The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing: a global network for book historians working across a broad range of scholarly disciplines.
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We’re no longer actively posting from this account, but keep your eyes peeled for new, exciting ways to connect with SHARP and its membership coming soon! Stay informed by joining SHARP-L (details in link).
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Calling all #SHARPists!
The Pen to Press exhibition is
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& Special Collections, in honour of @SHARPorg, more information here: collections.reading.ac.uk/sp…
No appointment needed, just visit any time within our opening hours (Tuesday-Friday, 9-5) 📚
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Delighted to see that #book #history / @Sharporg colleagues Claire M. L. Bourne @roaringgirle @aarontpratt @bkadams
made big news, finding John Milton marginalia in a copy of Holinshed's Chronicles in Phoenix.
Here, the local tv report:
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🏆It's time to announce the shortlist for the 2024 SHARP Book History Book Prize! We'll be adding titles throughout the week, so check back regularly.
💫The winner will be announced at the AGM on July 4th.
🎉Congratulations to all of the shortlisted authors and publishers!
Also on the shortlist: Dan Sinykin's *Big Fiction: How Conglomeration Changed the Publishing Industry and American Literature* published by @ColumbiaUP
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And finally Matthew Daniel Eddy's *Media and the Mind: Art, Science, and Notebooks as Paper Machines, 1700-1830* published by @UChicagoPress
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💫SHARP is seeking to fill the new position of Executive Director. Check out the job ad below, and share widely!
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A nice review of Handwriting in Early American just dropped in @SHARPorgNews - Thanks @SHARPorg!
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Out now! The special issue edition of BSANZ journal Script and Print in honour of Keith Maslen. Members receive as part of their annual membership. Non-members order from BSANZ Secretary Anthony Tedeschi at [email protected].
@NLNZ @BibSoc @BibSocAmer @OxBibSoc @SHARPorg
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Details of our forthcoming #litertaturematters conference below ⬇️ please send us your proposals for papers, creative interventions, lighting talks etc! @SHARPorgNews @SHARPorg @IES_London @BritishAcademy_ @UnivEnglish @OU_WELS @OUScotland @OUBelfast @OUCymru
📢Call for papers 📚 3-day online conference this Nov, *Literature Matters*, encourages participants to interrogate the importance (or not) of #literature and #writing in the 21st century. How to submit / conference info 👉💻fass.open.ac.uk/events/liter…
@OU_Literature @Shaf_Towheed
🌟Join us in congratulating the recipients of the SHARP 25th-Anniversary Fellowship: Gloria J. Morales Osorio and Dr. Hyei Jin Kim!
📚Learn more about their projects : sharpweb.org/grants-prizes/2…
💫Congratulations also to the recipients of the Research Development Grants for BIPOC Scholars:
Natalie Hsieh (University of Glasgow)
Xinyi Wen (University of Cambridge)
Ruthie Block (Yale)
Samantha Callanta (University of Delaware)
Farhana Shaikh (De Montfort University)