Laura Dietz

Online seminar - The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of AI Tyler Shores (Director of ThinkLab, University of Cambridge) - 1pm Wednesday 4th February 2026

T-minus 24 hours to @tylershores.bsky.social ‘s talk for @uclpublishing.bsky.social on The Pleasures of Reading in the Age of AI - join us at 1pm (London time) Weds 4th Feb (registration is free via www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...) #reading #publishing #bookhistory

Really looking forward to this talk by @tylershores.bsky.social at @uclpublishing.bsky.social - some space available for in person attendance as well! #reading #publishing #bookhistory

Approaches to promote children’s mental health and wellbeing Join us on 9th February for a special event during Children's Mental Health Week 2026.

Approaches to promote children’s mental health and wellbeing
Date: Feb 9 | Time: 3pm to 5pm
Location: 26 Bedford Way

Hear from UCL academics as they explore how arts, leisure & physical activity can foster resilience & wellbeing in young people.

https://bit.ly/49iLxcz

Understanding the Digital Public Library Ecosystem Players, processes, and how publishers can work with libraries to reach readers

Still time to register for today’s @uclpublishing.bsky.social free online event, Understanding the Digital Public Library Ecosystem, with guest speakers @kiberens.bsky.social and Prof Rachel Noorda - sign up via www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...

The @scottpolar.bsky.social are looking for a librarian. This is a rare opportunity! Work with (probably) the world's largest dedicated polar library alongside archive and museum colleagues. The dream 😍

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Thank you so much for joining us, and for the info and insights on reading for wellbeing! #beinghuman

!Stop Press! Article on bias in digitised newspaper collections: ’Whose News’, in the new journal of @comphumresearch.bsky.social by Kaspar Beelen, @jonhistorian61.bsky.social, @kmcdono.bsky.social and me. See blog for summary & 🧵 1/7

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#dh #c19 🗃️

Looking forward to tonight's www.beinghumanfestival.org/events/digit... event: 100+ booked but some tickets still available. See you on Zoom at 6pm UK time for a wide-ranging discussion of the impact of reading on our health and wellbeing

…and with @shaftowheed.bsky.social of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Dr Carina Spaulding of @readingagency.bsky.social as well - join us tomorrow to share ideas on reading for wellbeing! Thank you to @beinghumanfest.bsky.social and @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for making the event possible 📚

So looking forward to this event, and hearing from Dr Nenna Orie Chuku, Dr Katharine Smales, and Prof Sam Duncan - our thanks as always to @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for generous support of this research #reading #wellbeing @sharpweb.org @beinghumanfest.bsky.social

Manuscript Data Curation Fellow University Overview The University of Pennsylvania, the largest private employer in Philadelphia, is a world-renowned leader in education, research, and innovation. This historic, Ivy League school co...

🚨 Job alert! UPenn Libraries, on behalf of @digitalscriptorium.bsky.social, seeks to appoint an early career library professional or postdoctoral researcher with a background in premodern manuscript studies for an NEH-funded, 22-month Manuscript Data Curation Fellowship 📜

The History of English Studies in Britain: a Symposium

📚Join us on 30 Oct 2025 at Senate House for The History of English Studies in Britain symposium

🎤 Speakers include Carole Atherton, Gail Marshall, Ronan McDonald, Christopher Stray, Stuart Jones, & Stefan Collini

Free (booking required)👉 tinyurl.com/43z9mxnc
#EnglishStudies #Humanities #Literature

Now Hiring: Research Associate (Fixed Term) - CDH Cambridge Digital Humanities (CDH) seeks to appoint a postdoctoral researcher in Digital Humanities. The post will run for three years from Spring 2026. The successful candidate will work with Profess...

FYI: We are hiring a 3-year research postdoc at @camdighum.bsky.social to study AI and the future of creativity. Application deadline Sep 21; more info below. Please circulate / apply! www.cdh.cam.ac.uk/about/news/r...

Quick rundown for non-US academics of whether you're likely to be eligible for the Anthropic payout:
1. you have works published in or before 2022
2. which are registered for US copyright (most likely if you had a US publisher, not otherwise): check here publicrecords.copyright.gov
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UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

…and another permanent, full time role available at UCL DIS: Lecturer/Associate Professor in Publishing Practice, Grade 8/9. Closing date 16th September. Come work with us!

www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Closing date coming up soon: Monday 8th Sept for the Lecturer (Teaching) in Publishing, Knowledge Production, Platforms and Society role (permanent, full time). Click below for details and to apply!

Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration

So @theturing.bsky.social has decided they no longer need Humanities (!) - so the The Alan Turing Institute’s Humanities and Data Science Interest Group are having one final event: "Network power: the humanities and data science in collaboration" In person and online, Oxford, 25th Sept. Pls share!

So great to see this in the world. Thank you to editor Janneke Adema, all of the authors, reviewers, and fine folks at @michiganpublishing.bsky.social for creating this timely special issue!

A pile of books on a red background with a QR code with white text which reads: Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People. It's a CFP for an online conference hosted by the University of Münster, 11-12 February 2026. For the full CFP, an easier to read version is available at bit.ly/CFPThinkingOfTheChildren

CFP: Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People
An online conference hosted by the University of Münster
11-12 February 2026

Abstracts due 11:59pm on 31 August!
Full CFP and to submit: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/
Please share!

Amazing! Please keep me posted on your plans - would be so lovely to see you!

Congratulations! 🥂 🎉

There’s some out there (though a real need for more, especially with younger readers) - sales, stated preferences, and differences in retention all tell different parts of the story. Digital reading is one of the things we study at UCL Centre for Publishing. Feel free to DM if you’d like to chat!

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Third up: Associate Lecturer (Teaching) Digital Humanities Methods – 0.5 FTE Grade 7 - application deadline 15th Sept www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Second up: Lecturer Humanities Data Science - application deadline 15th Sept www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

Come work with us! Three jobs with UCL Department of Information Studies: first up, Lecturer (Teaching): Publishing, Knowledge Production, Platforms and Society - application deadline 8th Sept www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

Do your PhD in Manuscript Cultures with us!

Our Grad School invites applications for full PhD scholarships (3 years, 1300 EUR/month + allowances) in the Scholarship Programme of the German Academic Exchange Service @daadworldwide.bsky.social

Apply by 30 Sep!
More info here👉 uhh.de/csmc-scholar...

Congratulations, Matt!

Selected British Literary Prizes (1990-2022) – Post45 Data Collective The Selected British Literary Prizes (SBLP) dataset contains information on nine major literary prizes in the U.K. from 1990 to 2022 and demographic information on 682 prize winners and shortlisted au...

More than 30 years worth of data on UK literary prizes (and their winners) goes live today @post45data.bsky.social! Bravo to researchers Katherine Binhammer, Kanika Batra, Theo Gray, and Maryse Jayasuriya for compiling and publishing this incredible resource! data.post45.org/posts/britis...

Helen, I’ll be there - can’t wait to see you and to celebrate the book!