Amanda
@islandeditorial.bsky.social
Editorial project support, book indexing and cultural consulting. Freelance writer for Cambridge University Press and Assessment. I love language, literature and the humanities in general.
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Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online www.openculture.com/2026/01/dict...
Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online
It took 90 years to complete. But, in 2011, scholars at the University of Chicago finally published a 21-volume dictionary of Akkadian, the language used in ancient Mesopotamia.
www.openculture.com
January 8, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Dictionary of the Oldest Written Language–It Took 90 Years to Complete, and It’s Now Free Online www.openculture.com/2026/01/dict...
Are we falling out of love with nonfiction? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
December 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Are we falling out of love with nonfiction? www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
The writer advocates for the hard, manual first draft and wonders what we might lose if we give it away to technology. electricliterature.com/ai-cant-gasl...
AI Can’t Gaslight Me if I Write by Hand - Electric Literature
There are all kinds of slow movements, slow food, slow families. Perhaps it’s time for slow writing
electricliterature.com
July 24, 2025 at 2:03 AM
The writer advocates for the hard, manual first draft and wonders what we might lose if we give it away to technology. electricliterature.com/ai-cant-gasl...
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How do you feel about writing everything in lower case and what does it say about how people, especially younger people, are seeing and using language today?
How do you feel about writing everything in lower case and what does it say about how people, especially younger people, are seeing and using language today?
The death of capital letters: why gen Z loves lowercase
Young people have ditched capitalisation in favour of a writing style that reflects their values and attitudes to tradition. Will this change our language for ever?
www.theguardian.com
February 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
How do you feel about writing everything in lower case and what does it say about how people, especially younger people, are seeing and using language today?
How do you feel about writing everything in lower case and what does it say about how people, especially younger people, are seeing and using language today?