Dr. Alison Gibbons

Reader in Contemporary Stylistics • Cognitive stylistics of fictionality & contemporary narratives esp. autofiction, metamodernism, anthropocene.

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

A pleasant surprise deliver on my mat leave! - Fictionality and Multimodal Narratives, co-edited with @TorsaG now published by @UnivNebPress !

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

@LouiseNuttall @HuddLinguistics Congratulations @f_stradling ! And supervisors!

[Rebecca Connor-Evans @RLConnorEvans]

How do fictional worlds help us understand grief? At #PALA2025, I’m presenting on A Monster Calls, using Text World Theory & Responsive Bibliotherapy to show how style and structure depict grief and how readers respond emotionally @SHU_Stylistics @2025PALA @PoeticsLinguist

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

Found this abandoned playing card on my driveway & thought of Graham Rawle. After reading The Card, I’d email Graham when I found cards (apparently other people did too) & he’d respond with a witty reply about what it meant! Such a lovely man and talented creative. Still missed.

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

Attended this today and it was brilliant. A masterclass in how to tell personal narratives alongside academic research!

[Prof Christiana Gregoriou @c_gregoriou]

My inaugural lecture,

Origin Stories Reimagined: From Chaos to Craft,

is taking place on May 7 at 5:10 in Banham Theatre, Michael Sadler Building, University of Leeds.

(followed by a drinks reception @ School of English)

https://t.co/idtIulA7ww.

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

I keep saying this but can we please have season 4?! I know Covid caused a lot of disruption, but things are different again and we need to know how it ends!

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

@mmgiovanelli @2025PALA @AstonUniversity @PoeticsLinguist Any possibility of paying for 1-2 days?!

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

Woah! Mysterious new @markdanielewski book on the horizon in 2025! 🖤

[Mark Z. Danielewski @markdanielewski]

PRE-ORDER NOW

https://t.co/1SRE88Hpb8

🖤 Happy Valentine’s Day 🤍

[Dr Chloe Harrison @ChloeELHarrison]

Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Poetry often deviates from schematic templates. In this paper, I will discuss...

P. s. You have until 14th Feb to submit an abstract for #PALA2025, hosted by @EnglishAston 💜

https://t.co/Q5w0mSrlNe

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

Looking forward to reading this.

[Dr Paula Ghintuiala 🌈 @GhintuialaPaula]

Hi Barbies! ✨ @naomicatriona and yours truly wanted to let you know that our fantastic telecinematic stylistic paper on the overlapping ontologies in Gerwig's masterpiece is now live and open access for all of you to be Barbie-fied. Now... read:
https://t.co/1uZZb29KGF

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

@clauselholmDK Nice! Interesting to see such debate played out in the review but good that it is transparent, kind, and open minded

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

@LKonstan I will be writing a bit about it in my current book but have yet to find any scholarship on this so would love to hear if anyone gets back to you with references!

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

@mmgiovanelli Absolute pet hate!

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

If your footnote needs to be this long, it should not be a footnote.

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

@HywelDix @RichardAyoade @otsfestival Oh interesting! Which one? I haven’t read him before (though obviously seen some of his TV & film work)…

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

Really enjoyed hearing @RichardAyoade talking about The Unfinished Harauld Hughes at @otsfestival this evening. He described it as a mockumentary but I’m wondering if (& hoping) it can be classed as autofiction. Leaving with a signed copy so I’m looking forward to finding out!

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

@6000wk @RichardAyoade @otsfestival Yes I believe so

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

Ok, I need this in my life.

The Unfinished Harauld Hughes by Richard Ayoade | Non-Fiction | Faber https://t.co/7UxwWQuBiI

[Dr. Alison Gibbons @alterAlison]

Tell me you were a teenager in the 90s without telling me:

After hearing this on the radio this morning, I still know all the words and the video was seminal.

Backstreet Boys - Everybody (Backstreet's Back) (Official HD Video) https://t.co/VsEX7SOMgF via @YouTube