I collaborated with Durham Book Festival on Sleep Stories, a three-part podcast series of short stories about sleep written and read by leading British writers Salena Godden, Andrew McMillan, and Jenn Ashworth. Each podcast is introduced by me, Professor of Sleep Science Jason Ellis, and neuroscientist and writer Dr Erik Hoel. Listen here.

On 9 October 2021, 8-9pm BST (available to watch on demand until 31st October), I am chairing an online roundtable at Durham Book Festival 2021 about the science and culture of sleep featuring writer Salena Goddenn, Professor in Psychology Jason Ellis, and neuroscientist Dr Erik Hoel. Read more here.

Watch a video of highlights of the event here.

Watch the recording of my talk (in Italian) at MEETmeTONIGHT 2021, the Italian edition of the European Researchers’ Night. The talk is titled “Il sonno è in crisi? Che cosa ci dice la cultura contemporanea“.

Or, if you prefer, there is also a podcast version of the talk available here.

My book, The Contemporary Post-Apocalyptic Novel: Critical Temporalities and the End Times (Bloomsbury, 2020), is now available in paperback. You can buy it in bookshops like WHSmith, Amazon, Blackwell’s, and Barnes & Noble.

Watch the recording of my talk at “Academic opportunities after the PhD: postdocs, fellowships & more” here. I spoke about applying for Wellcome Trust funding and my postdoc experience.

I am giving a paper at the online interdisciplinary workshop Making Sleep: New Insights for a New Public Health? My paper explores literary perspectives on the sleep crisis.

Watch the recording of my public lecture at Newcastle’s Lit&Phil, “Are We in a Sleep Crisis? Perspectives from Contemporary Culture”. The talk explores representations of sleep in contemporary culture and the so-called sleep crisis, namely, today’s widespread sleep-deprivation. 

 With Andrew Tate and Mary McCampbell, I am organising the first international conference devoted to Canadian writer and visual artist Douglas Coupland. You can find out more, including recorded sessions, on the conference website.

I am part of Image Journal‘s writers panel ‘God After God: Coupland, McLuhan, and Divine Absence in the Digital Age’. Watch my pre-recorded remarks here, and catch up with the live conversation featuring myself, Nick Ripatrazone, Meghan O’Gieblyn, and Lisa Cockrel here.

Read my article in The Conversation celebrating the 30th anniversary of the publication of Douglas Coupland’s Generation X and discussing the legacies of this novel in the 21st century. The article has been re-published in several news outlets, including Salon.