Lecturer in Publishing UCL Dept of Information Studies | Publishing Studies, Book History, DH | SHARP | E-books and ‘Real Books’: Digital Reading and the Experience of Bookness (CUP 2025). Is it digital and arguably a book? You had me at ‘arguably’.
Laura Dietz
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This conversation will be fantastic - 10 years on from Words Onscreen, the chance to talk to Naomi Baron about AI and the future of reading. Online at 2pm GMT today (and free!)
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
Working with @kajamarczewska.bsky.social and the amazing team at @uclspeccoll.bsky.social - what could be better? Deadline 23 March, 10am London time, apply!
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
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...
Tyler Shores (Director of ThinkLab, University of Cambridge) - 1pm Wednesday 4th February 2026
Come think about Feminist Bibliography with me this summer! I’m teaching a one-week online course for @calrbs.bsky.social—I love this class and am excited to do it again. Description below; priority deadline April 15; all details at www.calrbs.org/feminist-bib...
Join the Bookselling Research Network on Friday, March 13th for what will be a fascinating talk by Sarah Harkness: Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers built a Publishing Powerhouse booksellingresearchnet.uk/event/harkne... #bookhistory #publishing
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
Laura Dietz
Here's a short film outlining the experience of our inaugural residency with @monitorbooks.bsky.social mediacentral.ucl.ac.uk/Player/dffH5...
The call for applications for the UCL Small Press in Residence 2026 is now open. The residency is hosted by @uclspeccoll.bsky.social in collaboration with the @sladeschoolucl.bsky.social and @uclpublishing.bsky.social Please share: blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
Laura Dietz
Laura Dietz
Join us online for our latest ThinkLab event! Really looking forward to having Professor Naomi Baron join us to discuss her book, Reader Bot: What Happens When AI Reads, and Why It Matters (@stanfordpress.bsky.social).
Register: buytickets.at/intellectual...
@intellforum.bsky.social
#cambridge
Players, processes, and how publishers can work with libraries to reach readers
Call for applications!
We are looking for a small press to take up a temporary residency at UCL!
£5,000 to spend flexibly, an opportunity to work with outstanding collections & collaborate with brilliant students and staff!
blogs.ucl.ac.uk/special-coll...
UCL Art Librarian
UCL Art Librarian
Join us on 9th February for a special event during Children's Mental Health Week 2026.
What may be gained - or lost - when AI becomes embedded in the act of reading itself? Join us 1pm Weds 4th Feb for a free online talk from @tylershores.bsky.social on online reading, including how AI can function as a thinking partner across different kinds of texts.
www.ucl.ac.uk/arts-humanit...
Sarah Harkness speaks on her recent book, "Literature for the People: How the Pioneering Macmillan Brothers built a Publishing Powerhouse"
