Hannah Thuraisingam Robbins (they/them)
@drhannahrobbins.bsky.social
Writer | Academic | Bookworm | Expertise: Musical Theatre, Identity in Popular Culture, Black Studies & Music. Lots of talk about neurodivergence. Also, a rugby union nerd.
Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
November 6, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Devastated to share the news that was broken to colleagues in Music (and other departments) at the University of Nottingham yesterday. This is obviously a very difficult time for us and our students.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
Please contact us on protectuonmusic@gmail.com if you would like to be involved.
First dahlia - “golden sceptre” - of 2025. Woo!
June 23, 2025 at 6:13 PM
First dahlia - “golden sceptre” - of 2025. Woo!
My @uonucu.bsky.social ballot has arrived. My husband is also a union rep so no ADHD forgetting allowed. Voted and walked it to the postbox right away. Obie is ready to sit on a picket line and wag his tail at the cars if needs be.
June 6, 2025 at 8:21 AM
My @uonucu.bsky.social ballot has arrived. My husband is also a union rep so no ADHD forgetting allowed. Voted and walked it to the postbox right away. Obie is ready to sit on a picket line and wag his tail at the cars if needs be.
If you are looking for the most soft, straight to DVD rom com but in a book but there happen to be dragons, I can recommend this. I imagine it’s marked as cosy contemporary romantasy but it’s much more like pet cafe owner vibes with pet owner and the pet - a dragon. Light summer blanket of a book.
May 25, 2025 at 8:52 AM
If you are looking for the most soft, straight to DVD rom com but in a book but there happen to be dragons, I can recommend this. I imagine it’s marked as cosy contemporary romantasy but it’s much more like pet cafe owner vibes with pet owner and the pet - a dragon. Light summer blanket of a book.
So, the news is out! I will be delaying my start as Head of Music until Summer 2026 in order to take up a Leverhulme Research Fellowship and finish my second book for @cambridgeup.bsky.social ☀️🎭✊🏽
May 23, 2025 at 12:02 PM
So, the news is out! I will be delaying my start as Head of Music until Summer 2026 in order to take up a Leverhulme Research Fellowship and finish my second book for @cambridgeup.bsky.social ☀️🎭✊🏽
Chaos bears are happy I’m home lol
May 22, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Chaos bears are happy I’m home lol
Two of my favourites 🩷🙂
May 18, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Two of my favourites 🩷🙂
We had such a beautiful frolic in the sun yesterday. Hope everyone is having a restful Sunday
April 6, 2025 at 8:35 AM
We had such a beautiful frolic in the sun yesterday. Hope everyone is having a restful Sunday
Seven books, Black authored, that I would preorder in the @waterstones.bsky.social sale. Shop strategically if you can. Preorders have SIGNIFICANT impacts for authors.
February 22, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Seven books, Black authored, that I would preorder in the @waterstones.bsky.social sale. Shop strategically if you can. Preorders have SIGNIFICANT impacts for authors.
Old-school romance with ALL the tropes: enemies to lovers, slow burn, forced proximity, etc. Two rival authors are forced to co-write a novel merging their genres and shenanigans ensue. Hallmark/Hazlewood vibes. Cute, funny, predictable. Lovely, safe, genre-positive read. (Read via NetGally)
February 22, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Old-school romance with ALL the tropes: enemies to lovers, slow burn, forced proximity, etc. Two rival authors are forced to co-write a novel merging their genres and shenanigans ensue. Hallmark/Hazlewood vibes. Cute, funny, predictable. Lovely, safe, genre-positive read. (Read via NetGally)
The Broposal is partly a queer adult romance novel but @sonorareyes.bsky.social does A LOT in this story. Childhood bestfriends and roomates, one undocumented and the other leaving an abusive relationship, explore a marriage of convenience. It's touching, gay, angry, + very bannable. PURCHASE ASAP
February 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
The Broposal is partly a queer adult romance novel but @sonorareyes.bsky.social does A LOT in this story. Childhood bestfriends and roomates, one undocumented and the other leaving an abusive relationship, explore a marriage of convenience. It's touching, gay, angry, + very bannable. PURCHASE ASAP
Oh so fun. Book maths is Lemony Snicket x The Princess Bride + pirates. It’s whimsical, action packed, funny, goofy, fairy-talesque, and generally rompy.
My first Brandon Sanderson, too, Someone should make a musical!
My first Brandon Sanderson, too, Someone should make a musical!
February 16, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Oh so fun. Book maths is Lemony Snicket x The Princess Bride + pirates. It’s whimsical, action packed, funny, goofy, fairy-talesque, and generally rompy.
My first Brandon Sanderson, too, Someone should make a musical!
My first Brandon Sanderson, too, Someone should make a musical!
