The newly appointed editor of the John Buchan Journal, David Crackanthorpe, would welcome contributions whether critical, biographical, or of an otherwise diverting character, devoted to the life and works of the great man. Email: crackanthorpe.david@wanadoo.fr
The John Buchan Journal is published by the John Buchan Society as a semi-scholarly organ, but is not the house magazine, so to speak (The Society Newsletter does that job). The Journal has been running for over 20 years, and has now reached issue 38 (Summer/Autumn 2008). Originally annual, it has been biannual since 1997, and is put together from his home in Nīmes, France, by David Crackanthorpe, a novelist, biographer and academic writer who studied law at Oxford. Articles are always welcome. Enquiries and contributions (illustrated if you can) should be emailed to the Editor.
Contributors are a mix of Buchan enthusiasts (the Society has nearly 500 members worldwide), academics working in, among others, history, film, literature and philosophy, practitioners from other fields, and specialists in areas through which Buchan roamed freely. Recent examples of cross-over articles have dealt with ornithology, angling, mountaineering and economics. Articles in any relevant field, and on whatever seems a good and fertile idea will be welcome; and equal consideration given to all.
The Editor reserves full right to edit, abbreviate, and if necessary refer all material submitted to the Journal for publication.The Editor's decision is final.
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The John Buchan Journal has been accepted for indexing by the MLA Bibliography, which has made its editor very happy. This can only increase its international standing, as well as publicising its growing field of John Buchan studies, and researchers who are published in the JBJ from now on will be indexed by name, subject and thematic content.
