The long-awaited publication of Beckett’s German Diaries is scheduled for 20 August. The German Diaries represent the last significant unpublished writings by Beckett. They provide insights into the evolution of Beckett’s aesthetics in his critical confrontation with literature and visual art. But also into the motivations behind his decision to embark upon this trip. They…
Read More
Edinburgh University Press has just announced the publication of a new monograph by Jonathan McAllister. Titled Beckett, Performance and the Miming Body in Theatre, Film and Television the book takes Beckett’s mimes as a departure point and questions the value of his close attention to and choreography of the body for performance. It examines how…
Read More
The latest issue of the Journal of Beckett Studies has just been released. It is a special number marking the fiftieth anniversary of the Journal. The issue includes a special essay on Beckett’s personal library by the journal editors Dirk Van Hulle and Mark Nixon. The issue will be launched at an event at the…
Read More
Oxford University Press has just announced the publication of the latest in its Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs series. Titled Sadean Intertext and Aesthetics in Samuel Beckett’s Works and authored by Dr Elsa Baroghel, the book is described as ‘the first full-length study of the relevance of the Marquis de Sade to the works…
Read More
Anthem Press has just published Beckett and Broadcasting: On Works of Samuel Beckett for and in Radio and Television by Clas Zilliacus. This well-known, foundational work in the field was completed in 1976 but received only limited circulation at the time. Now presented with a new introduction by the author and an afterword by Galina…
Read More
The latest volume of Samuel Beckett Today/Aujourd’hui has just been published. This special issue, edited by Laura Salisbury and Nadia Louar, is titled Beckett’s Environments and is drawn from contributions made to the eighth annual Samuel Beckett Society conference of the same name. The volume features chapters from Katherine Weiss, Julie Bates, Arka Chattopadhyay, Mark…
Read More
The latest in the Cambridge Elements in Beckett Studies series has just been released. Authored by Society past-president Patrick Bixby, Quotidian Beckett: Art of Everyday Life will explore the writer’s ‘enduring preoccupation with the quotidian rhythms of modern life, including the experiences of boredom, routine, habit, and consumption.’ By drawing on Henri Lefebvre’s influential theories of…
Read More
The second issue of the Beckett Review, the Society’s official publication, is now available. The Winter 2025 edition contains a wide variety of news, reviews and items of general interest to all scholars and fans of the writer. This issue sees the first in a proposed series of peer-reviewed essays from early-career scholars: ‘Three Versions…
Read More
The latest issue of the Journal of Beckett Studies, vol. 34 no. 2 (September 2025) is now available. This issue includes contributions from articles by Reuben Slade, Imane Aoulad Ben Ali, Michael D’Arcy, C.J. Ackerley, and John Pilling, as well as an intrview by Galina Kiryushina, and reviews by Leslie Hill, Jane Coyle, Katya Gosteva, and…
Read More
The latest in the Cambridge Elements in Beckett Studies series has just been announced. Beckett and Leopardi is co-authored by Peter Boxall and Peter Nicholls aims to read Beckett in conjunction with Italian author Giacomo Leopardi arguing ‘that the dialogue between them might offer new ways of thinking about the nature of both writers’ pessimism’. Boxall and…
Read More
The Samuel Beckett Society 