This is the Spring 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: SHARP CONFERENCE; SHARP NEWS OF NOTE; NATIONAL ACTIVITIES; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; RESEARCH NOTES; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS; LECTURES AND COURSES; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. This issue includes the following contributions: 10th Annual Conference, London, 10-13 July 2002 (SHARP CONFERENCE) (p. 1); Longman-History Today Prize (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 1); Current Book History Research in Finland, by Jyrki Hakapää (NATIONAL ACTIVITIES) (pp. 1-3); Improving Access to Historical Collections: The Consortium of European Research Libraries (CERL), by Marian Lefferts (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES) (pp. 3-5); On Collecting and Indexing the Girl's Own Paper, 1880-1941, by Honor Ward (RESEARCH NOTES) (p. 5); The Birth of Gay Magazines in Post-War Japan, by Shingae Akitomo (RESEARCH NOTES) (pp. 5-6); Renaissance Society of America: SHARP@RSA, Toronto, 28-30 March 2003 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 6); The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand, Expanding Horizons: Print Cultures across the South Pacific, Dunedin, NZ, 10 September 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 6-7); 29th Annual Saint Louis Conference on Manuscript Studies, Vatican Film Library, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, MO, 11-12 October 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 7); The History of Libraries in the United States, Bibliographical Society of America, Princeton University, Philadelphia, 11-13 April 2002 (CONFERENCES) (p. 8); 20th Annual Seminar on the History of the Provincial Book Trade in Britain, Exeter University, UK, 23-25 July 2002 (CONFERENCES) (p. 8); 400th Anniversary of the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, Oxford, 8-20 September 2002 (CONFERENCES) (p. 8); Reese Fellowships in American Bibliography and the History of the Book in the Americas (AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS) (pp. 8-9); Book History at Texas A&M: A Workshop on the History of Books and Printing, Cushing Memorial Library and Archives, Texas A&M University, 19-24 May 2002 (LECTURES AND COURSES) (p. 9); Books in American Lives 1830-1890, American Antiquarian Society (AAS) Summer Seminar in the History of the Book in American Culture, Worcester, MA, 9-13 June 2002 (LECTURES AND COURSES) (p. 9); Towards Book History in India, Organised by the Department of English, Jadavpur University, Calcutta in Association with the Seagull Foundation for the Arts, 8-9 February 2002, by Abhijit Gupta (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 9-10); BOOK REVIEWS, by Elisabeth Leedham-Green, Juliet John, Andrew Gordon, Kristine Haugen, Chuck Johanningsmeier, Sharon Hamilton, Sharon Alker, J. Arthur Bond (pp. 10-14).

This is the Autumn 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: WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANY "SCHOOLS OF LIBRARY AND READING STUDIES?"; CROSSING THE LINE: PRINT CULTURE DOWN UNDER; OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE; READING CONFERENCE IN EDINBURGH; THE MIGHTY ENGINE: THE BBT SEMINAR; THE AMERICAN PRINT MARKETPLACE: FROM PAMPHLETS TO PH.D. DISSERTATIONS OR, ONE WAY TO TEACH THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK TO GRADUATE STUDENTS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; EXHIBITIONS; FELLOWSHIPS; LECTURES; ESSAY AND MANUSCRIPT PRIZES; SEMINARS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; IN MEMORIAM: WILLIAM EVAN FREDEMAN; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: IN MY VIEW: WHY DON'T WE HAVE ANY "SCHOOLS OF LIBRARY AND READING STUDIES?", by Wayne A. Wiegand (pp. 1-2); OVERLAPPING BOUNDARIES CONFERENCE, by David Finkelstein (p. 3); READING CONFERENCE IN EDINBURGH, by Helen Williams (p. 4); THE MIGHTY ENGINE: THE BBT SEMINAR, by Barry McKay (pp. 4-5); THE AMERICAN PRINT MARKETPLACE: FROM PAMPHLETS TO PH.D. DISSERTATIONS OR, ONE WAY TO TEACH THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK TO GRADUATE STUDENTS, by Paul Gutjahr (pp. 5-6); Expressionism and Modernity: Function and Meaning in German Expressionist Prints; Libraries and the Book Trade: The Formation of Collections in the Public Sphere from the 16th to the 20th Century (CONFERENCES) (p. 7); Chicago under Wraps: Dust Jackets from 1920-1950; Jock Elliott's Christmas Books (EXHIBITIONS) (pp. 7-8); BOOK REVIEWS, by John Feather, Graham Jefcoate, Jonathan Rose, Kathleen Kamerick (pp. 10-14).

