Series Editor: Professor Samantha J. Rayner
Samantha Rayner is Professor of Publishing and Book Cultures at UCL. She is also co-Director of the Bloomsbury CHAPTER (Communication History, Authorship, Publishing, Textual Editing and Reading), a UCL/ Institute of English Studies collaboration, co-Director of the Bookselling Research Network, and on the Organising Committee of the Penguin Books Researchers’ Network. She is a past Chair of the Association for Publishing Education, and was Principal Investigator on the Arts and Humanities Research Council/British Library Academic Book of the Future Project. She teaches and researches publishing and cultures of the book, with particular interests in bookshops, bibliotherapy, and bookishness. Samantha is responsible for overseeing the development and organisation of this Elements series.
Strands and Strand Editors:
| Academic Publishing | Prof. Jane Winters (SAS) |
| Children's Publishing | Prof. Eugene Giddens (Anglia Ruskin) |
| Bookshops and Bookselling | Dr. Eben Muse (Bangor) |
| Publishing the Canon | Dr. Tara Puri (Bristol) |
| YA Publishing | Dr. Melanie Ramdarshan Bold (University of Glasgow) |
| 21st-Century Bestsellers | Dr. Beth Driscoll (University of Melbourne), Dr. Lisa Fletcher (University of Tasmania), & Prof. Kim Wilkins (University of Queensland) |
| Colonial and Postcolonial Publishing | Dr. Caroline Davis (UCL) |
| Women, Publishing, and Book Culture | Dr. Nicola Wilson (Reading) |
| Digital Literary Culture | Dr. Laura Dietz (UCL) |
| Editors and Editing | Dr. Susan L. Greenberg (Roehampton) |
| Typography and Book Culture | Will Hill (Anglia Ruskin) |
| The Business of Publishing | Dr. Rachel Noorda (Portland State University) |
| Book History | Dr. Andrew Nash (IES) & Prof. Leah Tether (Bristol) |
| Collecting the Book | Dr. Cynthia Johnston (IES) |
Associate Editor: Professor Leah Tether
Leah Tether is Professor of Medieval Literature and Publishing at the University of Bristol. With an academic background in medieval French and English literature and a professional background in trade publishing, Leah has combined her expertise and developed an international research profile in book and publishing history from manuscript to digital. As a past President of the British Branch of the International Arthurian Society and Editor of the Journal of the International Arthurian Society, she has a particular interest in Arthurian literature, as well as in historical reading cultures and book production practices, and has published widely in these areas, including her own Publishing and Book Culture Element: The General Reader and the Academy: Medieval French Literature and Penguin Classics.
Meet the Editors of Elements in Publishing and Book Culture