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  • Interview with Maggie Humm

    Maggie Humm reflects on feminist criticism, life-writing, and Virginia Woolf’s influence.

    April 17, 2026
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Man’s best friend? Sniffing out dogs in the records of early modern Scotland

From royal gifts to diabolic manifestations, Nicole Maceira Cumming explores the varied ways dogs appear in the historical record

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 12, 2025

The Pharmakon of Shame

Séan Kennedy and Joseph Valente, editors of Irish Shame, explore the intricate relationship between empathy and shame in this blog.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 7, 2025

Five essential Shakespeare plays on radio

Discover five standout audio productions of Shakespeare's works, picked by Andrea Smith, author of Shakespeare on the Radio.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • May 1, 2025

Q&A with the author of Contesting Cosmopolitan Moments in the Long Eighteenth Century

Enit K Steiner, the author of Contesting Cosmopolitan Moments in the Long Eighteenth Century, discusses the making of her book in this blog.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • April 28, 2025

Q&A with the editors of Finnegans Wake – Human and Nonhuman Histories

Richard Barlow and Paul Fagan discuss their exciting new essay collection on the work of Irish author James Joyce.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • April 11, 2025

5 reasons why Dickens wasn’t a bad playwright

The editors of The Plays of Charles Dickens discuss five arguments in defense of Dickens's dramatic works.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • April 10, 2025

Is There Such a Thing as an Irish Female Child?

Jane Elizabeth Dougherty discusses the Irish female developmental story.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • April 9, 2025
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New Gaelic Speakers in Nova Scotia and Scotland: A Q&A with Stuart Dunmore

Stuart Dunmore discusses his motivations for researching new Gaelic speakers, and the incredible places and experiences this led to.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • March 27, 2025
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Techno-Cognitivism: Reimagining Literature in the Age of Language Models

Maciej Kurzynski discusses how embracing new language models can revolutionise literary studies.

  • Edinburgh University Press
  • March 19, 2025
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