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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8 Jul 2024
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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SHARP (@sharporg@hcommons.social) retweeted
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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SHARP (@sharporg@hcommons.social) retweeted
29 Jun 2024
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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25 Jun 2024
🏆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!
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26 Jun 2024
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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26 Jun 2024
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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18 Jun 2024
💫SHARP is seeking to fill the new position of Executive Director. Check out the job ad below, and share widely!
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SHARP (@sharporg@hcommons.social) retweeted
1 Jun 2024
What stage of the communications circuit is this, @SHARPorg?
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1 Jun 2024
A nice review of Handwriting in Early American just dropped in @SHARPorgNews - Thanks @SHARPorg!
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SHARP (@sharporg@hcommons.social) retweeted
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 anthony.tedeschi@gmail.com.
@NLNZ @BibSoc @BibSocAmer @OxBibSoc @SHARPorg
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SHARP (@sharporg@hcommons.social) retweeted
4 Jun 2024
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
4 Jun 2024
📢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…
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30 May 2024
🌟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…
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30 May 2024
💫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)
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30 May 2024
🙏Many thanks to the judges and the SHARP members that make these awards that support such diverse work in the field of book history!
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