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  From the yard today. #Bloomscrolling

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  Now confirmed by student vote! I am so happy to say that, thanks to student interest, we are planning to revisit #TheHungerGames books this Summer-Fall in SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. #TheHungerGames series of modules will be offered again starting in June! May the odds be ever in our favor. 🏹 https://youtu.be/Tlwojys1CR0?si=ZaYdjoDqyzcvmdf2 Info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/0930/ #Dystopia #SFF #YoungAdult #Y...

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  Yay! My proposal for an academic essay on #Andor and #RogueOne has been accepted for an upcoming anthology on #StarWars and #politics. Rebellions are built on hope! #ForFerrix #ForJedha #Writing #Scholarship

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  "New Peadar Ó Guilín Book Day" is always a day worth celebrating. Look at the beauty that just arrived on my step. @TheCallYA@mastodon.ie's #TheSwordGarden is available from @CherylMorgan@mastodon.social's @WTPress@wandering.shop. #Bookstodon #SFF

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  #CallForPapers: “Feel the Force: The First 50 Years of #StarWars” #OnlineConference #VirtualConference #CFP https://call-for-papers.sas.upenn.edu/cfp/2026/03/18/%E2%80%9Cfeel-the-force%E2%80%9D-the-first-50-years-of-star-wars-4-5-may-2027

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  Hi, everyone! I wanted to say thank you for all of the helpful comments and suggestions for my friend's daughter and her research. You were brilliant! I am most grateful. FYI, I also recalled that the scholarly journal #Mythlore is now open source and fully searchable, and it is a gold mine! I am sharing the link here in case it is useful to anyone else: https://dc.swosu.edu/mythlore/all_issues.html Again, many thanks! #Arthurian #ArthurianLit #Arthuriana #KingArthur #Research #Sir...

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  Book mood! Catnip for those who enjoy #DarkAcademia, #CampusMystery, and #DetectiveFiction #novels, especially the delicious vintage stories: Academe in Mystery and Detective Fiction: An Annotated Bibliography by John E. Kramer (2000) and College Mystery Novels: An Annotated Bibliography, Including a Guide to Professorial Series-Character Sleuths by John E. Kramer, Jr. and John E. Kramer, III (1983). #Mystery #Bookstodon

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  I am delighted to say that, thanks to demand, we've added another live discussion section for April's "#Rebellions Are Built On Hope: A #StarWars Series" one-month module with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. #Resistance #Resist Over half a century of storytelling, Star Wars has challenged audiences to find their own agency and power in the face of injustice and tyranny. April's module: #RogueOne and...

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  I wanted to take some pictures before the thunderstorms begin. #bloomscrolling

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  I am so happy to say that, thanks to student interest, we are planning to revisit #TheHungerGames books this Summer-Fall in SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. With enough demand, #TheHungerGames series of modules will be offered again! It's open for voting now. May the odds be ever in our favor. 🏹 https://youtu.be/Tlwojys1CR0?si=ZaYdjoDqyzcvmdf2 Info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/0930/ #Dystopia #SFF #YoungAdu...

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  Hello, all! I'm working on a list of #DarkAcademia #fiction works inspired by #TrueCrime cases. (I just updated it today!) Below is a link to my working list of #books, #films, and other related works. I'm always grateful for any recommendations! Thank you! https://dramyhsturgis.tumblr.com/post/764418446721204224/dark-academia-works-inspired-by-true-crime-cases #DarkAcademiaBooks #Gothic #Bookstodon #BookRecs #CrimeFiction #Mystery #CampusNovel

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  @shanaqui@wandering.shop Thanks so much for your reply! I do believe she was talking about Morgan in that context, so you're spot on.

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  @RuthSachter@wandering.shop Brilliant! Many thanks to you.

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  #CallForPapers: Our Victorians, Ourselves: Rethinking #Victorian Texts & Contexts - Undergraduate and Graduate Student Victorian Association (UGSVA), 28 April 2026 (online) #CFP #VictorianLit #OnlineConference #Gothic https://ugsvaconference.com/our-victorians-ourselves-rethinking-victorian-texts-contexts/

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  #CallForPapers: #Monster Media Conference 2026 - University of Edinburgh, 18-19 June 2026 (in person and online) This conference aims to explore the relationship between #monsters and the #media in which they are portrayed, and the way monsters and monster theory can help us better understand media itself. #Horror #Gothic #CFP #OnlineConference #MediaStudies #Gothic https://monstermediaconference.wordpress.com

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  Long-lost Georges Méliès robot film restored by Library of Congress. https://www.npr.org/2026/02/28/nx-s1-5730373/georges-melies-robot-film-1897-library-of-congress-gugusse-automate

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  @RunalongWomble@mastodon.social Good morning, Womble! I hope you’re well. I’m currently reading the final book in the Liebermann Papers series of historical mysteries set in Vienna at the time of Freud (who is a mentor of the protagonist), Mephisto Waltz by Frank Tallis.

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  These just popped up, and I thought I’d take a photo before the snow begins to fall. More winter is ahead! #bloomscrolling

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  March will be here soon! I'm delighted to report that in Spring '26 I'll be offering two standalone (but related) modules with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. Each focuses on an important novel related to the same real-life, #TrueCrime unsolved case. #DarkAcademia #PoliceProcedural March: #LastSeenWearing by #HillaryWaugh: Discovering a Turning Point in #CrimeFiction Info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/0...

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  On my latest “Looking Back on Genre History” segment on the #StarShipSofa podcast (Episode 776), I revisit #Andor Season 1. #ScienceFiction #StarWars #SFF https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/starshipsofa-776-sandra-mcdonald/id166360307?i=1000750268152

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  @draNgNon@hachyderm.io Thanks! The first lecture (recorded) was posted today, and the first live discussion with everyone takes place on Thursday. Thanks so much for being interested! I appreciate it!

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  We begin this week! I am thrilled to be offering "#Rebellions Are Built On Hope: A #StarWars Series," three one-month modules with SPACE (Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education) #online via #SignumUniversity. #Resistance #Resist Feb.: #Andor, Season 1 (only 2 seats left!) March: #Andor, Season 2 April: #RogueOne and #ANewHope Promo: https://youtu.be/EfwcxlgcnSg?si=OEHy6sUFIIaLCTjp Info: https://blackberry.signumuniversity.org/space/modules/0980/

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  @7sven@mastodon.social Oh, I haven’t seen this! Clearly I should. I’m making a note. Thank you for the recommendation!

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  @7sven@mastodon.social Oh, I agree 100%! “It was human” is such a great point — the openness, curiosity, and excitement about ideas was remarkable. And inspiring.