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john rakestraw<p>"There is glory in each day, for each of us. It is waiting to be illuminated and observed. ,,, Art has the power to alter our interior selves, and in so doing to inspire, exhilarate, provoke, connect, and rouse us. As we are changed, our souls are awakened to possibility — immeasurable, yes, and potentially infinite. If ever there was a time for art, it’s now."</p><p>--Claire Messud</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Michael Pedersen on Muckle Flugga: Isolation, Grief &amp; Lighthouses</p><p>Following the release of his debut novel MUCKLE FLUGGA, Michael Pedersen speaks to SNACK magazine about turning lighthouses into legends, the ghost of Robert Louis Stevenson, and why this might be his most welcoming work yet.</p><p><a href="https://snackmag.co.uk/michael-pedersen-on-muckle-flugga" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">snackmag.co.uk/michael-pederse</span><span class="invisible">n-on-muckle-flugga</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>novel</span></a></p>
ScienceOpen<p>'Ansaq' is an international, peer-reviewed scientific journal published by Qatar University Press that is dedicated to studies in <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/SocialSciences" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialSciences</span></a>, <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/Humanities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Humanities</span></a>, and interdisciplinary research: </p><p>🔗 <a href="https://www.scienceopen.com/collection/QU_ANSAQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scienceopen.com/collection/QU_</span><span class="invisible">ANSAQ</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Last week 27-year-old Scottish author Margaret McDonald became the youngest-ever winner of the Carnegie medal for children’s writing for her debut novel GLASGOW BOYS, which explores mental health, trauma, inequality &amp; identity through the friendship between two boys who have grown up in foster care. Margaret joined BBC Front Row to discuss Glasgow Boys, &amp; writing in Scots, &amp; to read an extract from the book – from 29:35:</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002dzk9" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m002dzk9</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/kidlit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>kidlit</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/YA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YA</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>Who called Shakespeare ‘upstart crow’? Our study points to his co-author, Thomas Nashe</p><p>By Brett Greatley-Hirsch, Andrew Hadfield and Andrew Hadfield</p><p><a href="https://theconversation.com/who-called-shakespeare-upstart-crow-our-study-points-to-his-co-author-thomas-nashe-259713?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2025%202025%20-%203428134923&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2025%202025%20-%203428134923+CID_4f8af5b6dde4d0dbf2fe65f5e3333fd0&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Who%20called%20Shakespeare%20upstart%20crow%20Our%20study%20points%20to%20his%20co-author%20Thomas%20Nashe" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/who-called</span><span class="invisible">-shakespeare-upstart-crow-our-study-points-to-his-co-author-thomas-nashe-259713?utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2025%202025%20-%203428134923&amp;utm_content=Latest%20from%20The%20Conversation%20for%20June%2025%202025%20-%203428134923+CID_4f8af5b6dde4d0dbf2fe65f5e3333fd0&amp;utm_source=campaign_monitor_uk&amp;utm_term=Who%20called%20Shakespeare%20upstart%20crow%20Our%20study%20points%20to%20his%20co-author%20Thomas%20Nashe</span></a></p><p>Shakespeare at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">gutenberg.org/ebooks/author/65</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
JennyJaybles<p>Hi Mastodon! I know I haven't been very active on here for awhile. I've had 3 weeks of Vitamin D supplements and I am starting to feel better. Here's a video about some books I read in May. 📚 <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/booktube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>booktube</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.art/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://youtu.be/jjNnlN2gmL4" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/jjNnlN2gmL4</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
Joachim Boaz<p>George Orwell (1903-1950) was born on this day. Bibliography: <a href="https://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1377" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">isfdb.org/cgi-bin/ea.cgi?1377</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p>L, Michael Kennar, 1949; R, Art Brenner, 1946<br><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sciencefiction</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a></p>
UK<p><a href="https://www.europesays.com/uk/213270/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">europesays.com/uk/213270/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> Metabolism-friendly foods to eat before bed? 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Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Iain Banks: A BBC Radio Collection</p><p>New from Penguin: Selected readings &amp; full-cast dramatisations from across the literary &amp; science fiction of Iain Banks.</p><p>🐝 The Wasp Factory<br>🚀 The State of the Art<br>📚 Piece<br>🎸 Espedair Street</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>bookstodon</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://www.penguin.co.uk/books/470032/iain-banks-a-bbc-radio-collection-by-banks-iain/9781529954241" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">penguin.co.uk/books/470032/iai</span><span class="invisible">n-banks-a-bbc-radio-collection-by-banks-iain/9781529954241</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IainBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IainBanks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/IainMBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IainMBanks</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/audiobook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>audiobook</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Der a ön o haet ida gairden here,<br>Whaar da sun-flooer proodly staands,<br>An dark-red roses trowe da green<br>Laek da lowe fae fiery braands…</p><p>—T.A. Robertson (“Vagaland”), “Haem Tochts”<br>published in The Collected Poems of Vagaland (Shetland Times, 1975)</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/haem-tochts/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p</span><span class="invisible">oem/haem-tochts/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scotslanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scotslanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Shetland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shetland</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Shetlandic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shetlandic</span></a></p>
Project Gutenberg<p>What Submersibles Reveal About the Violent Underbelly of the Human Psyche</p><p>Matthew Gavin Frank Explores the Dark Side of Our Desire to Explore the Ocean’s Depths</p><p><a href="https://lithub.com/what-submersibles-reveal-about-the-violent-underbelly-of-the-human-psyche/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">lithub.com/what-submersibles-r</span><span class="invisible">eveal-about-the-violent-underbelly-of-the-human-psyche/</span></a></p><p>Submarines at PG:<br><a href="https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/114" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">gutenberg.org/ebooks/subject/1</span><span class="invisible">14</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a></p>
Ian<p>And whilst big gas pays bugger all tax in <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/australia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>australia</span></a>, the winner of theMiles Franklin Award for <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> is likely to hand over at least a quarter of their winnings to the tax office.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ausPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ausPol</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/climateChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climateChange</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a></p><p><a href="https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/the-costly-double-standard-of-winning-a-cash-prize-in-australia" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">australiainstitute.org.au/post</span><span class="invisible">/the-costly-double-standard-of-winning-a-cash-prize-in-australia</span></a></p>
