Hi everyone! My book Influencer Creep is going to be published with University of California Press *tomorrow* 28 October. Thanks so much to everyone for the support so far, I really appreciate it. If you do read the book I hope you enjoy it! Sorry for all the cross posting and self promo and so on. Upcoming events: I will be doing a book talk at King's College London on this very Wednesday 29 October at 17:00 with Dr Zeena Feldman and Rafal Zaborowski - tickets here <https://www.tickettailor.com/events/digitalhumanitieskcl/1912207>. Next I will be speaking at Manchester Metropolitan on Thursday November 13, very excitedly in conversation with artist, yoga teacher and creator Scottee, organised by the Digital Society Research Group (Daniel Joseph Jessica Elias Adi Kuntsman. Tickets here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-influencer-creep-by-sophie-bishop-tickets-1828461169579?aff=oddtdtcreator> . I will be giving a talk at my very own University of Leeds on Wednesday the 19 November 15:45-17:00 in conversation with Dr Eirini Boukla (School of Design) and artist Marianna Madriz tickets here <https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/influencer-creep-by-sophie-bishop-book-launch-tickets-1837059146359?aff=oddtdtcreator> . I will be speaking at the University of Bristol with Rebecca Coleman on Friday 5th December for the Work Futures Seminar Series. I’ll be joining superstars Lucie Chateau, and Ashley Mears with Taylor Annabell at the University of Utrecht for an event titled ‘Algorithmic optimisation and monetised attention in and beyond the creator economy’ on Monday 15 December– info and tickets here. I will also be doing a launch event on Tuesday 16 December for the GenAI & Creative Practices conference at University of Amsterdam with Prof Thomas Poell – details tbc! -- Sophie Bishop. She/ her. Associate Professor in Media and Communication, University of Leeds. Preorder my book Influencer Creep here <https://www.ucpress.edu/books/influencer-creep/paper> in the US and here <https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/influencer-creep-how-optimization-authenticity-and-self-branding-transform-creative-culture-sophie-bishop/7862401?ean=9780520402706> in the UK