SHARP News

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This is the Summer 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: Linda Connors; Book Review Editors: Ian Gadd, Paul Gutjahr. CONTENTS: GUEST COMMENT; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTIONS; CONFERENCES; AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS; CONFERENCE REPORTS; BOOK REVIEWS; BIBLIOGRAPHY; SHARP NEWS OF NOTE; SHARPEND. This issue includes the following contributions: The Critical Importance of Slovenian Book History: A Journey to the Heart of a Nation, by Miha Kovaè (GUEST COMMENT) (pp. 1-3); Shakespeare Association of America Convention, Miami, Florida, 12-14 April 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); The Production of Culture: The Scottish Press in a National and International Context 1800-1880, University of Stirling, Scotland, 28-29 July 2001 (CALLS FOR PAPERS) (p. 3); History of the Book: The Next Generation, Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 16 September 2000 (CONFERENCES) (p. 4); Under the Hammer: Book Auctions Since the Seventeenth Century, Birkbeck College and Waterstone's Piccadilly, London, 25-26 November 2000 (CONFERENCES) (pp. 4-5); Bibliographical Society (UK) Grants and Fellowships 2000-2001 (AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS) (p. 5); SHARP2000 Celebrates Gutenberg's Birthday, by Linda Connors (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 5-6); SHARP Membership Report, 1 July 1999-30 June 2000, by Barbara A. Brannon (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 6); SHARP 2000 Preconference Session on Global Bibliography, by Jonathan Rose (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (p. 6); Les mutations du livre et de l'édition dans le monde du XVIIIe siècle a l'an 2000/Worldwide Changes in Book Publishing from the 18th Century to the Year 2000: Colloque international/International Colloquium, Sherbrooke, May 2000, by Peter F. McNally (CONFERENCE REPORTS) (pp. 6-8); BOOK REVIEWS, by Scott E. Casper, Susanna Ashton, Warwick Gould, Alison M. Scott (pp. 8-10); SHARP Book History Prize (SHARP NEWS OF NOTE) (p. 12).