basgroes
@basgroes.bsky.social
🤓 Writer, Prof. of English Literature https://researchers.wlv.ac.uk/s.groes
📗🧠✍🏼 Right in the Head https://bit.ly/3QGM2CE
📗🇺🇦✍🏼🇬🇧 Writing under Fire https://bit.ly/3Odzyly
🧠✍🏼 Creative writing for brain injury https://writeinthehead.co.uk
📗🧠✍🏼 Right in the Head https://bit.ly/3QGM2CE
📗🇺🇦✍🏼🇬🇧 Writing under Fire https://bit.ly/3Odzyly
🧠✍🏼 Creative writing for brain injury https://writeinthehead.co.uk
Here's a piece by @theguardian.com's Charlotte Higgins on how poetry can help people survive war mentally: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign....
Our book WRITING UNDER FIRE has writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in dialogue. All proceeds go to the Lviv Literary Festival.
bit.ly/3PTf0iq
Our book WRITING UNDER FIRE has writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in dialogue. All proceeds go to the Lviv Literary Festival.
bit.ly/3PTf0iq
August 4, 2025 at 10:02 AM
Here's a piece by @theguardian.com's Charlotte Higgins on how poetry can help people survive war mentally: www.theguardian.com/artanddesign....
Our book WRITING UNDER FIRE has writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in dialogue. All proceeds go to the Lviv Literary Festival.
bit.ly/3PTf0iq
Our book WRITING UNDER FIRE has writers from Ukraine and the Black Country in dialogue. All proceeds go to the Lviv Literary Festival.
bit.ly/3PTf0iq
I have resigned as member of the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. It is not getting anything done. It is leaving healthcare, education & other areas in the lurch. Disabled people are targeted & the power of big companies is not addressed. Instead: disgusting Trumpian rhetoric. Extremely disappointing.
July 26, 2025 at 9:52 AM
I have resigned as member of the @teamlabouruk.bsky.social. It is not getting anything done. It is leaving healthcare, education & other areas in the lurch. Disabled people are targeted & the power of big companies is not addressed. Instead: disgusting Trumpian rhetoric. Extremely disappointing.
BS! Finally saw Big Special last eve - two extraordinarily gifted Black Country lads. Also discovered that my colleague Tom Hicks designed the artwork for the cover of their new record. Very cool indeed!
July 10, 2025 at 6:04 PM
BS! Finally saw Big Special last eve - two extraordinarily gifted Black Country lads. Also discovered that my colleague Tom Hicks designed the artwork for the cover of their new record. Very cool indeed!
Nothing more satisfying than cooking meals with one’s own fresh produce. 🤓😎🥔🥔🥔🤗
July 3, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Nothing more satisfying than cooking meals with one’s own fresh produce. 🤓😎🥔🥔🥔🤗
Glitching AI bots; virtual imposter syndrome; autonomous military systems – what does it all mean? Together with David Devanny I am editing a special edition of Revenant on Haunted Technologies.
Tell us something we don’t know.
More info here: bit.ly/44c6VvZ
Tell us something we don’t know.
More info here: bit.ly/44c6VvZ
June 23, 2025 at 11:56 AM
Glitching AI bots; virtual imposter syndrome; autonomous military systems – what does it all mean? Together with David Devanny I am editing a special edition of Revenant on Haunted Technologies.
Tell us something we don’t know.
More info here: bit.ly/44c6VvZ
Tell us something we don’t know.
More info here: bit.ly/44c6VvZ
🇺🇦 In 2024, the Humanities team
@wlv_uni
published WRITING UNDER FIRE.
We have caught up with our Ukrainian contributors to see how they are faring. See Tetiana Belimova's update here: instagram.com/p/DKog_ulMatI/
Buy the book here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
@wlv_uni
published WRITING UNDER FIRE.
We have caught up with our Ukrainian contributors to see how they are faring. See Tetiana Belimova's update here: instagram.com/p/DKog_ulMatI/
Buy the book here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
June 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
🇺🇦 In 2024, the Humanities team
@wlv_uni
published WRITING UNDER FIRE.
We have caught up with our Ukrainian contributors to see how they are faring. See Tetiana Belimova's update here: instagram.com/p/DKog_ulMatI/
Buy the book here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
@wlv_uni
published WRITING UNDER FIRE.
