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Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema (2024)
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Artt, S. (in press). Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema. London: Bloomsbury Publishing

Quiet Pictures approaches the films of Joanna Hogg, Lynne Ramsay, Céline Sciamma, and Lucile Hadžhalilovicthrough the lens of silence as a motif and texture. This book takes up the question of different uses of silence in the work of these directo... Read More about Quiet Pictures: Women and Silence in Contemporary British and French Cinema.

Jesmyn Ward: New Critical Essays (2023)
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Harrison, S., Keeble, A., & Torres-Quevedo, M. E. (Eds.). (2023). Jesmyn Ward: New Critical Essays. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press

The first substantial and focused critical study of Jesmyn Ward, now one of the most widely read, taught and studied contemporary authors. It includes a co-authored introduction, twenty chapters and ‘Afterword’, moves beyond existing Ward scholarship... Read More about Jesmyn Ward: New Critical Essays.

Ritual of Fire (2023)
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Bishop, D. (2023). Ritual of Fire. London: Pan MacMillan

Florence. Summer, 1538. A night patrol finds a wealthy merchant hanged and set ablaze in the city’s main square. More than mere murder, this killing is intended to put the fear of God into Florence. Forty years earlier, puritanical monk Girolamo S... Read More about Ritual of Fire.

The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Production, Distribution and Consumption (2023)
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Li, Q., Wilson, D., & Guan, Y. (Eds.). (2023). The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Production, Distribution and Consumption. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003345251

This book reviews the development and performance of the global film industry during the COVID-19 pandemic and examines new trends in film production, distribution and consumption through a global lens. The COVID-19 pandemic has had a substantial im... Read More about The Global Film Market Transformation in the Post-Pandemic Era: Production, Distribution and Consumption.

Chester Brown (2023)
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Køhlert, F. B. (in press). Chester Brown. University Press of Mississippi

The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities (2022)
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Schwan, A., & Thomson, T. (Eds.). (2022). The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-11886-9

This collection seeks to bring together some of the most recent international scholarship and developments in the interdisciplinary fields of digital and public humanities. Alongside a critical exploration of the production, distribution and scholars... Read More about The Palgrave Handbook of Digital and Public Humanities.

Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn (2022)
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Lyall, S. (in press). Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn. Glasgow: Association for Scottish Literature

Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn was first published by Jarrolds in 1934. Widely reviewed at the time, it quickly became one of the most controversial texts of the Scottish literary renaissance of the early decades of the twent... Read More about Scottish Scene, or The Intelligent Man’s Guide to Albyn.

Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles (2022)
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Alder, E., Packham, J., & Passey, J. (Eds.). (2022). Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles. London: British Library

From foreboding cliffs and lonely lighthouses to rumbling shingles and silted estuaries, the coasts of the British Isles have stoked the imaginations of storytellers for millennia, lending a rich literary significance to these spaces between land and... Read More about Our Haunted Shores: Tales from the Coasts of the British Isles.

The Darkest Sin (2022)
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Bishop, D. (2022). The Darkest Sin. London: Pan Macmillan

The Darkest Sin is an atmospheric historical thriller by D. V. Bishop, set in Renaissance Florence and is the sequel to City of Vengeance: Florence. Spring, 1537. When Cesare Aldo investigates a report of intruders at a convent in the Renaissan... Read More about The Darkest Sin.

My Character Wouldn't Do That: Acting, Cognitive Science, and the Optimal Performance Brain (2022)
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Soto-Morettini, D. (2022). My Character Wouldn't Do That: Acting, Cognitive Science, and the Optimal Performance Brain. Bloomsbury Publishing

Based on the latest research into brain activity and human behaviour, this book puts forward a new way of thinking about the practice of acting. Specifically, My Character Wouldn't Do That considers the ways in which environment shapes us, how memory... Read More about My Character Wouldn't Do That: Acting, Cognitive Science, and the Optimal Performance Brain.

Seven Mercies (2022)
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May, E., & Lam, L. (2022). Seven Mercies. London: Gollancz

The sequel to Seven Devils

Magazin #0 (2021)
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Ander, H., Butz, K., Hertell, H., & Stutterheim, K. (Eds.). (2021). Magazin #0. Köln: Verlag der Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln

City of Vengeance (2021)
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Bishop, D. (2021). City of Vengeance. London: Pan Macmillan

Florence. Winter, 1536. A prominent Jewish moneylender is murdered in his home, a death with wide implications in a city powered by immense wealth. Cesare Aldo, a former soldier and now an officer of the Renaissance city’s most feared criminal cou... Read More about City of Vengeance.

Into the London Fog: Eerie Tales from the Weird City (2020)
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Dearnley, E. (Ed.). (2020). Into the London Fog: Eerie Tales from the Weird City. London, UK: British Library

As the smoky dark sweeps across the capital, strange stories emerge from the night. A séance reveals a ghastly secret in the murk of Regent's Canal. From south of the Thames come chilling reports of a spring-heeled spectre, and in Stoke Newington rum... Read More about Into the London Fog: Eerie Tales from the Weird City.

Your PhD Survival Guide: Planning, Writing, and Succeeding in Your Final Year (2020)
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Firth, K., Connell, L., & Freestone, P. (2020). Your PhD Survival Guide: Planning, Writing, and Succeeding in Your Final Year. Abingdon: Routledge

From the creators of Thesis Boot Camp, Your PhD Survival Guide is a 'hands on' toolkit for the late stages of a doctorate, helping candidates make the practical and personal transition from student to independent scholar.