Ben Doyle

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article... Less 'IPOing' and more 'mitigating chances of the apocalypse' then please you soulless technocrats...

But but but they always seemed like such a standup bunch... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/t...

The new Prime Minister is writing a "10-year plan" for the UK. The arts & culture MUST be part of it. I've signed @campaignforthearts.org's petition urging @andyburnham.bsky.social to revitalise the arts – to revitalise the whole nation 🌱 Join me: www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/

This #OAWeek, we're reflecting on The Cost of Knowledge and how removing author fees can help make research more accessible and inclusive. Marina Cano and Rosa García-Periago discuss the impact of publishing open access without the author cost barrier 👉 https://bit.ly/4itssIZ

Birds of a feather... www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/u...

Fantastic to see Vonnegut's War selected as part of Publishers Weekly's holiday gift guide for 2026! www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/...

Something tells me it's not going to be my year...

A lovely piece from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social author Susan Farrell in The Conversation about Vonnegut and censorship. theconversation.com/more-than-50... Check the book out here: www.bloomsbury.com/vonneguts-wa...

Just finished (and rather enjoyed) this. Despite the deeply AI-skeptical tone I found its take on the situation weirdly heartening. Though I appreciate experts will likely say it WILDLY oversimplifies. But I'm glad for that. Decent read that I got through at a good clip.

Anyone else attending the 4S conference in a couple of weeks? It'll be my first time along to it and I'm excited but won't know ANYONE. It's like the first day of school all over again. If you're attending and interested in talking STS then PLEASE drop me a line!

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Jacket spread for the @bloomsburylit.bsky.social new Blue Humanities handbook now finalized. Doesn't it look lovely?! 600 pages of some of the finest folks working in the field. It's the most comprehensive overview to date. What an achievement! @stevementz.bsky.social @serpiloppermann.bsky.social

It's finally here - publication day for Black Feminist Theories from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social ! Please share far and wide - this is essential reading for anyone teaching the topic, or simply interested. Available in paperback, it's 456 exciting, stirring pages: www.bloomsbury.com/black-femini...

Cannot BELIEVE this is 25 years old. www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/p...

According to him, the AI industry already has the only guardrail it needs: “a STRONG AND SMART (High IQ!) PRESIDENT.” Well, that's MY concerns about the techopalypse completely assuaged then... www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/u...

Dogs>people

New addition to our burgeoning Science, Technology and Society' list - 'Green Dreams: Why Technology Can't Save the World' just dropped onto my desk! Working on something STS-shaped? Please drop me a line! @imreszeman.bsky.social @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social

Had an enthusiastic 'thumbs up' from the peer reviewer for our forthcoming 'Bloomsbury Handbook to the Plant Humanities', which promises to be AWESOME & will sit beautifully beside @stevementz.bsky.social, @serpiloppermann.bsky.social et al's Blue Humanities handbook. ToC sneak peek below...

Check out this free to access issue of Persuasions on Jane Austen's Global Fan Cultures: jasna.org/publications...

Big Bloomsbury news... www.thebookseller.com/news/bloomsb...

Lovely excerpt from 'Vonnegut's War' in LitHub: lithub.com/on-the-fact-...

The relentless march of 'progress' towards a future I'm not sure many of us would vote for. But march on we will, because the billionaire technocrats intent on self-enrichment and power consolidation say so. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

A little slice of bluegrass delight open.spotify.com/album/6tcLBC...

A few (hopefully) useful hints and tips on publishing your first monograph from me and several of my fab peers: modernistreviewcouk.wordpress.com/2026/08/28/w...

Lovely feature on Vonnegut's War in Writer's Digest last week! www.writersdigest.com/10-things-wr... Check out the @bloomsburylit.bsky.social book here: www.bloomsbury.com/vonneguts-wa...

Think you know Kurt Vonnegut? In this post for @writersdigest.bsky.social, Vonnegut's War author Susan Farrell shares 10 things writers should know about the iconic author of Slaughterhouse-Five and Cat’s Cradle. www.writersdigest.com/10-things-wr...

YEAH NO SHIT BILL www.nytimes.com/2026/08/26/t...

Just another 'heads up' that there are unscrupulous scammers out there impersonating Bloomsbury editors. Please disregard ANY emails purporting to come from me that aren't from ben.doyle@bloomsbury.com. Just had another couple of people report this. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/connect/c...

Absolutely LOVING the new Mystery Jets album. Shades of The Killers with a bit of Thom Yorke thrown in for good measure. open.spotify.com/track/7cAYoT...

Fascinating blog piece from Susan Farrell on her new book 'Vonnegut's War'. Sometimes, truth is *almost* stranger than fiction: www.bloomsbury.com/discover/blo...

Just registered for the 4S conference in Toronto in October. First STS conference ever for me and I can't wait to get stuck in. If you're attending, or know anyone that's attending, please drop me a line as it'd be great to see some friendly faces in Toronto! www.4sonline.org/meeting.php

Last but not least from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social - one I've banged on about a lot already - 'Vonnegut's War', an Independent book of the month, it tells the fascinating story of the making of a modern classic and the writer that created it. www.bloomsbury.com/vonneguts-wa...

Also from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social 'Intergenerational Modernism', a study of cross-generational literary networks in interwar Britain which investigates how writers in the 1930s emerged from the shadow of their older modernist contemporaries. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/intergene...

In paperback from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social AND available open access, Literary Treason, which outlines how prominent authors and intellectuals were singled out by national courts in the wake of the WWII, for the crime of expressing opinions, both in print & radio www.bloomsbury.com/literary-tre...

Next up from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social is 'Beyond Modernism'. Underlining (and undermining) the notion of literary merit, this book focuses on noncanonical works and asks: what happens when we look away from modernism? www.bloomsbury.com/beyond-moder...

A very happy publication day to a few @bloomsburylit.bsky.social books today! First up, 'Reading with Hannah Arendt', examines Arendt's work by putting it in conversation with a series of literary works from writers such as Melville, Brecht, Conrad, and Sarraute: www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reading-w...

'None of these marine mammals were historically found here as they have been locked out of the coastal waters by ice. Now, as climate change warms the sea and melts that ice, they have adapted.'

Out tomorrow...Indy book of the month!

Nick's book is fabulous and deserves many eyeballs, so please go download it for free at the link in the note below!

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026... Yay capitalism

"If you were surprised by people using Meta’s smart glasses to harass and covertly film women on the street, then you quite simply haven’t been paying attention. This kind of tech-enabled abuse is commonplace, and it is predominantly aimed at women." www.irishtimes.com/technology/2...

www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5... Wasting taxpayers money for an ego trip/trying to save his own miserable political skin. Great to see the investigation straight back on. Oh, and fuck Clacton.

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Pickle getting dressy. Photo courtesy of @gabyturner.bsky.social

Can we talk about how terrifying pigeons attempting to kiss is?