We have caught up with our Ukrainian contributors to see how they are faring. See Tetiana Belimova's update here: instagram.com/p/DKog_ulMatI/
Buy the book here: bit.ly/3Odzyly 📚
🔥🎇 Last week Wednesday, my team hosted an event with the wonderful @yomiadegoke.bsky.social where we chatted to her about The List and unveiled research into the public's memory. And great to see @alex-goody.bsky.social!
English Literature is thriving at Wolves. To join: lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ
English Literature is thriving at Wolves. To join: lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ
June 2, 2025 at 10:28 AM
🔥🎇 Last week Wednesday, my team hosted an event with the wonderful @yomiadegoke.bsky.social where we chatted to her about The List and unveiled research into the public's memory. And great to see @alex-goody.bsky.social!
English Literature is thriving at Wolves. To join: lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ
English Literature is thriving at Wolves. To join: lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ
Wonderful to see the BBC pay attention to the Virtual Reality experiments we have been running with our English Literature students: lnkd.in/dWkHjqKj.
If you want to join the most exciting English Literature course in the UK, go to lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ 👏
If you want to join the most exciting English Literature course in the UK, go to lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ 👏
May 16, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Wonderful to see the BBC pay attention to the Virtual Reality experiments we have been running with our English Literature students: lnkd.in/dWkHjqKj.
If you want to join the most exciting English Literature course in the UK, go to lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ 👏
If you want to join the most exciting English Literature course in the UK, go to lnkd.in/deRxjcbJ 👏
Here is Aleks, one of my students on my course Literature in the Digital Age explaining her creation of a 3D essay using Virtual Reality tools to show how agency, identity and social relationships have changed over the past 20 years.
Next steps in the Digital Humanities... Come along...
Next steps in the Digital Humanities... Come along...
May 1, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Here is Aleks, one of my students on my course Literature in the Digital Age explaining her creation of a 3D essay using Virtual Reality tools to show how agency, identity and social relationships have changed over the past 20 years.
Next steps in the Digital Humanities... Come along...
Next steps in the Digital Humanities... Come along...
It's wonderful to see that my memoir RIGHT IN THE HEAD is receiving serious critical attention. See chapter 7 in Emma Aldwinckle's PhD thesis on Lived Experience of Chronic Illness and Disability: doi.org/10.25392/lei...
Emma's review in MEDIUM has over a 1000 likes:
medium.com/@emmaastra/b...
Emma's review in MEDIUM has over a 1000 likes:
medium.com/@emmaastra/b...
April 28, 2025 at 9:06 AM
It's wonderful to see that my memoir RIGHT IN THE HEAD is receiving serious critical attention. See chapter 7 in Emma Aldwinckle's PhD thesis on Lived Experience of Chronic Illness and Disability: doi.org/10.25392/lei...
Emma's review in MEDIUM has over a 1000 likes:
medium.com/@emmaastra/b...
Emma's review in MEDIUM has over a 1000 likes:
medium.com/@emmaastra/b...
Glad to see the UK Parliamentary Committee on Prison Culture use our report on the @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Big Bookshare project.
* reading has wellbeing benefits for inmates
* we need tech in prisons to upskill prisoners
Full report, here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
* reading has wellbeing benefits for inmates
* we need tech in prisons to upskill prisoners
Full report, here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
April 22, 2025 at 7:59 AM
Glad to see the UK Parliamentary Committee on Prison Culture use our report on the @artscouncilengland.bsky.social Big Bookshare project.
* reading has wellbeing benefits for inmates
* we need tech in prisons to upskill prisoners
Full report, here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
* reading has wellbeing benefits for inmates
* we need tech in prisons to upskill prisoners
Full report, here: committees.parliament.uk/writtenevide...
Last week, my PhD student Lily breezed through the defence of her doctoral work on the representation of non-conscious cognition in contemporary British fiction.
She has a gifted mind and a tenacious spirit. In these times of darkness and distraction, I find a glimmer of hope in her achievement.
She has a gifted mind and a tenacious spirit. In these times of darkness and distraction, I find a glimmer of hope in her achievement.
March 25, 2025 at 10:12 AM
Last week, my PhD student Lily breezed through the defence of her doctoral work on the representation of non-conscious cognition in contemporary British fiction.
She has a gifted mind and a tenacious spirit. In these times of darkness and distraction, I find a glimmer of hope in her achievement.
She has a gifted mind and a tenacious spirit. In these times of darkness and distraction, I find a glimmer of hope in her achievement.
🖊️📚🧠 Our Arts Council England project WRITE IN THE HEAD is featured by the BBC in this excellent and deeply human article interviewing stroke survivors about our online creative writing programme for people with acquired brain injury. See: www.bbc.com/news/article...
