NEW VIDEO
ICMA BOOK SALON
WRITING THE MIDDLE AGES & THE RENAISSANCE FOR THE PUBLIC: A CONVERSATION WITH THE AUTHORS
TUESDAY 23 MAY 2023, 5PM ET // 2PM PT
Sonja Drimmer led a conversation with authors, Vanessa Wilkie and Elizabeth (Beth) Morrison, who discussed the joys and challenges of working with the medieval and Renaissance periods in writing trade books rather than academic works or even those intended for the museum-going public. They shared their journeys to developing an authorial voice for the mass market and took questions from members of the audience.
Vanessa Wilkie is William A. Moffett Senior Curator of Medieval Manuscripts & British History and Head of Library Curatorial at The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens and author of the popular non-fiction book, A Woman of Influence: The Spectacular Rise of Alice Spencer in Tudor England.
https://www.amazon.com/Woman-Influence-Spectacular-Spencer-England/dp/1982154284
Elizabeth (Beth) Morrison is Senior Curator of Manuscripts at the Getty Museum and author of the medieval adventure novel, The Lawless Land.
https://www.amazon.com/Lawless-Land-Sword-Honour/dp/1801108633
Sonja Drimmer is an Associate Professor of Medieval Art at University of Massachusetts Amherst and the Chair of the Membership Committee for the ICMA.
The video is available to watch on the Special Online Lectures page.