We are delighted to announce that we will be welcoming the author Kit de Waal to our Whiteknights Campus at the University of Reading for a very special author event….Read More >

The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing at the University of Reading will be holding its inaugural Summer School on 20 & 21 June this year. ‘Cultures of the book:…Read More >

Rick Poynor, with assistance from Eric Kindel, Emma Minns and Geoff Wyeth, has curated an exhibition based on material from the collection of the late Andrew Belsey, philosophy lecturer, concrete…Read More >

Call for papers – Bookshops: Online and On the High Street The 2nd Annual Bookselling Research Network Conference, in association with the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing will be…Read More >

Call for papers: This international conference will bring together scholars of anti-fascist publishing activity in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, from any linguistic or geographical context. Our aim is to…Read More >

CBCP Co-Director Sue Walker has a chapter in new book just published by Lehigh University Press. https://lupress.cas.lehigh.edu/content/mediation-and-childrens-reading Sue’s chapter, ‘Reading information: using graphic language to enhance engagement with children’s books’,…Read More >

The recording of the event Researching the history of printing in Iran: particularities and challenges is now available to watch online here.