Harald Sack<p>In today's ISE 2025 lecture,, we will introduce SPARQL as a query language for knowledge graphs. Again, I'm trying out 'Dystopian Novels' as example knowledge graph playground. Let's see, if the students might know any of them. Wtat do you think? ;-) </p><p><a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/dystopia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dystopia</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/ise2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ise2025</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/semanticweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semanticweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/semweb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>semweb</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/knowledgegraphs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>knowledgegraphs</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/sparql" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sparql</span></a> <a href="https://sigmoid.social/tags/lecture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lecture</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@tabea" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>tabea</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://fedihum.org/@sourisnumerique" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>sourisnumerique</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sigmoid.social/@enorouzi" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>enorouzi</span></a></span></p>
Ab<p>In the shadow of<br>Ernest's freedom struggle; for <br>whom did that bell toll?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/dailyhaikuprompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/shade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>shade</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/MastoPrompt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoPrompt</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/clang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>clang</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>haiku</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>senryu</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SmallPoems</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.nl/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> </p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@dailyhaikuprompt" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dailyhaikuprompt</span></a></span> <br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.scot/@stevencudahy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>stevencudahy</span></a></span></p>
Wouter de Jong 👨‍🏫<p>‪"Reading has to find its place in an ever changing world. It might become less, but that does not mean we should despair."</p><p><a href="https://starlingesl.substack.com/p/the-goal-is-the-journey" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">starlingesl.substack.com/p/the</span><span class="invisible">-goal-is-the-journey</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/ESL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESL</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.education/tags/Reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Reading</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>Here lies our land: every airt<br>Beneath swift clouds, glad glints of sun,<br>Belonging to none but itself…</p><p>—Kathleen Jamie, “Here lies our land”</p><p>This poem was commissioned in 2014 to mark the 700th anniversary of the battle of Bannockburn – fought <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/OTD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OTD</span></a>, 24 June, 1314. The poem is inscribed on the Bannockburn monument.</p><p><a href="https://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poem/here-lies-our-land/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/p</span><span class="invisible">oem/here-lies-our-land/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Bannockburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bannockburn</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/BattleofBannockburn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BattleofBannockburn</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>I hate midsummer in the north.<br>There’s no night to speak of,<br>just day in and day in<br>with maybe a slight hesitancy<br>about two o’clock in the morning…</p><p>—Alasdair Maclean, “I Hate Midsummer in the North”<br>published in From the Wilderness (Gollancz, 1973)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poem</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/midsummer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>midsummer</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>CHICKEN NABOB. One returned from the East Indies with but a moderate fortune of fifty or sixty thousand pounds, a diminutive nabob: a term borrowed from the chicken turtle.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Dr. Amy H. Sturgis 📖<p><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CallForPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CallForPapers</span></a> for <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/OnlineConference" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OnlineConference</span></a>: Thinking of the Children: <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BookBans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookBans</span></a>, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a>, and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Literature</span></a> for Young People</p><p>For this online conference, organizers invite contributions from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/scholars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scholars</span></a> at all career stages, from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/librarians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>librarians</span></a> and <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/archivists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>archivists</span></a>, and from <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/teachers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>teachers</span></a> at all levels, to consider <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/BookBanning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BookBanning</span></a> and censorship of literature for young people, past and present. <br><a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/YALit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YALit</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/YA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>YA</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Resist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Resist</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/CFP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CFP</span></a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Books</span></a></p><p><a href="https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/</span><span class="invisible">cfp/2025/06/02/thinking-of-the-children-book-bans-censorship-and-literature-for-young-people</span></a></p>
Assoc for Scottish Literature<p>PPS – if you can’t see the documentary on the iPlayer, it’s also on YouTube:</p><p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwbuCL-Osh8" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=wwbuCL-Osh</span><span class="invisible">8</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/Scottish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scottish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/18thcentury" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>18thcentury</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/RobertBurns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobertBurns</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/MayaAngelou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MayaAngelou</span></a></p>