Tanya Kirk
@tanyakirk.bsky.social
Librarian at St John’s College, University of Cambridge. Curated a Fantasy exhibition at the British Library. Views my own. She/her
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I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
www.cityam.com
November 18, 2025 at 6:27 AM
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
www.cityam.com/the-british-...
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This headline ticks all the boxes for me.
November 15, 2025 at 6:08 PM
This headline ticks all the boxes for me.
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Cursed shelves and ghoulish libraries... 👻
Dive into fourteen tales featuring bewitched books in The Haunted Library, for lovers of the weird and the written word.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/the-haunted-library-tales-of-cursed-books-and-forbidden-shelves
Dive into fourteen tales featuring bewitched books in The Haunted Library, for lovers of the weird and the written word.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/the-haunted-library-tales-of-cursed-books-and-forbidden-shelves
November 13, 2025 at 4:25 PM
Cursed shelves and ghoulish libraries... 👻
Dive into fourteen tales featuring bewitched books in The Haunted Library, for lovers of the weird and the written word.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/the-haunted-library-tales-of-cursed-books-and-forbidden-shelves
Dive into fourteen tales featuring bewitched books in The Haunted Library, for lovers of the weird and the written word.
Available now: shop.bl.uk/products/the-haunted-library-tales-of-cursed-books-and-forbidden-shelves
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Book mail: November Tales of the Weird from @blpublishing.bsky.social
The Haunted Library edited by @tanyakirk.bsky.social
This is not a new version of the original Haunted Library book they published (see post 2), but there are some crossover stories
#weird #horror #library #books
🩸📚💙
The Haunted Library edited by @tanyakirk.bsky.social
This is not a new version of the original Haunted Library book they published (see post 2), but there are some crossover stories
#weird #horror #library #books
🩸📚💙
November 13, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Book mail: November Tales of the Weird from @blpublishing.bsky.social
The Haunted Library edited by @tanyakirk.bsky.social
This is not a new version of the original Haunted Library book they published (see post 2), but there are some crossover stories
#weird #horror #library #books
🩸📚💙
The Haunted Library edited by @tanyakirk.bsky.social
This is not a new version of the original Haunted Library book they published (see post 2), but there are some crossover stories
#weird #horror #library #books
🩸📚💙
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am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
November 7, 2025 at 9:15 PM
am reminded of the old joke: what did James Watson discover?
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
Rosalind Franklin’s notes.
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Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
October 8, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Calling English a 'rip-off degree' is one of the most blatant exhibitions of personal barbarism I've ever seen. You've demonstrated nothing but the poverty of your own mind.
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The Haunted Library is out on 13 November! This is a collection of classic bookish ghost stories. Thanks @blpublishing.bsky.social for letting me moonlight even though I’ve left the BL
September 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Haunted Library is out on 13 November! This is a collection of classic bookish ghost stories. Thanks @blpublishing.bsky.social for letting me moonlight even though I’ve left the BL
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Over the weekend, the world's richest man appeared on screens in central London to call for a race war and for the UK government to be overthrown. No arrests were made in connection with that communication.
Journalists have been detained and a van showing images of Trump and Jeffrey Epstein has been confiscated in Windsor. This follows a separate incident in which four people were arrested for projecting images onto Windsor Castle.
Journalists detained as ad van with image of Trump and Epstein seized
AN advertising van displaying an image of Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein together has been confiscated by police, according to campaigners ...
www.thenational.scot
September 17, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Over the weekend, the world's richest man appeared on screens in central London to call for a race war and for the UK government to be overthrown. No arrests were made in connection with that communication.
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Entirely agree.
How AI is undermining learning and teaching in universities | Letter
Letter: Prof Leo McCann and Prof Simon Sweeney say student misuse of generative artificial intelligence is widespread and we must be sceptical of its usefulness
www.theguardian.com
September 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Entirely agree.
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This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
www.quaker.org.uk
August 28, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This, from the Quakers, is a pretty good example of how to resist pressure from bigot lobbying groups. Effectively “we legally can allow trans people to use the loo, we morally should, and we tried it and nothing bad happened”
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I want to write a new blogpost, academic pals! What’s your best advice for sustaining your motivation as an early career scholar, post PhD, without institutional affiliation? How can you feel supported in carrying on with your work? And what can those of us lucky enough to have jobs do to help?
August 20, 2025 at 6:25 AM
I want to write a new blogpost, academic pals! What’s your best advice for sustaining your motivation as an early career scholar, post PhD, without institutional affiliation? How can you feel supported in carrying on with your work? And what can those of us lucky enough to have jobs do to help?
Very excited for this!
My new book 📕 The Story of Tudor Art 🌹 comes out on 25th September. It’s the first book ever (!!) to look at art from across the whole sixteenth century in England and I can’t wait to share it with you.
August 19, 2025 at 11:54 AM
Very excited for this!
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hello. if you work at a university please ask your library to buy my book. it is all about books and libraries and also plants, museums, the Royal Society, and the ways we learn. I think it will be interesting to lots of people, hopefully. thank you www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Hans Sloane's Library Collection and the Production of Knowledge | Cambridge University Press & Assessment
www.cambridge.org
June 30, 2025 at 1:34 PM
hello. if you work at a university please ask your library to buy my book. it is all about books and libraries and also plants, museums, the Royal Society, and the ways we learn. I think it will be interesting to lots of people, hopefully. thank you www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...
Exciting heritage science project using St John’s special collections!
Heritage science analysis by the UL & @qmulhss.bsky.social has uncovered secrets in 16th-century Great Bibles!