February 24, 2025 at 11:25 AM
🖊️📚🧠 Our Arts Council England project WRITE IN THE HEAD is featured by the BBC in this excellent and deeply human article interviewing stroke survivors about our online creative writing programme for people with acquired brain injury. See: www.bbc.com/news/article...
Last week I started trialling VR technology on my module Literature in the Digital Age. The students are creating their own VR builds, 3D essays that offer the user a spatialised and embodied experience.
They loved this new way of communicating knowledge whilst building new skills.
They loved this new way of communicating knowledge whilst building new skills.
February 11, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Last week I started trialling VR technology on my module Literature in the Digital Age. The students are creating their own VR builds, 3D essays that offer the user a spatialised and embodied experience.
They loved this new way of communicating knowledge whilst building new skills.
They loved this new way of communicating knowledge whilst building new skills.
Today I had the humbling pleasure of testing creative exercises w volunteer's at @wlvuni.bsky.social's Walsall campus for the Write in the Head project funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.
Alice Cullinane is creating a story for BBC.
Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest bit.ly/3PBTP4h
Alice Cullinane is creating a story for BBC.
Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest bit.ly/3PBTP4h
January 31, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Today I had the humbling pleasure of testing creative exercises w volunteer's at @wlvuni.bsky.social's Walsall campus for the Write in the Head project funded by @artscouncilengland.bsky.social.
Alice Cullinane is creating a story for BBC.
Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest bit.ly/3PBTP4h
Alice Cullinane is creating a story for BBC.
Tmrw we'll be at the Wolves Lit Fest bit.ly/3PBTP4h
🎸🥁Next week Sat, 1 Feb, 6PM, Wolverhampton, I'll be talking to Tiffany Murray about her riveting memoir growing up in the Rockfield Studios in the 1970s. ❤️🔥🔥
Come along to hear about her encounters w/
Queen
Hawkwind🤘🏼
& many more bands, singers,
Tickets here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi 👏🏼🙌🏼
Come along to hear about her encounters w/
Queen
Hawkwind🤘🏼
& many more bands, singers,
Tickets here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi 👏🏼🙌🏼
January 25, 2025 at 5:30 PM
🎸🥁Next week Sat, 1 Feb, 6PM, Wolverhampton, I'll be talking to Tiffany Murray about her riveting memoir growing up in the Rockfield Studios in the 1970s. ❤️🔥🔥
Come along to hear about her encounters w/
Queen
Hawkwind🤘🏼
& many more bands, singers,
Tickets here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi 👏🏼🙌🏼
Come along to hear about her encounters w/
Queen
Hawkwind🤘🏼
& many more bands, singers,
Tickets here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi 👏🏼🙌🏼
🔥The English Team at the University of Wolverhampton
is proud to work with the amazing 🖊️
@yomiadegoke.bsky.social on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.
Free📚
Get reading❤️🔥
For more info: bit.ly/4auS8zw
Check out our BA English Literatures: bit.ly/44VlCmD
is proud to work with the amazing 🖊️
@yomiadegoke.bsky.social on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.
Free📚
Get reading❤️🔥
For more info: bit.ly/4auS8zw
Check out our BA English Literatures: bit.ly/44VlCmD
January 24, 2025 at 4:19 PM
🔥The English Team at the University of Wolverhampton
is proud to work with the amazing 🖊️
@yomiadegoke.bsky.social on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.
Free📚
Get reading❤️🔥
For more info: bit.ly/4auS8zw
Check out our BA English Literatures: bit.ly/44VlCmD
is proud to work with the amazing 🖊️
@yomiadegoke.bsky.social on the Wolverhampton Bookshare.
Free📚
Get reading❤️🔥
For more info: bit.ly/4auS8zw
Check out our BA English Literatures: bit.ly/44VlCmD
On Sat 1 Feb, in Wolverhampton, the team delivering the Arts Council funded #writeinthehead project - creative writing for stroke survivors and people with ABI - invites volunteers, carers and healthcare professionals to test new exercises.
More info here: bit.ly/3PBTP4h #wolveslitfest
More info here: bit.ly/3PBTP4h #wolveslitfest
January 13, 2025 at 2:56 PM
On Sat 1 Feb, in Wolverhampton, the team delivering the Arts Council funded #writeinthehead project - creative writing for stroke survivors and people with ABI - invites volunteers, carers and healthcare professionals to test new exercises.
