Jane Platt is an independent scholar specialising in church history. From 2011-2014 she was Honorary Researcher in History at Lancaster University, UK. She is the editor of The Diocese of Carlisle, 1814–1855 (2015).

• Contents 1. Inventing the Parish Magazine2. Erskine Clarke and Parish Magazine3. 'Cheap as well as good': the Economics of Publishing4. Editors, Writers and Church Parties, 1871-19185. Manhood6. 'Scribbling Women': Female Authorship of Inset Fiction7. Readers8. Stormy Waters: 'How can the waves the bark o'erwhelm, with Christ the Pilot at the Helm?'9. The Challenges of Modernity: Scientific Advances and the Great War10. Anglican Parish Magazines 1919-1929 and Beyond

“In this attractive and persuasive volume, Jane Platt seeks to redress the balance and to reclaim this literature as worthy of scholarly attention. … These voices from Anglicanism in the parishes deserve to be heard, and this volume is to be applauded for bringing such a rich archival source back on to the scholarly agenda.” (Andrew Atherstone, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Vol. 68 (1), January, 2017)