I’ve now seen the full cover of the book — front, back, and spine — and I’m rather pleased with how it turned out. Here’s the front in all its glory: The press had asked me a couple of months ago what I thought might go on the cover, and …
No one ever accuses academia of being speedy. I reported on June 22, 2008 that I had completed the edits for my edition of The Middle English Metrical Paraphrase of the Old Testament, a 700+ page behemoth of a book. Today, April 8, 2011, I got my first request for …
The Battle of Brunanburh: A Casebook, my book about one of the most important but often forgotten events in the history of the British Isles, is about a month away. If you live in England, that is. The book is being published through the University of Exeter Press, and it …
It’s unlikely to be spotted by any but the most keen observers, but I found a couple hours to fiddle with the website yesterday. Gone from the sidebar is the lengthy list of posts past (replaced by a drop-down archive). Ditto the list of categories (also replaced by a drop-down). …
It’s fairly common to hear somebody blathering about the End of the World these days. And by “these days” I mean, well, whenever you happen to be reading this, because one of the few constants over the past couple thousand years has been folks’ certainty — absolute certainty — that …