Posted by Dr Caroline Edwards on 2024-01-18

The twenty-first century is nearly a quarter done. The contemporary – that category which has so often been theorised, following Barthes and Agamben, as fundamentally out of step with its own time – is starting to synchronise its watch with the temporal bounds of the current century.

Despite a flurry …

Two C21 opportunities: 1) Deputy Editor 2) Reviews Editor

Posted by Siân Adiseshiah on 2022-09-16

We are pleased to announce that C21 is advertising for two positions: 1) a Deputy Editor and 2) a Reviews Editor. Both these roles require some prior experience of editorial work, peer review, or academic writing and communications. C21 already has two Deputy Editors but is creating an opening …

Posted by Dr Caroline Edwards on 2022-07-07

We're delighted to announce the re-launch of C21!

After ten years of managing the journal, Professor Katy Shaw is standing down as Editor-in-Chief. The British Association of Contemporary Literary Studies has appointed two new Editors-in-Chief: Dr Siân Adiseshiah (Loughborough University) and Dr Caroline Edwards (Birkbeck, University of London). They join …

Posted by Katy Shaw on 2021-02-02

C21 Literature is seeking NEW article submissions for 2021.

Please read the journal submission guidelines and the scope of the journal pages on this site, or take a look at our database of previous publications before submitting. 

If you have any questions relating to a future submission, please email our …

Posted by Katy Shaw on 2020-12-10

Essential? Different? Exceptional? The Book Trade and Covid-19

by Professor Claire Squires, University of Stirling, UK

For many - probably all readers on this platform - a book is an essential Christmas gift to give or receive. Those rectangular objects, so bibliographically obvious nestled in their …

Posted by OLH Janeway on 2019-11-06

C21 Literature: journal of 21st-century writings is seeking new deputy editors to help direct and shape the production and future of the journal. 

C21 Literature is an international peer-reviewed open access BACLS-affiliated journal dedicated to the study of new writings. More information on the journal can be found on our …

Posted by OLH Janeway on 2018-05-16

C21 Literature aims to create a critical, discursive space for the promotion and exploration of 21st century writings in English. It addresses a range of narratives in contemporary culture, from the novel, poem and play to hypertext, digital gaming and contemporary creative writing. The journal features engaged theoretical pieces alongside …

C21 Migrates to Janeway

Posted by OLH Janeway on 2018-05-16

C21 is now on the Janeway platform. Janeway is developed by the Birkbeck Centre for Technology and Publishing and is hosted by the Open Library of Humanities.

Posted by Dr Caroline Edwards on 2025-01-17

We're delighted to have published a special issue on the narraitve ethics of Ali Smith's Seasonal Quartet, edited by Agnes Andeweg (Utrecht University) and Jesse van Amelsvoort (University of Amsterdam). The articles published in this special issue originated at the MLA International Symposium held in Glasgow in June 2022, …

UPDATE: C21 LITERATURE SPECIAL ISSUE: THE CENTURY AT 25

Posted by Siân Adiseshiah on 2024-07-05

The twenty-first century is nearly a quarter done. The contemporary – that category which has so often been theorised, following Barthes and Agamben, as fundamentally out of step with its own time – is starting to synchronise its watch with the temporal bounds of the current century.  

Despite a flurry …