PhD project: Editors and Literary Production: Editorial Relationships and Collaborations in Twentieth-Century British Publishing Funding: AHRC SWWDTP Supervisors: Dr Kate Wallis (University of Exeter), Professor Nicola Wilson (University of Reading)…Read More >
Conference: Grapholinguistics in the 21st century – entangles scripts, cultures, disciplines
Dates: 24–26 June 2026 Venue: Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading (Whiteknights campus), RG6 6BZ gʁafematik is a biennial conference bringing together disciplines concerned with grapholinguistics and,…Read More >
TDi Short Course: The Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collections and typeface design
Dates: 29 June – 3 July 2026 Venue: Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University of Reading (Whiteknights campus), RG6 6BZ The TDi is the pre-eminent intensive course for research…Read More >
E. M. Forster and the USA
by Lawrence Jones, Visiting Research Fellow (2026), Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP), University of Reading For my visiting fellowship with the CBCP at the University of Reading earlier this…Read More >
Sophie Thompson – CBCP Visiting Research Fellow
As a Visiting Research Fellow at the CBCP, Sophie Thompson will investigate the Walter Crane holdings at the University of Reading, examining Crane’s pivotal role in shaping a distinctive Arts…Read More >
Type design from chromolithography treasures
CBCP Fellow Helena de Barros has designed a typeface, ‘Chromiste’, based on the collection of chromo-lithographed Liebig trade cards held in the Lettering, Printing and Graphic Design Collection, that she…Read More >
Marie Neurath’s children’s books in Vienna
Sue Walker contributed a chapter about Marie Neurath’s Isotype books for children to the book accompanying the Wissen für Alle exhibition at Wien Museum. An abridged version of the chapter…Read More >
Berta Ferrer – CBCP Visiting Research Fellow
For her research fellowship with the CBCP, Berta Ferrer will explore printed collage as a technique (in both text and image). Drawing attention to a design process embedded in the…Read More >
Lawrence Jones – CBCP Visiting Research Fellow
For his research fellowship with the CBCP, Lawrence Jones will explore E. M. Forster’s (1879-1970) publishing activities in the U.S. He will conduct a detailed analysis of correspondence held in…Read More >
Reanna Brooks – CBCP Visiting Research Fellow
During her Visiting Research Fellowship at the CBCP, Reanna Brooks will pursue an archival study of the early circulation of small-press modernism in the post-First World War period. The project…Read More >
