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My new book is out today. Please spread the word to anyone who might be interested in Reader’s Block: A History of Reading Differences: sup.org/books/title/?i… @stanfordpress
Matt Rubery
@mattrubery
Professor of Modern Literature at Queen Mary University of London. Audiobook Historian. Victorian Cool Hunter. Motto: "Read fast and break things."
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“Awakenings at 50: A Clinical and Cultural Retrospective” symposium on Oliver Sacks in Dublin, June 26-27: eventbrite.ie/e/awakenings-a…
Join us for Caroline Levine’s public lecture “Studying the Novel in the Climate Crisis” at QMUL on 15 May: eventbrite.co.uk/e/public-lectu…
www.eventbrite.co.uk Public Lecture: Caroline Levine, “Studying the Novel in the Climate Crisis” Come hear QMUL Visiting Fellow Caroline Levine discuss how novels can help us understand and navigate the climate crisis My op-ed on the pitfalls of audiobook streaming out now in the Independent (paywalled): independent.co.uk/voices/spotify…
www.independent.co.uk Why Spotify’s new audiobook streaming could kill off reading forever | Matthew Rubery Chapters sold as ‘tracks’? Ad breaks between each paragraph? The streaming platform could fundamentally change the way we consume books, writes Professor Matthew Rubery – which means that it could... A big thanks to Syed Khalid and the @NewBooksNetwork for the chance to talk about Reader’s Block: newbooksnetwork.com/readers-block @stanfordpress
newbooksnetwork.com Matthew Rubery, "Reader's Block: A History of Reading Differences" (Stanford UP, 2022) - New Books...