Read my essay “Literary Culture and Achievement Subjectivity from Gilmore Girls to A Year in the Life” in Post45 Contemporaries. The essay is part of a cluster on the New Literary Television, edited by Arin Keeble and Sam Thomas. In this piece I look at the TV series Gilmore Girls and its revival, exploring Rory Gilmore’s subjectivity through her relationship with reading.

I recorded an introduction to the second episode of “Sleep Stories”, a three-part podcast series inspired by the theme of sleep co-commissioned with Durham Book Festival as part of my research project, “Writing the Sleep Crisis”. Episode Two is “The Night Watch”, written and read by Jenn Ashworth. Listen here.

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.