@inbook{a3941220feef4c9caad9c5edce6b8078,
title = "Printing, Publishing and Pocketbook Compiling: Ann Fisher{\textquoteright}s Hidden Labour in the Newcastle Book Trade",
abstract = "Ann Fisher (1719–1778), author of bestselling grammatical textbooks, co-founded and co-edited with her husband, Thomas Slack, the Newcastle Chronicle. Though she worked alongside him, and sometimes independently, in their Newcastle print shops, Fisher{\textquoteright}s work as a printer-publisher remains underexplored. This chapter demonstrates her role in printing and publishing John Cunningham{\textquoteright}s Poems, Chiefly Pastoral (1766 and 1772) and her own Ladies{\textquoteright} Own Memorandum-Book (1764–1778), unique in being the only women{\textquoteright}s pocket book produced by a woman in this period. Drawing upon manuscript archives of correspondence in the British Library, Tyne and Wear Archives and Museums, and the National Library of Scotland, this chapter provides a rare insight into the professional practice of a female printer and publisher within a family business.",
keywords = "Ann Fisher, Ann Slack, Eighteenth-century printing, John Cunningham, Pocket book, The Ladies{\textquoteright} Own Memorandum-Book, Women in the book trade",
author = "Helen Williams",
year = "2022",
month = apr,
day = "8",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-030-88055-2\_5",
language = "English",
isbn = "9783030880545",
series = "New Directions in Book History",
publisher = "Palgrave Macmillan",
pages = "93--116",
editor = "Kaley Kramer and Smith, \{Adam James\} and Rachel Stenner",
booktitle = "Print Culture, Agency, and Regionality in the Hand Press Period",
address = "United Kingdom",
edition = "1st",
}