Publications

The first of our public-facing project publications is a Field Guide to Finding First World War Ephemera (2024), put together by Ann-Marie Foster, with illustrations by Felicity Tattersall (design: Roger Newbrook). You can download either an illustrated PDF copy (with alt text), or a basic accessible version in MS Word format.

Finding First World War Ephemera Field Guide (illustrated PDF version)

Finding First World War Ephemera Field Guide (text only Word version)

On 8 April 2024, we launched our project creative anthology with an in-person event in Newcastle. You can download the digital version for free here!

Fragments: An Anthology (digital version)

Our final public-facing publication is a toolkit for running creative workshops that use war ephemera as prompts or inspiration. The exercises are based on workshops we ran as part of the project, but can be adapted to suit varied needs and contexts. The toolkit was written by Ann-Marie Einhaus, with illustrations by Felicity Tattersall (design: Roger Newbrook). You can download either an illustrated PDF copy (with alt text), or a basic accessible version in MS Word format.

Writing First World War Ephemera Toolkit with alt text

Writing First World War Ephemera Toolkit text only

Einhaus, Ann-Marie. ‘Scraps of Paper: First World War short fiction and the ephemeral’, Journal of the Short Story in English, 77 (2021), pp. 29–52.

Foster, Ann-Marie. ‘How to Remember the Victims of Covid-19: Experiences of the First World War’, History & Policy (November 2022).

Foster, Ann-Marie, and James Wallis. ‘The Memorial Afterlives of Online Crowdsourcing: “Lives of the First World War” at Imperial War Museums‘, Public History Review, 30 (2023), pp. 89-104.

Kempshall, Chris, Catriona Pennell, and Felicity Tattersall. ‘Waiting to be Discovered? Community Partnerships, the facilitation of Diverse Memory, and Reflections on Academic Success and Failure‘, Special Issue: Wartime Ephemera and the Transmission of Diverse Family and Community Histories, Genealogy, 8.2 (2024).

Pennell, Catriona, Chris Kempshall, and Gabriel Kupper. ‘The Iraq War at 20: Anniversary Journalism, British Cultural Memory, and the Politics of Closure’, Journal of War & Culture Studies (2025) pp. 1–21.

Thomaz, Julia Ribeiro S. C. ‘The Case for Reading War Poetry as Ephemera‘, Special Issue: Wartime Ephemera and the Transmission of Diverse Family and Community Histories, Genealogy, 8.2 (2024).

Pennell, Catriona, and Chris Kempshall (eds.), Wartime Ephemera and the Transmission of Diverse Family and Community Histories, Special Issue of Genealogy, 8.2 (2024).

Our creative practitioner, Felicity Tattersall, compiled this helpful resource sheet for researchers looking to build productive and equitable relationships with community groups.

Working with communities Resource Sheet