This is the Autumn 1993 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose. CONTENTS: THE READING EXPERIENCE DATABASE (RED); THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA; SHARP 1994 WASHINGTON CONFERENCE FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS; NEW BOOK STUDIES JOURNAL LAUNCHED; FELLOWSHIPS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: THE READING EXPERIENCE DATABASE (RED), by Simon Eliot (pp. 1-3); THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA, by Gordon B. Neavill (pp. 3-5).

null / This is the Spring 1998 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: David Finkelstein; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Fiona Black. CONTENTS: QUEBEC COLLOQUIUM SET FOR 2000; SECOND EDINBURGH CENTRE LAUNCHED; BOOKS GO DUTCH; BOOKTRADE IN AUSTRIA AS A FIELD FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES; TEACHING THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND A TEXTBOOK FOR BOOK HISTORY; CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CALL FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCE; COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; WEB WATCH; BOOK REVIEWS; SHARP CORRESPONDENCE; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: BOOKS GO DUTCH, by Adrian van der Weel (pp. 1-2); BOOKTRADE IN AUSTRIA AS A FIELD FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES, by Peter R. Frank (pp. 2-3); TEACHING THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND A TEXTBOOK FOR BOOK HISTORY, by Richard W. Clement (pp. 3-4); Eighteenth-Century Novel; Reading Experience Database; English Studies in Canada (CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS) (pp. 4-5); History of the Book in Australia (CALL FOR PAPERS) (p. 5); Library History Round Table (CONFERENCE) (p. 5); History of the Book MA (COURSE ANNOUNCEMENT) (pp. 5-6); American Society of Eighteenth-Century Studies; Aberystwyth Centre for the Book (SCHOLARLY LIAISONS) (p. 6); BOOK REVIEWS, by Richard B. Sher, John C. Crawford, Robert A. Shaddy, Eric H. Reiter (pp. 6-10).

null / This is the Summer 2002 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Fiona Black; Associate Editor & Bibliographer: Linda Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK HISTORY SOCIETIES; OBITUARY: PETER ISAAC; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP END; CORRECTIONS. This issue includes the following contributions: American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies: The Global Trade in Books, Periodicals and Other Forms of Print in the Long Eighteenth Century, University of California, Los Angeles, 3-8 August 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 1); 17th Annual DeBartolo Conference on Eighteenth-Century Studies: The History of Manners, Tampa, Florida, 20-22 February 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 1-2); The History of Medicine, University College, London, 20-21 June 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 2); Literary London: 1660 to 1830, Mayfair, London, 13 September 2002 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 2-3); History of the Maritime Book, Princeton University, NJ, 4-5 October 2002 (CONFERENCES) (p. 3); The Future History of the Book, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, The Hague, Netherlands, 7-8, (9) November 2002 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 3-4); Cambridge University Library Munby Fellowship in Bibliography, 2003-2004 (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 4); William L. Mitchell Prize for Research on Early British Serials (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 4); The History of Libraries in the United States: Hosted by the Library Company of Philadelphia, 11-13 April 2002, by Michael A. Baenen (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 4-5); American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies, by Eleanor Shevlin (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 5); The Ticknor Society (BOOK HISTORY SOCIETIES) (pp. 5-6); BOOK REVIEWS, by Margaret Beetham, Caroline Davis, Anne MacKinnon, Anne Marie Lane, George L. Parker, Alexis Weedon (pp. 6-10); Editorial News (SHARP END) (p. 12).

Masthead reads: Winter 2001-02 / This is the Winter 2001-02 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Fiona A. Black; Associate Editor & Bibliographer: Linda Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: GUEST COMMENT; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS; LECTURES AND COURSES; EXHIBITIONS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. This issue includes the following contributions: English Studies and the Trouble with History, by Bill Bell (GUEST COMMENT) (pp. 1-3); American Historical Association, Chicago, 2-5 January 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); New Frontiers in Early American Literature, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, 8-10 August 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Modern Language Association, Irish Women Writers before the Great Hunger c. 1700-1845: Purpose and Politics, New York City, December 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Books and Empire: Textual Production, Distribution and Consumption in Colonial and Postcolonial Countries (SHARP Regional Conference), University of Sydney, 30 January-1 February 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 4-5); Newberry Library Fellowships in the Humanities (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); Sue Allen Lecture: Publishers' Bookbindings 1830-1910, Fisher Rare Book Library, University of Toronto, 23 March 2002 (LECTURES AND COURSES) (p. 5); The Harvard Theatre Collection, Grolier Club, NYC, 27 February-27 April 2002 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 6); "Darkness Echoing": An Exhibition of Irish Literature, 1950-2000, Grolier Club, New York, 15 May-27 July 2002 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 6); History of the Book in Canada/Histoire du livre et de l'imprimé au Canada: Open Conference for Volume III/Colloque préparatoire au volume III (1918-2000), Simon Fraser University at Harbour Centre, Vancouver, 15-17 November 2001, by Carl Spadoni (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 6-7); HoBo Website Moves, New URL: http://www.english.ox.ac.uk/hobo (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES) (p. 7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Lane Stiles, Julia M. Williams, Margaret Nichols, Jane Millgate, Melissa McFarland Pennell, William E. Lenz, Philip Round, Stephen R. Reimer, Pavlí¬na Vimrová, Peter R. Frank, Marcy Wheeler, Alexandra Franklin, David Stoker (pp. 7-15).

