Available for pre-order now! The first ever anthology of the poems, stories and illustrations that helped shape the Santa Claus that we a...

  The latest book in our Children's Corner Critical Edition series - as ever, co-produced with our final year students - is available f...

 I'm giving a talk about Mary and Anna Sewell on Friday January 17th at the Time and Tide Museum in Great Yarmouth :

 I appeared on the Inside the Newport Mansions podcast to talk about Christmas Past :

I spoke to the Associated Press about Santa Claus - available here - which got picked up around the world, including by Time magazine, here...

I'm quoted in this USA Today  article about White Christmases:

I'm in this month's UN Today magazine (the magazine of United Nations civil servants) with an article about Christmas traditions ar...

I've been quoted in The Guardian  in a fun article about contemporary Christmas movies - enjoy here . 

  Delighted to announced that our edition of Lydia Maria Child's writing for children, co-produced with our students, was awarded The Li...

I'm quoted in this month's National Geographic History Magazine in an article about the ongoing significance of A Visit from St. Nic...

  Our collection of Lydia Maria's Child's writing for children has been shortlisted for a Literary Encyclopedia Book Prize in the ...