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phd from uvigo on irish young adult literature and sapphic representation 📚| project member @comunitasimunitas.bsky.social [‘Communitas/Immunitas’ PID2022-136904NB-I00] | collaborator @feminario.bsky.social | sub lecturer at UEx | she/her

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iria @academiria.bsky.social · Jul 9

na miña tese engadín un pequeno fragmento da canción pano corado de @tanxugueiras.bsky.social xa que nada me parecía máis apropiado coa temática da tese para poder engadir un pedazo da miña terra e de quen son 💙🤍🏳️‍🌈

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 14h

#CFP: "Youth Writers and Their Worlds"
Ninth International Society of Literary Juvenilia Conference (ISLJ)
Valparaiso University, USA
April 16 - 18, 2026
Deadline: November 1, 2025
Email: [email protected]
Website: juveniliastudies.com/conferences/

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Ana E. Sancho-Ortiz @sanchoanae.bsky.social · 13h

Desde @intergediuz.bsky.social exploramos cómo aprendemos y compartimos conocimiento en Internet 💡💻

Si consumes o difundes contenido especializado, ¡participa y comparte nuestra encuesta!

🔗 bit.ly/SurveyInterG...

(no te llevará ni 5 min 😉)

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ilingua-uvigo @ilingua-uvigo.bsky.social · 5h

Este venres, na Facultade de Dereito, terá lugar o seminario "O Dereito tamén en galego", este ano adicado aos dereitos lingüisticos na Administración de Xustiza. Trátase dunha iniciativa desenvolvida en colaboración coa Área de Normalización Lingüística.

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International Journal of Young Adult Literature @ijyalnews.bsky.social · 4h

Volume 5 of IJYAL contains several book reviews of recently published monographs and edited collections within the field of YA literature studies. These reviews are now available to read/download. ijyal.ac.uk/12/volume/5/...
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Volume 5 - Issue 1 - 2024 | The International Journal of Young Adult Literature

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 2d

Online webinar: Building a Global Youth Literature Collection 101
Seminar series on translation for children
The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World
University of Reading
Thursday 23 October 5pm UK
Website: www.tickettailor.com/events/centr...

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Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 2d

Open for three more days! 💫

Banshee Press @bansheepress.bsky.social · 9d

Submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) are open until 31 October! Submission guidelines are at the link below. We're looking forward to reading your short fiction, poetry, flash & essays! ✨

bansheepress.org/submit

Submit — Banshee Press

Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October. We are also accepting submissions for issue 21 (spring/summer 2026) until 31 October!

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AEDEI @aedei.bsky.social · 5d

We are pleased to announce the names of the awardees for the scholarship schemes under the Eibhear Walshe Research Grants:

Huge congratulations to our dear members Natalia Jiménez (Predoctoral Grant) and Auxiliadora Pérez Vides (Postdoctoral Grant)!!!! 🍀

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 5d

#CFP: The Everyday Horror of American Life: The Rhetorical Vision of Stephen King
Edited book
Deadline for chapters: January 1, 2026
Email: Jeanie Wills ([email protected]) and Roxanne Harde ([email protected])

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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 7d

Too many LGBTQ+ people in Ireland are struggling to make ends meet. We want to change that, but first, we need to understand the reality. To help, please consider completing the survey 👉 buff.ly/Fxf9DJ2 @outhousedublin.bsky.social

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 7d

#CFP: (Re)thinking the Borders in Children’s Nonfiction
Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
17–19 September 2026
Deadline: 31 January 2026
Website: websites.auth.gr/nonfictionco...
Email: [email protected]

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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 7d

Today is #InternationalLesbianDay, when we strive to come together, lift up and celebrate our lesbian friends and family, remember those who we have lost, and renew our vigour in our fight to make the world a more equal place 🧡🤍💖 Happy International Lesbian Day, everyone! ❤️

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Rónán Hession @ronanhession.bsky.social · 14d

@bansheepress.bsky.social open for book submissions from 1-15 Oct 👇

(Pl read the sub guidelines.)

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Banshee Press is open for book submissions from 1-15 October — Banshee Press

Banshee Press is open for book-length submissions of fiction, poetry and memoir from 1-15 October 2025 . All submitted manuscripts will be considered for our 2027 and 2028 lists (and perhaps beyond)....

