Authorship in the Age of AI: What Are We Really Defending?

AI is reshaping publishing, but the debate sparked by Hachette’s withdrawn Shy Girl shows that authorship, trust, and transparency still matter. As AI use becomes inevitable, publishers must define and defend what a genuinely human-authored book means. Read More…

Pushing the Wave 2024 — Out Now

Pushing the Wave 2024 by L.A. Davenport is published today, bringing together a year of essays, travel writing, and visual work. Available now in paperback and hardback from P-Wave Press. Read More…

Letters, Privacy and the Public Eye in The Coquette

How private letters shaped public reputation in The Coquette. A reflection on communication, judgement and the fragility of privacy then and now. Read More…

Why Hermsprong Walks: Class and Independence in Robert Bage’s Radical Novel

Why does Hermsprong insist on travelling everywhere on foot? In late eighteenth-century Britain, walking signalled social rank, and Bage turns that simple act into a quiet challenge to the hierarchy of polite society. Read More…

From Scandal to Story: How Elizabeth Whitman Became Eliza Wharton

The real-life tragedy behind The Coquette. How Elizabeth Whitman’s story became one of early America’s most enduring novels. Read More…

Tuesday Book Club: Identity by Francis Fukuyama

This week’s #TuesdayBookClub is Identity by Francis Fukuyama, a sharp and urgent exploration of identity politics, recognition and the forces shaping modern division. Whether you agree with him or not, he forces you to think about how we arrived here. Read More…

Why Robert Bage’s Hermsprong Matters Now

P-Wave Classics publishes Volume I of Robert Bage’s Hermsprong (1796), restoring the radical novel to its original three-volume form. A bold satire of privilege and power, newly introduced and annotated. Read More…