Because my veneer of secrecy is starting to slip: Look, friends, I wrote a memoir! It's about grief and storytelling and bunnies, and about my mother. Out in September, available for pre-order from all the usual places. I really, really hope you like it. mitpress.mit.edu/books/readi…

Why does horror have such a strong hold on us? Join us at @GraniteNoirFest on Sun 23 Feb, 4.30pm at Cowdray Hall with Anna Bogutskaya, as she sets out to dispel the notion that there is something not quite right with the people who make and enjoy horror. aberdeenperformingarts.com/w…

Deadline approaching for the Unquiet Shores conference. Edinburgh Napier and online, 18-20 June. Get your abstracts in by Monday 10 Feb. haunted-shores.com/unquiet-s…

UK universities’ annual spending on severance payments has skyrocketed past £200 million, with more than 10,000 staff losing their jobs last year, reports @paddywjack ow.ly/1M8s50UQs7T

joy williams list of eight essential attributes of the short story and one way it differs from the novel: 1. There should be a clean clear surface with much disturbance below. 4. An animal within to give its blessing.

.@johnmurrays has pre-empted The Mirror Halls, a 'masterful blend of high-concept fantasy, magical realism, horror and ancient mythology' by @CaileanSteed, in a six-figure deal bookbrunch.co.uk/page/articl… (£)

There's something about this shopfront on Dumbarton Road near Partick Cross that really appeals to me. I think its a mix of its unusual nature and its old-fashioned charm. That and the slogan Glorious Geggies - so very Glaswegian! #glasgow #shopfront #partick #gloriousgeggies

This is terribly sad news that I know will dismay many friends. I met him & his remarkable wife, Edna, on several occasions, chiefly through the Robert Graves Society––most memorably in Mallora in 2010. An unflaggingly generous man & a poet of immense gifts. RIP #MichaelLongley

(Photos of after and before) I have no more words to say. The is what remained of the Edward Said Public Library in North Gaza. Photos were taken today. This is what I worked in the past seven years to build for my people with the help of friends in Gaza and outside. I waited for 8 weeks for each box of books to arrive in Gaza and place on the shelves. I’m still waiting for pictures of the destruction of the second branch of the library in Gaza City.

if trans people wanna comment surgery gofundmes, I’m gonna give away 10k in $500 increments until it’s gone, & if other people wanna scroll through and make donations, please do the government will never be the source of our validation or protection, we have to do it ourselves

Deadline extended for call for papers until Friday 7 Feb – @BACLS_official conference on all aspects of contemporary literary studies.

A tragedy that Sayombhu Mukdeeprom shot the fuck out of four films this year and wasn’t nominated for any of them by his peers

I first watched Eraserhead the last night of the 1992 Democratic National Convention, flipping back and forth between the film and Clinton's acceptance speech and Fleetwood Mac. Explains a lot, as they say, about my entire generation. Kinda flabbergasted.

Getting announcements of the new Perfume Genius and Lucy Dacus albums on the same day Porridge Radio breaks up has been a heck of an emotional rollercoaster.

This includes the fab 'Media and Memory' course, on which I'm teaching together with my fab @UoA_LLMVC @abdn_arthistory & @AberdeenHistory colleagues! CC @FrLouwagie @NadiaKiwan @Babs_BL @Thomas__Weber.

Reading @annabdemented’s Feeding The Monster ahead of her talk at @GraniteNoirFest that will feature a screening of @pranobaileybond’s fantastic @CensorMovie, which has been programmed in partnership with @BelmontCinema.

I really recommend listening to the new Ethel Cain album in an unheated office for real 2025 vibes.

And a Monk and Robot omnibus too!

Gorgeous translation of Auld Lang Syne in the subtitles here

Rest easy Jimmy Carter, the last president to wear an Allman Brothers t-shirt while campaigning to be president. Too good a man for his times.