Nicola Wilson-Torch
@nicolawilsontorch.bsky.social
AHRC SGSAH PhD researcher looking at social media and the publishing ecosystem. Also interested in literary history, platform economies and digital culture. Usually found talking about disability awareness, food, books or 00s TV
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A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
CFP: Bookselling and Literature
Bookselling and LiteratureA Special Issue of English Studies Guest Editor: Matthew Chambers (matthew.chambers@uj.edu.pl) One of the best-known literary friendships was formed in a bookshop, and one…
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November 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
A new special issue of English Studies I'm really keen to put together! Please consider submitting and circulate widely! @drchrislouttit.bsky.social bookshoplit.com/cfp-booksell...
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From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
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Libraries that shaped me, in-conversation event with Professor Louise Welsh and Damian Barr | SAHA: The Scottish Arts and Humanities Alliance
A joint initiative of Scottish Higher Education institutions, the Royal Society of Edinburgh and the Scottish Graduate School for Arts and Humanities.
saha.scot
November 10, 2025 at 12:06 PM
From finding a space from which to travel to distant lands through reading books as children, to using their university libraries as undergrads, @louisewelsh00.bsky.social & @damianbarr.bsky.social will reminisce about how libraries helped shape their careers.
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
📅Wed, Nov 12th |📍Kelvin Hall
🎫👇
It’s one month until I turn 30 and I recently found an old childhood diary listing ten things I wanted to accomplish in my twenties.
Currently, only two goals left:
1. Study for a PhD (in progress)
2. Finish a KFC bargain bucket by myself
I’m glad to see my younger self had big ambitions... 😅
Currently, only two goals left:
1. Study for a PhD (in progress)
2. Finish a KFC bargain bucket by myself
I’m glad to see my younger self had big ambitions... 😅
November 12, 2025 at 9:18 AM
It’s one month until I turn 30 and I recently found an old childhood diary listing ten things I wanted to accomplish in my twenties.
Currently, only two goals left:
1. Study for a PhD (in progress)
2. Finish a KFC bargain bucket by myself
I’m glad to see my younger self had big ambitions... 😅
Currently, only two goals left:
1. Study for a PhD (in progress)
2. Finish a KFC bargain bucket by myself
I’m glad to see my younger self had big ambitions... 😅
Great to see co-creation activities like these happening in publishing!
When it comes to engaging young people through fiction, authenticity is all, says Gemma Jolly in our recent Comment piece 👇 #BookSky
The transformative power of co-creation
ebx.sh
November 11, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Great to see co-creation activities like these happening in publishing!
Feeling so grateful to be named on this year’s 30 Under 30 list by The Young Women’s Movement for my work in educational equity and disability awareness – it was wonderful celebrating alongside so many inspiring women from across Scotland on Saturday evening! 🏴📢💛
November 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Feeling so grateful to be named on this year’s 30 Under 30 list by The Young Women’s Movement for my work in educational equity and disability awareness – it was wonderful celebrating alongside so many inspiring women from across Scotland on Saturday evening! 🏴📢💛
Chapter edits were a lost cause this afternoon, so I braved the weather for pumpkin spice doughnuts to fuel my horror movie marathon. Halloween: complete! 🎃🍩👻
October 31, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Chapter edits were a lost cause this afternoon, so I braved the weather for pumpkin spice doughnuts to fuel my horror movie marathon. Halloween: complete! 🎃🍩👻
People-watching at Queen Street station on a Saturday evening near Halloween is quite an experience.
October 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
People-watching at Queen Street station on a Saturday evening near Halloween is quite an experience.
Is there anything sweeter on a Friday afternoon than realising you’ve already drafted the thing you thought you’d be spending the rest of the day on? I think not.
October 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Is there anything sweeter on a Friday afternoon than realising you’ve already drafted the thing you thought you’d be spending the rest of the day on? I think not.
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How Printing Was Revolutionize...
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/17/how-printing-was-revolutionized-by-cake-sort-of/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Society%20for%20Scholarly%20Publishing&utm_content=How%20Printing%20Was%20Revolutionized%20By%20Cake.%20Sort%20Of%2E
https://scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org/2025/10/17/how-printing-was-revolutionized-by-cake-sort-of/?utm_campaign=coschedule&utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=Society%20for%20Scholarly%20Publishing&utm_content=How%20Printing%20Was%20Revolutionized%20By%20Cake.%20Sort%20Of%2E
How Printing Was Revolutionized By Cake. Sort Of. - The Scholarly Kitchen
Discover the flong: a papier-mâché mold that revolutionized 19th-century printing, blending ingenious tech with a dash of pastry-inspired charm.
scholarlykitchen.sspnet.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 AM
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Helping a few colleagues who are interested in reading communities of young people.
October 16, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Helping a few colleagues who are interested in reading communities of young people.
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How’s your dissertation going?
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
"Fall semester starts tomorrow..."
"Fall semester starts tomorrow..."
In honor of spooky month, share a 4 word horror story that only someone in your profession would understand.
“It sure is quiet…”
“It sure is quiet…”
October 12, 2025 at 9:50 PM
How’s your dissertation going?
Conundrum: itching to tune into the football but woefully under my writing target for the day.
October 9, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Conundrum: itching to tune into the football but woefully under my writing target for the day.
