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 >
Up in Arms: posters for protest, solidarity, engagement and action
Department of Typography & Graphic Communication University of ReadingUp in Arms has been curated to align with our annual conference, ‘Publishing Anti-fascism’ convened and organised by Ellen Pilsworth. The exhibition includes material from the collection of twentieth-century posters...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 >
Heinemann and Biafractivist Authors: Politics of Publishing the Rebel
Room 257, Edith Morley Building, University of Reading, RG6 6ELSpeaker: Dr Abba Abba (University of Reading) This research seminar is free & open to all. Join us in person in the Edith Morley Building, Room 257. To join via...Read More >
Translating and Publishing Turkish Literature in the Anglosphere
This two-day hybrid symposium was organized by Özlem Berk Albachten and Daniela la Penna and is supported by the British Academy. It will take place from 18-19 January 2024 at...Read More >
What’s in a Title: Sir Wydham Deedes, Allen & Unwin, and Reşat Nuri Güntekin’s The Autobiography of a Turkish Girl
Speaker: Özlem Berk Albachten (British Academy Visiting Research Fellow, Department of Languages and Cultures, University of Reading) This research seminar is a hybrid event & is free & open to...Read More >