This is the Winter & Spring 2005 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; Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Gail Shivel, Lisa Pon; Bibliographer: Padmini Ray Chaudhury. CONTENTS: CONFERENCE REPORTS; SHARP DONORS 2004-5; SHARP CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2005; NATALIE ZEMON DAVIS PRIZE; THE SHARP EDGE; CALLS FOR PAPERS; ADVANCE WARNING; BOOK REVIEWS; IN SHORT; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; BHRN REPORT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: Hunters and Gatherers: Building Collections of Books, Melbourne, Australia, 16 October 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Susan Woodburn (pp. 1, 4-5); Letter from Lyons (THE SHARP EDGE), by Robert Fraser (pp. 3-4); Detecting the Text: Fakes, Forgery, Fraud & Editorial Concerns, University of Toronto, 5-6 November 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Eli MacLaren (pp. 5-6); Culture of Lithuanian Book & Public Word: From the Ban of Press to the Pillar of Democracy, Vilnius, Lithuania, 18-20 November 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Jyrki Hakapää (pp. 6-7); The History of Books & Intellectual History, Princeton University, 3-5 December 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Jonathan Rose (pp. 7-8); Paradise: New Worlds of Books & Readers, Wellington, New Zealand, 27-29 January 2005 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Paul Eggert (pp. 8-9); The Third International Conference on the Book, Oxford Brookes University, 11-13 September 2005 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 9); New Word Order: Emerging Histories of the Book, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 30 January-1 February 2006 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 9); Second Australian and New Zealand Rare Book School, Melbourne, Australia, 13-17 February 2006 (ADVANCE WARNING) (p. 9); BOOK REVIEWS, by David Pearson, Margaret Nichols, Randy Silverman, Susanna Ashton, Ian Jackson, M.M. Smith, Alison Ryley, Consuela Metzger, B.F.R. Edwards, Kathryn A. Lowe, Kathleen Kamerick, Gowan Dawson, Marilyn Randall, John R. Turner, Lee N. McLaird, Nicole Greenspan, Valerie Holman, John Edwards, Jeffrey Barr, Sondra Cooney, Lindsay Gledhill (pp. 10-21); 5th Annual Craft, Critique, Culture Conference: Reading Readers/Reading Cultures, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 8-10 April 2005 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 21); The Handwritten Worlds of Early Modern England, Folger Institute, Washington, DC, 20 June-29 July 2005 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 21); Book History Research Network (BHRN REPORT), by John Hinks (p. 22). / This is the Winter & Spring 2005 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; Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Gail Shivel, Lisa Pon; Bibliographer: Padmini Ray Chaudhury. CONTENTS: CONFERENCE REPORTS; SHARP DONORS 2004-5; SHARP CALL FOR NOMINATIONS 2005; NATALIE ZEMON DAVIS PRIZE; THE SHARP EDGE; CALLS FOR PAPERS; ADVANCE WARNING; BOOK REVIEWS; IN SHORT; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; BHRN REPORT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: Hunters and Gatherers: Building Collections of Books, Melbourne, Australia, 16 October 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Susan Woodburn (pp. 1, 4-5); Letter from Lyons (THE SHARP EDGE), by Robert Fraser (pp. 3-4); Detecting the Text: Fakes, Forgery, Fraud & Editorial Concerns, University of Toronto, 5-6 November 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Eli MacLaren (pp. 5-6); Culture of Lithuanian Book & Public Word: From the Ban of Press to the Pillar of Democracy, Vilnius, Lithuania, 18-20 November 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Jyrki Hakapää (pp. 6-7); The History of Books & Intellectual History, Princeton University, 3-5 December 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Jonathan Rose (pp. 7-8); Paradise: New Worlds of Books & Readers, Wellington, New Zealand, 27-29 January 2005 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Paul Eggert (pp. 8-9); The Third International Conference on the Book, Oxford Brookes University, 11-13 September 2005 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 9); New Word Order: Emerging Histories of the Book, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, 30 January-1 February 2006 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 9); Second Australian and New Zealand Rare Book School, Melbourne, Australia, 13-17 February 2006 (ADVANCE WARNING) (p. 9); BOOK REVIEWS, by David Pearson, Margaret Nichols, Randy Silverman, Susanna Ashton, Ian Jackson, M.M. Smith, Alison Ryley, Consuela Metzger, B.F.R. Edwards, Kathryn A. Lowe, Kathleen Kamerick, Gowan Dawson, Marilyn Randall, John R. Turner, Lee N. McLaird, Nicole Greenspan, Valerie Holman, John Edwards, Jeffrey Barr, Sondra Cooney, Lindsay Gledhill (pp. 10-21); 5th Annual Craft, Critique, Culture Conference: Reading Readers/Reading Cultures, University of Iowa, Iowa City, 8-10 April 2005 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 21); The Handwritten Worlds of Early Modern England, Folger Institute, Washington, DC, 20 June-29 July 2005 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 21); Book History Research Network (BHRN REPORT), by John Hinks (p. 22).

