The Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing: a global network for book historians working across a broad range of scholarly disciplines.

Joined April 2010
Calling all #SHARPists! The Pen to Press exhibition is @TheMERL & 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: youtu.be/gZAwCE3iyWI?si=XpHf…
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What stage of the communications circuit is this, @SHARPorg?
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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
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Announcement: Co-Editor, SHARP Book History Journal dlvr.it/T7FTjp
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We're also looking for panel chairs, so if you spot a panel you like, please get in touch with us <[email protected]>✨✨@SHARPorg @SHARPorgNews
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We are delighted to announce that booking for this year’s SHARP conference at the University of Reading from 1-5 July is now open! Follow the link below to register 👇 Early bird rates are available until end of Friday 24th May. @SHARPorg #SHARP2024 registration.venuereading.co…
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Inspired by the @SHARPorg #SHARP2024 conference theme "Global Book Cultures" let's settle this age-old debate once and for all and see what the WORLD (that's you all) thinks: (Yes this is really research. No I'm not procrastinating...) 🌟 How to mark your page while reading:
47%Dedicated bookmark
29%Sticky tab / random paper
16%Fold corners over
8%Face-down open book
38 votes • Final results
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Attention #SHARPists! The revised final programme for @SHARP2024 is now up on our website. To download, please visit <research.reading.ac.uk/centr…> See you soon! @SHARPorg @SHARPorgNews
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Dear #SHARPists, thank you for your patience! Registration fees for the @SHARP2024 conference are now up on our website <research.reading.ac.uk/centr…> ✨Registrations and block booking open after Easter / early April. @SHARPorg @SHARPorgNews
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Big shout out to my wonderful co-panelists/the best conference companions @mazinggrace_ and @walla7437, our chair par excellence @mattsymonds, and to @SHARPorg for sponsoring our session #RenSA24
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Wanna learn more about LLMs but not sure where to start? @lukemunn and I wrote a thing for you! 'Tell me a story' supports critical thinking about models' operational logics and implicit biases. And it comes with a lesson plan for our fellow teachers! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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The Worth Library 2024 Research Fellowship scheme is now open - to find out more see edwardworthlibrary.ie/resear…… Closing date for applications is 12 April 2024. Please retweet! @CERL_org @SHARPorg @BeineckeLibrary @RenWarwick @earlymodernists @bodleianlibs
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There’s still time to apply for SHARP’s Anniversary Fellowship & Research Grants specifically for BIPOC scholars - see below!
🚨The deadline for the 25th-Anniversary Fellowship and Research Grants for BIPOC Scholars has been extended to March 25th, 2024. We're looking forward to hearing from you!
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Frances E. Dolan's _Digging the Past: How and Why to Imagine Seventeenth Century Agriculture_ includes "an extensive and well documented bibliography [that] testifies to the wide-ranging scholarship that supports this book", notes reviewer Salim Rashid. sharpweb.org/sharpnews/2024/…
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BSANZ members check your letterbox for the latest edition of Script and Print, the Bulletin of the BSANZ! Non-members can join now to receive your copies: bsanz.org/membership/ @BibSoc @BibSocAmer @edbibsoc @SHARPorg @ALIARareSpecial #rarebooks #booktwitter #twitterstorians
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Still time if you’re interested in applying, see below ⬇️ deadline for expression and interest is 19 January
Replying to @SHARPorg
If you are interested in applying to become our new Director of Conferences, please send any questions or a 200-word expression of interest, outlining your suitability for this role, to SHARP President Danielle Fuller at [email protected] by 19 January 2024.
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