null / This is the Spring 1993 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose. CONTENTS: THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES; NEW DOCTORAL PROGRAM IN HISTORY OF THE BOOK AND AUTHORSHIP; 1993 CUNY CONFERENCE UPDATE; APHA RECEPTION, LECTURE AND AUCTION; RARE BOOK SCHOOL 1993; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CONFERENCES; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK AT THE UNIVERSITY OF WALES, by John R. Turner (pp. 1-3).

This is the Autumn 2003 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Set in Adobe Garamond with Wingdings. Editor: Sydney Shep; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Chuck Johanningsmeier; Bibliographer: Padmini Ray Chaudhury. CONTENTS: SHARP CLAREMONT 2003; FELLOWSHIPS; STOP PRESS; THE SHARP EDGE; BOOK HISTORY PRIZE; SHARP LYONS 2004; LOCAL INITIATIVES; CONFERENCE REPORT; NEW PUBLICATIONS; BOOK REVIEWS; REVIEW ROUNDTABLE; CALLS FOR PAPERS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE SHARP END. This issue includes the following contributions: SHARP CLAREMONT 2003, by Marija Dalbello, Lydia Wevers, Megan Benton, and Stephen Colclough (pp. 1, 4-6); Library & Archives Visiting Fellowships, 2004-2005, King's College London (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); APHA 2004 Fellowship in Printing History (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); Book History in Calcutta: A Few New Developments (THE SHARP EDGE), by Rimi B. Chatterjee (pp. 3-4); Washington Area Group for Print Culture Studies (LOCAL INITIATIVES) (p. 7); SHARP at ISECS (CONFERENCE REPORT), by Eleanor Shevlin (pp. 7-8); BOOK REVIEWS, by Susan Waterman, Ian Gadd, Joad Raymond, Lorah D. Vole [i.e., Harold Love], Ann Veenhoff, A.S.G. Edwards, Karen Schiff, Jason Peacey, Margaret Nichols (pp. 8-14); REVIEW ROUNDTABLE, by James Raven (p. 14); Printing and the Worlds of Learning, Downing College, Cambridge, 5-6 January 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 14); Serious Pleasures, University of Iowa, 1-4 April 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 14-15); From the Outside In: The Library in the Life of Its Historical Users, Orlando, Florida, 23-30 June 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 15).

null / This is the Autumn 1995 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose; Book Review Editor: Philip A. Metzger. CONTENTS: SHARP BEGINS SEARCH FOR BOOK HISTORY YEARBOOK EDITORS; 1996 WORCESTER CONFERENCE UPDATE: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS; COLLABORATIVE PROJECTS IN BOOK HISTORY DISCUSSED AT LIBRARY OF CONGRESS; COURSE SYLLABUS: A GRADUATE SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK; SHARP ORGANIZES ASECS SECTION, SEEKS INFORMATION ON RESEARCH PROJECTS; BOOK REVIEWS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; COURSES & SEMINARS; EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; ON THE INTERNET; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: COURSE SYLLABUS: A GRADUATE SEMINAR IN THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK, by James L.W. West III and Michael Anesko (pp. 2-3); BOOK REVIEWS, by Roberta L. Dougherty, Philip A. Metzger, W.A. Kelly (PP. 3-5); ON THE INTERNET, by Patrick Leary (p. 7).

null / This is the Summer 2000 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Fiona Black; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: GUEST COMMENT; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP NEWS OF NOTE; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: The Critical Importance of Slovenian Book History: A Journey to the Heart of a Nation, by Miha Kovaè (GUEST COMMENT) (pp. 1-3); Shakespeare Association of America Convention, Miami, Florida, 12-14 April 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); The Production of Culture: The Scottish Press in a National and International Context 1800-1880, University of Stirling, Scotland, 28-29 July 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); History of the Book: The Next Generation, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 16 September 2000 (CONFERENCES) (p. 4); Under the Hammer: Book Auctions Since the Seventeenth Century, Birkbeck College and Waterstone's Piccadilly, London, 25-26 November 2000 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 4-5); Bibliographical Society (UK) Grants and Fellowships 2000-2001 (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); SHARP2000 Celebrates Gutenberg's Birthday, by Linda Connors (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 5-6); SHARP Membership Report, 1 July 1999-30 June 2000, by Barbara A. Brannon (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 6); SHARP 2000 Preconference Session on Global Bibliography, by Jonathan Rose (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 6); Les mutations du livre et de l'édition dans le monde du XVIIIe siècle a l'an 2000/Worldwide Changes in Book Publishing from the 18th Century to the Year 2000: Colloque international/International Colloquium, Sherbrooke, May 2000, by Peter F. McNally (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 6-8); BOOK REVIEWS, by Scott E. Casper, Susanna Ashton, Warwick Gould, Alison M. Scott (pp. 8-10); SHARP Book History Prize (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 12).