This is the Autumn 2005 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; Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Gail Shivel, Lisa Pon, Tina Ray Murray; Bibliographer: Robert N. Matuozzi. CONTENTS: SHARP HALIFAX 2005; FELLOWSHIPS; PRESIDENT'S REPORT; SHARP PRIZES 2005; SHARP HAGUE 2006; SHARP MINNESOTA 2007; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; KOLKATA BOOK FAIR; BOOK REVIEWS; EXHIBITION REVIEW; CALLS FOR PAPERS; MACARTHUR FELLOW; BIBLIOGRAPHY; NEW BIBLIOGRAPHER; E-RESOURCES REVIEWER; STOP PRESS; THE SHARP END. This issue includes the following contributions: SHARP HALIFAX 2005, by Ronald Tetrault, Nikki Hessell, Alexis Weedon, Shelley Beal (pp. 1, 3-6); Princeton University Society of Fellows in the Liberal Arts (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); Bibliographical Society (UK) (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); PRESIDENT'S REPORT, by Bob Patten (p. 3); George A. & Jean S. DeLong Book Prize (SHARP PRIZES 2005), by Ellen Gruber Garvey, Mary E. Hammond, James Kelly (p. 6); Graduate Student Essay Prize (SHARP PRIZES 2005) (pp. 6-7); Trading Books, Trading Ideas, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, Den Haag, Nederlands, 11-14 July 2006 (SHARP HAGUE 2006) (p. 7); Syon Abbey & Its Books c.1400-1700, University of Exeter, 7-8 October 2005 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (pp. 7-8); First Annual Conference in Modern Book History, University of Oxford, 26 November 2005 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 8); Word and/as Power: Author and Authority in American Culture, Moscow State University, 16-21 December 2005 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 8); Creativity and the Law: A Graduate Student Colloquium, University of Toronto, 21 January 2006 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 8); DeBartolo 2006: The Book, University of South Florida, 16-18 February 2006 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 8); From Woodblocks to the Internet: Chinese Publishing and Print Culture in Transition, Ohio State University, 3-7 November 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Cynthia Brokaw, Christopher A. Reed (p. 9); The History of the Book: International Comparisons/Le livre, l'édition et la lecture dans le monde contemporain, University of Sydney, 10-12 July 2005 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Simon Eliot (pp. 9-10); Material Cultures & the Creation of Knowledge, University of Edinburgh, 22-24 July 2005 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Ross Alloway (p. 10); BOOK REVIEWS, by Carl Ostrowski, Matt Cohen, Kinohi Nishikawa, Gillian Wright, Joanie Crandall, Trysh Travis, David Knight, Andrew Piper, Philip Baker, Jennifer Harris, Lynne M. Thomas, James Wald, Kay Amert, Stephen Colclough, Robert Singerman (pp. 11-19); Sartre, Grande Galerie, Bibliothèque Nationale de France, 9 March 2001-21 August 2005 (EXHIBITION REVIEW), by Brigitte Ouvry-Vial (p. 19); Rare Book School (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 19); American Antiquarian Society (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 20); Bibliographical Society of America (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 20); American Printing History Association (FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 20); Media History in Canada, Ryerson University, Toronto, 31 May-1 June 2006 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 20); International Society for the Study of European Ideas, Malta, 17-22 July 2006 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 20-1); Magazines and Modernity in Australasia, University of Queensland, 8-9 December 2006 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 21).

