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/3mtqllxmavk2oAbsolutely LOVING the new Mystery Jets album. Shades of The Killers with a bit of Thom Yorke thrown in for good measure. https://open.spotify.com/track/7cAYoT1Ex4J2TazqmVQ8Rv?si=lm3CaJPzQy6Go_Zo02irQA&utm_source=native-share-menu23 Aug 2026 10:32 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtqllxmavk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtlhwqpyh225Fascinating blog piece from Susan Farrell on her new book 'Vonnegut's War'. Sometimes, truth is *almost* stranger than fiction: https://www.bloomsbury.com/discover/bloomsbury-academic/blog/featured/vonnegut-s-war-from-a-dresden-slaughterhouse-to-the-planet-tralfamadore/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/discover/bloomsbury-academic/blog/featured/vonnegut-s-war-from-a-dresden-slaughterhouse-to-the-planet-tralfamadore/21 Aug 2026 09:43 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlhwqpyh225https://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtlhuvusq225Just 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 https://www.4sonline.org/meeting.php21 Aug 2026 09:42 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtlhuvusq225https://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtixsjtzzc2qLast 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. https://www.bloomsbury.com/vonneguts-war-9781350580008/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/vonneguts-war-9781350580008/20 Aug 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtixsjtzzc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtixpfeqek2qAlso 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. https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/intergenerational-modernism-9781350470071/20 Aug 2026 09:48 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtixpfeqek2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtixbqgths2qIn 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 https://www.bloomsbury.com/literary-treason-9781350406919/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/literary-treason-9781350406919/20 Aug 2026 09:40 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtixbqgths2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtix5i6pzs2qNext 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? https://www.bloomsbury.com/beyond-modernism-9781350536432/ https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/beyond-modernism-9781350536432/20 Aug 2026 09:38 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtix5i6pzs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtix34bkn22qA 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: https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/reading-with-hannah-arendt-9781350560154/20 Aug 2026 09:36 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtix34bkn22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtgyosmjas2qOut tomorrow...Indy book of the month! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 15:00 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgyosmjas2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtgynslw5c2qNick's book is fabulous and deserves many eyeballs, so please go download it for free at the link in the note below! [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Aug 2026 14:59 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtgynslw5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mtfb4avpnk2khttps://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/aug/18/grenfell-cladding-firm-arconic-paid-shareholders-more-compensation-than-fire-victims Yay capitalism18 Aug 2026 22:25 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mtfb4avpnk2khttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mszspicnus2yhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c5y40d11zewt 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.14 Aug 2026 09:08 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mszspicnus2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3msvwx346322phttps://heated.world/p/ais-climate-problem-is-worse-than12 Aug 2026 20:13 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3msvwx346322phttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3msitivelek2fPickle getting dressy. Photo courtesy of @gabyturner.bsky.social07 Aug 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3msitivelek2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mseabbteok2iCan we talk about how terrifying pigeons attempting to kiss is?05 Aug 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mseabbteok2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3msde47snmk2cVery pleased to have just received the final MS for 'The Bloomsbury Handbook of Romanticism in Britain and Asia', from volume editors Rosinka Chaudhuri, Peter J. Kitson, and Alex Watson. Spanning 28 chapters, it'll be a landmark text on the topic. Sneak peak at the ToC below...05 Aug 2026 10:48 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3msde47snmk2chttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3msansdcb3k2iI'm really excited to say that 'Vonnegut's War' has been selected as an @the-independent.com book of the month for August: https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/features/best-book-august-2026-fiction-nonfiction-b3025296.html04 Aug 2026 09:04 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3msansdcb3k2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3ms7bhyoya22xAbsolutely hilarious watching Infantino getting taken down by his own greedy plan03 Aug 2026 19:51 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3ms7bhyoya22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mrupkyusxk2rLovely review of Astrida Neimanis and Jen Hamilton's 'How to Weather Together' in 'Contemporary Political Theory'. 'this timely and touching book asks the reader to consider what weather means, how it feels, and how it is so much more then a mere temperature check'. https://link.springer.com/article/10.1057/s41296-026-00825-9?utm_source=rct_congratemailt&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=nonoa_20260706&utm_content=10.1057/s41296-026-00825-930 Jul 2026 15:04 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrupkyusxk2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mrpfi2vuf226'Green Dreams' traces the rise of green techno-optimism from postwar fantasies of progress to Silicon Valley manifestos, EV marketing, Big Tech sustainability campaigns, and Hollywood eco-futures. Beautiful eh? @imreszeman.bsky.social @tanner-mirrlees.bsky.social https://www.bloomsbury.com/green-dreams-9781350443174/28 Jul 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrpfi2vuf226https://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mqrwwnb6cs2lTipsy train weep https://open.spotify.com/track/250RLekaiL1q9qZer975Eg?si=1E1BCK3cSne2071a4PuomA&utm_source=native-share-menu16 Jul 2026 19:12 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqrwwnb6cs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mqoxhw6e2k2nJUST landed on my desk, the amazing 'Black Feminist Theories', a landmark text and an essential book for courses. So many people put so much into this, including the volume editors and my amazing assistant Leigh. Huge thanks to you all. https://www.bloomsbury.com/black-feminist-theories-9781350446038/15 Jul 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqoxhw6e2k2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mqboazs2gc2zThoughtful review in Journal of the Midwest MLA, https://www.bloomsbury.com/modernism-in-wonderland-9781350248731 is 'A valuable resource for those curious about the lives, influences, and philosophies of key modernist writers, 'Modernism in Wonderland' promises to inspire further research in globalism and colonialism.' https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/modernism-in-wonderland-9781350248731/10 Jul 2026 07:54 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqboazs2gc2zhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mqbhmlyad22xGrim reading https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/jul/09/uk-swelters-third-heatwave-western-europe-counts-cost-hottest-ever-june10 Jul 2026 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mqbhmlyad22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mq2kgxjv4s2sExcited to announce that applications for this year’s Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship are now OPEN! Apply here: https://www.writersandartists.co.uk/competitions/bloomsbury-academic-writing-fellowship-202607 Jul 2026 11:57 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mq2kgxjv4s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/bendoyle.bsky.social/post/3mpnqxlyo6k2wDay two of #MSA #BAMS joint conference. Come see me at the stand!02 Jul 2026 09:49 +0000at://did:plc:v23sgxdvb5ymq4yllvtmd2ou/app.bsky.feed.post/3mpnqxlyo6k2w