This is the Summer 2001 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 NEWS OF NOTE; NATIONAL ACTIVITIES; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; LECTURES & COURSES; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; OBITUARY: ANGUS MCKAY FRASER; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: New Sharp Officers (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 1); Book Research in Germany: Deutsche Buchwissenschaftliche Gesellschaft (German Book Research Society), by Mark Rectanus (NATIONAL ACTIVITIES) (pp. 1-2); Institut d'histoire du livre (NATIONAL ACTIVITIES) (pp. 2-3); SHARP 2002, University of London, 10-13 July 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); The Community Library: An International One Day Conference on a Local Theme, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Scotland, 19 August 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); Lives in Print: Biography and the Book Trade from the Middle Ages to the 21st Century, Society of Antiquaries and Birkbeck College, London, 1-2 December 2001 (CONFERENCES) (p. 3); University of London School of Advanced Study, Institute of English Studies, MA in the History of the Book (LECTURES & COURSES) (p. 4); APHA American Printing History Association 2001 Lieberman Lecture, National Museum of American History, Washington, DC, 25 September 2001 (LECTURES & COURSES) (p. 4); Histoire du livre et de l'imprimé au Canada/History of the Book in Canada Open Conference for Volume II (1840-1914), Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Montreal, 18-19 May 2001, by Carl Spadoni (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 5); BOOK REVIEWS, by Paul Arblaster, Alexandra Franklin, Emily B. Todd, David Chambers, William Noblett, Yannick Portebois, Peter R. Frank, Jonathan Rose, Graeme Gooday, Robert Matuozzi, Jon Topham, Linda K. Hughes, Priscilla Coit Murphy, Amy M. Thomas, Martin Harris (pp. 5-14).

This is the Spring 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: EDITORIAL TEAMS APPOINTED TO DIRECT SHARP YEARBOOK AND NEWSLETTER; THE HISTORY OF THE IRISH BOOK PROJECT: A FIRST PROGRESS REPORT; LONDON AND DREW UNIVERSITIES CREATE GRADUATE EDUCATION LINK; WILLIAM MORRIS CENTENARY OBSERVED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE ATLANTIC; READING: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND HISTORY: A COURSE SYLLABUS; THE HISTORY OF INFORMATION: A COURSE SYLLABUS; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; COURSES & SEMINARS; EXHIBITIONS; LECTURES; ON THE INTERNET; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: READING: THEORY, PRACTICE, AND HISTORY: A COURSE SYLLABUS, by Leon Jackson (pp. 3-5); THE HISTORY OF INFORMATION: A COURSE SYLLABUS, by Edward Tenner (pp. 6-7).

This is the Summer 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: EDINBURGH CONFERENCE ENDORSES PLAN TO PUBLISH A SHARP YEARBOOK; CALL FOR PAPERS: 1996 CONFERENCE AT THE AMERICAN ANTIQUARIAN SOCIETY; SHARP INAUGURATES INTERNET RESOURCE CENTER ON WORLD WIDE WEB; LIBRARY HISTORY PROJECTS UNDER WAY IN BRITAIN AND THE UNITED STATES; SHARP TO SPONSOR SESSIONS AT AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION MEETINGS; ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS CREATE NEW MONOGRAPH SERIES IN MEDIA HISTORY; BOOK HISTORY IN BULGARIA: A REPORT FROM THE FIELD; RUSSIAN SCHOLARS TO HOST INTERNATIONAL PRINT CULTURE CONFERENCE; BOOK REVIEWS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CONFERENCES; EXHIBITIONS & LECTURES; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; RESOURCES; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: BOOK HISTORY IN BULGARIA: A REPORT FROM THE FIELD, by Krassimira Daskalova (pp. 3-5); BOOK REVIEWS, by Robin Alston, Jeffery Triggs (pp. 5-8).

