Nicola Wilson-Torch

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

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

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Two small dogs cuddled on a sofa.

Successfully negotiated the setup for home IVs, but I fear escaping this sofa might be impossible…

Thank you, it’s from the V&A collab a couple of years back! All going okay thanks – hoping to do home IVs come the end of the week ☺️

A white Alice in Wonderland teacup and teapot with a selection of tea in the background.

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).

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.

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

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WE HAVE NEWS. We've been shocked go discover that the UK's biggest book.cjaon is moving in mere steps from our front door. Waterstones, without any direct communication with us, will be opening their 6th Edinburgh shop less than 100 metres from Argonaut Books at the Foot of the Walk in Leith. We know that our community is what makes it possible for us to do what we do here at Argonaut and we're going to need your help. Please share this post with everyone you know, read.on for more info about what we're going to do and what happens next.

Ways you can help. Please share this post with friends ans followers. Yoi have supported us through the end of the lock down, a rocky outlook for the retail industry and two years of relentless disruptive roadworks.

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...

New #CFP International #WomensWriting online conference

POV: you are a young woman celebrating a recent academic success

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.

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)

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

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

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Screenshot of a TikTok video showing Haaland celebrating a goal with the caption ‘how the matcha and hot girl walk combo hits’.

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 🙄

Quite literally peak House of Lords

CFP: Bookselling and Literature Bookselling and LiteratureA Special Issue of 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...

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.

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
🎫👇

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... 😅

Great to see co-creation activities like these happening in publishing!

Smiling young woman wearing a dark green jumper with dark brown hair and glasses holds a ‘30 Under 30’ poster in front of a colourful backdrop featuring the same design.

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! 🎃🍩👻

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.

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.

How Printing Was Revolutionize...
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There is a QR code for expressing interest in talking to reading researchers.

Helping a few colleagues who are interested in reading communities of young people.

How’s your dissertation going?

Appreciate the reminder – heeding the advice and catching the second half! ☺️

Conundrum: itching to tune into the football but woefully under my writing target for the day.

Need a little extra time preparing your submission for the @dlcplus.org #CFP on #smut and #lore? We've extended our deadline by a week! Submit by October 15th for our mini conference.

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Dan stood smiling in front of his poster about development of the lung MRI toolkit.

Poster about the development of the lung MRI toolkit.

Grateful for the opportunity to present at #UKCFC about the cystic fibrosis lung MRI toolkit we’ve been developing. We're keen to get views from the wider community on what we've produced so far - please tell us what you think here: forms.office.com/e/yC6ksnyP2J #CysticFibrosis #MRI