Novel: A Forum on Fiction  "Novel: A Forum on Fiction" is a triannual peer-reviewed academic journal published by Duke University Press. The editor-in-chief is Nancy Armstrong (Duke University). It is the official journal of the Society for Novel Studies. The journal was established in 1967 and publishes essays "concerned with the novel's role in engaging and shaping the world". The journal is abstracted and indexed in Humanities and Social Sciences Index Retrospective, Humanities Index Online, Humanities Index Retrospective, Literature Online, OmniFile Full Text, and Periodicals Index Online.