Claire Parnell
@claireparnell.bsky.social
Lecturer in Digital Publishing at the University of Melbourne. Researching digital book publishing, popular fiction & platform economies.
My book, Inequalities of Platform Publishing, is out soon! Through original interviews, walkthroughs, metadata analysis, it uncovers race, gender, and sexual biases in popular publishing platforms.
Preorder at UMass: lnkd.in/gWr7hKAe (use code UMASS20 to save 20%) or anywhere books are sold.
Preorder at UMass: lnkd.in/gWr7hKAe (use code UMASS20 to save 20%) or anywhere books are sold.
July 23, 2025 at 12:11 AM
My book, Inequalities of Platform Publishing, is out soon! Through original interviews, walkthroughs, metadata analysis, it uncovers race, gender, and sexual biases in popular publishing platforms.
Preorder at UMass: lnkd.in/gWr7hKAe (use code UMASS20 to save 20%) or anywhere books are sold.
Preorder at UMass: lnkd.in/gWr7hKAe (use code UMASS20 to save 20%) or anywhere books are sold.
We're hiring a tutor/senior tutor to teach into the publishing and communications program at the University of Melbourne. It's a program with great colleagues (if I do say so myself), excellent subjects and even better students! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91918...
Details : Tutor/Senior Tutor in Publishing and Communications : The University of Melbourne
Careers at The University of Melbourne
jobs.unimelb.edu.au
January 6, 2025 at 11:19 PM
We're hiring a tutor/senior tutor to teach into the publishing and communications program at the University of Melbourne. It's a program with great colleagues (if I do say so myself), excellent subjects and even better students! jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/91918...
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An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4
![With the election of the trump administration and its policies as embodied by Project 2025, we authors have deep concerns about how our publishers will be operating and how publishers will advocate for and protect authors. Trump's agenda explicitly calls for the criminalization of authors, teachers, librarians, and publishing professionals with the consequences including, "imprison[ment]," and being "classed as registered sex offenders" (pg 4 Project 2025)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:5jnockxrg63tj4sh24j2y6br/bafkreifuobvu6qojz5fectj7ptbwrzp4t3mpvojwwcnapxprdhn7oc6c5a@jpeg)
November 25, 2024 at 5:57 PM
An Open Letter to our Publishers has been sent to over 90 Publishing CEOs this morning in response to the concerns of our members. 1/4
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What’s the most unusual canapé you’ve had at a work function?
@clairesquires.bsky.social and I are researching canapés and would love your participation. DM or post text, image or audio recordings about canapés with the tag #canaperesearch. More info: ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/t...
@clairesquires.bsky.social and I are researching canapés and would love your participation. DM or post text, image or audio recordings about canapés with the tag #canaperesearch. More info: ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/t...
The Social Life of Canapés
The Social Life of Canapés, a project conducted by Beth Driscoll (University of Melbourne) and Claire Squires (University of Stirling), focuses on an intentionally insubstantial foodstuff – t…
ullapoolism.wordpress.com
November 20, 2024 at 5:31 AM
What’s the most unusual canapé you’ve had at a work function?
@clairesquires.bsky.social and I are researching canapés and would love your participation. DM or post text, image or audio recordings about canapés with the tag #canaperesearch. More info: ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/t...
@clairesquires.bsky.social and I are researching canapés and would love your participation. DM or post text, image or audio recordings about canapés with the tag #canaperesearch. More info: ullapoolism.wordpress.com/2024/11/04/t...
So many romance books (and related lit) are being flagged as adult material on a range of platforms, including phrases and visuals that are conventions of the genre and significant to community. It’s a slippery slope and art & literature, especially LGBTQ+ works and creators, are absolutely at risk.
Complaining about AO3 isn't going to bring back online privacy.
But this is an opportunity to educate a large user base about how this legislation could mean fan fic, smutty books, and fan art could get them on a sex offender list. Get them to join the fight.
But this is an opportunity to educate a large user base about how this legislation could mean fan fic, smutty books, and fan art could get them on a sex offender list. Get them to join the fight.
November 20, 2024 at 10:47 AM
So many romance books (and related lit) are being flagged as adult material on a range of platforms, including phrases and visuals that are conventions of the genre and significant to community. It’s a slippery slope and art & literature, especially LGBTQ+ works and creators, are absolutely at risk.
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If you’re a HarperCollins author, I strongly suggest getting together with your agent and sending a very strong preemptive “FUCK THIS” their way.
lithub.com/harpercollin...
lithub.com/harpercollin...
HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…
lithub.com
November 18, 2024 at 7:56 PM
If you’re a HarperCollins author, I strongly suggest getting together with your agent and sending a very strong preemptive “FUCK THIS” their way.
lithub.com/harpercollin...
lithub.com/harpercollin...
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I started a Publishing Studies and Book History starter pack! Please add friends and let me know if you’d like to be included. go.bsky.app/B1zWxN8
November 15, 2024 at 1:38 AM
I started a Publishing Studies and Book History starter pack! Please add friends and let me know if you’d like to be included. go.bsky.app/B1zWxN8
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Got another one going here, too! Let's combine forces!
go.bsky.app/CtyRqgj
go.bsky.app/CtyRqgj
November 15, 2024 at 2:16 AM
Got another one going here, too! Let's combine forces!
go.bsky.app/CtyRqgj
go.bsky.app/CtyRqgj
I started a Publishing Studies and Book History starter pack! Please add friends and let me know if you’d like to be included. go.bsky.app/B1zWxN8
November 15, 2024 at 1:38 AM
I started a Publishing Studies and Book History starter pack! Please add friends and let me know if you’d like to be included. go.bsky.app/B1zWxN8