Category: Holidays
Guest post by Janine Barchas Today puts another candle on the birthday cake of novelist Jane Austen, born 16 December 1775. Conveniently, Austen’s birthday coincides with the December gift-giving season. If you are thinking about making a holiday present of a Jane Austen novel to that budding (or confirmed) Janeite in your circle, you…
guest post by Dean Smith The other night at The Ivy Bookshop in Baltimore, owner Ed Berlin talked about the wonderful relationship that exists between the bookstore and JHU Press: “Our patrons love the books and the authors and we sell a lot of them.” The Ivy is a beautiful, clean, and well-lighted space for books.…
JHU Press authors will be contributing mightily to the holiday spirit in December with a grueling (but jolly!) schedule of book signings and special programs. Especially in the Baltimore area, where JHUP’s regional books have long been popular holiday gifts, authors such as Mike Olesker, Bryan MacKay, Ted Patterson, and Dean Smith will be meeting,…
For many of us, the approach of Mother’s Day prompts a frantic spree at the shopping mall or a quick stop at the florist. But allow it, please, to also inspire a once-a-year parameter for browsing recent titles and perennial favorites on the JHU Press list. From Nancy Demand’s Birth, Death, and Motherhood in Classical Greece…