null / This is the Spring 1999 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: IN MY VIEW: READING HISTORY; THREAT TO ABA ARCHIVES AVERTED; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS; EXHIBITIONS; NEW JOURNAL ANNOUNCEMENT; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; SEMINARS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; IN MEMORIAM: DONALD MCKENZIE, WILLIAM J. GILMORE-LEHNE; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: IN MY VIEW: READING HISTORY, by Alistair McCleery (pp. 1-3); The Irish Book in the Twentieth Century; The Times: Now and Then; On Scrolls, Artefacts and Intellectual Property; Border Crossings: Exploring New Territories for Special Collections; Unpacking the Anthology; The Bookshop of the World: A Celebration of 500 Years of Printing and Publishing in the Low Countries; Speaking in Signs: Cultures of Communication in the Early Modern Americas; Victorian Meditations: Journalism, Gender and the Periodical Press; Feminist Forerunners: The New Woman in the National and International Periodical Press, 1880 to the 1920s (CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS) (pp. 5-6); Birds in Print: A Survey of Major Illustration Processes, 1500-1998; The Book of Martyrs in North America; Seeing What Shakespeare Means; Ardent Spirits: The Origins of the American Temperance Movement (EXHIBITIONS) (pp. 6-7); Mapping the Print Culture of Eighteenth-Century London; Telling Lives, Telling Lies?: Biography, Autobiography, and Personal Narrative (SEMINARS) (p. 7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Richard B. Sher, Gillian Fenwick, Frances Austen (pp. 7-10).

null / This is the Summer 2005 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; Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Gail Shivel, Lisa Pon; Bibliographer: Padmini Ray Chaudhury. CONTENTS: WORKSHOP REPORT; FELLOWSHIPS; DUNEDIN RARE BOOK SCHOOL; CASBC/ACEHL; SHARPIST HONOURED; BOOK REVIEWS; EXHIBITION REVIEW; CONFERENCE WEBSITE; NEW SCHOLARS PROGRAM; BIBLIOGRAPHY; BIBLIOGRAPHER WANTED. This issue includes the following contributions: The Early Development of Print Culture in China, Fairbank Center for East Asian Research, Harvard University, 29-30 April 2005 (WORKSHOP REPORT), by Hilde De Weerdt & Joe Dennis (pp. 1-2); DUNEDIN RARE BOOK SCHOOL, by Shef Rogers, Mark Houlahan, Caitlin Stone, Noel Waite (pp. 3-4); Canadian Association for the Study of Book Culture/Association canadienne pour l'étude de l'histoire du livre (CASBC/ACEHL) (p. 4); Ian Roy Willison, CBE (SHARPIST HONOURED), by Terry Belanger (p. 4); BOOK REVIEWS, by Roberta Anderson, Alexandra Gillespie, Gordon B. Neavill, A.S.G. Edwards, Janine Barchas, Noel Waite, Barbara Ryan, Niki Sioki, Paul Arblaster (pp. 5-10); The Art of the Book: A Centennial Tribute to Stanley Marcus, Bibliophile, Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 20 April-31 July 2005 (EXHIBITION REVIEW), by Ezra Greenspan (pp. 10-11).

Masthead reads: Winter 1999-2000 / This is the Winter 1999-2000 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: David Finkelstein; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Fiona Black. CONTENTS: MAJOR AWARD FOR BOOK HISTORY; NEW EDITORS, NEW ADDRESSES; MAJOR FUNDING FOR CANADIAN BOOK HISTORY; GERMAN BOOK HISTORY NETWORK FOUNDED; MAINZ REGISTRATION OPENS; UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO ANNOUNCES BOOK HISTORY PROGRAMME; IN MY VIEW: PUTTING "SEXY" AND "TRADE ARCHIVES" INTO THE SAME SENTENCE; EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH READING CULTURE; 18TH CENTURY IRISH PRINT CULTURE RESOURCE NOW AVAILABLE; 1999 INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF THE BOOK PROJECTS ROUNDUP; AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT; LECTURES AND SEMINARS; PRIZES; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: IN MY VIEW: PUTTING "SEXY" AND "TRADE ARCHIVES" INTO THE SAME SENTENCE, by Trysh Travis (pp. 2-3); EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY DUTCH READING CULTURE, by José de Kruif (pp. 3-4); 1999 INTERNATIONAL HISTORY OF THE BOOK PROJECTS ROUNDUP, by Ian R. Willison, John Y. Cole (pp. 4-5); Cambridge Project for the Book Trust (CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENT) (p. 8); BOOK REVIEWS, by I.R. Willison, Bertrum H. MacDonald, Warren McDougall, Yannick Portebois, Alistair McCleery (pp. 9-14).

