Gylphi: Latest News

New Journals Launching and Electronic Access 2011-2012

There are three new journals launching in 2011 and 2012. Transgressive Culture, Transnational Subjects: History, Society and Culture and C21 Literature: Journal of 21st-century Writings. Please see links for information on how to subscribe. Also now available is electronic access for individuals and institutions to the Journal of British and Irish Innovative Poetry and prices start at just £2.50.

Calling All Agents: A symposium on the work of Tom McCarthy, 22-23 July 2011

The first academic symposium on the work of British novelist Tom McCarthy. This event is free to attend and will feature papers on McCarthy's three novels, Remainder (2005), Men in Space (2007) and C (2010), as well as his role as General Secretary of the International Necronautical Society, and his relationship with the Tintin series. The day will conclude with a reading by and Q&A session with McCarthy. The Contemporary Writers series and David Mitchell: Critical Essays will be launching as part of this event.

David Mitchell: Critical Essays

Edited by Sarah Dillon (University of St Andrews) with a foreword by David Mitchell. This collection of essays represents the first sustained attempt to analyse Mitchell's complex narrative techniques and the literary, political and cultural implications of his early work. The book has been released in eBook formats (ePUB and Kindle), and print formats will be published 20 April 2011.

Transgressive Culture: A New International Journal and Book Series

Gylphi is proud to announce a forthcoming journal entitled Transgressive Culture (ISSN 2043-7102), which will launch this year (2011) and be accompanied by a companion book series of the same name. The editor for this venture will be Jason Lee from the University of Derby.