I'm delighted to say that today I signed the contract for the book provisionally/definitely known as "Habitatscapes: Environmental Futures in Nineteenth Century Art" - all 110,000 words and 100 images of it - to be published next year by the University of Chicago Press. I have two and a half months to pull the manuscript into final shape ...
Many, many thanks to all of you - you know who you are - who have helped get the book to this point: reading versions of it; workshopping it; coming to talks and asking great questions; feeding me images and quotations. I really wouldn't have reached this moment without you.
Woohoo!! Congratulations! We know how hard you've been working on the project, so this is the best possible news. Also, U of C is a brilliant press (they're so lucky to sign you). How did the kitties react??
ReplyDeleteThey wrote a very sweet card, and generally joined in the celebrations ... You don't know (you do know!) how happy and relieved I am. Now to pull it into its final shape ...due at the end of July!
ReplyDeleteCongratulations, Kate!
ReplyDeletethank you!!
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