Category Archives: Publishing

Talking about Publishing, Urban Territory, and lots else

Posted on May 16, 2014 by stuartelden

I was involved in three events this week. The first was the most wide-ranging – a filmed conversation with Babette Babich at Fordham University, that ranged from contemporary territorial issues to Kant, Leibniz, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault and Lefebvre; Greek geography to … Continue reading →

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Red Quill Books new website

Posted on May 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Red Quill Books, the radical publisher, have a new website.

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Foucault’s Manuscripts to the Bibliothèque Nationale

Posted on May 10, 2014 by stuartelden

Foucault’s extant manuscript papers – all 37,000 pages of them – have been moved to the Bibliothèque Nationale – story here (in French pp. 26-7; via here – in German).

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‘This is not a cover image’ – bad covers of books on Foucault

Posted on May 9, 2014 by stuartelden

A set of images of covers of books on Foucault… and their problems. I actually like the Lois McNay cover, but there are some hideous ones here… Something to bear in mind for Foucault’s Last Decade, though I continue to like … Continue reading →

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Lawrence & Wishart and the copyright of the Marx-Engels collected works

Posted on April 26, 2014 by stuartelden

In recent days there has been debate about the copyright of the Marx-Engels collected works. Publishers Lawrence & Wishart have asked that these works are removed from the Marxist Internet Archive (story here); a petition has been started to protest … Continue reading →

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Rob Kitchin – Writing for impact: how to craft papers that will be cited

Posted on April 24, 2014 by stuartelden

An interesting piece by Rob Kitchin about writing and publishing. For the past few years I’ve co-taught a professional development course for doctoral students on completing a thesis, getting a job, and publishing.  The course draws liberally on a book … Continue reading →

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Shakespeare’s annotated dictionary?

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

An interesting story from the Folger Shakespeare Library about the claimed discovery of Shakespeare’s dictionary – an annotated copy of John Baret’s Alvearie. The claim is not just that Shakespeare used the dictionary, which is well-known, but that this was his personal copy. … Continue reading →

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WMD V: Warwick Manuscript Development Sessions 2014

Posted on April 22, 2014 by stuartelden

A good opportunity for book publishing advice – contact Leonard Seabrooke: ls.dbp@cbs.dk for more information. In 2009 the Centre for the Study for Globalisation and Regionalisation (CSGR) at the University of Warwick held its first Warwick Manuscript Development (WMD) workshop with first-time authors, … Continue reading →

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Where to start with reading Peter Sloterdijk?

Posted on April 14, 2014 by stuartelden

[The most recent version can be found here.] Where should you start with reading Peter Sloterdijk? I have previously done this with Henri Lefebvre, and Chathan Vemuri asked me the same question for Sloterdijk. This is my attempt at answering this, largely … Continue reading →

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Verso’s Undergraduate Reading List – and last days of their 50% + e-book sale

Posted on April 13, 2014 by stuartelden

Verso have updated their suggestions for an alternative undergraduate reading list. It would be a very well-read undergraduate to complete this list. Also worth mentioning that their excellent sale – 50% off many books, free postage, plus the bundled e-book, … Continue reading →

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