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 9d

#CFP: "Crossing Borders, Shifting Selves: Migration, Liminality, and the Reimagining of Childhood in Global Children’s Literature"
IRCL Special Congress Issue 20.2 (2027)
Deadline for full articles: November 1, 2025
Email: [email protected], [email protected], and [email protected])

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Communitas / Immunitas @comunitasimunitas.bsky.social · 9d

✏️ Meet Dr. E. Guillermo Iglesias Díaz. He is a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Spanish, Modern and Classic Philology at the University of the Balearic Islands. His research focuses on the interaction between post/transmodern and post/decolonial theories applied to film studies.

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Gay Community News @gcnmag.bsky.social · 11d

There's no shortage of amazing events this October! Read 👉 buff.ly/kNPtWRy #GCNnews

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JACLR @jaclrinfo.bsky.social · 13d

📖 JACLR is proud to publish creative works, including short stories, poems or short plays.

✍️ We also publish book and film reviews, as well as interviews.

🌟 DL November 1 2025

📩All submissions must be sent through our REUNIDO portal.

📧 Ask our team at [email protected] or check our website.

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CISPAC @cispac.bsky.social · 13d

🗣️Ana Cabana (HISTAGRA–CISPAC) participa no congreso Mujeres y Democracia. El feminismo como defensa de la democracia

👥Participa na mesa "El feminismo y la lucha contra la violencia machista" xunto con Patricia Simón, Mónica González e Carla Vallejo

📅 2-3 de outubro
📍Museo das Peregrinacións

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Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social · 13d

Day 1 - a book with a blue cover #DIKBChallenge25
Where the Shadows Hide by @amyclarkinwrites.bsky.social
@irishkidsbooks

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International Journal of Young Adult Literature @ijyalnews.bsky.social · 13d

@annikaherb.bsky.social's “‘Everywhere’s Burning’: Realising Climate Change and Activism Through Bushfires in Australian Young Adult Literature” is is available to read/download for free in Volume 5 of IJYAL:
ijyal.ac.uk/articles/10....

‘Everywhere’s Burning’: Realising Climate Change and Activism Through Bushfires in Australian Young Adult Literature | The International Journal of Young Adult Literature

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 13d

Hybrid seminar: Intergenerational Pedagogies of Remembrance: Arts, Curatorship and Youth Participation
Kick-off seminar of COREM: Collective Remembrance: Engaging Youth Through Curatorial Practices
University of Wrocław
Date: 8 October 2025
Time: 9-18:30
Website: www.upf.edu/web/corem/ev...

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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 13d

Day 2 of the #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book for 15-18 years old

Treacle Town by Brian Conaghan is a gripping YA story about the importance of words and the power of poetry for a young boy who is looking for a way out of the life he is living 🩷🧡🩷🧡

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

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RELY project @assemblagelit.bsky.social · 14d

📢 CFP open! The Poetics and Politics of Literary Assemblages in the Anglosphere. An International Conference 🌍
📅 University of Málaga, 18–20 May 2026
📝 Send title + 300-word abstract + bio note to [email protected] by 9 December 2025.

#CFP #LitAssemblage #RELY

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International Research Society for Children’s Literature @irscl.bsky.social · 14d

#CFP: Call for Paper 2026 for JIB - Journal of Interactive Books
Deadline for abstracts: 12 January 2026
Email: [email protected].
Website: jib.pop-app.org/index.php/ji...

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ilingua-uvigo @ilingua-uvigo.bsky.social · 14d

Os días 16-18 de outubro 2025 terá lugar o segundo congreso interdisciplinar: "El viaje a través de la palabra" no Paraninfo da Universidade da Coruña, relevante para persoas interesadas en literatura e lingüística.

elviajeatravesdelapalabra.es

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Orlaith Darling @darlingorlaith.bsky.social · 14d

Send in your abstracts for the Sadness + Gender conference we're holding in June 2026! We have some fantastic keynote speakers and specialist panels lined up and would love to see you all in Dublin! #cfp @ucdhumanities.bsky.social @ucddublin.bsky.social @molimuseum.bsky.social

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