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 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).

This is the Autumn 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; Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Chuck Johanningsmeier, Lisa Pon; Bibliographer: Padmini Ray Chaudhury. CONTENTS: SHARP LYON 2004; THE SHARP EDGE; BOOK HISTORY PRIZE; NEW SHARP AWARD; GRADUATE ESSAY PRIZE; SHARP HALIFAX 2005; NEW EXHIBITIONS REVIEWER; BOOK REVIEWS; CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED; CONFERENCE REPORT; BIBLIOGRAPHY. This issue includes the following contributions: SHARP LYON 2004, by Frank de Glas (pp. 1-2), Gary Kelly (pp. 2, 4-5), Bertrum H. MacDonald (p. 5); Rethinking Book History in France (THE SHARP EDGE), by Christine Haynes (pp. 3-4); DeLong Family Endows SHARP Book History Prize (BOOK HISTORY PRIZE) (p. 5); Navigating Texts & Contexts (SHARP HALIFAX 2005) (p. 6); BOOK REVIEWS, by Erin A. Smith, Kathleen Lynch, Christine Pawley, Peter Hoare, Raymond N. MacKenzie (pp. 7-9); Print Culture Research in the 21st Century (CONTRIBUTIONS WANTED) (p. 10); British Book Trade History Conference, University of Edinburgh, 27-29 July 2004 (CONFERENCE REPORT), by Noel Waite (pp. 10-11).

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).

This is the Winter 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 CONFERENCE 2003; SHARP AWARDS; LECTURES AND COURSES; EDITOR'S NEWS; THE SHARP EDGE; CALLS FOR PAPERS; RELATED SOCIETY; CONFERENCE REPORT; ELECTRONIC RESOURCES; CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY. This issue includes the following contributions: SHARP Conference 2003, by James L.W. West III (p. 1); Surveying the (Battle) Field: Book History, SHARP, and the Guerilla Tactics of Research (THE SHARP EDGE), by Eva Hemmungs Wirtén (pp. 3-4); The Community Library: Library History Group of the Chartered Institute of Librarians and Information Professionals, Glasgow, Scotland, 19 August 2002. (CONFERENCE REPORT), by Chris Baggs (pp. 5-6); The British Book Trade Index (ELECTRONIC RESOURCES), by John Hinks (p. 6); An International History of the Book? (CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS), by Simon Eliot (p. 7); and BOOK REVIEWS, by Betty Bright, Oliver B. Pollak, Carol Percy, Jeffrey Brooks, Mary Lu MacDonald, Janet Sorenson, Maureen E. Mulvihill (pp. 8-12).

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 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).

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 Summer 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: BIBLIOPHILY EXTRAORDINAIRE; THE SHARP EDGE; CALL FOR PAPERS; UPCOMING UK CONFERENCE; WORKSHOP REPORT; NEH FELLOWSHIP; MUNBY FELLOWSHIP 2004-5; BOOK REVIEWS; GIS WORKSHOP; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP END. This issue includes the following contributions: International Association of Bibliophiles Conference, Cape Town, 2002 (BIBLIOPHILY EXTRAORDINAIRE), by Donald Kerr (pp. 1-2); Crossing the Book History/Publishing Studies Divide (THE SHARP EDGE), by Simone Murray (pp. 3-4); Print Culture & the City, McGill University, Montréal, Can, 26-27 March 2004 (CALL FOR PAPERS) (p. 4); Culture & the Literary Prize, Oxford Brookes University, UK, 4-5 October 2003 (UPCOMING UK CONFERENCE) (p. 4); WORKSHOP REPORT, by John Gouws (p. 5); NEH FELLOWSHIP, by Barbara Hochman (p. 5); MUNBY FELLOWSHIP 2004-5 (p. 5); BOOK REVIEWS, by M.W. Jackson, Kathleen Kamerick, Jane Maienschein, Dorina Miller Parmenter, James McLaverty, Isabelle Lehuu, Marie-Luise Spieckermann, Graham Parry (pp. 6-11); and GIS in the Arts & Humanities, University of Portsmouth, UK, 8-11 September 2003 (GIS WORKSHOP) (p. 11).