Curated by Denise Oleksijczuk, SFU SCA associate professor, and Salena Wiener, WPHP RA and SFU English PhD student, Earth Love: Intended Chiefly for Young Persons is an exhibit that explores women and children's engagement with botany and the garden, historically and into the present.

Join us on Thursday, May 28th (1-5 PM) at SFU Bennett Library for talks, workshops, & a reception in celebration of the WPHP's 10th anniversary! For more details and to RSVP, see the Eventbrite link: tinyurl.com/3yvucc7s.

Please join us to celebrate the WPHP on May 29th (2-5 PM) at SFU Harbour Centre. We will be holding a live podcast, roundtable, & talk by Dr. Kate Ozment, followed by a reception. For more details and to RSVP, see our Eventbrite page: tinyurl.com/5n7vfd67. We can't wait to see you there!

As the WPHP prepares to launch its own mission to explore the range of surviving literary manuscripts by women in the Women’s Manuscript History Project, please enjoy these journal entries from Dorothy Wordsworth’s Alfoxden and Grasmere journals, all from within the same week in January 1798: (1/9)

Women poets of the long eighteenth-century took so much inspiration from the moon. Here is our attempt at a brief poetic lunar miscellany: (1/8)

Fancy some astronomical play? Alicia Mant’s The Study of the Heavens at Midnight During the Winter Solstice, Arranged as a Game of Astronomy, for the Use of Young Students in that Science (1814) represents one of many attempts by women writers to turn scientific learning into fun and games. (1/3)

“The figure of the Moon’s orbit is nearly that of an ellipse; but, owing to the varieties of her affections, and their inequalities amongst themselves, not a regular one.” (1/5)

"...the skies... ...with mild maiden beams Of temper’d light, invite the cherish’d eye To wander o’er their sphere; where hung aloft DIAN’s bright crescent, like a silver bow New strung in heaven, lifts high its beamy horns Impatient for the night, and seems to push Her brother down the sky." (1/5)

"The heavens afford the most sublime subject of study which can be derived from science: the magnitude and splendour of the objects...impress the mind with some notion of the energy that maintains them in their motions with a durability to which we can see no limits” (vi). (1/4)

Required reading for #bookhistory and “fembib. Collaboration, mentorship, “data intimacy” and research.

The Women's Print History Project@thewphp.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For our final spotlight in the Research in Reflection series, join PI Michelle Levy and Lead Editor Kandice Sharren as they muse on 10 years of the WPHP—their regrets, their accomplishments, and how they have tried to keep the humans involved at the forefront of of the project: tinyurl.com/23ajexte

Being sincere in public sets off my fight-or-flight response, but adding my favourite meme of all time to the social media posts helps.

The Women's Print History Project@thewphp.bsky.social · 11mo ago

For our final spotlight in the Research in Reflection series, join PI Michelle Levy and Lead Editor Kandice Sharren as they muse on 10 years of the WPHP—their regrets, their accomplishments, and how they have tried to keep the humans involved at the forefront of of the project: tinyurl.com/23ajexte

For our final spotlight in the Research in Reflection series, join PI Michelle Levy and Lead Editor Kandice Sharren as they muse on 10 years of the WPHP—their regrets, their accomplishments, and how they have tried to keep the humans involved at the forefront of of the project: tinyurl.com/23ajexte

In Kate’s contribution to our “Research in Reflection Series” she reflects on how the WPHP (delightfully, inevitably) shaped her her PhD work—and provided her with the opportunity to drop books in the British Library. Oops. Read about her ongoing love story with the WPHP here: tinyurl.com/5k55cpxm

Continuing our "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series," RA Belle Eist details how following a rabbit hole into Jane Loudon's life informed both her MA project and her WPHP work: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/150.

The Women's Print History Project@thewphp.bsky.social · 12mo ago

As the WPHP comes to a bittersweet close this summer (😭), we're releasing one last Spotlight series to celebrate! Join our team down memory lane in our "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series" which will be published throughout the rest of August: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/148.

In our next installment of the "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series, join RA Salena Wiener as she recounts how the WPHP helped shape her PhD research on women's labour in the production of manuscripts: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/149.

