Dear Colleagues:

My co-editor, Nikki Bado, and I wish to update you on the

once and former book series known as the

Equinox Studiesin Contemporary and Historical Paganism.

As of last year, we had four books under contract in the series.

Then Equinox merged with another privately held British academic publisher, Acumen.

The merger did not go well, however, and as of late October,

the two are separate entities.

Under the de-merger agreement, religious studies books in

production were retained by Acumen.

For us, that means two edited collections --

1. Kaarina Aitamurto and Scott Simpson, eds. Modern Pagan and Native Faith Movements in Central and Eastern Europe.

2. Donna Weston and Andy Bennett, eds., Pop Pagans: Pagans and Popular Music.

The other two books under contract have not yet been completed.

So aside from those two title, future books will be published under the

Equinox imprint, not Acumen's.

What this means: Equinox may not publish any new religious-studies books until 2014.

However, 2014 is not far off in publishing terms.

Therefore, if you have developed a book proposal in contemporary or historical Paganism

and wish to submit it for consideration in the series, please do send it on.

We are again "open for business" at Equinox.