This little blog article of mine has been up since end of July—it was so nice to be able to flex those drawing muscles again and engage creatively with Soloúp’s graphic novel ✏️ gc.fairead.net/blog

Had an amazing time at my first ever BARS conference @bars.bsky.social + @bars-ecrs-pgrs.bsky.social presenting on Cowper, botanical literatures and greenhouses at Trinity Hall, Cambridge 🌱✨ Brilliant people and brilliant papers giving me so much to think about! St John’s + Wren library were a treat

Jack Halberstam at the opening of @icgp.bsky.social yesterday! Beautifully organised and such a pleasure to attend - full house!

book mail! best surprise when you completely forgot about having preordered #OpenHeaven ages ago and then it suddenly arrives 💚

remembering when Homi Bhabha held the #SigmundFreud lecture in Vienna last October and my pen never left the paper in my notebook; ‘attention becomes a very important measure of time’. Still find myself ruminating on so much of what he said.

Also very thrilled this came hot off the press recently - our catalogue for this year’s international #JosephBinderAward for graphic design and illustration (designed by the collective so-super.com) ✨ wonderful time working with a fantastic team of editors and creatives!

Introducing my tiny greyhound Oona (who is actually a cat) to bluesky. She’s four years old, smaller than your average cat (she has issues with this) and loves to bask in sunshine on the windowsill, judging all passers-by. She’s dorky, toothless, and a frequent guest at cafés and vintage shops 🎠✨

V excited to be tutoring an Advanced Course on African Literatures this coming summer term at @univie.ac.at ✨ we’ll be close-reading and analysing texts by Tsitsi Dangarembga, Ndyanao Balisidya, Assia Djebar, Ken Bugul and Zukiswa Wanner 📚