I’ve had a lot of great reviews of my books. (My favorite remains Lauren Winner’s review of The Way of Improvement Leads Home in Books & Culture). I’ve also had some bad reviews written by people who wished I had...
book reviewing
Fides et Historia seeks a book review editor
Fides et Historia is the academic journal of the Conference on Faith and History. The book review editor is responsible for producing 20–25 book reviews per issue for two annual issues. There is a longer, featured review at the beginning...
Help Bring John Wilson to *Englewood Review of Books*
I am really glad to hear that Englewood Review of Books is growing and making a concerted effort to bring John Wilson aboard full-time. Here is a letter from editor Christopher Smith and several other scholars, including historian Mark Noll: As you...
*Englewood Review of Books* Hires John Wilson
Here is the press release: We are excited to announce that we have hired John Wilson, the former editor of BOOKS & CULTURE, as Contributing Editor for THE ENGLEWOOD REVIEW OF BOOKS. For over two decades, John was the editor...
How Does *Books and Culture* Decide What Books to Review?
I have been fortunate to have my first three books reviewed at Books and Culture: A Christian Review. Lauren Winner wrote a wonderful review of The Way of Improvement Leads Home: Philip Vickers Fithian and the Rural Enlightenment in America....
Why You Should Not Review Books
John Stackhouse of Regent College in Vancouver offers some pros and cons about book reviewing and explains why he no longer does it. The whole piece is worth reading, but here is a taste to whet your appetite: …generally I […]
A “Savage” Review Stirs Much Debate at U.S. Intellectual History
While I was on a brief hiatus last month, I missed all of the hullabaloo surrounding James Livingston’s review of Paul Murphy’s The New Era: American Thought and Culture in the 1920s. (The review was part of a U.S. Intellectual...