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Category Archives: books
the bibliomemoir – a musing
The bibliomemoir is a thing. The bibliomemoir is an autobiographical account of a life told through a discussion of books. Books that mattered to the writer and are connected to key events in their life. I have three bibliomemoirs on … Continue reading
Posted in bibliomemoir, books, library, reading
Tagged bibliomemoir, books, Pat Thomson, reading
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exit via the gift shop
What do you give an academic during gift-giving season? Well I can’t tell you what to do of course, but as a guide to the generous, here’s a list of a few writing-related books that I would put in someone’s … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, book recommendations, books
Tagged book recommendations, Pat Thomson
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thinking like an editor
There is a lot of good information about academic writing and publishing that is now out of print. It’s generally still accessible if you peruse the outlets that sell second hand books or remainders, so do check out the ‘other … Continue reading
Posted in academic book, academic writing voice, book proposal, book writing, books, nonfiction, Uncategorized
Tagged book, book proposal, nonfiction, Pat Thomson, Rabiner and Fortunato
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what is an “outstanding” publication?
I’ve recently taken part in a couple of discussions about the kinds of papers and books that are highly ranked in quality reviews, reviews like the UK’s REF. Those in the discussions aimed to understand what counts as “outstanding”. This … Continue reading
I’d like to thank… the important work of acknowledgements
I’m co-editing a book series at present. I’m not sure why, since I swore after the last one I would never do it again, but there you go. Just a slow learner or weak-willed, I guess. Last week one of … Continue reading
judging a book by its cover – or title – or author order
One of the things that academic authors get very vexed about is the title of their book. They also often get very concerned about what goes on the cover. I’m no exception to this, although I have learnt to be … Continue reading
Posted in author order, book cover, book title, books, marketing
Tagged author order, book covers, book marketing, book titles, books, Pat Thomson
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a literature review as collective and inner library
I recently mentioned in passing in this blog, in relation to writing book reviews in fact, the book by Pierre Bayard provocatively entitled How to talk about books you haven’t read (2007). I want to suggest now that this is … Continue reading
Posted in academic book, Bayard, books, literature review
Tagged books, collective library, inner library, Pat Thomson, Pierre Bayard, reading
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writing from the PhD thesis – the publishing plan
I’m assuming that if you’re reading this post you have a publishing agenda – that is a list of potential articles from the PhD arranged in priority order. I’m also assuming that this might include a book – but I’m … Continue reading
sustain your writing – find a palate cleanser or ten
We all know what a palette cleanser is right? We’re academics so we must have encountered the ubiquitous sorbet either in chilly reality or on one of those food porn tele programmes :)? Or we’ve been to a wine tasting … Continue reading
Posted in academic writing, books, mental space, palette cleanser, reading, reflection, reward, theory
Tagged mental space, palette cleanser, Pat Thomson, writing
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(book) review with A VIEW
I was recently asked if I would write something about book reviews. There are some pretty helpful posts already out there about book reviewing and I’ve had a go at the topic before too. So check out: Why write a … Continue reading
Posted in a view, book review, books
Tagged a view, book review, Michael Apple, Pat Thomson
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