Denise Wong
@heyitsdenisew.bsky.social
Postdoc at JLU on the DFG/AHRC-funded UKRI project 'Reading Post-postmodernist Fictions of the Digital' | Reviews Co-Editor @c21literature.bsky.social | Author of 'Shame in Contemporary You-Narration: Time, Gender and Race' (2025) @edinburghup.bsky.social
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💫 My book is finally in print! Immensely grateful to all my colleagues and to @emilysharp.bsky.social , @elizabethfr.bsky.social, and the whole team at @edinburghup.bsky.social for their support throughout the writing, revision, and publication process! 🚨
(For a 30% discount, use code NEW30)
(For a 30% discount, use code NEW30)
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“A poignant appraisal of readers’ quest to find intimacy with the authors they love.” @kdclewin.bsky.social’s forthcoming The Writer’s Room (Feb. 17, 2026) earned a positive review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Read the full review here:
The Writer’s Room: The Hidden Worlds That Shape the Books We Love by Katie Da Cunha Lewin
Literature lecturer Lewin debuts with an insightful exploration of the spaces where famous writers crafted their most influentia...
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November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
“A poignant appraisal of readers’ quest to find intimacy with the authors they love.” @kdclewin.bsky.social’s forthcoming The Writer’s Room (Feb. 17, 2026) earned a positive review in @publisherswkly.bsky.social. Read the full review here:
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wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
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Don’t invest in AI, invest in the future of the book
Why the publishing industry must back small presses, rather than LLMs.
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November 18, 2025 at 11:48 AM
wrote an article for @thebookseller.com outlining to the industry why small presses are the lifeforce & future of book production. Pls share esp w people who may not know what small press publishers do!
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Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
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C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-Century Writings |
Issue: Issue: 2(12) Novel Media / Media Novel (Autumn 2025) (2025)
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November 11, 2025 at 2:46 PM
Thrilled to announce our new issue, Novel Media/Media Novel, edited by Dong Xia and Sandro Eich:
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1286/i...
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Lovely to see that Minimalism and Affect in American Literature, 1970-2020 was shortlisted for the BACLS Monograph Prize! Huge congratulations to winners, @drdominicdean.bsky.social and @dremmaparker.bsky.social, and fellow shortlister @gabriele-lazzari.bsky.social
Thrilled to share that Killing Children in British Fiction has been jointly awarded the @bacls.bsky.social Monograph Prize 2025. Thanks to judges; huge congratulations fellow winner @dremmaparker.bsky.social and shortlisted @olihaslam.bsky.social @gabriele-lazzari.bsky.social.
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News - BACLS Monograph Prize 2025 Winners
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November 7, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Lovely to see that Minimalism and Affect in American Literature, 1970-2020 was shortlisted for the BACLS Monograph Prize! Huge congratulations to winners, @drdominicdean.bsky.social and @dremmaparker.bsky.social, and fellow shortlister @gabriele-lazzari.bsky.social
💫 My book is finally in print! Immensely grateful to all my colleagues and to @emilysharp.bsky.social , @elizabethfr.bsky.social, and the whole team at @edinburghup.bsky.social for their support throughout the writing, revision, and publication process! 🚨
(For a 30% discount, use code NEW30)
(For a 30% discount, use code NEW30)
November 7, 2025 at 1:15 PM
💫 My book is finally in print! Immensely grateful to all my colleagues and to @emilysharp.bsky.social , @elizabethfr.bsky.social, and the whole team at @edinburghup.bsky.social for their support throughout the writing, revision, and publication process! 🚨
(For a 30% discount, use code NEW30)
(For a 30% discount, use code NEW30)
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as a smaller, digital-only journal that is diamond open access and charges no author-processing fees (thanks @openlibhums.org!), we can promise that we will be able to make a decision about your submission much faster than traditional print journals.
We've refreshed out author guidelines for submissions to our journal, including new guidance for anyone looking to submit an interview. We'd love to hear from you!
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Author Guidelines
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October 31, 2025 at 11:18 AM
as a smaller, digital-only journal that is diamond open access and charges no author-processing fees (thanks @openlibhums.org!), we can promise that we will be able to make a decision about your submission much faster than traditional print journals.
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We're excited to announce that our article on "Multimodality, Transmediality, and Ethics in Post-Postmodernist Fictions of the Digital" is now out in Narrative: muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @alicebellposts.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social
October 20, 2025 at 2:51 PM
We're excited to announce that our article on "Multimodality, Transmediality, and Ethics in Post-Postmodernist Fictions of the Digital" is now out in Narrative: muse.jhu.edu/pub/30/artic... @alicebellposts.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social
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Proud to share our poster in the #AHRC @ukri.org & @dfg.de showcase 🎉 To celebrate 100+ funded UK–Germany collaborations, projects shared posters — incl. ours! Explore them all here 👉 www.dfg.de/en/research-... or view ours here 🔗 www.dfg.de/resource/blo...
