Frankfurt Book Fair 2016
October 21, 2016
This week we’re at the Frankfurt Book Fair – the world’s largest trade fair for books. In 2015, the Book Fair had a whopping 275 791 visitors from 129 countries, and this year… READ MORE
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St Paul’s Cathedral: Hidden History & Half-truths
September 19, 2016
by John Schofield ‘A 12-year-old girl’s signature from 1689 and the effect of many fingers on a Falklands Campaign memorial of 1985.’ Much has been written about St. Paul’s… READ MORE
Oxbow Books and Distributed Publishers in the media
July 14, 2016
Over the past couple of months Oxbow Books and other distributed publishers such as MOLA, have received great reviews in the British media. Three Oxbow authors have written fascinating features for… READ MORE
Trailblazing Women From Medieval History
March 8, 2016
By Susan Signe Morrison “Though I treated him worst, I loved him best.” These are the last known words of an eleventh-century Icelandic woman, Gudrun Osvifsdottir. Married four times, Gudrun… READ MORE
Current Archaeology Live 2016
March 4, 2016
Last weekend Oxbow Books had the pleasure of attending Current Archaeology Live 2016. Hosted by the magazine of the same name, this conference is attended by many archaeologists, from the… READ MORE
New Editorial Board Members and Forthcoming Titles for American Landscapes
November 5, 2015
The first volume in our new American Landscapes series Hopewell Ceremonial Landscapes of Ohio, by Mark Lynott, was published earlier this year and is an acclaimed success. The volume was… READ MORE
Discovering Britain’s Home Front 1914-18
July 28, 2015
Between 1914 and 1918 Britain’s cities, towns, villages and countryside were transformed by war. For the first time in generations her population was directly threatened by conflict. Coastal towns were… READ MORE
Doug Kennedy photographing his way through the North Downs Landscapes
June 22, 2015
I was brought up in Barnes, in south-west London, and if I went to the countryside for the day, or a weekend camping with the boy scouts, the destination would… READ MORE
Wessex Archaeology Launch New eBook Series
May 8, 2015
Wessex Archaeology are delighted to announce the launch of a new ebook series to be distributed by Oxbow Books. Wessex Archaeology have been working with Oxbow since the late 1990s… READ MORE
The Process of Preparing Maps
March 13, 2015
Giles Darkes, Cartographic Editor for The British Historic Towns Atlas, discusses the process of preparing the maps for the latest volume in the collection – Windsor and Eton. When cartographers create maps, we’re… READ MORE
