Nicola Wilson-Torch
@nicolawilsontorch.bsky.social
AHRC SGSAH PhD researcher looking at social media and the publishing ecosystem. Also interested in literary history, platform economies and digital culture. Usually found talking about disability awareness, food, books or 00s TV
After 3 weeks on IV antibiotics (4 by the time I’m done), I’ve officially exhausted every streaming service’s naff Christmas movie collection – and at this point, I’m pretty sure I know more about trash festive films than my PhD topic
December 4, 2025 at 4:07 PM
After 3 weeks on IV antibiotics (4 by the time I’m done), I’ve officially exhausted every streaming service’s naff Christmas movie collection – and at this point, I’m pretty sure I know more about trash festive films than my PhD topic
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Slayage: The International Journal of Buffy+ and the Association for the Study of Buffy+ invite proposals for the eleventh biennial Slayage Conference (SC11).
Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
cfp | call for papers
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu
November 27, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Slayage: The International Journal of Buffy+ and the Association for the Study of Buffy+ invite proposals for the eleventh biennial Slayage Conference (SC11).
Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
Illinois State University in Normal Illinois, 9-12 July 2026
call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/10/...
Successfully negotiated the setup for home IVs, but I fear escaping this sofa might be impossible…
November 21, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Successfully negotiated the setup for home IVs, but I fear escaping this sofa might be impossible…
You learn many things from spending more than the average amount of time in hospital. First, and arguably most important, your own tea supply is essential (with bonus points if you bring your own teapot).
November 18, 2025 at 7:06 PM
You learn many things from spending more than the average amount of time in hospital. First, and arguably most important, your own tea supply is essential (with bonus points if you bring your own teapot).
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We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Anger as Waterstones snaps up prime site on doorstep of independent bookshop
UK's biggest bookselling chain under fire over plans for new store beside Edinburgh tram line.
www.heraldscotland.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:28 AM
We need your help.
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
(1/2)
@waterstones.bsky.social, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh branch less than 100 metres from our front door at the Foot of the Walk in Leith.
Please read on for more information
www.heraldscotland.com/news/2562908...
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Argonaut Books needs your help 📣
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
November 18, 2025 at 10:59 AM
Argonaut Books needs your help 📣
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
Waterstones are set to open a store less than 100m from the indie bookshop's front door.
Full info on @argonautbooks.bsky.social's Insta: www.instagram.com/p/DRMULI1jCI...
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New #CFP International #WomensWriting online conference
November 12, 2025 at 7:23 PM
New #CFP International #WomensWriting online conference
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POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
November 17, 2025 at 7:20 PM
POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success
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Are you creative, living in Scotland and aged 8-30? Apply to Moniack Mhor's Youth Led Fund for up to £500 for an individual or up to £2000 for a group buff.ly/uqAuJ7H (deadline - 18 Nov 2025)
Moniack Mhor Creative Writing Centre: Youth Led Fund - YTAS
Are you creative, living in Scotland and aged 8-30? Apply for up to £500 for an individual or up to £2000 for a group.
buff.ly
November 14, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Are you creative, living in Scotland and aged 8-30? Apply to Moniack Mhor's Youth Led Fund for up to £500 for an individual or up to £2000 for a group buff.ly/uqAuJ7H (deadline - 18 Nov 2025)
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For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
Alice Wong
Alice Wong had an outsized impact on Disability justice. As a community organiser, activist, mentor, and co-conspirator, as writer, editor, and friend, she is irreplaceable.
nicolagriffith.com
November 16, 2025 at 7:59 PM
For the Disability community, losing Alice Wong is like losing Ursula Le Guin or Octavia Butler. She was a powerhouse, a pioneer, and a mentor to many. She taught me so much. And always reminded me what we were fighting towards, as well as against. I miss her clarity, bravery, and joy.
First time I’ve genuinely laughed out loud on public transport
Steve Clarke: “We gave Greece too many openings”
Sky Sports: “Clarke bemoans easy Greece chances”
Sky Sports Halo: “omg sis greece lowkey ate and left no crumbs it’s giving mountain to climb 🎀”
Sky Sports: “Clarke bemoans easy Greece chances”
Sky Sports Halo: “omg sis greece lowkey ate and left no crumbs it’s giving mountain to climb 🎀”
November 16, 2025 at 9:42 AM
First time I’ve genuinely laughed out loud on public transport
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The first of the DLC+ mini-conference series is happening next week!
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
November 14, 2025 at 2:11 PM
The first of the DLC+ mini-conference series is happening next week!
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
Join us on Thursday Nov. 20th for 3 hours of smut, lore and all things digital culture!