Celebrating 100th Funded Project
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August 28, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Proud to share our poster in the #AHRC @ukri.org & @dfg.de showcase 🎉 To celebrate 100+ funded UK–Germany collaborations, projects shared posters — incl. ours! Explore them all here 👉 www.dfg.de/en/research-... or view ours here 🔗 www.dfg.de/resource/blo...
Just finished my first novel by Kitamura and am about to be bereft, unable to read any of the other books I packed for this long-haul flight
August 7, 2025 at 2:47 PM
Just finished my first novel by Kitamura and am about to be bereft, unable to read any of the other books I packed for this long-haul flight
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Latest article up in the @c21literature.bsky.social Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring–Summer 2025) issue is Kathryn Hume on Ben Aaronovitch's _Rivers of London_: 'Magic and Power: Ben Aaronovitch’s Multi-Level Approach' c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/9... ✨✨✨
July 14, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Latest article up in the @c21literature.bsky.social Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring–Summer 2025) issue is Kathryn Hume on Ben Aaronovitch's _Rivers of London_: 'Magic and Power: Ben Aaronovitch’s Multi-Level Approach' c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/9... ✨✨✨
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So much ❤️ for @kdclewin.bsky.social's upcoming book #TheWritersRoom on Netgalley!
‘Literary, sharp & utterly addictive'
'An interesting & compelling book for other writers and literary fiction lovers’
'A gem of a book that I will be gifting'
Pre-order @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: bit.ly/44Ncr8Y
‘Literary, sharp & utterly addictive'
'An interesting & compelling book for other writers and literary fiction lovers’
'A gem of a book that I will be gifting'
Pre-order @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: bit.ly/44Ncr8Y
July 14, 2025 at 2:47 PM
So much ❤️ for @kdclewin.bsky.social's upcoming book #TheWritersRoom on Netgalley!
‘Literary, sharp & utterly addictive'
'An interesting & compelling book for other writers and literary fiction lovers’
'A gem of a book that I will be gifting'
Pre-order @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: bit.ly/44Ncr8Y
‘Literary, sharp & utterly addictive'
'An interesting & compelling book for other writers and literary fiction lovers’
'A gem of a book that I will be gifting'
Pre-order @bookshop-org-uk.bsky.social: bit.ly/44Ncr8Y
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I'll be giving a paper here called "Immersive Self-Reflexivity in Transmedial Post-Postmodernist Fictions of the
Digital" as part of ppfdproject.com/ppfdproject/ @ppfdproject.bsky.social Really looking forward to seeing everyone in Brum.
Digital" as part of ppfdproject.com/ppfdproject/ @ppfdproject.bsky.social Really looking forward to seeing everyone in Brum.
June 30, 2025 at 11:13 AM
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Nadia Georgiou is also giving a paper at the @palapoeticsling.bsky.social 2025 conference. Hear her talk on: "Posthumanism and the digital: multimodality and cyborgization in Calvin Kasulke’s Several People are Typing and Olga Ravn’s The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century".
June 30, 2025 at 11:16 AM
Nadia Georgiou is also giving a paper at the @palapoeticsling.bsky.social 2025 conference. Hear her talk on: "Posthumanism and the digital: multimodality and cyborgization in Calvin Kasulke’s Several People are Typing and Olga Ravn’s The Employees: A workplace novel of the 22nd century".
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Do you know the etymology of “cliché”? It will surprise you...
“Bookworm, Cliché, Deadline…” And Other Unexpected Etymologies
The world of books has played a notable role in the history of English vocabulary. Book itself is one of the oldest words in the language: boc in Old English (with the o pronounced as in go). It wa…
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June 27, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Do you know the etymology of “cliché”? It will surprise you...
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How does it feel to be made redundant?
How does it feel when your colleagues go through this process?
This major new report, by @beccaeharrison.bsky.social & me, centres the experiences of people on the frontline of UK university job cuts – and exposes employers' behaviour.
Out next week.
How does it feel when your colleagues go through this process?
This major new report, by @beccaeharrison.bsky.social & me, centres the experiences of people on the frontline of UK university job cuts – and exposes employers' behaviour.
Out next week.
June 12, 2025 at 9:48 AM
How does it feel to be made redundant?
How does it feel when your colleagues go through this process?
This major new report, by @beccaeharrison.bsky.social & me, centres the experiences of people on the frontline of UK university job cuts – and exposes employers' behaviour.
Out next week.
How does it feel when your colleagues go through this process?
This major new report, by @beccaeharrison.bsky.social & me, centres the experiences of people on the frontline of UK university job cuts – and exposes employers' behaviour.
Out next week.
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Some @bacls.bsky.social #WHN25 Stirling conference snapshots in anticipation of the @c21literature.bsky.social roundtable: The Century at 25, which I‘m a part of with @alicebennett.bsky.social , @keeblearin.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social @olihaslam.bsky.social . There’s a conference deer 🦌!
June 11, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Some @bacls.bsky.social #WHN25 Stirling conference snapshots in anticipation of the @c21literature.bsky.social roundtable: The Century at 25, which I‘m a part of with @alicebennett.bsky.social , @keeblearin.bsky.social @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social @olihaslam.bsky.social . There’s a conference deer 🦌!