This is the Autumn 1996 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; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Philip A. Metzger. CONTENTS: SHARP ANNOUNCES NEW PRIZE FOR BEST PUBLICATION IN BOOK HISTORY; 1997 CONFERENCE AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: A FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS; NEW EDITORS, NEW ADDRESSES; A MANAGEABLE SCOPE?: THE HISTORY OF PRINT CULTURE IN NEW ZEALAND; CONFERENCE AIMS TO OPEN UP ACCESS TO PUBLISHERS' ARCHIVES; BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES I: BIBLIOGRAPHY COURSE AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY; BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES II: THE HISTORY OF LITERATE CULTURE; BOOK REVIEWS; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; LECTURES; COURSES & SEMINARS; EXHIBITIONS; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; ON THE INTERNET; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: A MANAGEABLE SCOPE?: THE HISTORY OF PRINT CULTURE IN NEW ZEALAND, by Shef Rogers (pp. 2-3); BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES I: BIBLIOGRAPHY COURSE AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY, by Tom Davis (pp. 3-4); BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES II: THE HISTORY OF LITERATE CULTURE, by Charles Bazerman (pp. 4-6); BOOK REVIEWS, by James Raven (p. 6).

This is the Winter 1993-94 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: CENTER FOR BOOK HISTORY PROPOSED IN NEW YORK; UNIVERSITY OF LONDON PLANS BOOK HISTORY M.A. PROGRAM; ENGLISH BOOK AND PUBLISHING STUDIES AT THE UNIVERSITY OF LEIDEN; GUTENBERG EXHIBITION MOUNTED AT MORGAN LIBRARY; COURSES; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; PUBLIC LECTURES; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING.

This is the Summer 1994 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: TWO HUNDRED ATTEND WASHINGTON CONFERENCE; CALL FOR PAPERS: 1995 SHARP EDINBURGH CONFERENCE; BOOK HISTORY, THE STATE OF PLAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT DARNTON; UPDATE: NEW YORK BOOK HISTORY CENTER; TWO NEW BOOK HISTORY SOCIETIES ORGANIZED IN HOLLAND; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CONFERENCES; EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: BOOK HISTORY, THE STATE OF PLAY: AN INTERVIEW WITH ROBERT DARNTON, by Robert Darnton and Krassimira Daskalova (pp. 2-4).

This is the Autumn 1992 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: PROGRESS REPORT: A COLLABORATIVE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN AMERICAN CULTURE; TWO FORTHCOMING ENCYCLOPEDIAS OF PUBLISHING; GETTING BOOK HISTORY INTO PRINT; CONFERENCES; PUBLIC LECTURES; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: HOW WE ARE DOING, by Jonathan Rose (p. 7).

