@shaminiflintauthor.bsky.social is coming to York from Singapogre for what promises to be another fascinating @yorkfestofideas.bsky.social talk. It's on Wed 4 June from 18.30. Do come along with your crime fiction, climate change, Asia, UK, law, postcoloniality, and other questions!
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Shamini Flint Talks Crime
Take a journey through the backstreets of Asia at this in conversation event with writer Shamini Flint, best known for Inspector Singh books
Really hope you might be able to make it to the crime fiction talk by .@shaminiflintauthor.bsky.social for .@yorkfestofideas.bsky.social on Wed 4/6 from 18.30!
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Really looking forward to Kanupriya Dhingra's online talk on Friday 6 June at 16.00 UK time. All are welcome π
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π‘πA warm welcome awaits renowned author Shamini Flint at this yearβs Festival in June! Best known for her Inspector Singh Investigates series, Shamini will be taking us on a journey through the backstreets of Asia at a fascinating in-conversation event.
@shaminiflintauthor.bsky.social
#YorkIdeas
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From Karachi with Ink - 3 Quarks Daily
by Claire Chambers
Ever received a handwritten letter from Pakistan? Neither had I -- until last week! Read my latest blog post where I fumble through Urdu script and discover the enduring charm of snail mail in our digital duniya.
3quarksdaily.com/3quarksdaily...
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Such a fascinating book, @sabaimtiaz.bsky.social It wasnβt easy getting hold of it in the UK, but so worth it!
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COLUMN: A-LEVELS URDU AND MASTURβS AANGAN
This summer I was awarded a GCSE in Urdu. Iβm now inching towards an A-level in the language. I was inspired to...
π Last summer, I got a GCSE in Urdu. I'm now pursuing an A-level thanks to a brilliant novel on the Edexcel syllabus: Khadija Masturβs Aangan (Courtyard). Read my latest column to learn more about its characters, feminist ideas, and why itβs a must-read. πβοΈ @shreedaisy.bsky.social
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It's a monograph called Decolonizing Disease: Pandemics, Public Health and Decoronial Writing for Liverpool University Press
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It's a new year's resolution to post on Bluesky more than my zero posts of 2024. In my defence, I've been finishing a book. In my prosecution, I'm not very good at social media. Anyway, hello world π
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Since the discussion about whether we should listen to politicians and pundits we donβt agree with seems to be happening again, I cannot emphasise enough how Iβm not here for a bracing ideological workout. If I want to challenge my own ideas, I read serious journalism or books.
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Super helpful βResearcherβs Guide to Blueskyβ by one of my brilliant colleagues who works at the University of York Library π
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Delighted to share that my other institutional home, the University of Yorkβs Centre for Eighteenth Century Studies, is now also on BlueSky. #c18th #interdisciplinarity
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Professor of Sociology, Politics and Public Policy, University of Bristol
Leading author on multiculturalism, secularism, Islamophobia and cultural racism
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Chilena.
Used to teach @Ucen and @UAHurtado
PhD student
@NorthEnglishes
Global South contemporary literature and decolonisation.
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Publishing exceptional research since 1899.
Home to @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social, @oxunienl.bsky.social, @modlangopen.bsky.social, and @lupdistribution.bsky.social.
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Contemporary Literature, Novels, Theory, Time, Readers, Reading, Sociology of Literature. New book - Reading Novels During the Covid-19 Pandemic. Currently working on reading practices, times, and spaces.
Leverhulme ECF at Uni of Kent researching the Hostile Environment and Migration | Author: β(Re)framing Womenβ | Views my own | She/Her π©·ππ
Annual award-winning Festival with more than 150 free events. The 2025 Festival took place from 31 May to 13 June under the theme of 'Making Waves'.
Creative industries & liberal arts, Uni of York. Finishing a book on poetry and suicide (out 2026), starting another on queer/ace creativity.
emerging with trepidation from digital hibernation | she/they
writer | researcher | teacher (queer and feminist literature, literature and migration, latin american literature, creative-critical form)
www.natashatanna.com
Senior Publisher for Literary Studies, Digital Cultures and Medical/Health Humanities at Bloomsbury Academic. All long-winded, rambling views are my own.
Research assistant & PhD student in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of York. Mixed methods researcher interested in socioeconomic inequalities in child health & education, and the impact of fuel poverty.
C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings is the official journal of @bacls.bsky.social. The journal is dedicated to examining the genres, forms of publication, and circulation of 21st-century writings. Published by @openlibhums.org
Mussanif | Columnist | Filmmaker
#history #culture #cinema
#food of #Asia |
Most recently of 'Calcutta on Your Plate'
fueled by #coffee
Writer-ish, Mama, PhD Researcher, northerner.
Interests: decolonisation, creative writing, global literatures.
Walking, knitting, sewing, reading.
Writer. New book, w/ Tooba Masood: Society Girl β A Tale of Sex, Lies, and Scandal. sabaimtiaz.com societygirlbook.com
What's it going to be then, eh? All things Anthony Burgess (author of A Clockwork Orange) from his Estate and Archive in Manchester, UK.
www.anthonyburgess.org
Lecturer global literature, Sheffield Uni
Researching childhood, birth & midwifery narratives, reproductive justice
Sidehussle in journalism - running, fitness, outdoor adventure πββοΈβ°οΈ π΄
Fiction writer π
She/her
Author of the βInspector Singhβ crime novels and many, many childrenβs books! www.shaminiflintbooks.com. Committed to democracy and human rights. Obsessed with the beautiful game.