This is the Spring 2004 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Set in Adobe Garamond with Wingdings. Editor: Sydney Shep; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Chuck Johanningsmeier; Bibliographer: Padmini Ray Chaudhury. CONTENTS: CONFERENCE REPORT I; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; THE SHARP EDGE; AAS TURNS 21; SHARPIST HONOURED; CONFERENCE REPORT II; COURSES & PROGRAMMES; BOOK REVIEWS; NEW BSA FELLOWSHIP; CALLS FOR PAPERS; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; SHARPISTS WANTED; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: The Colonial & Postcolonial History of the Book (CONFERENCE REPORT I), by Mary Hammond & Robert Fraser (pp. 1-2); Future of the Booke (THE SHARP EDGE), by Gary Frost (pp. 3-4); AASI TURNS 21, by John B. Hench (p. 4); 4th Annual Craft Critique Culture Conference (CONFERENCE REPORT II), by Stephanie Gowler (p. 5); BOOK REVIEWS, by Geoffrey Beare, Margaret Nichols, Elizabeth Morrison, Andrew Piper, Anne Henry, Scott E. Casper, Marja Smolenaars (pp. 6-10); The Justin G. Schiller Prize for Bibliographical Work on Pre-20th Century Children's Books (NEW BSA FELLOWSHIP) (p. 10); The Jacobean Printed Book: Authors, Printers, Readers, Queen Mary, U. of London, 2-4 September 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 10); Picture This: The Art and Technique of Illustration, University of Delaware, Newark, 30 September-1 October 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 10); British Book Trade History (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 11); Roughing It: Printing & the Press in the West (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 11).

null / This is the Autumn 2002 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Fiona Black; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Chuck Johanningsmeier; Bibliographer: Padmini Ray Chaudhury. CONTENTS: SHARP ELECTIONS; EDITORIAL NEWS; SHARP AWARDS; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; NOTES & QUERIES; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS; LECTURES AND COURSES; EXHIBITIONS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP TREASURER'S REPORT; SHARP END. This issue includes the following contributions: Call for Nominations (SHARP ELECTIONS) (p. 1); New Editor, by James L.W. West III (EDITORIAL NEWS) (p. 1); Sharp Book Award (SHARP AWARDS) (pp. 1-2) Graduate Student Essay Prize (SHARP AWARDS) (p. 2); Book History Online, by Paul van Capelleveen (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES) (pp. 2-3); Children of the Code (NOTES & QUERIES) (p. 3); SHARP 2003, Claremont Colleges, Claremont, CA, 9-12 July 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); New Technologies, Old Texts, DeMontfort University, Leicester, UK, 7-9 July 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Colloquium Sponsored by the European Society for Textual Scholarship, University of Antwerp, 6-7 December 2002 (CONFERENCES) (p. 4); American Historical Association (AHA) SHARP Panel, Chicago, 3 January 2003 (CONFERENCES) (p. 4); Keats-Shelley Association Grants (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); American Printing History Association (APHA) Fellowship in Printing History (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); The Bibliographical Society Grants and Fellowships for Research (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); Centre for the History of the Book University of Edinburgh Fellowships (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (pp. 5-6); History of Reading Special Interest Group Outstanding Thesis/Dissertation of the Year Award (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 6); John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowships 2003-2004 (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 6); 2003 Virginia Historical Society Research Fellowship Program (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 6); The American Printing History Association (APHA) On the Road Events 2002: A Conversation with Jack Stauffacher, The 2002 J. Ben Lieberman Memorial Lecture, Getty Center, Los Angeles, CA, 24 October 2002 (LECTURES AND COURSES) (p. 6); A New England Wayzgoose, Museum of Printing, North Andover, MA, 27 October 2002 (LECTURES AND COURSES) (p. 7); Toronto Centre for the Book 2002-2003 Program (LECTURES AND COURSES) (p. 7); Edinburgh Book History Seminar Programme 2002-2003 (LECTURES AND COURSES) (p. 7); Tyndale's Testament, Plantin-Moretus Museum, Antwerp, Present-1 December 2002 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 7); Quack, Quack, Quack: The Sellers of Nostrums in Prints, Posters, Ephemera and Books, Grolier Club, New York, NY, Present-23 November 2002 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 7); Thys Boke is Myne, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, 13 November 2002-1 March 2003 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 7); SHARP Pre-Conference National Book History Projects, by James L.W. West III (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 7-8); SHARP's 10th Conference (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 8); BOOK REVIEWS, Wendy Moffat, Mary Helen McMurran, Robert J. Wilson, Les Belikian, Judith Hawley, Paul Morgan, Craig S. Abbott, Matthew Woodcock, Lotte Hellinga, Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch (pp. 8-14).