This is the Spring 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 REGIONAL 2003; NEW SHARP AWARD; BSA MITCHELL PRIZE; THE SHARP EDGE; EXHIBITION; CALL FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. This issue includes the following contributions: Books and Empire: Textual Production, Distribution and Consumption in Colonial and Postcolonial Countries, University of Sydney, Australia, 30 January to 1 February 2003 (SHARP REGIONAL 2003), by Elizabeth Morrison (pp. 1, 5) and Another Viewpoint (SHARP REGIONAL 2003), by Shef Rogers (p. 5); Bibliographical Society of America's Mitchell Prize (BSA MITCHELL PRIZE) (pp. 2, 12); Why Book Arts Matter (THE SHARP EDGE), by Kathleen Walkup (pp. 3-4); New Work in Printing History, New York, 24-25 October 2003 (CALL FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Private Libraries Day, Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury, England, 13 November 2002 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Keith Manley (pp. 5-6); Celebration of 200 Years of Newspapers in Australia, State Library of New South Wales, Sydney, 1 March 2003 (CONFERENCE REPORTS), by Victor Isaacs (pp. 6-7); and BOOK REVIEWS, by Jeffrey Barr, Jane Potter, Harold Love, Tom Berger, Richard B. Sher, Peter R. Frank (pp. 7-12).

This is the Spring 1994 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: BOOK HISTORY PROJECTS ADVANCE ON ALL FRONTS; 1994 SHARP CONFERENCE UPDATE; TEACHING THE HISTORY OF LITERACY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS; LIBRARY OF CONGRESS TO LAUNCH A NEW MAGAZINE; COURSES; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CONFERENCES; EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES; NOTES & QUERIES; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: TEACHING THE HISTORY OF LITERACY AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, by Harvey J. Graff (pp. 3-4).

This is the Summer 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: MUNBY FELLOWSHIP; SHARP 2006; PRIZES & FELLOWSHIPS; THE SHARP EDGE; NEW BOOK REVIEWS EDITOR; BOOK REVIEWS; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; MUNBY FELLOWS; SYMPOSIUM REPORT; SHARPIST HONOURED; BIBLIOGRAPHY; THE SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: An Antipodean Affair (MUNBY FELLOWSHIP), by Alexandra Gillespie (p. 1); Jo Ann Boydston Essay Prize (PRIZES & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); Munby Fellowship in Bibliography (PRIZES & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); BSANZ Travel Grants (PRIZES & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 2); From Book Development to Book History: Some Observations on the History of the Book in Africa (THE SHARP EDGE), by Isabel Hofmeyr (pp. 3-4); BOOK REVIEWS, by Catherine Dille, Wallace Kirsop, Karen Carney, Lisa Gitelman, Charles Johanningsmeier, Jennifer J. Connor, Peter R. Frank (pp. 5-8); Popular Science: Nineteenth-Century Sites & Experiences, York University, Toronto, 2-3 August 2004 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 9); Detecting the Text: Fakes, Forgery, Fraud, & Editorial Concerns, University College, University of Toronto, 5-6 November 2004 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 9); Reaching the Margins: The Colonial & Postcolonial Lives of the Book, 1765-2005, Institute of English Studies, Senate House, London, 3-5 November 2005 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 9); Material Cultures & the Creation of Knowledge, University of Edinburgh, 22-24 July 2004 (CALL FOR PAPERS) (p. 9); Maintaining the Heritage, Rhodes University & University of Fort Hare, 12-15 September 2005 (CALL FOR PAPERS) (pp. 9-10); The French Place in the Bay of Islands (SYMPOSIUM REPORT), by Kate Martin (p. 10).

This is the Winter 1994-95 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: DREW UNIVERSITY CENTER TO COORDINATE NEW YORK BOOK HISTORY CONSORTIUM; READING HISTORY PROJECTS OPEN TO RESEARCHERS; THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN MODERN BRITAIN: A GRADUATE COURSE SYLLABUS; BOOK REVIEWS; LETTERS TO THE EDITOR; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; COURSES; EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES; NETWORKS; EMPLOYMENT NOTICES; NOTES & QUERIES; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: THE HISTORY OF THE BOOK IN MODERN BRITAIN: A GRADUATE COURSE SYLLABUS, by Jonathan Rose (pp. 2-3); BOOK REVIEWS, by Martyn Lyons, Kate Levin, Kyle Grimes (pp. 3-5); Comments on the Robert Darnton Interview (LETTERS TO THE EDITOR), by Elizabeth L. Eisenstein (p. 5).