More info here: bit.ly/3PBTP4h #wolveslitfest
More info here: bit.ly/3PBTP4h #wolveslitfest
On Sat 1 Feb, I have the pleasure of chatting to
Tiffany Murray about her wonderful memoir growing up around the Rockfield Studios, bumping into Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osbourne and... Hell's Angels.
Come along!
Book tickets, here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi #WolvesLitFest
Tiffany Murray about her wonderful memoir growing up around the Rockfield Studios, bumping into Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osbourne and... Hell's Angels.
Come along!
Book tickets, here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi #WolvesLitFest
January 10, 2025 at 4:19 PM
On Sat 1 Feb, I have the pleasure of chatting to
Tiffany Murray about her wonderful memoir growing up around the Rockfield Studios, bumping into Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osbourne and... Hell's Angels.
Come along!
Book tickets, here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi #WolvesLitFest
Tiffany Murray about her wonderful memoir growing up around the Rockfield Studios, bumping into Freddie Mercury, Ozzy Osbourne and... Hell's Angels.
Come along!
Book tickets, here: bit.ly/4gKzYfi #WolvesLitFest
🖊️🖊️✏📚📚 Next week Thursday I'm helping colleagues Liam Harrison and Roberta Garrett launch their book on Rachel Cusk, a phenomenal writer. Come along!
Cusk will read from her work.
This book is part of a series I co-edited for @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. Proud to see this out in the world.
Cusk will read from her work.
This book is part of a series I co-edited for @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. Proud to see this out in the world.
December 2, 2024 at 1:27 PM
🖊️🖊️✏📚📚 Next week Thursday I'm helping colleagues Liam Harrison and Roberta Garrett launch their book on Rachel Cusk, a phenomenal writer. Come along!
Cusk will read from her work.
This book is part of a series I co-edited for @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. Proud to see this out in the world.
Cusk will read from her work.
This book is part of a series I co-edited for @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social. Proud to see this out in the world.
My research centre recently hosted a seminar on computational approach to the language of Kazuo Ishiguro.
You can now view the video, here: lnkd.in/daUwg_TG #CLSUK
You can now view the video, here: lnkd.in/daUwg_TG #CLSUK
November 18, 2024 at 12:24 PM
My research centre recently hosted a seminar on computational approach to the language of Kazuo Ishiguro.
You can now view the video, here: lnkd.in/daUwg_TG #CLSUK
You can now view the video, here: lnkd.in/daUwg_TG #CLSUK
On Friday eve, we held a memorial for Professor Ana-Karina Schneider, who passed away at a very young age, finding solace in poetry readings.
We worked together for over 20 years.
I'm devastated by her loss.
Next year, we'll organise a symposium in her name.
Farewell, AK.
We worked together for over 20 years.
I'm devastated by her loss.
Next year, we'll organise a symposium in her name.
Farewell, AK.
November 11, 2024 at 6:07 PM
On Friday eve, we held a memorial for Professor Ana-Karina Schneider, who passed away at a very young age, finding solace in poetry readings.
We worked together for over 20 years.
I'm devastated by her loss.
Next year, we'll organise a symposium in her name.
Farewell, AK.
We worked together for over 20 years.
I'm devastated by her loss.
Next year, we'll organise a symposium in her name.
Farewell, AK.
We were scouting locations for the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant and wandered into the dreamscape of El Torcal with mountain goats, a dried up ocean, dizzying mists of time and ephemeral materiality.
November 9, 2024 at 11:38 AM
We were scouting locations for the film adaptation of Kazuo Ishiguro’s The Buried Giant and wandered into the dreamscape of El Torcal with mountain goats, a dried up ocean, dizzying mists of time and ephemeral materiality.
October 29, 2024 at 5:03 PM
Here's a lovely review of our 'groundbreaking' collection on the war in Ukraine WRITING UNDER FIRE 🔥by Nicole Yurcaba: www.sagecigarettes.com?p=4509.
The book is for sale via bit.ly/3Odzyly. All proceeds go to writers and readers in Ukraine. 👏
The book is for sale via bit.ly/3Odzyly. All proceeds go to writers and readers in Ukraine. 👏
August 12, 2024 at 10:19 AM
Here's a lovely review of our 'groundbreaking' collection on the war in Ukraine WRITING UNDER FIRE 🔥by Nicole Yurcaba: www.sagecigarettes.com?p=4509.
The book is for sale via bit.ly/3Odzyly. All proceeds go to writers and readers in Ukraine. 👏
The book is for sale via bit.ly/3Odzyly. All proceeds go to writers and readers in Ukraine. 👏