Once owned by Henry VIII & Thomas Cromwell, these Bibles are reunited for the first time in 500 years at a new National Library of Wales exhibition.
Find out more: loom.ly/rEtK__E
Once owned by Henry VIII & Thomas Cromwell, these Bibles are reunited for the first time in 500 years at a new National Library of Wales exhibition.
Find out more: loom.ly/rEtK__E
Vehicles of propaganda: analysis uncovers new secrets in Tudor Bibles
Specialist heritage science techniques have unearthed new secrets hidden within 16th-century Great Bibles, once owned by Henry VIII and his chief minister Thomas Cromwell.
loom.ly
June 30, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Exciting heritage science project using St John’s special collections!
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This discussion of Sylvia Townsend Warner's 'The Corner That Held Them' is fabulous! (And it's great to hear @tanyakirk.bsky.social on the show again.) The earlier Backlisted episode on STW's 'Lolly Willows' was terrific too. May we please have a discussion on STW's 'Kingdoms of Elfin' next?
Nonstop nuns on the new episode of @backlisted.bsky.social, in which we discuss "The Corner that Held Them" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. With fellow postulants Tanya Kirk and Andy Miller, and Mother Superior Nicky Birch. @tanyakirk.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted
Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Corner That Held Them (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut Lolly Willowes ...
www.backlisted.fm
June 30, 2025 at 10:26 AM
This discussion of Sylvia Townsend Warner's 'The Corner That Held Them' is fabulous! (And it's great to hear @tanyakirk.bsky.social on the show again.) The earlier Backlisted episode on STW's 'Lolly Willows' was terrific too. May we please have a discussion on STW's 'Kingdoms of Elfin' next?
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Nonstop nuns on the new episode of @backlisted.bsky.social, in which we discuss "The Corner that Held Them" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. With fellow postulants Tanya Kirk and Andy Miller, and Mother Superior Nicky Birch. @tanyakirk.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted
Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Corner That Held Them (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut Lolly Willowes ...
www.backlisted.fm
June 24, 2025 at 7:07 AM
Nonstop nuns on the new episode of @backlisted.bsky.social, in which we discuss "The Corner that Held Them" by Sylvia Townsend Warner. With fellow postulants Tanya Kirk and Andy Miller, and Mother Superior Nicky Birch. @tanyakirk.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
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New episode up now. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner, with Tanya Kirk in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. An hour of Mother Superior book chat. @tanyakirk.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted
Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Corner That Held Them (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut Lolly Willowes ...
www.backlisted.fm
June 24, 2025 at 6:06 AM
New episode up now. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner, with Tanya Kirk in conversation with Andy Miller, Una McCormack and Nicky Birch. An hour of Mother Superior book chat. @tanyakirk.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social @iammilliam.bsky.social www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
So many nuns, so much fun. I had a brilliant time recording this; thanks so much Andy, Una and Nicky
New @backlisted.bsky.social episode! The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner, with my holy sisters Tanya Kirk, Una McCormack, Nicky Birch and me. Making this show was a treat, hope you like it. x @tanyakirk.bsky.social @unamccormack.bsky.social
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
www.backlisted.fm/episodes/242...
242. The Corner That Held Them by Sylvia Townsend Warner — Backlisted
Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Corner That Held Them (1948) is the subject of this episode, almost ten years since Backlisted covered the same author's classic debut Lolly Willowes ...
www.backlisted.fm
June 24, 2025 at 8:11 AM
So many nuns, so much fun. I had a brilliant time recording this; thanks so much Andy, Una and Nicky
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📢Dream job alert! 🚨 You could lead our small & friendly team at the Antics and work with one of ✨the best✨ special collections in the country! Happy to answer informal questions about SAL / the library. Please share amongst your networks of #library, #archives & #heritage professionals! 👇
Exciting recruitment news, we're now advertising for the role of Head of Collections (Library, Museum and Archives)! Closing date is 18 May. For all the details on the role and how to join our friendly team, please see the link. www.sal.org.uk/about-us/vac...
Vacancies & Volunteering - Society of Antiquaries of London
Current roles available: Assistant Librarian (full time)
www.sal.org.uk
April 30, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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Reposting for the Monday crowd!
Exciting job opportunity to become St John's College's Special Collections Librarian www.joh.cam.ac.uk/special-coll... - permanent post, salary £41,944-£47,208 (depending on experience) plus benefits. Working with a great collection and a friendly team. @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social #LibraryJobs
Special Collections Librarian | St John's College, University of Cambridge
www.joh.cam.ac.uk
March 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Reposting for the Monday crowd!
Exciting job opportunity to become St John's College's Special Collections Librarian www.joh.cam.ac.uk/special-coll... - permanent post, salary £41,944-£47,208 (depending on experience) plus benefits. Working with a great collection and a friendly team. @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social #LibraryJobs
Special Collections Librarian | St John's College, University of Cambridge
www.joh.cam.ac.uk
March 14, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Exciting job opportunity to become St John's College's Special Collections Librarian www.joh.cam.ac.uk/special-coll... - permanent post, salary £41,944-£47,208 (depending on experience) plus benefits. Working with a great collection and a friendly team. @ciliprarebooks.bsky.social #LibraryJobs
We are hiring at St John's! We have an opening for an Early Career Librarian post, 3 year fixed term, salary £27,786, and as part of the role the College will pay the successful candidate's fees and give them day release to undertake a Masters' degree in Librarianship. www.joh.cam.ac.uk/vacancies
Work at St John's | St John's College, University of Cambridge
www.joh.cam.ac.uk
March 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM