Senior Publisher for STS, Digital/Medical Humanities and Literary Studies at Bloomsbury Academic. All long-winded, rambling views are my own.https://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mzgeywi3ts2nhttps://www.nytimes.com/2026/11/03/us/google-search-schools-restrict-ai.html?smid=nytcore-android-share Enforced adoption... Sigh.03 Nov 2026 17:39 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzgeywi3ts2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mzfiak6nhc2vCome see the wonderful Susan Farrell talk about Vonnegut's life, Slaughterhouse-Five and the blurred line between biography and fiction in the next @bloomsburyacademic.bsky.social lecture (hosted by yours truly.) Promises to be fascinating. Oh, and pick up a copy of Susan's book while you're at it! [contains quote post or other embedded content]03 Nov 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzfiak6nhc2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mzdco47ji22lInteresting (and, yes, depressing) article about academic publishing (particularly journal publishing) in the age of AI: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/10/ai-journal-articles-writing/689186/02 Nov 2026 12:19 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mzdco47ji22lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3myyz3kbsxc2u'With Vonnegut's War, a military cultural history of the novel of 1969 that made its author famous, Susan Farrell adds entertainingly and humanely to the Vonnaissance.' Check the book out here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/vonneguts-war-9781350580008/29 Oct 2026 10:01 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3myyz3kbsxc2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3myyyxcfihs2uAnother lovely review for Susan Farrell's wonderful 'Vonnegut's War' in @thetls.bsky.social - Vonnaissance indeed! https://www.the-tls.com/literature/vonneguts-war-susan-farrell-book-review-guy-stevenson29 Oct 2026 09:58 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3myyyxcfihs2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mysgbuzp4s2chttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cq398p1wd1evo Less 'IPOing' and more 'mitigating chances of the apocalypse' then please you soulless technocrats...26 Oct 2026 19:08 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mysgbuzp4s2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3myfpur5ioc2gBut but but they always seemed like such a standup bunch... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/technology/meta-penalty-new-mexico.html?smid=nytcore-android-share21 Oct 2026 17:55 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3myfpur5ioc2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mycycl5ni222The 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/ https://www.campaignforthearts.org/petitions/10-year-plan/20 Oct 2026 15:48 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mycycl5ni222https://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3my5zi4wnds2oBirds of a feather... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/18/us/politics/trump-endorses-netanyahu-election-israel.html?smid=nytcore-android-share18 Oct 2026 16:26 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3my5zi4wnds2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mxz2sowbx226Fantastic to see Vonnegut's War selected as part of Publishers Weekly's holiday gift guide for 2026! https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/new-titles/adult-announcements/article/101503-holiday-gift-guide-2026-nonfiction.html16 Oct 2026 17:07 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mxz2sowbx226https://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mwzyei2rn22eSomething tells me it's not going to be my year...04 Oct 2026 08:30 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwzyei2rn22ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mwvphhxyek2mA lovely piece from @bloomsburylit.bsky.social author Susan Farrell in The Conversation about Vonnegut and censorship. https://theconversation.com/more-than-50-years-after-a-north-dakota-school-district-burned-copies-of-kurt-vonneguts-slaughterhouse-five-the-anti-war-novel-is-still-being-censored-292561 Check the book out here: https://www.bloomsbury.com/vonneguts-war-9781350580015/02 Oct 2026 15:40 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwvphhxyek2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mwbpkghqic2lJust 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.24 Sep 2026 16:49 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwbpkghqic2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mwaxhc3ibk2eAnyone 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!24 Sep 2026 09:37 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mwaxhc3ibk2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mw7d6dlqws25🥹❤️23 Sep 2026 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mw7d6dlqws25https://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mvpn2cebn22xJacket 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.social17 Sep 2026 12:16 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpn2cebn22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mvpdwljcq22xIt'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: https://www.bloomsbury.com/black-feminist-theories-9781350446007/17 Sep 2026 09:33 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvpdwljcq22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mvn34u4zk22jCannot BELIEVE this is 25 years old. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/11/podcasts/the-best-books-of-the-21st-century-taffy-brodesser-akner-on-the-corrections.html?smid=nytcore-android-share16 Sep 2026 11:50 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvn34u4zk22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mvj2ijwmdk2bAccording 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... https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/14/us/politics/trump-ai-regulation-anthropic-dario-amodei.html?smid=nytcore-android-share14 Sep 2026 21:28 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvj2ijwmdk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mvdpc42ns22xDogs>people12 Sep 2026 18:24 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvdpc42ns22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mv5w3vghrs27New 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.social10 Sep 2026 11:10 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5w3vghrs27https://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mv5s72wvc22cHad 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...10 Sep 2026 10:00 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv5s72wvc22chttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mv2x675bis2bYikes. [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 Sep 2026 06:51 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mv2x675bis2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3muypul6rbc2yCheck out this free to access issue of Persuasions on Jane Austen's Global Fan Cultures: https://jasna.org/publications-2/persuasions-online/volume-46-no-2/08 Sep 2026 09:35 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3muypul6rbc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3muylt2mvwc2yBig Bloomsbury news... https://www.thebookseller.com/news/bloomsbury-to-appoint-new-ceo-as-nigel-newton-becomes-executive-chairman?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Morning%20Briefing08 Sep 2026 08:23 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3muylt2mvwc2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mup5yxqdbs2kLovely excerpt from 'Vonnegut's War' in LitHub: https://lithub.com/on-the-fact-and-fiction-of-kurt-vonneguts-dresden/04 Sep 2026 14:22 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mup5yxqdbs2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3muocsxord22eThe 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. https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/sep/03/openai-artificial-general-intelligence-astra-release04 Sep 2026 06:15 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3muocsxord22e