June’s Bookshop of the Month – Sam Read Bookseller
For June’s Bookshop of the Month, we headed to the Lake District to visit Sam Read Bookseller. From…
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Palaces of Pleasure- Q&A with Lee Jackson
The Victorians invented mass entertainment. As the nineteenth century’s growing industrialised class acquired the funds and the free…
Daniel Cottier: The Complex Role of a Victorian Art Entrepreneur
In this blog, authors Petra ten-Doesschate Chu and Max Donnelly explore the multi-faceted career and legacy of Daniel…
Staff Pick: Exhibitions
In celebration of art galleries reopening to the public from 17th May onwards, Yale University Press London staff…
May’s International Bookshop of the Month – Readings Carlton in Melbourne
This month’s Bookshop of the Month is Readings Carlton – a Melbourne icon that has long been a…
May’s Bookshop of the Month – Good Press
This month’s Bookshop of the Month is Good Press, a Glasgow-based bookshop and art space specialising in independently…
‘The Orphanage’ – An Extract
Written by Serhiy Zhadan, widely considered to be one of the most important young writers in Ukraine, The…
I Live in the Slums – An Extract
We are delighted by the news that Can Xue’s I Live in the Slums, translated by Karen Gernant…
The art of writing and reading poetry
by Lucy Newlyn Creativity is mysterious, and cannot be learned or taught. But the craft of poetry is…
Staff Pick: Nature Books
In celebration of Earth Day on 22nd April, Yale University Press London staff choose their favourite books on…
April’s International Bookshop of the Month – Bookstore eureka!
This month we travelled (sadly only virtually) to the Baltic state of Lithuania, to hear from an independent…
Illustrating The Story of Work: A Q&A with studio MUTI
We work because we have to, but also because we like it: from hunting-gathering over 700,000 years ago…
April’s Bookshop of the Month – Rossiter Books
For April’s Bookshop of the Month, we are delighted to have chosen Rossiter Books, a family run business that…
Cromwell: A Killjoy Regime?
The Gunpowder Plot, the Civil Wars, Charles I’s execution, the Plague, the Great Fire, the Restoration, and then…
Location, Location, Location: Introducing the New Pevsner Guide to County Durham
When it comes to the desirability of a house, property experts and novices alike have no doubt heard…