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 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 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 & Bibliographer: Linda Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: NOTES & QUERIES; RESOURCES ONLINE; POSITION ANNOUNCEMENTS; SHARP NOMINATIONS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS; LECTURES & COURSES; EXHIBITIONS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP NEWS OF NOTE; SHARPEND; SHARP FINANCIAL REPORT. This issue includes the following contributions: Bibliographical Society of America Archives and History (NOTES & QUERIES) (p. 1); James Esdall, Irish Printer-Bookseller (NOTES & QUERIES) (p. 1); R[esearch]S[ociety for]A[merican]P[eriodicals] Update, by Ellen Gruber Garvey (RESOURCES ONLINE) (pp. 1-2); SHARP Annual Conference, Richmond and Williamsburg, Virginia, 19-22 July 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); History of the Book in Canada Project Open Conference for Volume 2, 1840-1918, McGill University and Bibliothèque nationale du Québec, Canada, 18-19 May 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (pp. 3-4); Canadian Library Association, Library History Interest Group, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, 13-17 June 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Research Society for Victorian Periodicals (RSVP) 2001 Conference Rethinking the 19th-Century Press in the 21st Century, Graduate Center of the City University of New York, New York, NY, 14-15 September 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); American Historical Association, San Francisco, CA, 3-6 January 2002 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); American Printing History Association 25th Annual Conference "On the Digital Brink", Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, 20-21 October 2000 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 4-5); History of the Book in Canada Open Conference for Volume 1 (Beginnings to 1840), Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, Canada, 24-25 November 2000 (CONFERENCES) (p. 5); American Historical Association: SHARP Sessions, Boston, MA, 5 January 2001 (CONFERENCES) (p. 5); Bibliographical Society of America Fellowship Program 2001 (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 6); International League of Antiquarian Booksellers $10,000 Prize for Best Bibliography/Book about Books (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 6); John Carter Brown Library Research Fellowships, 2001-2002 (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (pp. 6-7); History of Reading Thesis or Dissertation Award (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (pp. 7-8); SHARP Book History Prize (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 8); Gutenberg 2000 at the British Library Guided Tours, British Library, 27 September-13 December 2000 (LECTURES & COURSES) (p. 8); Toronto Centre for the Book Program 2000-2001 (LECTURES & COURSES) (pp. 8-9); The Edinburgh Book History Seminar Programme 2000-2001, Edinburgh University Library (LECTURES & COURSES) (p. 9); Writing on Hands: Memory and Knowledge in Early Modern Europe, Trout Gallery, Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 8 September-25 November 2000 and Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, DC, 11 December 2000-4 March 2001 (EXHIBITIONS) (p. 9); Fritz Kredel Centennial Exhibition, Grolier Club, New York, NY, 20 September-18 November 2000 (EXHIBITIONS) (pp. 9-10); The Research Society for Victorian Periodicals, 20-22 July 2000, by Patrick Leary (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 10); Material Cultures: The Book, the Text, and the Archive, 28-30 July 2000, by Claire Squires (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 10-11); 18th British Book Trade Seminar, 25-27 July 2000, by Paul Morgan (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 11-12); BOOK REVIEWS, by Thomas Augst, Berry Dongelmans, Ian McGowan (pp. 12-14).

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 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).

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 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 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 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 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).