Required reading for #bookhistory and “fembib. Collaboration, mentorship, “data intimacy” and research.

Being sincere in public sets off my fight-or-flight response, but adding my favourite meme of all time to the social media posts helps.

For our final spotlight in the Research in Reflection series, join PI Michelle Levy and Lead Editor Kandice Sharren as they muse on 10 years of the WPHP—their regrets, their accomplishments, and how they have tried to keep the humans involved at the forefront of of the project: tinyurl.com/23ajexte

In Kate’s contribution to our “Research in Reflection Series” she reflects on how the WPHP (delightfully, inevitably) shaped her her PhD work—and provided her with the opportunity to drop books in the British Library. Oops. Read about her ongoing love story with the WPHP here: tinyurl.com/5k55cpxm

Continuing our "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series," RA Belle Eist details how following a rabbit hole into Jane Loudon's life informed both her MA project and her WPHP work: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/150.

In our next installment of the "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series, join RA Salena Wiener as she recounts how the WPHP helped shape her PhD research on women's labour in the production of manuscripts: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/149.

First up, in "Reflections of a Research Assistant: The Multitudes of WPHP Work," Amanda Law discusses the several roles she took on as an RA for the project, and the special place Phillis Wheatley Peters and her book of poetry hold in her memories: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/146.

How it started How it ended

I had forgotten quite how long I’ve been doing #fembib #bookhistory till this lovely podcast opportunity with @thewphp.bsky.social .

In the penultimate (!!) episode of The WPHP Monthly Mercury, we’re joined by three scholars whose work has been vital to our research—Isobel Grundy, @lesliehowsam.bsky.social, and Maureen Bell. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147 (1/3)

Come for the witch trials, stay for the informative chapter about Newcastle architecture.

This month’s episode of the WPHP Monthly Mercury features research by recent PhD graduate Tricia Monsour, who completed a scholarly edition of Jane Harvey’s The Castle of Tynemouth. We never can resist a bonkers novel—and we hope you can’t either: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/145

Happy 2025 and ten year anniversary of the WPHP! To find out what we've been up to in the lead up to this milestone (and to see a throwback photo of Lead Editor Kandice and Project Director Michelle in 2015), take a look at our 2024 Year in Review: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/144.

Oh hey it’s me. Check it out.

For S5E3 of the WPHP Monthly Mercury, join us as we interview @meganpeiser.bsky.social and @embrarian.bsky.social about their work on the Hicks Collection. This episode has it all—a badass woman book collector, a Boston marriage, and even a heist (!!!): womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/143

Happy December WPHP friends! Are you hosting a holiday gathering this year and looking for some entertainment? Search “winter evening” in our Titles search for some 19th century inspiration: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/.

As we continue to verify over 1500 firms on our Firms to Final Check list, you can revisit our Down the Rabbit Hole: Researching Women in the Book Trades Spotlight Series to learn about some of the extensive research we undertake to determine if a firm is woman-run.

Happy Halloween! This year, we’re literally taking a trip to hell with Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya. It’s Kandice’s favourite time of the year, so she sat down with WPHP collaborator Kate Ozment to talk about this demonic, orientalist bloodbath of a novel: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/141

To help you savour the last few days of October (and get you ready for another special Halloween episode coming this week!), listen again to our previous WPHP Monthly Mercury Halloween episodes.

Happy spooky season, WPHP friends! To help you get into the Halloween spirit, revisit our Spooky Spotlight series where we dive into all things Gothic in the database: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/38.

Authority records, authority figures, authoritative scholarship… What does it really mean to have authority? The first episode of the final season of the WPHP Monthly Mercury is here to question authority—and maybe claim some in the process. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/140

Meet Serena Spacek! Serena has been part of the team since May of 2023—we finally dragged her away from title checking and social media work to answer some questions. Read about her work on Eliza Haywood, her favourite WPHP facts, and her feline friends: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/137

Introducing Salena Wiener, one of our diligent RAs, and a dedicated PhD student in English Literature at Simon Fraser University! Learn about how Salena got involved with the WPHP, her research area(s), her debut chapbook, and more: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/136

Spring is the season of glooming showers 🌧️ and blooming flowers 🌷 —the perfect habitat for greens and plants alike 🌱. Delve into Hannah Woolley’s “The accomplish'd lady's delight in preserving, physick, beautifying, cookery, and gardening … the compleat flowerist with the nature and use of ... (1/4)

📣 We're thrilled to announce that the WPHP’s Persons and Firms data are now included into the @CERL_org Thesaurus as authority records! 📖 See all of our data containing a link to the authority record on the WPHP website: data.cerl.org/thesaurus/_s...

🌟 Happy #InternationalWomensDay from the WPHP! 🌟 In the spirit of Women’s History Month, we invite you to explore our comprehensive database of women’s contributions to print and publication in the long C18. Here at the WPHP, every month is Women’s History Month!

📣 We are thrilled to give a special shoutout to our PI, Dr. Michelle Levy, on the publication of her article “A Volume of Manuscript Poems &c”: Phillis Wheatley Peters's Lost Book and a Found Proposal” with Duke University Press! 📖👏 read.dukeupress.edu/eighteenth-c...

💝 Love is in the air, and Valentine’s Day brings the allure of secret admirers—just like the mystery behind some long C18 works, where authors remain anonymous! ✒️ Immerse yourself in the romantic ambiance by exploring our Titles section—simply search keywords like “valentine.” 💌

🎙️Exciting News! Our podcast episodes now come with transcriptions! 📜 Our team is working hard to make our content more accessible for everyone by providing comprehensive transcriptions of our podcast episodes.

Summer lovin’ had me a blast, summer lovin’ happened so fast 🎶 Reminiscing about summer romance? Why not check out our ‘Fiction Romance’ Genre (womensprinthistoryproject.com/genre/26) and the works of Ann Radcliffe(womensprinthistoryproject.com/person/603)?

A festive lil episode in honour of the only holiday I really celebrate. (We're not joking about the brawny thighs.)

BOO! Do you believe in ghosts? In our new podcast episode, “Ghosts of Print Culture Past,” we turn to one of the favourite pastimes of the long eighteenth century—reading aloud—to share Mary Tuck’s 1804 tale, “Durstan Castle; or, The Ghost of Eleanora”: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/132

We’re thrilled to wrap up our series of interviews from BARS/NASSR 2022 with one with Kirsteen McCue, who talked to us about her Stephen Copley Memorial Lecture, as well as the circulation of song more generally: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/131

What better way to enjoy dancing red leaves and a spine-chilling breeze than a spooky podcast? Revisit S2 E5 of The WPHP Monthly Mercury “The Witching Hour” and join Kate and Kandice in discussing all things witchy, with quite the chilling narration! womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/89

In the spirit of all things spooky, we’re revisiting our Spooky Spotlight Series! 👻 Featuring authors of gothic titles such as Ann Radcliffe, Ann Lemoine, Elisabeth Guénard and Mary Wollstonecraft—we’re sure this series will send an autumnal chill down your spine.

We recorded this week’s bonus episode—our fourth—with @profchander.bsky.social the week before attending the conference, which gave us a sneak peek of the talk he was planning. More information about this bonus episode (and the three previous ones) here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/131

"You boy, what day is this??"

Tenure track job at Williams in Romantic Lit! Please share. t.co/5IrCvX1HOJ

The third bonus episode  of “‘It’s (A)Live!’ The WPHP Monthly Mercury at New Romanticisms,” featuring our conversation with keynote @triciamatthew.bsky.social and @drbeard79.bsky.social is now available: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/131