Masthead date for this issue reads: Winter 1996-97. / This is the Winter 1996-97 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; Book Review Editor: Fiona Black. CONTENTS: THE LAUNCH OF THE READING EXPERIENCE DATABASE; SHARP ELECTION RESULTS; BOOK HISTORY CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED; NEW ZEALAND CONFERENCE REPORT; UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA HOSTS INAUGURAL MEETING OF APHA/SE CHAPTER; DRAMATISING THE FAMILIAR: SHOWING STUDENTS WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT BOOKS; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS; EXHIBITIONS; JOB ANNOUNCEMENTS; LECTURES AND SEMINARS; WEBWATCH; BOOK REVIEWS; NEW PUBLICATIONS; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: DRAMATISING THE FAMILIAR: SHOWING STUDENTS WHAT THEY DON'T KNOW ABOUT BOOKS, by Jeffrey D. Groves (pp. 2-4); American Studies Association; Organization of American Historians; APHA; Popular Culture Association; Upcoming SHARP Session at ASECS 1997; Entries Sought for SHARP/ASECS Handout; History of the Religious Book; SHARP Annual Book History Prize (SCHOLARLY LIAISONS) (pp. 4-5); American Journalism Historians Association; 1997 IASIL Conference; MWASEC; History of the Provincial Book Trade; Research Society for Victorian Periodicals; Libraries, Reading and Publishing in the Cold War (CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS) (pp. 5-6); From Text to Book: New Studies in Literature and History (LECTURES AND SEMINARS) (pp. 6-7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Sondra Cuban, Peter Hoare, Martin Moonie, Peter R. Frank (pp. 7-10).

null / This is the Spring 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: Patrick Leary. CONTENTS: CANADIANS WEIGH PROPOSAL TO JOIN A GROWING NETWORK OF CENTERS FOR THE BOOK; UNIVERSITY OF LONDON LEADS EXPANSION OF BOOK HISTORY EDUCATION IN EUROPE; SHARP AFFILIATES WITH AHA AND ASECS: SPECIAL CALL FOR PAPERS; THE CULTURE OF THE BOOK, 1450-1800: A GRADUATE COURSE SYLLABUS; BOOK REVIEWS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CONFERENCES; COURSES; EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; EMPLOYMENT NOTICES; RESOURCES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: THE CULTURE OF THE BOOK, 1450-1800: A GRADUATE COURSE SYLLABUS, by Richard Sher (pp. 2-4); BOOK REVIEWS, by Robert L. Patten, Martin Green, Germaine Warkentin, Jose de Kruif (pp. 4-7).

This is the Summer 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: "COULD BE THE START OF SOMETHING BIG"; BOOK HISTORY AND PUBLISHING STUDIES AT PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY; HOW WELL DOES BOOK HISTORY SELL?; RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS IN BOOK HISTORY; NETWORKS; CONFERENCES; PUBLIC LECTURES; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: BOOK HISTORY AND PUBLISHING STUDIES AT PACIFIC LUTHERAN UNIVERSITY, by Megan Benton (pp. 2-3).

