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The final episode in our current series features an extended interview with Dr. Leah Knight, Associate Professor with the Department of English Language and Literature.\nDr. Knight discusses her early work exploring the connections between books and botany and how her research interests transitioned into examining women\u2019s participation in Early Modern book culture in England through the figures of Anne Clifford (1590-1676) and Hester Pulter (1605-1678). She shares what it is like to work with rare books and manuscripts and considers our modern relationship with text in print and digital formats.\nKnight\u2019s most recent project, The Pulter Project, with Wendy Wall of Northwestern University in Illinois, United States, examines the manuscripts of poet Hester Pulter. It was selected as the year\u2019s best project in digital scholarship by the Society for the Study of Early Modern Women and Gender in 2018.\nFind a full transcript at\xa0https://brocku.ca/humanities/foreword\nLinks\nOf Books and Botany in Early Modern England: Sixteenth-Century Plants and Print Culture\xa0(Routledge, 2009)\xa0\nReading Green in Early Modern\xa0England\xa0(Routledge, 2014)\nWomen\u2019s Bookscapes in Early Modern Britain: Reading, Ownership, Circulation\xa0(University of Michigan Press, 2018; edited with\xa0Micheline White, and Elizabeth Sauer)\nThe Pulter\xa0Project: Poet in the Making\xa0(\xa0co-directed and -edited with Wendy Wall, 2018)\nDigital project gives voice to 17th century female poet\xa0(Brock News, 19 November 2018)\nLeah Knight\xa0faculty profile\nDepartment of English Language & Literature\xa0\nCredits\nWe love to hear from our listeners! Join us on\xa0Twitter,\xa0Facebook, and\xa0Instagram\xa0@brockhumanities.\nPlease subscribe and rate us on your favourite podcasting app so you don\u2019t miss an episode.\nLearn more about the Faculty of Humanities, including our events, programs of study, and departments,\xa0online.\nForeword is hosted and produced by Alison Innes for the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.\nSound design and editing by\xa0Serena Atallah. Theme music is by\xa0Khalid Imam.\nSpecial thanks to Brock University\u2019s MakerSpace and Brock University Marketing and Communications for studio and web support.\nThis podcast is financially supported by the Faculty of Humanities at Brock University.