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Need a little extra time preparing your submission for the @dlcplus.org #CFP on #smut and #lore? We've extended our deadline by a week! Submit by October 15th for our mini conference.
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October 8, 2025 at 12:03 PM
Need a little extra time preparing your submission for the @dlcplus.org #CFP on #smut and #lore? We've extended our deadline by a week! Submit by October 15th for our mini conference.
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
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Grateful for the opportunity to present at #UKCFC about the cystic fibrosis lung MRI toolkit we’ve been developing. We're keen to get views from the wider community on what we've produced so far - please tell us what you think here: forms.office.com/e/yC6ksnyP2J #CysticFibrosis #MRI
October 8, 2025 at 8:56 AM
Grateful for the opportunity to present at #UKCFC about the cystic fibrosis lung MRI toolkit we’ve been developing. We're keen to get views from the wider community on what we've produced so far - please tell us what you think here: forms.office.com/e/yC6ksnyP2J #CysticFibrosis #MRI
Garlic-infused ink? That’s a first for me…
no no the publishing industry is doing fine, why do you ask
October 2, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Garlic-infused ink? That’s a first for me…
Grateful to have spent a week at the University of Warsaw’s Current Debates in Publishing Studies Summer School earlier this month – a fantastic programme of insightful sessions, engaging discussions and even some sightseeing…
Huge thanks to all involved and @sgsah.bsky.social for funding the trip!
Huge thanks to all involved and @sgsah.bsky.social for funding the trip!
September 30, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Grateful to have spent a week at the University of Warsaw’s Current Debates in Publishing Studies Summer School earlier this month – a fantastic programme of insightful sessions, engaging discussions and even some sightseeing…
Huge thanks to all involved and @sgsah.bsky.social for funding the trip!
Huge thanks to all involved and @sgsah.bsky.social for funding the trip!
The University of Warsaw library has a rooftop garden – such a brilliant space to explore!
September 18, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The University of Warsaw library has a rooftop garden – such a brilliant space to explore!
Honestly, nothing beats that first cup of tea after coming home from the hospital ☺️☕️👌🏼
September 12, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Honestly, nothing beats that first cup of tea after coming home from the hospital ☺️☕️👌🏼
Escaped the hospital this afternoon just long enough to demolish an irresponsible amount of sushi – may need the remaining five days just to recover…
September 7, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Escaped the hospital this afternoon just long enough to demolish an irresponsible amount of sushi – may need the remaining five days just to recover…
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USW have posted a response on their instagram which does little to explain why the wording of this email is openly discriminatory to Palestinians. It is shocking that anyone in Higher Education would think this is an appropriate email to send to a student.
September 3, 2025 at 10:41 AM
USW have posted a response on their instagram which does little to explain why the wording of this email is openly discriminatory to Palestinians. It is shocking that anyone in Higher Education would think this is an appropriate email to send to a student.
Thank you to an emergency dose of steroids for finally giving me the appetite for my first pumpkin spice latte of the season – even if the hospital-grade variety wasn’t the most exciting. 🎃☕️
September 2, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Thank you to an emergency dose of steroids for finally giving me the appetite for my first pumpkin spice latte of the season – even if the hospital-grade variety wasn’t the most exciting. 🎃☕️
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I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus
I love this idea and also want a list of academic murder books. Please reply with recs
Hear me out: a dark academia murder book that opens at a department beginning-of-the-year celebration on a boat (I know a department that does this) and a professor goes overboard. The intrepid department chair must figure out who did it. Everyone is a suspect, including the chair herself.
August 29, 2025 at 10:12 PM
I would read an academic murder book in which the murder was solved by reading the syllabus
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I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
Nature is Not Going to Cure You: On Raynor Winn’s Fabricated Memoir
Like many writers, I have been following the unfolding revelations about Raynor Winn and The Salt Path with great interest, and a degree of self-interest. I am a memoirist and nature writer, and I …
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August 26, 2025 at 2:56 PM
I keep getting asked for my salty thoughts about the Salt Path as my position on nature cure narratives is v clear! A mere fraction of those thoughts published here @literaryhub.bsky.social, with thanks to @bookwormvaught.bsky.social and @nicwilson.bsky.social for their earlier pieces linked below.
Honestly, eduroam in the hospital is an absolute dream – I’d be lost over the next two weeks without a steady stream of Agatha Christie adaptations.
August 29, 2025 at 11:57 AM
Honestly, eduroam in the hospital is an absolute dream – I’d be lost over the next two weeks without a steady stream of Agatha Christie adaptations.
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CFP: Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People
An online conference hosted by the University of Münster
11-12 February 2026
Abstracts due 11:59pm on 31 August!
Full CFP and to submit: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/
Please share!
An online conference hosted by the University of Münster
11-12 February 2026
Abstracts due 11:59pm on 31 August!
Full CFP and to submit: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/
Please share!
June 2, 2025 at 7:36 PM
CFP: Thinking of the Children: Book Bans, Censorship and Literature for Young People
An online conference hosted by the University of Münster
11-12 February 2026
Abstracts due 11:59pm on 31 August!
Full CFP and to submit: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/
Please share!
An online conference hosted by the University of Münster
11-12 February 2026
Abstracts due 11:59pm on 31 August!
Full CFP and to submit: indico.uni-muenster.de/event/3505/
Please share!