Our next Romance Reading Group online session is based on Time Travel Romances. Our next 21/22 session will be this Monday 28th February at 6pm GMT via Zoom, so save the date in your calendars! RSVP via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/time-travel-romances This month, the Romance Reading Group will be focusing on all things time travel romance (from novels to films). This academic year, the … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Time-Travel Romances”
Page Breaks: How A Book is Made (Wed 23 Feb)
This week, we’ll think about the material qualities of literary production, responding to a photo essay detailing the steps of producing a print book.
Page Breaks: How Leisure Time Became Work – Wed 9th Feb
Our reading for this week reflects on the increasingly complex relationship between leisure and work.
Research Day: Friday 25th February
Our next monthly Research Day is on Friday 25th February. This is an opportunity to work on your own research, while knowing that others are working at the same time. We’ll have periodic zoom calls to set and reflect on goals, and an afternoon session to share new ideas and any aspect of your research.
Page Breaks: Author Photos – Wed 2 Feb
For our first Page Breaks session of the new year, we’ll consider an aspect of book publishing we all encounter as readers: the author photo. Join us to discuss the triumphs and troubles of choosing a public image, and to reflect on equivalents in other areas of academia.
Romance Reading Group: Dark Romances
Our next Romance Reading Group online session is based on Dark Romances. Our next session will be on next Monday 31st January from 18:00-19:00 via Zoom, so save the date in your calendars! RSVP via: https://romancegroup.wixsite.com/home/event-details/dark-romances-2/form This month, the Romance Reading Group will be focusing on all things dark romance. Our special guest, Rebecca Frost, will be treating us to a twenty-minute talk on her … Continue reading “Romance Reading Group: Dark Romances”
Romance Reading Group: Winter Holiday Romances
Our second 21/22 session will be on next Monday 6th December from 18:00-19:00 via Zoom, so save the date in your calendars!
Page Breaks – 17 December – Taylor Swift and the Weaponization of Memory
Our next Page Breaks session will be 17 December at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing Taylor Swift’s re-recording project, the recent 10-minute drop of ‘All Too Well’ and the ‘weaponization of memory’. Thanks to Ellen for this suggestion! Text (Watching + Listening) Taylor Swift ‘All Too Well (The Short Film)’ (via Youtube) Lots of … Continue reading “Page Breaks – 17 December – Taylor Swift and the Weaponization of Memory”
Page Breaks – 24 November – Research Chats: Trading Tips for Organisation, Process, and Tracking Progress
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 24 November at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing all things research: how we organise our research projects and their processes, how we approach our hurdles (and hopefully, how we overcome them). With special guests! Ellie Dobson Jimmy Packham Will Tattersdill There’s no predetermined agenda here – … Continue reading “Page Breaks – 24 November – Research Chats: Trading Tips for Organisation, Process, and Tracking Progress”
Page Breaks 17 November – How Billionaire Rebekah Neumann Put the Woo-Woo in WeWork
Our next Page Breaks session will be on 17 November at 1 pm, and we’ll be discussing this Vanity Fair article on WeWork’s cofounder, Rebekah Neumann. Text (Watching) Rachel Dodes, ‘How Billionaire Rebekah Neumann Put the Woo-Woo in WeWork’ (via Vanity Fair) “Time” and “Place” Wed 17 November, 1 pm Zoom: Link (Password: pagebreaks) Looking forward … Continue reading “Page Breaks 17 November – How Billionaire Rebekah Neumann Put the Woo-Woo in WeWork”