See the schedule and abstracts, and sign up to get the zoom link below
#digitalculture #digitalhumanities
dlcplus.org/current-keyw...
Genuinely starting to think the Sky Sports Halo debacle is some weird corporate rage-bait because I cannot understand how they missed the mark that badly. We’re never getting equality in sport if the plan to attract female fans is a girly-pop aesthetic and some badly executed matcha references 🙄
November 14, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Genuinely starting to think the Sky Sports Halo debacle is some weird corporate rage-bait because I cannot understand how they missed the mark that badly. We’re never getting equality in sport if the plan to attract female fans is a girly-pop aesthetic and some badly executed matcha references 🙄
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Quite literally peak House of Lords
NEW: 942 amendments have been laid down in the House of Lords ahead of the Assisted Dying Bill's committee stage in the chamber, which starts tomorrow.
This is believed to be a record for a bill at committee stage. It's going to be an intense debate.
This is believed to be a record for a bill at committee stage. It's going to be an intense debate.
November 13, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Quite literally peak House of Lords
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A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
CFP: Bookselling and Literature
Bookselling and LiteratureA Special Issue of English Studies Guest Editor: Matthew Chambers ([email protected]) One of the best-known literary friendships was formed in a bookshop, and one…
bookshoplit.com
November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
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From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
Libraries that shaped me, in-conversation event with Professor Louise Welsh and Damian Barr | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
saha.scot
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
It’s one month until I turn 30 and I recently found an old childhood diary listing ten things I wanted to accomplish in my twenties.
Currently, only two goals left:
1. Study for a PhD (in progress)
2. Finish a KFC bargain bucket by myself
I’m glad to see my younger self had big ambitions... 😅
Currently, only two goals left:
1. Study for a PhD (in progress)
2. Finish a KFC bargain bucket by myself
I’m glad to see my younger self had big ambitions... 😅
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It’s one month until I turn 30 and I recently found an old childhood diary listing ten things I wanted to accomplish in my twenties.
Currently, only two goals left:
1. Study for a PhD (in progress)
2. Finish a KFC bargain bucket by myself
I’m glad to see my younger self had big ambitions... 😅
Currently, only two goals left:
1. Study for a PhD (in progress)
2. Finish a KFC bargain bucket by myself
I’m glad to see my younger self had big ambitions... 😅
Great to see co-creation activities like these happening in publishing!
When it comes to engaging young people through fiction, authenticity is all, says Gemma Jolly in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
The transformative power of co-creation
ebx.sh
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Great to see co-creation activities like these happening in publishing!
Feeling so grateful to be named on this year’s 30 Under 30 list by The Young Women’s Movement for my work in educational equity and disability awareness – it was wonderful celebrating alongside so many inspiring women from across Scotland on Saturday evening! 🏴📢💛
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Feeling so grateful to be named on this year’s 30 Under 30 list by The Young Women’s Movement for my work in educational equity and disability awareness – it was wonderful celebrating alongside so many inspiring women from across Scotland on Saturday evening! 🏴📢💛
Chapter edits were a lost cause this afternoon, so I braved the weather for pumpkin spice doughnuts to fuel my horror movie marathon. Halloween: complete! 🎃🍩👻
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Chapter edits were a lost cause this afternoon, so I braved the weather for pumpkin spice doughnuts to fuel my horror movie marathon. Halloween: complete! 🎃🍩👻
People-watching at Queen Street station on a Saturday evening near Halloween is quite an experience.
October 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
People-watching at Queen Street station on a Saturday evening near Halloween is quite an experience.
Is there anything sweeter on a Friday afternoon than realising you’ve already drafted the thing you thought you’d be spending the rest of the day on? I think not.
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Is there anything sweeter on a Friday afternoon than realising you’ve already drafted the thing you thought you’d be spending the rest of the day on? I think not.
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How Printing Was Revolutionize...
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https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/17/how-printing-was-revolutionized-by-cake-sort-of/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Society%20for%20Scholarly%20Publishing&utm_content=How%20Printing%20Was%20Revolutionized%20By%20Cake.%20Sort%20Of%2E
How Printing Was Revolutionized By Cake. Sort Of. - The Scholarly Kitchen
Discover the flong: a papier-mâché mold that revolutionized 19th-century printing, blending ingenious tech with a dash of pastry-inspired charm.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Helping a few colleagues who are interested in reading communities of young people.
October 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Helping a few colleagues who are interested in reading communities of young people.
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How’s your dissertation going?
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Fall semester starts tomorrow..."
"Fall semester starts tomorrow..."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“It sure is quiet…”
“It sure is quiet…”
October 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
How’s your dissertation going?