Francesca Brooks

Between Philology and Desire, Part 1 Why translation matters for studying literary history

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Between Philology and Desire, Part 1

I discuss translation and the study of English literary history. This series is based on a lecture series I gave to undergrads at Oxford in 2020/21.

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I will! I'm going to enjoy having this to think about over the next few months.

This sounds amazing!

Attention creative medievalists! Eleanor Barraclough & I are co-editing a special issue of Public Humanities entitled CREATING THE MEDIEVAL NOW! See the cfp for details: essays of 2,000-3,000 words due 1 May 2026. (Amazing artwork by @hellomizk.bsky.social). 1/ www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

📢 #CfP #medievalsky #TOEBI
📜Theme: All Kinds of People
📅Date: Saturday, 24th October 2026
🏫Host: University of Nottingham
⏰Submission deadline: 30 March 2026
📚TOEBI is a supportive and collegial conference open to anyone involved in the teaching of Old English at any level.

I also really loved (& found very moving) the poems about friendship in this collection, in addition to enjoying all the wonderful play with language and form.

A cultural impact study would really help make the case to funders generally of the importance of small presses; this cd also work for an academic study #academicsky

Thank you, Jess! We're properly moving over in January, so hopefully we'll see you in the New Year for a Dublin/Cork catch-up.

Less than a week to apply for this exciting role in our team. Come join us here in UCC! #ucc #viking #oldnorse #postdoc #politics

Exciting news- NorseMap is taking part in a 2-day workshop on 'Runes and Reception' organised by LMU München and RU Bochum. Professor Tom Birkett will be presenting on 'Runes and Branding', using preliminary data collected for the NorseMap Project. #norsemap #viking #runes #erc

Delighted to see this out! Thanks to @bruceholsinger.bsky.social for all his support and to @uccresearch.bsky.social Future Humanities Institute too #IrishKeywords

Please do share far and wide. We are committed to supporting PGRs through the entire process of submitting work and getting it published. Since taking over as Editor of English this has been one of my core commitments, and I will happily field any queries you might have about submitting your work.

PhD studentships available in: Creative and Cultural Industries, Media, and Arts Practice (EDI in Practice); Identity, Representation, and Social Justice (EDI in Theory and Experience); Humanities, Philosophy, and Literature (EDI in Knowledge and Method). More details in link below.

CFP: 'Difficult Collections' Special issue of 'Paper Trails' @uclpress.bsky.social. Focus on challenges of working with troubling heritage collections (colonialism, eugenics, representation, etc). Proposals: 31/01/26; Submissions: 31/05/26. Details: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll... #GLAM ##HistorySky

Last one spot left for tomorrow!

This year as writer in residence at UCC has been an absolute joy, and before I head off into the sunset I'm reading at this fundraiser for Gaza go Bragh at UCC Library, organised by the mighty Nell Korben on December 10th. Tickets at link in comments. Bígi linn, saoirse don phalaistín 🇵🇸

Hear ye, hear ye! Very exciting news! 🎉Our PGRs have now released the call for papers for their annual CMS PGR conference (the longest-running PGR medieval conference in the UK!)

We'd be so grateful if you could share this with anyone who may be interested!

#medievalsky #skystorians

I went in the other day and absolutely adore the fact that they've made a space like this! It's wonderful to see, but also great for the 'discovery' that a bookshop can provide.

From editor Charles Mundye's article on A Letter to the Dead: Collected Poems by Lynette Roberts.

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This week from the archive: 'A Letter to the Dead (A lost poem in memory of Dylan Thomas)' by Lynette Roberts, published in PN Review 220, November - December 2014.

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the poetry collection you mortal beings-in-time need for the darkest month is right here

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(in the UK and Ireland order from @carcanet.bsky.social or @kennysbookshop.bsky.social respectively)

On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.

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A Quest for the Camaldolese Grail in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts by Francesa Brooks PN Review 285, September - October 2025

This week's Substack: an excerpt from Francesca Brooks' article 'A Quest for the Camaldolese Grail in the footsteps of Lynette Roberts', published in our recent PN Review 285, September - October 2025.

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A terrific selection here. Includes one poem and a mention of the newly expanded collected Lynette Roberts from Carcanet.

Best of luck!

With a paper from the wonderful Phoebe MacIndoe (who I taught in her very first year of undergrad studies, & who continues to be brilliant!).

On Wednesday 26 November, join us at 6.30pm at Manchester Poetry Library, where @francescabrooks.bsky.social and Martin Kratz will be introducing the life and work of Lynette Roberts, after Carcanet's recent publication of her Collected Poems.

Find out more:
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I think there's an option to join online, although that still might not work for you. I hope all is well?

Very sorry to be in Manchester this week & missing this - do go if you're in Cork!