Celebrating Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
January 5, 2023
Today we celebrate, with Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, his 85th birthday, as one of Africa’s most articulate social critics and creator of a wonderful world of literature. Ngũgĩ is a Kenyan… READ MORE
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Books to Look out for in January 2023
January 3, 2023
Welcome to 2023! We are starting the New Year by listing some of Boydell & Brewer’s new releases. Enjoy this preview and find more new and forthcoming releases here. Don’t… READ MORE
The Surprising History of Medieval Cornwall: Pirates, Princes, and Gentlemen-Criminals
December 15, 2022
There can’t be many books that contain characters as varied as King Arthur and the Black Prince, pirates and lawless judges, knights and London aldermen, bishops and disaffected rebels. Neither… READ MORE
Reading María de Zayas: Why and How
December 13, 2022
Why read the stories of María de Zayas y Sotomayor? That’s easy to answer. She wrote page-turning stories of desire, love, and disillusion; and published them in Spain nearly 400… READ MORE
Monastic Towns Before and After the Dissolution
December 8, 2022
The history of monasteries doesn’t end at the Dissolution; instead, the Dissolution is the beginning of an interesting period of social change. Social relations are an aspect of history that… READ MORE
Marylin: A Novel of Passing
December 6, 2022
We hope you enjoy today’s unique blog post, which was derived from a recent FaceTime call between editors Peter Höyng and Chauncey J. Mellor, whose new English translation of Marylin… READ MORE
The Memoirs of Ceija Stojka: Child Survivor of the Romani Holocaust
December 5, 2022
“In the end we all received a registration number: a white, elongated strip of cloth with a black triangle that meant work-shy. (But how could I be work-shy? I was… READ MORE
Books to Look out for in December 2022
December 1, 2022
As the year draws to a close and December is upon us, you will find new releases from Boydell & Brewer! It’s an extra long list this month, so don’t… READ MORE
French Art Song: History of a New Music, 1870–1914
November 29, 2022
The engraving manuscript of Gabriel Fauré’s song ‘L’hiver a cessé’, which dates from February 1894, is one of the more fascinating musical autographs of its era. Its first pages are… READ MORE
Some Thoughts on Performance as a Tradition
November 24, 2022
When researching my book Performance in Beowulf and Other Old English Poems, an issue developed in my thinking that I partially tested, and it’s something that has become more pertinent… READ MORE
How Whites Have Adjusted to Democracy in South Africa