Category Archives: writing
A new preface for Les Back’s The Art of Listening
Les Back has written a new preface for the Japanese edition of his book The Art of Listening. The preface has been published in full on the Sociological Imagination site. In this new preface Les reflects on the reception and … Continue reading
My current reading, writing and the ebb/flow of the academic year
Over the last three or four weeks I’ve not really posted very much on here about my research. This is largely because of the ebb and flow of the academic year. The end of the second term is always a … Continue reading
Writing Space
There is a really interesting post here by Stuart Elden on his writing space, which links into another post on the topic and a related Twitter hashtag (#whereiwrite). My writing space has varied a bit over the last couple of … Continue reading
Punk Sociology…hardback and discount
I’ve just received my author copies of Punk Sociology. It’s really nice to see it. The discount I posted about the other day is now live, so the hardback version is available at half-price for a few days. The details … Continue reading
Punk Sociology…50% discount
I posted previously about the recent publication of my Punk Sociology book. To mark 12 weeks since I submitted the manuscript, the publishers are offering a 50% discount on the hardback. This offer is only available for 7 days. The … Continue reading
2 years and 526 posts
(A Lego mock-up of my office) It is just coming up to two years since I started this blog. I began around mid-January 2012. This is my 526th post. I’m actually quite surprised that it has lasted this long and … Continue reading
Punk Sociology…chapter 1 is now open access
Chapter 1 of my forthcoming book Punk Sociology is now available open access. The chapter (and book’s contents page) is available here and the publisher site is here. This chapter is probably the most conventional bit of the book, in that it … Continue reading
Punk Sociology…cover, pre-orders, publisher’s site and an endorsement
My Punk Sociology book has a cover and is now available for pre-orders (for those who are interested the information on this is below). The process is moving at lightning speed. The book is due for publication on 7th January. … Continue reading
Punk Sociology…now in production
I’ve just heard from the publisher that my Punk Sociology book has now gone into production. We are aiming for a January publication date. I posted about the book a little while ago, when I had a first draft of … Continue reading
Current reading…Simmel, Globalization, Benjamin
I haven’t posted very much on here recently about the things I’ve been reading (this is one of the things I’ve used this blog for over the last couple of years, with me adding short reviews of articles and books). … Continue reading
Thinking culture 