The Women's Print History Project@thewphp.bsky.social · 12mo ago

As the WPHP comes to a bittersweet close this summer (😭), we're releasing one last Spotlight series to celebrate! Join our team down memory lane in our "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series" which will be published throughout the rest of August: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/148.

First up, in "Reflections of a Research Assistant: The Multitudes of WPHP Work," Amanda Law discusses the several roles she took on as an RA for the project, and the special place Phillis Wheatley Peters and her book of poetry hold in her memories: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/146.

The Women's Print History Project@thewphp.bsky.social · 12mo ago

As the WPHP comes to a bittersweet close this summer (😭), we're releasing one last Spotlight series to celebrate! Join our team down memory lane in our "Research in Reflection Spotlight Series" which will be published throughout the rest of August: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/148.

How it started How it ended

I had forgotten quite how long I’ve been doing #fembib #bookhistory till this lovely podcast opportunity with @thewphp.bsky.social .

The Women's Print History Project@thewphp.bsky.social · 12mo ago

In the penultimate (!!) episode of The WPHP Monthly Mercury, we’re joined by three scholars whose work has been vital to our research—Isobel Grundy, @lesliehowsam.bsky.social, and Maureen Bell. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147 (1/3)

In the penultimate (!!) episode of The WPHP Monthly Mercury, we’re joined by three scholars whose work has been vital to our research—Isobel Grundy, @lesliehowsam.bsky.social, and Maureen Bell. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/147 (1/3)

Come for the witch trials, stay for the informative chapter about Newcastle architecture.

The Women's Print History Project@thewphp.bsky.social · last yr.

This month’s episode of the WPHP Monthly Mercury features research by recent PhD graduate Tricia Monsour, who completed a scholarly edition of Jane Harvey’s The Castle of Tynemouth. We never can resist a bonkers novel—and we hope you can’t either: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/145

This month’s episode of the WPHP Monthly Mercury features research by recent PhD graduate Tricia Monsour, who completed a scholarly edition of Jane Harvey’s The Castle of Tynemouth. We never can resist a bonkers novel—and we hope you can’t either: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/145

Happy 2025 and ten year anniversary of the WPHP! To find out what we've been up to in the lead up to this milestone (and to see a throwback photo of Lead Editor Kandice and Project Director Michelle in 2015), take a look at our 2024 Year in Review: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/144.

Oh hey it’s me. Check it out.

The Women's Print History Project@thewphp.bsky.social · 2y ago

For S5E3 of the WPHP Monthly Mercury, join us as we interview @meganpeiser.bsky.social and @embrarian.bsky.social about their work on the Hicks Collection. This episode has it all—a badass woman book collector, a Boston marriage, and even a heist (!!!): womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/143

For S5E3 of the WPHP Monthly Mercury, join us as we interview @meganpeiser.bsky.social and @embrarian.bsky.social about their work on the Hicks Collection. This episode has it all—a badass woman book collector, a Boston marriage, and even a heist (!!!): womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/143

Happy December WPHP friends! Are you hosting a holiday gathering this year and looking for some entertainment? Search “winter evening” in our Titles search for some 19th century inspiration: womensprinthistoryproject.com/title/.

As we continue to verify over 1500 firms on our Firms to Final Check list, you can revisit our Down the Rabbit Hole: Researching Women in the Book Trades Spotlight Series to learn about some of the extensive research we undertake to determine if a firm is woman-run.

Happy Halloween! This year, we’re literally taking a trip to hell with Charlotte Dacre’s Zofloya. It’s Kandice’s favourite time of the year, so she sat down with WPHP collaborator Kate Ozment to talk about this demonic, orientalist bloodbath of a novel: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/141

To help you savour the last few days of October (and get you ready for another special Halloween episode coming this week!), listen again to our previous WPHP Monthly Mercury Halloween episodes.

Happy spooky season, WPHP friends! To help you get into the Halloween spirit, revisit our Spooky Spotlight series where we dive into all things Gothic in the database: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/38.

Authority records, authority figures, authoritative scholarship… What does it really mean to have authority? The first episode of the final season of the WPHP Monthly Mercury is here to question authority—and maybe claim some in the process. Listen here: womensprinthistoryproject.com/blog/post/140