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Get in touch with your review essay ideas if you're interested in writing for C21!
🔊C21 are excited to be commissioning a series of new review essays! Check out the suggestion of topics and titles in this thread and get in touch via email or DM our review editors (@heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and @olihaslam.bsky.social) if you’d like to review any of these recent publications!📖
May 12, 2025 at 11:10 AM
Get in touch with your review essay ideas if you're interested in writing for C21!
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always time to join the union
excellent from @qmucu.bsky.social's Zara Dinnen
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excellent from @qmucu.bsky.social's Zara Dinnen
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Zara Dinnen | A Sector in Freefall
The Queen Mary University of London branch of the University and College Union, of which I am co-chair, hosts a webpage...
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April 30, 2025 at 9:11 AM
always time to join the union
excellent from @qmucu.bsky.social's Zara Dinnen
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...
excellent from @qmucu.bsky.social's Zara Dinnen
www.lrb.co.uk/blog/2025/ap...
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🔊C21 are excited to be commissioning a series of new review essays! Check out the suggestion of topics and titles in this thread and get in touch via email or DM our review editors (@heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and @olihaslam.bsky.social) if you’d like to review any of these recent publications!📖
April 22, 2025 at 12:19 PM
🔊C21 are excited to be commissioning a series of new review essays! Check out the suggestion of topics and titles in this thread and get in touch via email or DM our review editors (@heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and @olihaslam.bsky.social) if you’d like to review any of these recent publications!📖
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We have a brilliant new issue for you! Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 2025) is now available: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1419/i.... There are new articles on peripheral readings of poetry, the Scottish Network Novel, the new sub-genre of up-lit & reviews. Plus more articles coming soon! #OpenAccess #AcaSky
April 8, 2025 at 9:57 AM
We have a brilliant new issue for you! Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 2025) is now available: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1419/i.... There are new articles on peripheral readings of poetry, the Scottish Network Novel, the new sub-genre of up-lit & reviews. Plus more articles coming soon! #OpenAccess #AcaSky
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New issue of @c21literature.bsky.social, Volume 12, Issue 1 (Spring 2025) is out now! Featuring articles and reviews on #C21Literature writings
Read it here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1419/i...
@bacls.bsky.social
Read it here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1419/i...
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April 8, 2025 at 9:48 AM
New issue of @c21literature.bsky.social, Volume 12, Issue 1 (Spring 2025) is out now! Featuring articles and reviews on #C21Literature writings
Read it here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1419/i...
@bacls.bsky.social
Read it here: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1419/i...
@bacls.bsky.social
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I reviewed Carolin Gebauer's Making Time: World Construction in the Present-Tense Novel. Check out the Spring issue of C21 Literature below:
We have a brilliant new issue for you! Vol. 12, No. 1 (Spring 2025) is now available: c21.openlibhums.org/issue/1419/i.... There are new articles on peripheral readings of poetry, the Scottish Network Novel, the new sub-genre of up-lit & reviews. Plus more articles coming soon! #OpenAccess #AcaSky
April 8, 2025 at 3:01 PM
I reviewed Carolin Gebauer's Making Time: World Construction in the Present-Tense Novel. Check out the Spring issue of C21 Literature below:
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Delighted my article on The Scottish Network Novel in @c21literature.bsky.social is now up! Open access and everything! I'm pretty pleased with this one. c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
The Scottish Network Novel
While critical celebrations of the stylistic and thematic diversity of contemporary Scottish fiction are commonplace, few critics have attended to the implications of that diversity for formal analysi...
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April 7, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Delighted my article on The Scottish Network Novel in @c21literature.bsky.social is now up! Open access and everything! I'm pretty pleased with this one. c21.openlibhums.org/article/id/1...
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Posting this before the pleasure of a new publication turns to shame and embarrassment about its inadeqacies. My article '"Bullshit" Jobs and Ticklish Comedy: Humor and Sadness in the Contemporary Workplace Novel' is out now in _Contemporary Literature_ cl.uwpress.org/content/65/2....
“Bullshit” Jobs and Ticklish Comedy: Humor and Sadness in the Contemporary Workplace Novel
In a 2013 article and later in a book-length study, David Graeber introduced the term “bullshit jobs” to describe the proliferation of a category of job “that is so completely pointless, unnecessary, ...
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March 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Posting this before the pleasure of a new publication turns to shame and embarrassment about its inadeqacies. My article '"Bullshit" Jobs and Ticklish Comedy: Humor and Sadness in the Contemporary Workplace Novel' is out now in _Contemporary Literature_ cl.uwpress.org/content/65/2....
Excited to get to talk about my first (and forthcoming) monograph at #issn2025 tomorrow! 📖 Thank you to @edinburghup.bsky.social for supplying me with these wee cards 💥
April 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Excited to get to talk about my first (and forthcoming) monograph at #issn2025 tomorrow! 📖 Thank you to @edinburghup.bsky.social for supplying me with these wee cards 💥