It’s publication day for my new book! Have a look if you’re interested in romance plays, popular culture, regional and amateur playing, doubling, rogue Stuarts, joy, and the adventures of Mucedorus in the seventeenth century. Info here: bit.ly/4qRZHZ7 Published by @ardenpublisher.bsky.social

New research in Early Modern culture and drama is available 📚🎭 Popular Romance in Early Modern Amateur and Regional Drama: https://bit.ly/4fAdtKM Rethinking Science and Religion in Early Modern Culture: https://bit.ly/4wseueW

My review of the excellent @ardenpublisher.bsky.social Fourth Series edition of Julius Caesar, edited by @authorajhartley.bsky.social if anyone is interested. currentshakespeare.substack.com/p/arden-shak... #Shakespeare

Arden Shakespeare Julius Caesar Review

Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series, edited by Andrew James Hartley

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Which new book has caught your eye? 👀📚 Explore our July–September 2026 Drama & Performance Studies catalogue: https://bit.ly/4dJ4Igr

From The Taming of the Shrew to The Tempest, echoes of Shakespeare's own life can be glimpsed throughout his plays. Discover an arresting account of love, loss, departure, and homecoming in 'The Complete Life of William Shakespeare'. Coming October | Pre-order today: https://bit.ly/3TvsyGh

Stock up on Shakespeare ahead of the new term, including the Third Series and the new Fourth Series www.bloomsbury.com/discover/blo...

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Back to school means back to books (and back to pretending you have room for more books). 📚 Save up to 30% through October 4! https://bit.ly/4qpeNVH

Missed us at the ISC conference @shakesinstitute.bsky.social last month? Catch up on the recording of our panel discussing all things Fourth Series ⬇️ https://youtu.be/t6liUTnRF2s?si=3FZKHZ5OtW6ce0AY

The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series at the International Shakespeare Conference 2026

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🎙️ What goes into editing As You Like It for The Arden Shakespeare Fourth Series? Tom Bishop joins the Shakespeare in the Ruff podcast to discuss his forthcoming edition, what to expect from the series & more. 🎧 Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1VrxgOX0DV07HhbJ2QZeDm

2026 - Ep. 3 Editing the Arden Fourth Series of As You Like It with Tom Bishop

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New paperbacks out now! 📕 Global King Lear: https://bit.ly/4xbmeCk 📕 Shakespeare and Seriality: https://bit.ly/4fC8Ujb

New paperbacks publishing today! 📖 The Winter's Tale: https://bit.ly/4x7h6Ph 📖 Atrocity and Early Modern Drama: https://bit.ly/3TZtEtK

What can we really know about Shakespeare's life? In 'The Complete Life of William Shakespeare', Paul Menzer uses the few facts we have about Shakespeare's life to illuminate the language and characters that continue to define him. Coming October | Pre-order your copy: https://bit.ly/3TvsyGh

Find out what’s new and forthcoming in Drama & Performance Studies this summer 🌞🎭 Explore the July–September 2026 catalogue: https://bit.ly/4dJ4Igr

UK-based BAED scholars: ⏰Time is ticking! Just 3 days left to apply for the 2026 Bloomsbury Academic Writing Fellowship. Apply👉 https://bit.ly/4pd67Bs Don't miss your chance to receive 1:1 mentorship and resources to get your book idea publication-ready. cc @writersandartists.bsky.social

From Shakespeare and Interpretation to Arthur Miller and New York, the Critical Studies and Performance Practice update launches next month with 82 new eBooks from @methuendrama.bsky.social and @ardenpublisher.bsky.social. Discover the collection: https://bit.ly/4pQ9DC6

So excited to share the cover of my new monograph, published by @ardenpublisher.bsky.social in September! Appropriately for a book about romance, it’s been quite a journey. Many thanks to Jade Grogan at Arden and everyone who’s offered advice, wisdom, and expertise over the years.

New research out now! 📖 Horror on the Early Modern Stage: https://bit.ly/4oOgbk4 📖 Shakespeare and Theories of Political Theology: https://bit.ly/4waQYCQ 📖 The Chorus in Early Modern English Tragedy: https://bit.ly/4b8Iq7c

A book I need in my life.

