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Sam Haddow
@samhaddow.bsky.social
Havering. Skittish. Hackled.

Writer and academic. End-of-the-world storytelling, children’s eco-fiction, performance and political violence.
Pinned
My book “We all die at the end: Storytelling the climate apocalypse” is out today.

It’s a round-up of the ways that foreseeable human extinction is affecting stories from children’s fiction to video games, weird horror to live art. Blood, tears and tentacles.

From Manchester University Press.
Publishing today!

We all die at the end, Storytelling in the climate apocalypse, By Sam Haddow

A survey of contemporary end-of-the-world #literature, spanning #ChildrensFiction, #VideoGames, #Theatre, #Film, Eco-critical #philosophy #NarrativeTheory

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175281/
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why did the man eat wee

it was the end of the end of the world

but not now
August 29, 2025 at 6:30 AM
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do you no what

get out of my house
July 9, 2025 at 7:39 PM
Apropos of nothing, Jessica Curry's "Shielding Songs" are eerily fabulous. Been a while since I was haunted like that.

jessicacurry.bandcamp.com/album/shield...
Shielding Songs, by Jessica Curry
13 track album
jessicacurry.bandcamp.com
June 30, 2025 at 9:16 AM
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New book on the way!
This one is about medieval stories that refuse to stay put. It brings together scholars from art history, literature, performance and digital humanities to look at stories that shapeshift, speak back, and still catch fire.
#medievalsky #storytelling #medievalstudies
Medieval Stories that Refuse to Sit Still
And a new book is on the way…
kleiopethainou.com
May 12, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Seems as good a day as any to post about the end of the world.

Made a 1-min video for my book "We all die at the end: Storytelling in the climate apocalypse", with @manchesterup.bsky.social.

www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkTj...

Designed by my talented friend Norbert. www.linkedin.com/in/norbert-w...
We all die at the end by Sam Haddow
YouTube video by Manchester University Press
www.youtube.com
April 7, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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Coming Soon:“The Hare Wars”
This spring… they’re not hiding eggs. They’re launching an assault.
Trebuchets, crossbows and fluffy vengeance, rated R for Rabbit Rampage.
Pontifical of Renaud de Bar, France ca. 1303-1316. Fitzwilliam Museum, MS 298, fol. 41r.

#TheCourtJester #Easter #Rabbit #medieval
April 3, 2025 at 3:42 PM
Honoured to be included in this gnarly tome. My chapter "Beautiful Doom" sparked my thinking in end-of-the-world fiction, leading to my recent monograph. AND the editors chose my title for their collection!

Congratulations Jacqueline and Nick.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526145222/
Manchester University Press - Beautiful doom
Beautiful doom - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Beautiful doom by Jacqueline Bolton
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
March 24, 2025 at 11:31 AM
My book “We all die at the end: Storytelling the climate apocalypse” is out today.

It’s a round-up of the ways that foreseeable human extinction is affecting stories from children’s fiction to video games, weird horror to live art. Blood, tears and tentacles.

From Manchester University Press.
Publishing today!

We all die at the end, Storytelling in the climate apocalypse, By Sam Haddow

A survey of contemporary end-of-the-world #literature, spanning #ChildrensFiction, #VideoGames, #Theatre, #Film, Eco-critical #philosophy #NarrativeTheory

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175281/
March 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Show your support for Ukraine at the US Consulate in Edinburgh (3 Regent Terrace, Edinburgh, EH7 5BW)

Wednesday 5 March @ 18h

More info and let them know you're coming here:

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/emergency-...

#edinburgh
EMERGENCY DEMO: STOP PUTIN - STOP TRUMP! STAND BY UKRAINE! EUROPE WAKE UP!
It's time to come together and show our support for Ukraine, Stop Putin and Trump, and for Europe to wake up to prevent another Munich.
www.eventbrite.co.uk
March 3, 2025 at 7:15 AM
This scrappy little monster has its own webpage!

“We All Die at the End: Storytelling in the Climate Apocalypse”. Coming out in March, published by
@manchesterup.bsky.social.

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526175281/
Manchester University Press - We all die at the end
We all die at the end - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of We all die at the end by Sam Haddow
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
December 19, 2024 at 7:59 AM
A good thread of Artaud thoughts.
In December 1924, 100 years ago, Antonin Artaud responded to a request from the Disque Vert journal to offer some reflections on suicide. In the same month he plays key role in getting La Révolution Surréaliste into production #OTDArtaud
December 18, 2024 at 1:43 PM
Oh, bless you @ledbydonkeys.org. You make the world a better place to be.
Huge thanks to everyone who’s chipped in to make LBD interventions happen this year. We’re 100% funded by small donations & refuse big donors to protect us from becoming reliant on any individual source. Wanna help? Link in bio👆
December 14, 2024 at 10:59 AM
KIDSWRITEJOKES IS ON BLUESKY! This pinnacle of human achievement - and its heroically silly output on the blue bird - was one of the only things that got me through lockdown.

I am so happy they’re here. And that this will be my first post on this peculiar wossname.
What is Beethoven's favourite fruit?

Banana
November 18, 2024 at 8:03 PM