95. Make the Season Bright - Ashley Herring Blake. Despite “read a queer Christmas romance” being a seasonal tradition of mine, I’ve DNF’d a lot this year. However, this is a good one. Queer musicians, found family Christmas, fake dating, horse riding, skiing. Love and drama.
December 31, 2024 at 2:52 PM
95. Make the Season Bright - Ashley Herring Blake. Despite “read a queer Christmas romance” being a seasonal tradition of mine, I’ve DNF’d a lot this year. However, this is a good one. Queer musicians, found family Christmas, fake dating, horse riding, skiing. Love and drama.
If you like books, you may be aware that pre-orders go a very long way. These are the eight 2025 releases that I’ve prioritised for a mixture of genres and moods.
December 29, 2024 at 8:53 PM
If you like books, you may be aware that pre-orders go a very long way. These are the eight 2025 releases that I’ve prioritised for a mixture of genres and moods.
93. The Baker and the Bard - @ferncomics.bsky.social. A highlight of my 2024. Graphic novel about a baker and a bard (shock lol) who go on an adventure to find a special ingredient. So pure, wholesome, comforting, and magically queer. Book maths: Legends and Lattes meets Stardew meets Nausicaa. Joy!
December 29, 2024 at 11:49 AM
93. The Baker and the Bard - @ferncomics.bsky.social. A highlight of my 2024. Graphic novel about a baker and a bard (shock lol) who go on an adventure to find a special ingredient. So pure, wholesome, comforting, and magically queer. Book maths: Legends and Lattes meets Stardew meets Nausicaa. Joy!
My festive house bears! 🩷
December 26, 2024 at 4:12 PM
My festive house bears! 🩷
92. Butter - Asako Yuzuki, trans. by Polly Barton. A mixed one for me. Didn’t hate it but didn’t love it. The food writing is incredible and I think the premise of connecting with a reclusive serial killer though recipes is compelling and interesting. While slow, the pace didn’t phase me but… 1/
December 23, 2024 at 9:42 AM
92. Butter - Asako Yuzuki, trans. by Polly Barton. A mixed one for me. Didn’t hate it but didn’t love it. The food writing is incredible and I think the premise of connecting with a reclusive serial killer though recipes is compelling and interesting. While slow, the pace didn’t phase me but… 1/
91. Real Hero Shit - Kendra Wells. Super fun D&D-inspired adventure about an extravagant playboy prince who joins a party to investigate a local mystery. Very silly. Not safe for children. @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
December 14, 2024 at 7:53 PM
91. Real Hero Shit - Kendra Wells. Super fun D&D-inspired adventure about an extravagant playboy prince who joins a party to investigate a local mystery. Very silly. Not safe for children. @ironcircuscomics.bsky.social
Sula is embodying the last Friday of term energy. And yes, she built a 2ft cushion support herself by using her head as a bulldozer.
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
December 13, 2024 at 8:13 AM
Sula is embodying the last Friday of term energy. And yes, she built a 2ft cushion support herself by using her head as a bulldozer.
#dogsofbluesky
#dogsofbluesky
90. The Living and the Rest - José Eduardo Agualusa. One of the weirdest, cleverest, magical realist stories I’ve read. It’s set around a literary festival on an island off Mozambique that gets cut off from the main land and odd occurrences begin.
Book maths: Capote, Leone Ross, Garcia Marquez
Book maths: Capote, Leone Ross, Garcia Marquez
December 8, 2024 at 3:16 PM
90. The Living and the Rest - José Eduardo Agualusa. One of the weirdest, cleverest, magical realist stories I’ve read. It’s set around a literary festival on an island off Mozambique that gets cut off from the main land and odd occurrences begin.
Book maths: Capote, Leone Ross, Garcia Marquez
Book maths: Capote, Leone Ross, Garcia Marquez
Help has arrived
December 7, 2024 at 11:32 AM
Help has arrived
My shelving assistant is slacking 🤣
December 7, 2024 at 11:26 AM
My shelving assistant is slacking 🤣
So I stim by singing the song in the style of my internal voices, not limited to Beaker from the Muppets, and *emotional Michael Caine in Batman* and … lol… my husband informs me that Beaker does Carmina Burana is a new low 🤣
December 5, 2024 at 8:28 PM
So I stim by singing the song in the style of my internal voices, not limited to Beaker from the Muppets, and *emotional Michael Caine in Batman* and … lol… my husband informs me that Beaker does Carmina Burana is a new low 🤣
SQUEAK. After years of absence, I have found my beloved Ribena Winter Spice on the shelves in Sainsbury’s!
December 2, 2024 at 1:52 PM
SQUEAK. After years of absence, I have found my beloved Ribena Winter Spice on the shelves in Sainsbury’s!