This is the Autumn 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: Fritz Levy, Gail Shivel, Lisa Pon, Tina Ray Murray; Bibliographer: Robert N. Matuozzi. CONTENTS: SHARP HAGUE 2006; SHARP AWARDS 2006; SHARP MINNEAPOLIS 2007; A SHARP FIRST!; MACHIAVELLIAN CONGRATS; CONFERENCE REVIEWS; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; BOOK REVIEWS; IN SHORT; BOOK REVIEWS UPDATE; EXHIBITION REVIEWS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; RED UPDATE; JEBS RELAUNCH; BIBLIOGRAPHY; OLD BOOKS, NEW USES; THE EXPANDING BOOKSHELF. This issue includes the following contributions: A First-Timer's Perspective (SHARP HAGUE 2006), by Judith Jennings (p. 1); From Our President, by Bob Patten (pp. 1-2); To the Membership of SHARP, by Leslie Howsam, Mary Lu MacDonald, David Stam, Elizabeth Webby, Alexis Weedon (p. 2); Award for Distinguished Achievement [ADA] (SHARP AWARDS 2006), by Leslie Howsam with a message from John North (p. 3); DeLong Prize 2006 (SHARP AWARDS 2006) (pp. 3-4); SHARP Student Prize (SHARP AWARDS 2006), by Ezra Greenspan, Jonathan Rose (p. 4); Open the Book, Open the Mind, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA, 11-15 July 2007 (SHARP MINNEAPOLIS 2007) (p. 4); A SHARP FIRST!, by Alistair McCleery (p. 4); MACHIAVELLIAN CONGRATS, by Jonathan Rose (p. 4); Publishing Classics since 1800 (CONFERENCE REVIEWS), by Sandy Malcolm (pp. 5-6); "Book Roads" in East Asia (CONFERENCE REVIEWS), by Peter Kornicki (p. 7); Magazines and Modernity in Australasia, Australian Studies Centre, University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia, 8-9 December 2006 (FORTHCOMING EVENTS) (p. 7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch, Ellis Tinios, W.A. Kelly, S.J. Connolly, Victoria Gardner, Robert N. Matuozzi, Kai-wing Chow, David Finkelstein, Joad Raymond, Gillian Wright (pp. 8-15); IN SHORT, by Gail Shivel (pp. 15-16); Origins of European Printmaking: Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Their Public, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 4 September-27 November 2005 (EXHIBITION REVIEWS), by Lisa Pon (pp. 16-17); Work of Many Hands: The Art of Islamic Bookmaking, Art Institute of Chicago, Parts I and II: 1 May-28 August 2006 (EXHIBITION REVIEWS), by Kay Shelton (p. 17); Sacred Leaves: The Book between Manuscript & Print, Tampa Library, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida, 22-23 February 2007 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 18); The Oral, the Written, and Other Verbal Media: Interfaces and Audiences, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, 19-21 June 2008 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 18).

This is the Winter 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: APHA CONFERENCE REPORT; FORTHCOMING EVENTS; THE SHARP EDGE; CALLS FOR PAPERS; SEMINAR ANNOUNCEMENT; BOOK REVIEWS; MORE BOOK PRIZES; FELLOWSHIPS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. This issue includes the following contributions: New Work in Printing History (APHA CONFERENCE REPORT), by Eugene G. Schwartz (pp. 1-2); From Truffle Hunter to Gourmet Shopper (THE SHARP EDGE), by Beth Luey (p. 3); Second Annual Conference on the Future of the Book, Beijing, China, 29-31 August 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Religion and the Culture of Print in America: Authors, Publishers, Readers and More Since 1876, Madison, Wisconsin, 10-11 September 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Digital Preservation and Electronic Scholarly Editions, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 27-30 December 2004 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Paradise: New Worlds of Books & Readers, Wellington, New Zealand, 27-30 January 2005 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); BOOK REVIEWS, by David McKitterick, John Edwards, Rimi B. Chatterjee, Nicholas Pickwoad, Michael L. Turner, Paul Arblaster, Gowan Dawson, Ittai J. Tamari (pp. 5-10).

