Book History, Writing and Publishing

This theme is concerned with textual production, reproduction, materiality, circulation and reception. It brings together historically-oriented research in book history and material cultures – for example in the Early Modern period, in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century library history, in textual editing from Medieval Studies to the nineteenth century – with the study and practice of contemporary writing, editing and book cultures, including digital.

Knowledge exchange, research and collaboration across this theme is facilitated by Stirling Centre for International Publishing and Book Cultures and by the Pathfoot Press.

Related projects

Related staff

Dr Liam Bell

Dr Katherine Halsey

Dr Adrian Hunter

Dr Kelsey Jackson Williams

Professor Kathleen Jamie

Mr Kevin MacNeil

Dr Stephen Penn

Dr Simon Rowberry

Professor Claire Squires

Dr Gill Tasker

Dr Angus Vine

Related outputs

The Busker

Bell LM (2014) The Busker. Brighton: Myriad Editions. http://www.myriadeditions.com/books/the-busker/

James Hogg: Contributions to English, Irish, and American Periodicals

Hunter A (ed.) (2020) James Hogg: Contributions to English, Irish, and American Periodicals, Stirling/South Carolina Research Edition of the Collected Works of James Hogg. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-contributions-to-english-irish-and-american-periodicals.html

The First Scottish Enlightenment: Rebels, Priests, and History

Jackson Williams K (2020) The First Scottish Enlightenment: Rebels, Priests, and History. Oxford: Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-first-scottish-enlightenment-9780198809692?cc=gb&lang=en&

Surfacing

Jamie K (2019) Surfacing. London: Penguin. https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/608303/surfacing-by-kathleen-jamie/

The Brilliant and Forever

MacNeil K (2016) The Brilliant & Forever [The Brilliant and Forever]. Edinburgh: Polygon Books. https://www.amazon.co.uk/Brilliant-Forever-Kevin-MacNeil/dp/1846973376/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1500472802&sr=1-1

John Wyclif: Selected Latin Works in Translation

Penn S (ed.) (2019) John Wyclif: Selected Latin Works in Translation. Manchester: Manchester University Press. https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9780719067648/

The Frankfurt Book Fair and Bestseller Business

Squires C & Driscoll B (2020) The Frankfurt Book Fair and Bestseller Business. Elements in Publishing and Book Culture. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://www.cambridge.org/core/elements/frankfurt-book-fair-and-bestseller-business/46619680A5D0ABA5ABED6403C74DE1A0

Miscellaneous Order: Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Organisation of Knowledge​

Vine A (2019) Miscellaneous Order: Manuscript Culture and the Early Modern Organisation of Knowledge​. Oxford: Oxford University Press.