Narrative Publications
Academic Journals + Living Resources + Podcasts
Publications that are about — or intersect with — narrative help describe the growing narrative landscape, especially as it extends beyond the study of narrative. Suggestions.
Academic Journals
Diegesis
Center for Narrative Research
Frontiers of Narrative Studies
DeGruyter Brill
Journal of Narrative Theory
Eastern Michigan University
Journal of Public Interest Communications
University of Florida
Narrative
The Ohio State University Press
Narrative Works
St. Thomas University
Poetics Today
Duke University Press
StoryWorlds
University of Nebraska Press
Style
Penn State University Press
The first interdisciplinary journal dedicated to narrative research that offers free online access to full-text articles and reviews. Founded in 2012.
Research in all branches of narrative studies, in-depth reviews of selected current literature in the field, and occasional guest editorials and reports.
Essays that examine narrative in a host of critical, interdisciplinary, or cross-cultural contexts. Founded in 1971 as The Journal of Narrative Technique.
An open-access, interdisciplinary journal featuring peer-reviewed research focused on the emerging field of public interest communications.
The official journal of International Society for the Study of Narrative. Founded in 1993.
A forum for theoretical, empirical, and methodological work on narrative. Founded in 1991 as Journal of Narrative and Life History.
Interdisciplinary, peer-reviewed journal developed by the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research on Narrative. Founded in 2011.
Scholars from throughout the world who are concerned with developing systematic approaches to the study of literature (e.g., semiotics and narratology) and with applying such approaches to the interpretation of literary works. Founded in 1979.
An interdisciplinary journal of narrative theory. Founded in 2009.
Addressing questions of style, stylistics, and poetics, including research and theory in discourse analysis, literary and nonliterary genres, narrative, figuration, metrics, and rhetorical analysis.
Special
Issues
2005
2007
McGill Journal of Education
Vol. 40 No. 1
Interchange
Vol 38, Issue 3, Sept
Vol 38, Issue 4, Dec
This special issue includes articles presented at the 2004 Narrative Matters conference, as well as an editorial describing the inception of the conference.
Interchange is a quarterly review of education.
This special issue includes papers presented at the 2004 Narrative Matters conference along with keynotes from the 2002 conference.
Living
Resources
Published by the Centre for Digital Narrative.
Based on the Handbook of Narratology, first published by Walter de Gruyter in 2009.
Podcasts
Narrative Now
University of Melbourne
Off Center
Center for Digital Narrative
Off the Page
Stanford Storytelling Project
Project Narrative Podcast
Ohio State University
The podcast covers both ‘how-to’ episodes focusing on different approaches to working with narrative and storytelling, and ‘what’s new’ episodes that dive into new trends in narrative research. First episode published 2020.
Scott Rettberg and a guest delve into a topic revolving around digital storytelling and its effect on contemporary culture. First episode published 2023.
Stories, essays, and poetry from the Stanford University writing community. First episode published 2017.
A monthly series in which a scholar selects a short narrative, reads it aloud, and then discusses it with a host. First episode published 2021.
The Moth's mission is to promote the art and craft of storytelling and to honor and celebrate the diversity and commonality of human experience. First episode published 2018.
Other
A platform that champions diverse, indie journalists and storytellers and celebrates humanity through the most authentic, unexpected and extraordinary true narratives.
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