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Phil Crockett Thomas
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Giving this another try...
Teaching at the University of Stirling.
Stuff at https://crowdedmouth.com/ and https://abolitionscifi.org/
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Excited to be participating in this Glasgow Ursula Le Guin love fest on 4/11 with @suchmayer.bsky.social, @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social, @mjrsangster.bsky.social

We're celebrating @silver-press.bsky.social gorgeous new book The Word for World which centres on Le Guin's imaginative maps. Come!
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October 27, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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Out today, on what would’ve been Ursula K. Le Guin’s 96th birthday, The Word for World: The Maps of Ursula K. Le Guin edited by Sarah Shin and @suchmayer.bsky.social.

With thanks to Theo Downes-Le Guin and the Ursula K Le Guin Foundation @ursulakleguin.com 💙

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October 21, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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Glasgow, we're bringing the forest to you! 🍃

4 Nov: celebrate @silver-press.bsky.social Ursula K. Le Guin titles THE WORD FOR WORLD & SPACE CRONE w @taylorwdriggers.bsky.social, Phil Crockett-Thomas (Abolition Science Fiction!), Matthew Sangster & me in convo.

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A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin | Events at Waterstones Bookshops | Waterstones
Events at Waterstones get you closer to the books and authors you admire most. Find information and tickets about A Celebration of Ursula K. Le Guin today.
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September 10, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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We are delighted that Dr Martha O'Carroll is joining us at the University of Stirling to do an SGSSS ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship #research project on 'Activating Anti-Carceral Archives in Scotland', supported by mentor Dr Phil Crockett Thomas @philcrockettthomas.bsky.social #Criminology #Abolition
September 3, 2025 at 12:08 PM
New article on utopia, abolition and science fiction published open access @thesociologicalreview.org! If you want to read the creative writing by the project's (brilliant) participants which I discuss in the paper, the eBook is free to download at abolitionscifi.org
thesociologicalreview.org The Sociological Review Foundation @thesociologicalreview.org · Jul 15
“Fiction is an important space where activists reckon with the complexity of their hopes about distant futures.”

@philcrockettthomas.bsky.social @stirunicriminology.bsky.social on what science fiction teaches us about the struggle for prison abolition.

#OpenAccess in the journal buff.ly/xw5UXjJ
July 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM