt
A Room with a View - Broadview Press
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Dr Penny Bradshaw @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social · 1d
Interested in PG study in the fields of literary, cultural, heritage & environmental studies? Why not come along to our Open Day on Sat 8 Nov to find out more about our MA Literature, Romanticism & the English Lake District, based at our Ambleside campus: www.cumbria.ac.uk/events/open-...
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Royal Historical Society @royalhistsoc.org · 1d
Next week (Weds 22 October) we visit historians at the University of Suffolk to learn about their research and to discuss collaborative working with archivists and public historians.

The visit includes a guest lecture by Tim Grady to which all are welcome bit.ly/4pWzBDu with a reception from 5pm.
Britain and the Memory of the Two World Wars
A public lecture as part of the Royal Historical Society's visit to historians at the University of Suffolk, with Professor Tim Grady
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Jeannine Baker @nenieb.bsky.social · 3d
Fantastic piece by Kate Murphy responding to the devastating change of policy at the @BBC Written Archives Centre, which will make it impossible to undertake new independent research using the collection. cstonline.net/defending-th... #mediahistory
DEFENDING THE WAC: RECOVERING THE INVISIBLE WOMEN OF THE BBC by Kate Murphy
My first visit to the BBC’s Written Archives Centre was in 2002. I was working as a producer on Woman’s Hourand had applied for a three-month attachment to what was then the Diversity Centre…
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London Topographical Society @londontopsoc.bsky.social · 1d
‪ANN SAUNDERS ESSAY PRIZE FOR 2026

A prize of £1,000 is offered annually for an original and unpublished 8000-word research essay on the topography, development or buildings of London in any period.

Submissions by 1 April 2026.

Details can be found at: londontopsoc.org/about-us/ann...
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Catherine Clarke @cathamclarke.bsky.social · 1d
Out now! Listen to me chat with the brilliant Hannah Dunleavy on the Standard Issue podcast about #poetry, #history - and @vch-home.bsky.social!
Listen for free at podfollow.com/standard-iss...
Standard Issue Podcast: 'The rhyme and reason of history'
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Lena Ferriday @lenaferriday.bsky.social · 1d
It was a pleasure to review this wonderful collection for the latest issue of Technology and Culture. Thanks to all the authors for their contributions and to @finnarne.me @dollyjorgensen.bsky.social for drawing such an interesting group of scholars together!

muse.jhu.edu/issue/55712
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Learning through Landscapes @ltlnews.bsky.social · 1d
Apply for the Happy By Nature Fund 📣

In partnership with @wwf.org.uk, we're offering grants, guidance, and support to help 10 schools transform their outdoor spaces for nature, learning, and play. Could your school be one of them? Visit out website to learn more!

Apply 👉 ltl.org.uk/projects/hap...
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Stan Carey @stancarey.bsky.social · 1d
Speculative Grammarian, a long-running publication of satirical linguistics, is winding down specgram.com #linguistics
SpecGram—Speculative Grammarian
Speculative Grammarian: the premier scholarly journal featuring research in the neglected field of satirical linguistics.
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The English Association @englishassociation.bsky.social · 1d
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Modernist Studies Association (MSA) @moderniststudies.bsky.social · 1d
Believe it or not, it's already time to think about MSA 2026 in Loughborough, UK. The conference will meet July 1-4, and proposals for panels, papers, roundtables, workshops, and seminars is December 1. Please note this MUCH earlier deadline. The CFP is here: www.moderniststudies.org/conference/M...
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