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Matthew Chambers

@matthewchambers.bsky.social

Institute of English Studies, Jagiellonian University. Honorary Lecturer, UCL. Publications Director, Bookselling Research Network. London and the Modernist Bookshop (Cambridge UP, 2020). https://tinyurl.com/eub7wta5

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I'm in Poland with the same problem at the moment.

03.02.2026 11:51 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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Publishing and Book Culture Welcome to Cambridge Core

I just signed to edit a new strand for Cambridge Elements Publishing and Book Culture called "Periodicals and Print Matter." More details to follow but I look forward to your ideas on anything connected to periodicals, catalogues, zines, and ephemera.

www.cambridge.org/core/publica...

19.01.2026 16:34 β€” πŸ‘ 12    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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I can supply some apples

08.01.2026 19:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'm a menace to myself

06.01.2026 17:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

-stabbed palm of hand (steak knife) trying to open a yogurt
- tore tendons (knee) saving an ice cream
- tore ligaments (ankle) rolling on a plastic ball
- broke a collarbone on a lamp post after I fell off my daughter's scooter
- slammed my forehead into a counter or shelf many times bending over

06.01.2026 14:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

There's still time to submit!

08.12.2025 09:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Then you'd really be offended by where I went (St. Joe's).

15.11.2025 06:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I had you pegged more as a Timon or Canisius guy (no offense meant!)

14.11.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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CFP: Bookselling and Literature Bookselling and LiteratureA Special Issue ofΒ English Studies Guest Editor: Matthew Chambers (matthew.chambers@uj.edu.pl) One of the best-known literary friendships was formed in a bookshop, and one…

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...

03.11.2025 10:28 β€” πŸ‘ 35    πŸ” 37    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 5
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My favorite catalogue cover.

28.12.2024 13:21 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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This platform is getting out of hand

27.12.2024 11:05 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thank you! I've been meaning to ask you directly about this but it's just been so busy.

24.12.2024 10:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We've both re-dedicated ourselves to a better diet and more exercise, which this Christmas also seems to include melting an entire stick of butter.

24.12.2024 09:52 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I'm reminded of the time I ended up in a band photo (2nd left) for their album liner notes because they couldn't get the keyboardist to pick up the phone and they needed a body for the shot. And no, I don't play.

23.12.2024 10:35 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Certainly one of mine!

13.12.2024 15:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Re-upping this in hopes of an answer

11.12.2024 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

10.12.2024 21:20 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I was once addressed as "Dead Ms. Chambers"

10.12.2024 21:16 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Question for the Victorianists: is there a digital scan of any/all of the serialized edition of Bleak House out there?

06.12.2024 08:18 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
"Here's a guy who owns 2 book stores"

"Here's a guy who owns 2 book stores"

My life's aspiration is to walk down the street and have people point and say...

04.12.2024 11:09 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Done!

28.11.2024 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The New Americanist: Vol 3, No 2

Our latest issue is out! Check Part Two of our special topic "Print Cultures and Bookishness in Contemporary Life" in The New Americanist (Edinburgh UP): www.euppublishing.com/toc/tna/curr...

26.11.2024 11:26 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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I need help translating some handwriting. I think "W.B. Turner" but I really can't be sure. Ideas?

25.11.2024 15:59 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

FINALLY! The first piece I wrote on Sylvia Beach and the last to be published. Thanks to the editors of this fine edited collection -- Gender and the Book Trades -- which is crammed full of great scholarship. brill.com/edcollchap/b...

25.11.2024 09:16 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I just attended the latest Bookselling Research Network event and a "William Gibson" was there who never turned on his camera. I spent the whole time thinking "nah, it can't be, can it?"

22.11.2024 15:56 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ok Warsaw, you can do pretty once in a while.

22.11.2024 08:09 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

A Phish fan whose mind wandered two letters in?

22.11.2024 07:42 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Excited to be joining the London Rare Books School once again to present on early 20th c. bookselling during the Bookshops and Booksellers course convened by @bettyblogs.bsky.social and Andrew Nash! Open to all those interested! Course: ies.sas.ac.uk/london-rare-...

And see below for how to join.

21.11.2024 11:17 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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I live in the land of slow email replies and even slower administrative processes, so receiving a reply from a bookseller within an hour of their opening time was strangely exciting.

20.11.2024 11:47 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Radical Bookselling in the UK 1970-2000 - Bookselling Research Network Join Zoom Meeting: https://ucl.zoom.us/j/92896539458?pwd=CzHY3JVopbp58jtl06eGAgdlVFBUHq.1Meeting ID: 928 9653 9458 Passcode: 108114 Radical Bookselling History Project: Dave Cope, John Goodman, Rick S...

We're hosting some great booksellers working on a project documenting a history of radical bookselling in the UK (1970-2000). Join us on Friday 2pm GMT/8am EST! booksellingresearchnet.uk/event/radica...

19.11.2024 17:52 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 7    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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