Yearly Archives: 2024

Bloomsbury Announces Two New Waugh-Related Books

Posted on January 20, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

Bloomsbury Books in London has announced the upcoming issuance of two new books with substantive Waugh content. The first is entitled the Bloomsbury Handbook of Modernist Archives.  This has the following article relating to the archives of Evelyn Waugh:  ‘Will … Continue reading →

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MLK Weekend Roundup

Posted on January 13, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The independent book publisher Sutherland House has posted a brief article entitled “Why Waugh Drank”. This is by Kenneth Whyte and begins with a quote from Waugh’s diary (8 Dec 1924, pp. 189-90) about a drink-fueled Oxford day spent in … Continue reading →

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Roundup: Podcast, Public Domain and Plas Dulas

Posted on January 7, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

–The London Review of Books has announced its annual program of monthly literary podcasts for the coming year. This is called Close Readings. One of these wil focus on satire and will discuss, inter alia, Evelyn Waugh’s early novel A … Continue reading →

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New Issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies Posted

Posted on January 4, 2024 by Jeffrey Manley

A new issue of Evelyn Waugh Studies, the Society’s journal, has been posted. This is vol 54.2 (Autumn 2023). Here is the summary by the Society’s Secretary Jamie Collinson: I write to provide you with Evelyn Waugh Studies 54.2 which I can … Continue reading →

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