Kate Stuart

Trying to balance writing fantasy with researching authorship and book culture, but mostly I procrastinate and rant about cute animals. She/Her. Opinions my own

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

The e-book, Shifting Sands, and its associated social media accounts and author pages, are part of an ongoing practice-based research project looking into author identity. Both the creation of this “unstable” e-book and the author identity as performed online are (1/4)

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

More than a year after there was a collective agreement at #Sharp2024 that BlueSky was the way forward, I have finally started setting up my profile. So, if you're looking for me, I can be found at @katestuart.bsky.social — or I'm also about on LinkedIn. Come and say hi!

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

Finally, I attended the Audiobooks session, receiving more methodological inspiration from Millie Weber, along with a great discussion about the influence of platforms and culture on literary content/production. A great echo back to Tuesdays discussion of platforms like Tiktok!

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

I also attended panels on Digital Platforms and Fanfiction with more valuable scholars than I can name here, but I found threads around the influence of platform on norms and user behaviour. Do I now want to learn how to make tiny books? Yes — this might be the only way I'm

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

For me, this seemed less like something I would do myself (I'm boring) but definitely something I now want to do with students stuck on where to take their assignments. And I got more pedagogical inspiration from the Global book cultures and the student laboratory panel!

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

also an interesting hopefulness in several of the papers, as demonstrated by the Skawennati’s Intergalactic Empowerment Wampum belt that Nyssa showed (definitely worth looking up!).

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

Completely influenced by my own research interests, I was very much taken by the way each of these communities used creation/publication to construct or consolidate their identity (generally in response to or because of colonisation). And, despite this colonial edge, there was

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

I very quickly fell behind on my tweeting about #SHARP2024. Should have seen it coming! But some key highlights for Tuesday and Wednesday include:
A great panel with Gearóidin Ui Laighléis, Henning Hansen, Kirsti Salmi-Niklander, and Nyssa Komorowski on Communities of Publishing.

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

between disciplines and widening the conversation. On the other, it sometimes feels like you don't quite fit anywhere and must carve out a place to sit. I wish the discussion could have gone on longer!
So, day one ends. Thanks, everyone, for such an invigorating and inspiring day

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

Conference season! Happy to be returning to my research-self as I attend #SHARP2024 at the University of Reading. I'll be presenting on how the transition to X from Twitter affects author identity performances online, so it seems appropriate to throw out some tweets as I go along

[Kate Stuart @KStuartauthor]

perspectives and methodologies) and negative (e.g. disciplinary divides). As someone whose research is also fairly interdisciplinary, I really appreciated the discussion about the isolation and uncertainty this can cause. On the one hand, it's great to be creating a connection