Tim Youngs

Four years ago today my obituary for Gurminder Sikand was published. I'm happier to write today that she now has four paintings in the collection of the Tate.

RSVP Microgrants – RSVP Microgrants are seed grants designed to support new research projects and/or explore ideas in the field of periodical studies. The Microgrants scheme was established in response to the 2025 survey of…

We are thrilled to announce that applications for our 1st round of Microgrant funding are now open! These small seed grants of up to $300 USD support exploratory research or new projects in periodical studies. Applications for this first round of funds are due March 1!

Enjoyed The Women's Art Collection Exhibition, 'The Sleepers', at Murray Edwards College, Cambridge. On until 22nd Feb (2026).

'LECTIO, KU Leuven Institute for the Study and Transmission of Texts, Ideas and Images in Antiquity, the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, invites applications for its Visiting Fellowship Program 2026–2027. The program supports a research stay of 4–6 weeks in Leuven (or Turnhout). PhD required.

Two More Anthologies: A Review NOON: An Anthology of Short Poems (Volume 2), ed. Philip Rowland, Isobar Press, 2025, ISBN 978-4-907359-52-2, £12.00  Fog Bells: 8 Contemporary Turkish Poets, ed. Neil P. Doherty, Dedalus Pres…

What's this? Another review already? Well, yes, I believe it is.

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Pleased to have received today my copy of Alina Khakoo's 'A Brief History of British South Asian Art' (Tate Publications, 2025), which includes Gurminder Sikand and several of her friends and co-exhibitors.

Call for book review essays - book list C21 is inviting scholars and researchers to contribute book review essays for upcoming issues. We currently have a selection of titles published in 2025 available for review, spanning film and …

We are looking for review essays! You can see some of our selected titles at the post below. Get in contact with our review editors @heyitsdenisew.bsky.social and @olihaslam.bsky.social to request some or for further info

YouTube video by serenbooks Launch of ‘Hôtel Amour’ by Deryn Rees-Jones

Here’s the recording of the online launch of Hôtel Amour — with Olivia McCannon @oliviamcc.bsky.social
Menna Elfyn #mennaelfyn #parch #thelivesofz #hotelamour
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Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow A two-day symposium on creative writing, the creative-critical seam, and the Middle Ages

'Creative Medievalisms Now: Writing the Middle Ages Today and Tomorrow', forthcoming symposium at Cambridge. A two-day symposium for writer-researchers working on medieval materials to reflect on craft, research processes, and work in progress.
Booking essential: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/creative-m...

Winter sale promotional image with blue snowy background and a tree in the right corner. Text reads 'Up to 50% off in our Winter Sale' with four book covers below - Divinations on Survival, Against Falling, and Here & Thereafter.

Our fantastic @pavilionpoetry.bsky.social collections are all included in the LUP Winter Sale, including preorders of the forthcoming 2026 poetry collections. Use discount code 27WINTER on our website to claim your discount! Sale ends 18th December.
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Very pleased to now have a copy of Noon: an Anthology of Short Poems (vol. 2), edited by Philip Rowland, and to have a couple of poems in it, one inspired by Cliff Yates (and Gurminder Sikand) and the other inspired by @dradny.bsky.social. Both are among the several contributors.

£10 off all order over £30 with the code Xmas25

Have you taken advantage of our special offer yet? From now until the end of December, you can claim £10 off all orders over £30 with the code Xmas25 when shopping on our website. Browse our books here www.serenbooks.com/books/

Photo of a pink-orange sunset over the trees and rooftops of Paris, Notre-Dame and its cranes just visible on the horizon.

Guest post: Poet Deryn Rees-Jones @notjustdancing.bsky.social reflects on time spent in Paris whilst writing her collection ‘Hôtel Amour’, offering an insight into her writing process & inspirations behind the book www.serenbooks.com/2025/12/gues.... Available now in bookshops & online.

Glad to have seen this post and to now have my own copy of @bulldozia.com's book on Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846.

I was especially pleased to begin my keynote by saying how much my thinking on form and medium was influenced by a quotation from Gurminder Sikand on her artistic practice and by @notjustdancing.bsky.social's brilliant Hôtel Amour (published by @serenbooks.bsky.social)

Invigorated by last week's conference on 'Exploring Bodies and Corporeality in Travel Writing' at the University of Koblenz.

Would anyone be interested in being part of a roundtable on Working-Class Victorians in heritage/fiction/public imagination today at next year's BAVS conference?

Let me know if you're keen 😁

Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846 Frederick Douglass and Scotland, 1846

This book (and all others by @edinburghup.bsky.social) are half price this weekend from their website: edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-frederi...

Happy that two of Gurminder Sikand's paintings have entered the collection of the Fitzwilliam Museum.

I'm very much enjoying and learning from @notjustdancing.bsky.social's brilliant 'Hôtel Amour’ from @serenbooks.bsky.social , launched with, and illuminated by, excellent readings and discussion yesterday.

Join us for an online book launch on November 18th at 7pm — #mennaelfyn #oliviamccannon #derynrees-jones #HotelAmour

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We hope you can join us! Register for the Zoom link (free) via Eventbrite if you plan on coming along www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/1765466972...

Peterson Fellowship Guidelines – RSVP Each year, the Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) intends to grant one Linda H. Peterson Fellowship (henceforth, “the Peterson Fellowship”) in the amount of $20,000 to a single research...

The deadline (15 November) is fast approaching for our annual Peterson Fellowships! Peterson Fellowships support one researcher for four, full-time months of work on a project related to #19thC periodicals. Application guidelines and more can be found on our website: rs4vp.org/awards/peter...

In celebration of International Artists' Day today, we're launching a new bundle curated by our Art Editor, Leon Wainwright. These four issues gather some of the strongest art writing from our archive, all for the discounted price of £38. 🎨

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If you're a writer or publisher with a book on travel or place coming out in 2026, please let me know via deskboundtraveller.com so I can include it in a roundup (like this one: deskboundtraveller.com/words-from-the-road-for-2025/). Reposts greatly appreciated.

Le nouveau groupe de recherche NAVIRE (Narration et analyse des voyages, itinéraires et récits d’écrivains), invite à réfléchir aux définitions du récit de voyage à l’époque moderne. Inscrivez-vous pour assister à distance depuis l'univ. du Val d'Aoste (12-13/12/2025).
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Delighted to have been at the opening of the @museumarnhem.bsky.social iteration of the @hepworthwakefield.bsky.social touring show, 'Forbidden Territories: 100 Years of Surreal Landscapes'. Thanks to all 3 tour venues for including Gurminder Sikand's works www.museumarnhem.nl/en/tentoonst...

Nu te zien: 'Het fantastische landschap'. Ervaar een nieuw perspectief op 100 jaar surrealistische kunst. Ontdek hoe surrealistische kunstenaars, toen en nu, het landschap gebruiken om te reageren op de maatschappij. 'Het fantastische landschap' is te zien t/m 22 februari 2026: bit.ly/439IxMv

Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880–1940 - University of London Press The west has long gripped the imagination. In Atlantic Isles, Gareth Roddy examines the cultural and political prominence of the ‘westward gaze’, which flourished in late-nineteenth century Britain an...

📖 Forthcoming this month, a new book from our colleague, Dr Gareth Roddy (@grod.bsky.social), "Atlantic Isles: Travel and Identity in the British and Irish West, 1880-1940." Pre-order your copy now from @uolpress.bsky.social!
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Deadline to submit proposals is a month away! Don't miss the boat!