%iso-lat1; %iso-num; ]> Publications Committee The Society’s Publications Committee held its first meeting on 7 April 2003 in Oxford. The members of this new committee are Mr Peter Clifford (Chairman), Dr Brian Cummings, Prof David Daniell, Ms Charlotte Dewhurst, Prof Andrew Hadfield, Mr Brian Johnson, Mrs Valerie Offord, and Dr Helen Parish. A short report on the work of the Committee appears in this issue of the Journal. Reformation Volume 8 of Reformation is scheduled for publication in January 2004. The winner of the annual Company of Stationers and Newspaper Makers’ prize for 2003 for the best article will be announced at that time. Tyndale Conference Geneva The Third Tyndale Conference in Geneva, Switzerland, 24 - 26 October is the Society’s major conference for 2003. The theme of the conference, The Marian Exiles in 16th Century Europe, is an important aspect of Reformation history. The conference also includes social events and a guided walk around the Geneva of the Marian exiles. The Bible in English Yale University Press has published Professor David Daniell’s new book, The Bible in English (ISBN 0 300 09930 4, £29.95). The launch on 26 June 2003 was held in Lambeth Palace Library, a venue that will be familiar to many members of the Society. In more than 900 pages, Professor Daniell charts the profound impact successive versions of the Bible, including that of William Tyndale, have had on the people and communities that read them. USA Book Launch The USA launch of The Bible in English will be held in New York on Monday, 22 September 2003. Vice Chairman of the Society, Mary Clow, and Yale University Press invite members of the Society and their guests to attend the launch at Apt. 7A, 3 East 85th Street, New York, NY10028. Friends of Lambeth Palace Library His Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury was in the Chair for the annual meeting and lecture of the Friends of Lambeth Palace Library, which was held on 8 July 2003. Professor David Daniell gave the lecture on Access to the English Bible in the Sixteenth Century: The Forgotten Story. Gloucester Cathedral At the request of the Dean and Chapter of Gloucester Cathedral, this year Tyndale’s day will be celebrated on 7, rather than 6 October 2003. The lecture by Professor David Daniell will be Translating the Bible: Why Tyndale is Still Vital. The lecture will be followed by evensong in the Cathedral and supper. Oxford This year’s Hertford Lecture will be held in the Examination Schools in Oxford on Thursday, 16 October 2003. The title of the lecture, to be given by Dr Brian Cummings of the School of European Studies at the University of Sussex, is Hamlet’s Luck: Shakespeare and the Sixteenth Century Bible. London Why do the chattering classes hate Christianity? is the title of this year’s Lambeth Palace Lecture, to be given by Cristina Odone at Lambeth Palace on Monday, 27 October 2003. Ms Odone is a writer and broadcaster, deputy editor of The New Statesman, and former editor of The Tablet. Christmas 2003 We are delighted to have been invited once again by St. Mary Abchurch to hold our annual Tyndale Christmas service in this fine City of London church. The date for this event is Wednesday, 17 December 2003. We are also planning to hold another Tyndale Society Christmas party during the evening of the same day. Future Conferences The next International Tyndale Conference in Oxford will be held in late summer of 2005 which will be the tenth anniversary of the Society. A number of celebratory events are also being planned. In addition, we are delighted to hear from Revd Dr Ralph Werrell that the West Midlands Ploughboy Group is planning a conference in Lichfield in May 2006. Current plans include papers on the theology of William Tyndale and translation issues. Other activities include Sunday morning worship in the Cathedral, and a tour of the Cathedral and a Dr Johnson tour.