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Dr Shafquat Towheed
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Senior Lecturer in English and Director of Research, School of Arts & Humanities at The Open University. Director of OpenARC, current Vice President of SHARP. I'm interested in the history and future of books and reading.
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Dr Shafquat Towheed @shaftowheed.bsky.social · 25d
Are you a social media savvy book historian with a talent for sharing news in the digital sphere? We might have a role for you! SHARP News is looking for a new editor, details below👇🏼
sharpweb.org SHARP @sharpweb.org · 26d
@sharpnews.bsky.social is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief!!! Applications are due on November 14th. Get in touch if you have any questions!
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Editor-in-Chief
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The deadline is being extended to 28 November so there’s still time to apply if you want to take on the role of Editor-in-Chief of SHARP News - details below 👇🏼
sharpweb.org SHARP @sharpweb.org · 26d
@sharpnews.bsky.social is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief!!! Applications are due on November 14th. Get in touch if you have any questions!
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Editor-in-Chief
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November 16, 2025 at 9:43 AM
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The conference has started! Plenty of sessions over 3 days on Letters and Literature so do come and join us!
ouliterature.bsky.social OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social · Oct 23
Only 12 more days to our conference: Letters and Literature 1500-2025, 5-7 November 2025.
Full conference programme here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/...

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November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
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Are you a social media savvy book historian with a talent for sharing news in the digital sphere? We might have a role for you! SHARP News is looking for a new editor, details below👇🏼
sharpweb.org SHARP @sharpweb.org · 26d
@sharpnews.bsky.social is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief!!! Applications are due on November 14th. Get in touch if you have any questions!
Call for Applicants: SHARP News Editor-in-Chief
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October 28, 2025 at 5:42 PM
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The first of a series of postcards for our free online conference: Letters and Literature 1500-2025, 5-7 November 2025. Full programme: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/...

Every day we'll share a postcard sent to us by one of our guest speakers. Watch out for tomorrow’s!
A postcard showing scenes from the town of Chapel Hill
October 27, 2025 at 3:03 PM
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SHARPists & book historians, do you know about our ‘Letters and Literature’ conference next week online on Teams? Details below, check the programme and please do register online for any sessions that interest you! ✉️✍🏽 @sharpnews.bsky.social
ouliterature.bsky.social OU English and Creative Writing @ouliterature.bsky.social · Oct 23
Only 12 more days to our conference: Letters and Literature 1500-2025, 5-7 November 2025.
Full conference programme here: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/...

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October 27, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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Excited to announce the launch of the Writers’ Nook in Café Wilbers, Tees Restaurant, UHNT, Stockton on Tees, developed with Dr. Siobhan Campbell of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Nurse Consultant Mel McEvoy.

Official unveiling on Tuesday 14 October, 3pm.

PLEASE SHARE AND COME ALONG!
Press release for the launch of the Writers' Nook at University Hospital North Tees on 14th of October 2025 at 3pm
October 10, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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REMINDER: Deadline to apply to be the next SHARP News Bibliographer(s) coming up soon!

Apply by October 01 2025.

See the link for details:
sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20...

#BookHistory #Bibliography #Bibliographer #Research #Zotero #Publishing #Books
September 17, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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We are delighted to reveal that our colleague Ed Hogan has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. His story, Little Green Man, will be broadcast today at 15:30 on BBC Radio 4: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - BBC National Short Story Award, BBC National Short Story Award 2025, Little Green Man by Edward Hogan
Edward Hogan's tender story is in the running for the 20th BBC National Short Story Award.
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September 18, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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How do different ways of reading affect our experience of literature? In collaboration with the BBC, Open University lecturer @shaftowheed.bsky.social has developed a short quiz to show how different formats affect our reading experience. You can find the quiz here:
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OU Connect on Instagram: "📚 How do you read? 🧐 How much detail can you remember after reading in different formats? 🌍 For International Literacy Day, BBC Morning Live welcomes The OU’s Dr Shafquat Tow...
10 likes, 0 comments - ouconnect on September 8, 2025: "📚 How do you read? 🧐 How much detail can you remember after reading in different formats? 🌍 For International Literacy Day, BBC Morning Live wel...
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September 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
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Excited to see the preparations for our upcoming Conference:
‘Letters and Literature 1500-2025: histories, forms, communities’
Online only from the 5th to 7th of November 2025. More details soon!
‘Letters and Literature 1500-2025: histories, forms, communities’ Online only conference from the 5th to 7th of November 2025.
September 10, 2025 at 3:22 PM
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Do you know about #OpenARC, the Open University’s new Arts & Humanities Research Centre? Find out more below👇🏼
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openarc.bsky.social OpenARC Research Centre @openarc.bsky.social · Mar 14
Welcome to OpenARC, The Open University’s Arts and Humanities Research Centre. OpenARC is the hub for research in the School of Arts and Humanities and supports a broad range of research groups, thereby facilitating disciplinary and interdisciplinary research. fass.open.ac.uk/research/cen....
OpenARC
OpenARC, The Open University Arts & Humanities Research Centre, is the hub for research in the School of Arts and Humanities at The Open University. It hosts a broad range of research groups, and faci...
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May 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
shaftowheed.bsky.social
What a great idea - and so timely!
April 8, 2025 at 5:17 PM
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SHARP is looking for a new treasurer! Details below, please send in your nominations by 7 April (applicants will need to be US based/US citizens for this role)
sharpweb.org SHARP @sharpweb.org · Mar 26
If you are a member of SHARP, consider standing for our Treasurer position! Get in touch to learn more. Nominations are due by April 7th.

sharpweb.org/about/office...
SHARP Officer Position Descriptions – SHARPweb
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March 27, 2025 at 11:50 AM
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Always lovely to see nice author feedback ❤️

Read ‘Books, Libraries and Fiction’ free online or download here (or buy in print): uolpress.co.uk/book/books-r...

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March 14, 2025 at 1:52 PM