Publishing Procedures Seminar

A seminar on publishing your first book, for junior faculty in Humanities and non-quantitative Social Sciences subjects. Hosted by the Humanities Foundation and the Editorial Institute, the workshop will be led by Frances Whistler, a former literature editor at Oxford University Press, UK.

Learn about the processes of submitting proposals, peer-review, contracts, and the editing and production process.

Employed by the Clarendon Press (the Academic imprint of Oxford University Press, England) for more than 20 years, Frances has had a variety of editorial roles, from desk editor to commissioning editor. Her work has covered literature, cultural studies, and art publishing, with a special emphasis on scholarly editions, illustrated and reference works, bibliographies, and student books. She teaches publishing-editor skills at Boston University.

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