Dr John Colley’s ‘The Coniuracion of Lucius Sergius Catelina: An Early Tudor Translation of Sallust’s “Bellum Catilinae”’ (Early English Text Society/Oxford University Press) scheduled for publication in June 2025

The book is a critical edition of the first ever translation of a Roman history into English, from a manuscript in the Cambridge University Library, and is printed here for the first time. Link to further information about the book: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-coniuracion-of-lucius-sergius-catelina-9780198976387?cc=gb&lang=en& Link to further information about the Early English Text Society: https://users.ox.ac.uk/~eets/membership.html  

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Prof Michael D. Hurley @TrinCollCam gives a keynote lecture at the CPI Scholars Network Plenary Conference, 16-17 June @BYU

The Christian Poetics Initiative (CPI) is an academic network dedicated to exploring the role of Christian faith in the study and practice of literature. Founded at Yale University, the initiative is now hosted by the Rivendell Center for Theology and the Arts (RCTA). The CPI Scholars Network, a central feature of the initiative, brings together senior, emerging, and early-career scholars […]

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Gordon Duff Prize 2025 awarded to Ruth Abbott

The Gordon Duff Prize is awarded annually for an essay on a subject relating to the science or arts of books and manuscripts. This year’s prize has been awarded to Ruth Abbott for her essay ‘Transcribers of the Mind: Copying Historical Manuscripts in the British Museum Reading Room, 1759-1795’, which was also recently published in Library […]

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Professor James Raven receives the 2025 Wenjin Book Award

Professor James Raven has received the prestigious 2025 Wenjin Book Award, for his edited book ‘The Illustrated History of the Book’. The annual prize, awarded by the National Library of China, is considered one of the country’s highest literary honours. Titles selected for the award combine in-depth research with writing aimed at the general public. […]

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