The University Bookman, a review of books founded by Russell Kirk in 1960, has named Gerald Russello as its new editor. A lawyer who lives and works in New York City, Mr. Russello hopes to publish his first issue by the end of the year. The former editor, Jeffrey Nelson, will stay on as publisher.

Mr. Russello recently finished a study of Kirk’s work, which he began 10 years ago. He first wrote for the University Bookman in 1992.

It wasn’t until 1995, when he was in law school, that Mr. Russello first wanted to write about Kirk. Since then he has written numerous papers and articles in an effort “to interpret [Kirk’s] work in light of contemporary issues” and ultimately to “build a better picture of what [Kirk’s] contribution to American conservatism is,” Mr. Russello said.

Originally distributed to subscribers of National Review four times a year, the University Bookman is a quarterly journal owned and operated by the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal of Mecosta, Michigan. Mr. Russello said he and Mr. Nelson are considering making the Bookman a semiannual. For now they are working on the next issue, with the plan to make it larger than usual as a compensation for delays in recent issues. (Subscription through Intercollegiate Studies Institute, 800-526-7022.)

NOTES The winners of the 2004 Wolfson History Prize, administered by the London-based Wolfson Foundation, are David Reynolds for “In Command of History: Churchill Fighting and Writing the Second World War” (Random House), and Richard Overy for “The Dictators: Hitler’s Germany, Stalin’s Russia” (W.W. Norton). … Andrew McGahan has been named this year’s winner of the Australian literary prize, the Miles Franklin award for his novel “The White Earth” (Soho Press). The $32,000 prize makes it the richest literary award in Australia.