This is the Spring 2001 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; LETTERS; RESOURCES; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS; EXHIBITIONS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP NEWS OF NOTE; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: Post-Colonial Reflections on the Late Victorian Fiction Business, by Elizabeth Morrison (GUEST COMMENT) (pp. 1-4); From London to St. Louis: The Contents of Eighteenth-Century Periodicals, by James E. Tierney (RESOURCES) (pp. 5-6); The Spectator Project: A Hypermedia Research Archive of Eighteenth-Century Periodicals, by Joseph Chaves (RESOURCES) (pp. 6-7); Study Meeting on the City and the Book, Florence, Italy, 30 May-1 June 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 7); Facts and Fictions: Ireland and the Novel in the Nineteenth Century, Centre for Editorial and Intertextual Research, Cardiff University, 14-16 September 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 7-8); Printing History: New Criteria, Reading, UK, 11 January 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 8); Cambridge Project for the Book Trust New Colloquia, London, UK, 8 September 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 8); Women Editing Periodicals (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 8); Remembering Don McKenzie, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington, New Zealand, 12-14 July 2001 (CONFERENCES) (p. 9); Print Culture in the Age of the Circulating Library, 1750-1850, Gronigen and Sheffield Hallam Universities, Sheffield, UK, 19-22 July 2001 (CONFERENCES) (p. 9); SHARP 2001 Ninth Annual Conference, Richmond and Williamsburg, Virginia, 19-22 July 2001 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 9-10); Munby Fellowship in Bibliography, 2002-2003, Cambridge University Library (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 10); History of the Book in Latvia, by Peter Mitham (EXHIBITIONS) (pp. 10-11); BOOK REVIEWS, by Kathryn Sutherland, Ronald Huebert, Marija Dalbello, Gene Kannenberg, Jr., Genelle Gertz-Robinson, Paul Morgan (pp. 11-15); Book Award: George Palmer Putnam: Representative American Publisher, by Ezra Greenspan (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 16); SHARP Election (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 16).

This is the Summer 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: SHARP99 SAILS INTO MADISON; JOHNS A WINNER; ARCHIVE PRESERVATION PROJECT INITIATED; SHARP AFFILIATES WITH MLA; CAMBRIDGE TO PUBLISH THE BRITISH BOOK; ROUTLEDGE COMMISSIONS READER; ILH DICTIONARY TO BE PUBLISHED; MAINZ 2000 CALLING; CAN BOOK HISTORY BE TAUGHT AT A SMALL COLLEGE?; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS; EXHIBITIONS; FELLOWSHIP ANNOUNCEMENTS; WEBWATCH; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; IN MEMORIAM: JOHN CURTAIN, MICHAEL TREADWELL; SHARPEND; SOCIETY FOR THE HISTORY OF AUTHORSHIP, READING AND PUBLISHING, INC. ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT: YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 1998. This issue includes the following contributions: SHARP99 SAILS INTO MADISON, by Leon Jackson (p. 1); ARCHIVE PRESERVATION PROJECT INITIATED, by Trysh Travis (pp. 1-2); CAN BOOK HISTORY BE TAUGHT AT A SMALL COLLEGE?, by Jonathan Rose (pp. 3-4); Local History, Local Identities, Chiltern, Victoria, Australia, 1-3 October 1999 (CONFERENCE ANNOUNCEMENTS) (p. 5); Impressions: 250 Years of Printing in the Lives of Canadians, National Library of Canada, Ottawa (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 5); WEBWATCH, by Patrick Leary (pp. 6-7); BOOK REVIEWS, by Robin Alston, Elisabeth-Christine Muelsch, Leslie Howsam, Patricia Fleming (pp. 7-10).

This is the Summer 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. Set in Monotype Bodoni. Acting Editor: Linda E. Connors. CONTENTS: THE INTERNATIONAL LEIPZIGER ARBEITSKREIS ZUR GESCHICHTE DES BUCHWESENS; OTHER VENTURES IN BOOK HISTORY; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CONFERENCES; NOTES AND QUERIES; RECENT PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: New Center for the History of the Book (OTHER VENTURES IN BOOK HISTORY) (p. 2); Three Sister Publications (OTHER VENTURES IN BOOK HISTORY) (p. 2); Book History Projects in St. Petersburg (OTHER VENTURES IN BOOK HISTORY) (p. 2); Book History Exhibit (OTHER VENTURES IN BOOK HISTORY) (p. 3); New Book and Graphic Arts Organization (OTHER VENTURES IN BOOK HISTORY) (p. 3); HOW WE ARE DOING, by Jonathan Rose (p. 7).

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).

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).