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.

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The Sleepless 

Bell L (2023) The Sleepless. Manchester: Fly on the Wall Press. https://www.flyonthewallpress.co.uk/product-page/the-sleepless-by-liam-bell 

The Political Role of Philippine Children and Young People as Represented in Youth Fiction

Faire R (2021) The Political Role of Philippine Children and Young People as Represented in Youth Fiction. International Research in Children's Literature, 14 (1), pp. 39-51. https://doi.org/10.3366/ircl.2021.0376 

The Unborn Child Listens

Gibb L (2022) The Unborn Child Listens. In: Suspense & Fright: a collection of short stories: Book 4 in the Rebel Iris Collection of Short Stories. Rebel Iris Collection of short stories. Chicago: Rebel Iris. 

Emotional Regulation: Jane Austen, Jane West and Mary Brunton 

Halsey K & Robertson J (2023) Emotional Regulation: Jane Austen, Jane West and Mary Brunton. In: Joy L & Lim J (eds.) Women's Literary Education, 1690-1850. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, pp. 215-235. https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-women-s-literary-education-c-1690-1850.html 

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&

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/

Transnational Activism in the Post‑Digital Networks of the Bound Art Book Fair and the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair

Preston L (2022) Transnational Activism in the Post‑Digital Networks of the Bound Art Book Fair and the Hackney Comic + Zine Fair. Memoires du livre, 13 (2), pp. 1-53. https://www.erudit.org/en/journals/memoires/; https://doi.org/10.7202/1100562ar

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.