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Lucy Sixsmith
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Research Fellow in English 2025-29 at St John's College, Cambridge. Book history, reading, writing.

/When the Music Fades/ 2026 @canterburypress.bsky.social

https://lucysixsmith.wordpress.com/
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/When the Music Fades: Power, Surrender and the Soul Survivor Generation/ is a book about charismatic worship, dignity, and what happens when you think you're all supposed to be history makers but it doesn't work out. Pre-order here: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
When the Music Fades Power, Surrender and the Soul Survivor Generation by Lucy Sixsmith - Paperback / softback - 9781786226150
Buy When the Music Fades Power, Surrender and the Soul Survivor Generation by Lucy Sixsmith Paperback / softback from Canterbury Press - ISBN: 9781786226150
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A review for When the Music Fades, and I don't think any review could ever mean more www.bensixsmith.com/p/buy-my-sis...
Buy My Sister’s Book!
There’s a point in Martin Amis’s Experience — and I don’t have a copy to hand so forgive my inelegant paraphrasing — where the author recalls his father, the novelist Kingsley, asking him and his brot...
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November 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
/When the Music Fades: Power, Surrender and the Soul Survivor Generation/ is a book about charismatic worship, dignity, and what happens when you think you're all supposed to be history makers but it doesn't work out. Pre-order here: canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk/books/978178...
When the Music Fades Power, Surrender and the Soul Survivor Generation by Lucy Sixsmith - Paperback / softback - 9781786226150
Buy When the Music Fades Power, Surrender and the Soul Survivor Generation by Lucy Sixsmith Paperback / softback from Canterbury Press - ISBN: 9781786226150
canterburypress.hymnsam.co.uk
November 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
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Save the date! 📚
'The future of research in Bible Society collections' conference on 26&27 Sept will bring together scholars and technical experts who have worked with the collection for papers, discussions, and a hands-on workshops buff.ly/GQYnx39 @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social
The future of research in Bible Society collections - CRASSH
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September 1, 2025 at 7:04 AM
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Registration is now open; we look forward to seeing you there!
Save the date! 📚
'The future of research in Bible Society collections' conference on 26&27 Sept will bring together scholars and technical experts who have worked with the collection for papers, discussions, and a hands-on workshops buff.ly/GQYnx39 @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social
The future of research in Bible Society collections - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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September 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM
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Registration is open for 'The Future of Research in Bible Society Collections', 26-27 September 2025
@crasshlive.bsky.social. Unwaged and one-day options are available, and please do get in touch with us if you would like to listen in from afar online! onlinesales.admin.cam.ac.uk/conferences-...
The future of research in Bible Society collections, 26 - 27 Sep 2025 | University of Cambridge
This two-day conference and hands-on workshop invites scholars and specialists in Religious Studies, visual and material culture, and Medieval to Modern co
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August 27, 2025 at 7:56 AM
Christian summer festival season. If you, like me, have incredibly mixed feelings about Christian summer festivals, or if you love them and can't imagine feeling at all twitchy about them, please do read my book, When the Music Fades, out in 2026 @canterburypress.bsky.social
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August 22, 2025 at 4:38 PM
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CfP! Do send us an abstract if your work in bibliography, book history, church history, theology or library science intersects with the Bible Society's rich collections.

We're looking forward to an exciting set of papers on September 26th-27th.

www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443/
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August 22, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Do join us @crasshlive.bsky.social on 26th & 27th September for an event showcasing research into the Bible Society Collections and discussing its future

@theul.bsky.social @biblesoccollfuture.bsky.social

Papers can be submitted until August 25th and registration opens shortly
August 20, 2025 at 2:07 PM
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Has your research delved into the Bible Society Collections @theulspeccoll.bsky.social? Share your ideas at our conference on September 26th-27th! Our extended CfP submission date is now August 25th. www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443...
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August 13, 2025 at 9:18 AM
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Conference convenors Harry Spillane and Joshua Fitzgerald each presented on their research @theul.bsky.social earlier this year. Both talks are now up on YouTube:
Calling all bibliophiles! This year's Munby Fellow talks are now available to watch on YouTube.
@harryspillane.bsky.social, A Maker of Chocolates and Bibles: https://loom.ly/daSHipg
Dr Joshua Fitzgerald, Hidden in Plain White: https://loom.ly/nx8B91Q
August 13, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Call for papers ✍️
The future of research in Bible Society collections

From 26-27 Sept 2025, The future of research in Bible Society collections conference will bring together scholars and technical experts to learn from each other across disciplines

Submit a paper by 15 August
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August 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
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Come and learn more about the amazing Bible Society library and archive @theul.bsky.social
Join us in September for two days of interdisciplinary papers, practical workshops and discussion around the Bible Society's rich collections! For full info, and our call for papers, see: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443/
The future of research in Bible Society collections - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
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August 5, 2025 at 5:50 AM
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Join us in September for two days of interdisciplinary papers, practical workshops and discussion around the Bible Society's rich collections! For full info, and our call for papers, see: www.crassh.cam.ac.uk/events/47443/
The future of research in Bible Society collections - CRASSH
Centre for Research in the Arts, Social Sciences and Humanities
www.crassh.cam.ac.uk
August 4, 2025 at 12:51 PM
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This is what's on my 'to-read' list today.
July 25, 2025 at 4:24 PM
My book about Soul Survivor, charismatic evangelicalism, teenagerhood and spiritual abuse is fully drafted and has gone to the publishers. Out in 2026. I'm so excited about not writing it any more
July 20, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Delighted to see my favourite essay (well one of them) in a new collection @uolpress.bsky.social, /Books, Readers and Libraries in Fiction/
March 2, 2025 at 3:50 PM
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