Archives, history and memory in memoir writing – a talk by Marina Warner
Museum of English Rural Life 6 Redlands Road, Reading, BerkshireWriter and academic Dame Professor Marina Warner will discuss drawing on archives and the interweaving of history and memoir-writing. In her memoir ‘Inventory of a Life Mislaid’, Warner uses memory...Read More >
CBCP Summer School – Cultures of the book: lithography, consumption, reading
University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Edith Morley, G44The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing at the University of Reading has released the full programme for their inaugural Summer School to be held on 20 and 21 June 2023....Read More >
Multisensory translation for children: Mirror by Jeannie Baker as a soundscape audiobook
The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World, the organisation dedicated to promoting and exploring world literature and children’s books in translation, are delighted to...Read More >
Bookshops Online and On the High Street
University of Reading, London Road CampusThe 2nd Annual Bookselling Research Network Conference, in association with the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing, 3rd-4th July 2023 at the University of Reading, UK. To register for in-person...Read More >
Balam and Lluvia’s House: Translating Poetry for Children
The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing in partnership with Outside in World, the organisation dedicated to promoting and exploring world literature and children’s books in translation, are delighted to announce...Read More >
Publishing Anti-fascism, CBCP annual conference, 11-12 September 2023
We are delighted to announce the Provisional Programme for our conference on Publishing Anti-fascism. This international conference will bring together scholars of anti-fascist publishing activity in the twentieth and twenty-first...Read More >
Concentration Camps and Kindertransport: Two stories of Jewish Refugees in Britain – film screening and Q&A
Reading Biscuit Factory Unit 1A, Queen's Walk (Corner Of Oxford Road), ReadingJoin us for this screening of the short film, Heilig, which interviews the Austrian Jewish Kindertransportee Gerhard Heilig and tells the story of his father, Bruno, who survived two concentration...Read More >
The Children’s Books History Society Study Day on Families in Children’s Literature (Part 2)
Church Hall of the Crown Court Church of Scotland Russell Street, Covent Garden, LondonThe Children's Books History Society Study Day Saturday, 28th October 2023 9.30am-4.30pm Venue: Church Hall of the Crown Court Church of Scotland Russell Street Covent Garden London WC2B 5EZ The...Read More >
Typodiversity 01: exploring the Arabic script world
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of ReadingUPDATE: The full programme for the two day event on 3 & 4 November is available here. CBCP is collaborating with Typodiversity, an open, participatory event series combining talks and...Read More >
Stickers as self-authorised ‘publishing’ in urban spaces: The graphic language, themes, and localisations of stickers in the Ruhr area, Germany
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of ReadingSpeaker: Irmi Wachendorff (University of Reading) This research seminar is free & open to all. Join us in person in the University of Reading's Department of Typography, Room T4. To...Read More >