About CANE Press

CANEPress is the publishing arm of the Classical Association of New England, a 501(c)3 non-profit educational organization. CANE is the professional organization for Latin and Greek teachers, as well as friends of the classics, in New England; founded in 1905, our purpose is to further the cause of classics in New England.

CANEPress is the child of Instructional Materials, started by Professor Gilbert Lawall at UMass, Amherst. Over the many years that he was in charge, Professor Lawall published many books in Latin, Greek and on pedagogy and history. We have now taken his excellent work and expanded on it, broadening the offerings for teachers at all levels. We will be adding and revising books continually, so be be sure to check the site often.

CANEPress publishes many very interesting and unique books. For example, in our Ancient Authors series, we have three short volumes of Ovid’s Heroides (1: Penelope to Ulysses; 7: Dido to Aeneas; and 10: Ariadne to Theseus). Any of these would be a great addition to a Vergil or Catullus Course. For those who like comedy, we have a very short version of Plautus’ Pot of Gold, and we published a new edition of the long out-of-print Plautus for Reading and Production, by Gillingham and Baade. The new edition has 3 abbreviated plays: Captivi, Curculio and Mostellaria, and 5 very short scenes, and all the production notes are included, so that you can put on your own production. Our ever-popular AP Catullus Supplement is still an excellent text, even if the AP Latin Literature course is no longer being taught. In fact, all of our books would be great texts for a Latin 5 course.

Our Medieval Series includes a variety of stories, from the Navigatio of St. Brendan, a fantasy voyage of discovery, to the completely revised Play of Daniel, a medieval mystery play with scholarly articles, to the text of Disciplina Clericalis, the folk tales compiled by Peter Alphonsus.

We also have books for teachers; our most popular is Latin, How to Read it Fluently by B. D. Hoyos.

If you have any questions, comments, or if you would like to submit a manuscript, please get in touch with us via email. The editor is John R. McVey, and the assistant editor is Ruth L. Breindel.