Ben Smith
@ben-smith-writer.bsky.social
Author and Senior Lecturer in Creative Writing @exeter.ac.uk
Doggerland (4th Estate)
Writing, reading, surfing (in any order…)
Doggerland (4th Estate)
Writing, reading, surfing (in any order…)
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Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025.
The Ecological Futurity Conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester on the 27th of June 2025.
Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to ensfrcg@gmail.com
The Ecological Futurity Conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester on the 27th of June 2025.
Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to ensfrcg@gmail.com
April 3, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Call for Papers for Ecological Futurity in Short Fiction Conference: 27th of June 2025.
The Ecological Futurity Conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester on the 27th of June 2025.
Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to ensfrcg@gmail.com
The Ecological Futurity Conference will take place in-person and online at the University of Manchester on the 27th of June 2025.
Deadline for abstracts: 2nd May 2025. To be sent to ensfrcg@gmail.com
As it’s #worldbookday here’s some fun books that I’m currently reading for a new writing project…
(Which is sprawling out of control as much as this selection would suggest…)
(Which is sprawling out of control as much as this selection would suggest…)
March 6, 2025 at 5:21 PM
As it’s #worldbookday here’s some fun books that I’m currently reading for a new writing project…
(Which is sprawling out of control as much as this selection would suggest…)
(Which is sprawling out of control as much as this selection would suggest…)
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I seem to have started a Starter Pack to my surprise - please join if you wish - let me know:
February 17, 2025 at 4:21 PM
I seem to have started a Starter Pack to my surprise - please join if you wish - let me know:
Great talk today by @romankrznaric.bsky.social
on the lessons from history when thinking about big issues such as climate change, democracy and social cohesion.
So good to see someone taking the long view when thinking through current problems.
#historyfortomorrow
@gsiexeter.bsky.social
on the lessons from history when thinking about big issues such as climate change, democracy and social cohesion.
So good to see someone taking the long view when thinking through current problems.
#historyfortomorrow
@gsiexeter.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Great talk today by @romankrznaric.bsky.social
on the lessons from history when thinking about big issues such as climate change, democracy and social cohesion.
So good to see someone taking the long view when thinking through current problems.
#historyfortomorrow
@gsiexeter.bsky.social
on the lessons from history when thinking about big issues such as climate change, democracy and social cohesion.
So good to see someone taking the long view when thinking through current problems.
#historyfortomorrow
@gsiexeter.bsky.social
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The Big Garden Birdwatch starts today!
If you live in Devon or Cornwall, you may see some of the birds featured in these illustrations. This volume (1800s) by an unknown artist contains 76 watercolours of local birds.
📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
#Archives @rspb.bsky.social
If you live in Devon or Cornwall, you may see some of the birds featured in these illustrations. This volume (1800s) by an unknown artist contains 76 watercolours of local birds.
📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
#Archives @rspb.bsky.social
January 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
The Big Garden Birdwatch starts today!
If you live in Devon or Cornwall, you may see some of the birds featured in these illustrations. This volume (1800s) by an unknown artist contains 76 watercolours of local birds.
📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
#Archives @rspb.bsky.social
If you live in Devon or Cornwall, you may see some of the birds featured in these illustrations. This volume (1800s) by an unknown artist contains 76 watercolours of local birds.
📷 EUL MS 23; digitised by @dhlabexeter.bsky.social
#Archives @rspb.bsky.social
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Some fetching vetch to brighten your Friday! 💐
We hope you have a wonderful weekend.
📷 Illustration of 12 different species of vetch from ‘The Flowering Plants of Great Britain' (1855) by Anne Pratt [Baring-Gould Library 0691]
#FridayFlowers #FlowersOnFriday #RareBooks
We hope you have a wonderful weekend.
📷 Illustration of 12 different species of vetch from ‘The Flowering Plants of Great Britain' (1855) by Anne Pratt [Baring-Gould Library 0691]
#FridayFlowers #FlowersOnFriday #RareBooks
January 17, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Some fetching vetch to brighten your Friday! 💐
We hope you have a wonderful weekend.
📷 Illustration of 12 different species of vetch from ‘The Flowering Plants of Great Britain' (1855) by Anne Pratt [Baring-Gould Library 0691]
#FridayFlowers #FlowersOnFriday #RareBooks
We hope you have a wonderful weekend.
📷 Illustration of 12 different species of vetch from ‘The Flowering Plants of Great Britain' (1855) by Anne Pratt [Baring-Gould Library 0691]
#FridayFlowers #FlowersOnFriday #RareBooks
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When Kier Starmer says "AI" it's the same as a person in the 1970s saying "computers". Just imagine he's saying "computers" and you'll understand the depth of his understanding of the whole thing.
January 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
When Kier Starmer says "AI" it's the same as a person in the 1970s saying "computers". Just imagine he's saying "computers" and you'll understand the depth of his understanding of the whole thing.
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My next book, LIFELINES, will be published this spring, so I thought I'd put together a short post about it. It's a story, in part, about a place where three countries meet around two ancient lakes. And where pelicans, people, borders and bears share the watershed. julian-hoffman.com/2025/01/10/l...
Lifelines: new book announcement!
I’m extremely delighted to announce that I have a new book on the way, which will be published in the UK on May 15th and in a North American edition in Spring 2026. Regular readers of my blog…
julian-hoffman.com
January 12, 2025 at 5:15 PM
My next book, LIFELINES, will be published this spring, so I thought I'd put together a short post about it. It's a story, in part, about a place where three countries meet around two ancient lakes. And where pelicans, people, borders and bears share the watershed. julian-hoffman.com/2025/01/10/l...
And so, like pretty much every surf session, I arrive here late, but hopefully when the waves are getting good…
January 9, 2025 at 12:05 PM
And so, like pretty much every surf session, I arrive here late, but hopefully when the waves are getting good…
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In case you missed the news last week, our live literature programme in Exeter, #QuayWords, is seeking a freelance Writer/Practitioner to work with us on developing a programme of activity for young writers aged 16-19.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 29th January.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 29th January.
Quay Words seeks a freelance Writer/Practitioner for activities with young writers in Spring 2025 - Literature Works
Quay Words, the live literature programme at Exeter Custom House produced by Literature Works, has exciting opportunity for a freelance Writer/Practitioner to work with the team to develop a programme...
literatureworks.org.uk
December 11, 2024 at 4:06 PM
In case you missed the news last week, our live literature programme in Exeter, #QuayWords, is seeking a freelance Writer/Practitioner to work with us on developing a programme of activity for young writers aged 16-19.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 29th January.
Applications close at 5pm on Wednesday 29th January.