Masthead reads: Winter 2000-01 / This is the Winter 2000-01 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: GUEST COMMENT: SMILLA RULES: EXPLORING TRANSLATION STUDIES AND BOOK HISTORY; NATIONAL ACTIVITIES; RELATED SOCIETIES; NOTES & QUERIES; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; LECTURES & COURSES; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP NEWS OF NOTE. This issue includes the following contributions: GUEST COMMENT: SMILLA RULES: EXPLORING TRANSLATION STUDIES AND BOOK HISTORY, by Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (pp. 1-4); The Great New Zealand Round-up, by Sydney Shep (NATIONAL ACTIVITIES) (p. 4); Research Society for Victorian Periodicals Update on Activities, by Laurel Brake (RELATED SOCIETIES) (p. 5); Call for ASECS/SHARP Research Entries (NOTES & QUERIES) (p. 5); The Impact of the Journalist-Critic, 1900-40: Panel for MLA 2001, New Orleans, LA, 27-30 December 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 5-6); Rosamond Lehmann and the Craft of Letters, Université de Marne La Vallée and Université Paris VII-Denis Diderot, Paris, France, 28-29 September 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 6); History of the Book in Canada/Histoire du livre et de l'imprimé au Canada: Open Conference for Volume III (1918-2000), Simon Fraser University, Harbour Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada, 15-18 November 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 6); Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand (BSANZ) Conference, Adelaide University, South Australia, Australia, 27-28 September 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 6); People of the Book: Explorations in Jewish Publishing and Bibliography, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 4 March 2001 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 7-8); American Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies (ASECS) SHARP Panel, New Orleans, LA, 18-22 April 2001 (CONFERENCES) (p. 8); History of the Book in Canada Open Conference: Volume 2, 1840-1918, McGill University and Bibliothéque nationale du Québec, Montreal, Canada, 18-19 May 2001 (CONFERENCES) (p. 8); The Centre for Writing, Publishing and Printing History at the University of Reading Public Lecture Series, Spring 2001 (LECTURES & COURSES) (p. 8); Sandars Lectures 2001, University Library, Cambridge, 28 February, 7 and 14 March 2001 (LECTURES & COURSES) (p. 8); History of the Book: The Next Generation, Drew University, 16 September 2000, by Jonathan Rose (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 8-9); American Printing History Association (APHA) Conference, Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), Rochester, NY, 20-21 October 2000, by Judy Donnelly (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 9-10); Professional Readers: Libraries for the Church and the Professions to 1850, Institute of English Studies, University of London, England, 28 October 2000, by Keith Manley (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 10-11); History of the Book in Canada/Histoire du livre et de l'imprimé au Canada Open Conference for Volume 1: Beginnings to 1840, University of Toronto, 24-25 November 2000, by Carl Spadoni (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 11-12); BOOK REVIEWS, by Candy Gunther Brown, Ralph Hanna, Maureen Bell (pp. 12-14); Library History Group of the Library Association (UK) (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 16); SHARP Wins APHA Award (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 16).

This is the Winter 2006 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; Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Gail Shivel, Lisa Pon, Tina Ray Murray; Bibliographer: Robert N. Matuozzi. CONTENTS: MODERN BOOK HISTORY; HIGHAM ARCHIVE; THE SHARP EDGE; THE BOOK COLLECTOR; PRIZES; BOOK REVIEWS; EDITORS' REPLY; BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR; EXHIBITION REVIEWS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; SHARPIST APPOINTED; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. This issue includes the following contributions: MODERN BOOK HISTORY, by Patrick Buckridge (p. 1); HIGHAM ARCHIVE, by Noah Mass (pp. 1-2); Literary Replication: James Secord's Victorian Sensation & Models of Book History (THE SHARP EDGE), by Leslie Howsam (pp. 3-4); THE BOOK COLLECTOR, by Nicolas Barker (pp. 4-5); Justin Winsor Prize (PRIZES) (p. 5); Robert A. Colby Prize (PRIZES) (p. 5); BOOK REVIEWS, by Douglas Martin, Andrew Piper, Caroline Sumpter, Ronald Lieberman, Claire Squires, Catherine Dille, Ittai Joseph Tamari, William Hughes, Madison U. Sowell, Diana Kichuk (pp. 6-11); EDITORS' REPLY, by Betty S. Travitsky and Anne Lake Prescott (p. 11); The Art of Medicine in Ancient Egypt, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, 13 September 2005-15 January 2006 (EXHIBITION REVIEWS), by Arlene Shaner (p. 12); Two Exhibitions of the Gutenberg Bible (EXHIBITION REVIEWS), by Elizabeth Ross (pp. 12-13); Education & the Culture of Print in Modern America: Authors, Publishers, Readers, & More Since 1876, Madison, Wisconsin, 29-30 September 2006 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 13-14); Media in the Enlarged Europe: An International Conference on Policy, Industry, Aesthetics & Creativity, University of Luton, UK, 5-6 May 2006 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 14); 1968: Global Resistance/Local Knowledge, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 3-4 November 2006 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 14); Further Transactions of the Book, Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, USA, 9-11 March 2006 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 15).