The Arden Shakespeare@ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Beds, perfumes, doublets, torches, lutes, clocks, handkerchiefs… Who owned these objects in early modern England? How were they used? @profcatheriner.bsky.social's 'Shakespeare's Objects' explores 33 significant objects in full colour illustration. Out today! https://bit.ly/4f7YOaM

Look at this beautiful new thing by the fabulous, path-finding @profcatheriner.bsky.social - in the innovative companion volumes to the Arden Fourth Series Shakespeare 🗡️🛏️💀💍🕯️❤️

The Arden Shakespeare@ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Beds, perfumes, doublets, torches, lutes, clocks, handkerchiefs… Who owned these objects in early modern England? How were they used? @profcatheriner.bsky.social's 'Shakespeare's Objects' explores 33 significant objects in full colour illustration. Out today! https://bit.ly/4f7YOaM

Pleased to see it out at last! Digging down into the lived experience and ways of thinking that objects, fabrics, scents etc brought with them onto the stage, in short chapters based around particular things (with colour images!).

The Arden Shakespeare@ardenpublisher.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Beds, perfumes, doublets, torches, lutes, clocks, handkerchiefs… Who owned these objects in early modern England? How were they used? @profcatheriner.bsky.social's 'Shakespeare's Objects' explores 33 significant objects in full colour illustration. Out today! https://bit.ly/4f7YOaM

Fantastic plenary roundtable @wsc2026verona.bsky.social #WSC2026 led by Silvia Bigliazzi on an exciting, mega multi-volume project on Shakespeare’s Sources: Texts, Ideas, Horizons - just officially announced as being published by @ardenpublisher.bsky.social. Thrilled to be contributing to it!

The @wsc2026verona.bsky.social is in full swing with fantastic keynotes, roundtables, panels, seminars, workshops, interviews & the @ardenpublisher.bsky.social Shakespeare Fourth Series presentation now. 🎉 Evenings are also a highlight with the #Verona #Shakespeare Fringe. What a Shakespeare feast!

A packed hall for our Shakespeare and Adaptation series celebration yesterday @wsc2026verona.bsky.social 🎉 Thanks to everyone who came along to listen and ask questions! #WSC2026 Find out more about the series: https://bit.ly/4vRliSv

Beds, perfumes, doublets, torches, lutes, clocks, handkerchiefs… Who owned these objects in early modern England? How were they used? @profcatheriner.bsky.social's 'Shakespeare's Objects' explores 33 significant objects in full colour illustration. Out today! https://bit.ly/4f7YOaM

Kicking off #WSC2026 with Greg Doran in conversation with @paul-edmondson.bsky.social about Greg's memoir 'Walking Shadow: Love, Loss and Shakespeare' @wsc2026verona.bsky.social https://bit.ly/4ptABiw

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UK scribes! 📢 Publishing your first book can feel daunting—but you don’t have to do it alone. Our Academic Writing Fellowship with @writersandartists.bsky.social offers UK recipients a year of mentorship, networking, and free access to Bloomsbury books and events. ✨ https://bit.ly/4pd67Bs

Fourth Series General Editor Tiffany Stern and Fourth Series Fellow Varsha Panjwani @drvarshap.bsky.social repping the series in their on-brand outfits at the ISC conference @shakesinstitute.bsky.social last week! https://bit.ly/4yrQoCA

I'm in Stratford in part to celebrate the launch of the new Arden 4 series, which began with my JULIUS CAESAR, here seen in some pretty elite scholarly company.

Author Siobhan Keenan at the ISC conference with her STR Theatre Book Prize-shortlisted 'Richard Burbage and the Shakespearean Stage'! https://bit.ly/456Jh52

Fourth Series volume editors Tom Bishop and @authorajhartley.bsky.social with their editions of As You Like It (a very early preview copy ahead of October's publication date!) and Julius Caesar (out now) at the ISC conference @shakesinstitute.bsky.social https://bit.ly/44xJsWY