CMT members may be interested in a new journal to be launched this year entitled EAST ASIAN PUBLISHING AND SOCIETY. The journal is dedicated to publishing in East Asia, from the earliest times up to the mid-twentieth century and will bring together multi-disciplinary research from scholars addressing publishing traditions in China, Korea, Japan and Taiwan. East Asian Publishing and Society envisages to publish articles that cover the production, distribution and reception sides of publishing. It wants to provide a forum for studies directed at the whole spectrum of printed information, such as books, single sheet prints, journals and the like. The journal is however not limited to publishing in woodblock print format only; contributions on manuscript culture and new technologies developed in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries will also be welcomed by the editorial board. Additionally, topics as readership, libraries, relation between government and publishing world and more are to addressed in the East Asia Publishing and Society journal. The members of the editorial board are Cynthia Brokaw, Brown University; Matthi Forrer, Leiden University; Chris Uhlenbeck, independent scholar; and Hilde De Weerdt, Oxford University.

The first issue will be published later this year and will include articles on Korea and China, as well as book reviews. Submissions are welcome! For more information, or to contribute, contact the managing editor, Peter Kornicki, Cambridge University (pk104@cam.ac.uk)

Professor Peter Kornicki
Deputy Warden
Robinson College
Cambridge
CB3 9AN