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SUMMARY:4th CBCP Postgraduate Symposium\, 19 May 2026
DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP) is pleased to announce the 4th Postgraduate Symposium will take place on Tuesday\, 19th May 2026. This will be a hybrid event and is an opportunity for PhD students and Postdoctoral researchers to present their research\, engage in discussions on book cultures and publishing\, and connect with a broader academic community within the University of Reading and beyond. \nThis year’s hybrid symposium will explore how archives can be used to reconstruct agency and cultural transmission in book and print cultures. It will be free to attend and refreshments will be provided. \nVenue: Global Study Lounge\, Edith Morley Building\, University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus) \n\nTo attend any of the Stream 1 talks online via MS Teams\, please register here.\nTo attend any of the Stream 2 talks online via MS Teams\, please register here.\nRegistering to attend the symposium in-person has now closed.\n\n9.00 – 9:20 Arrival and refreshments \n\n9.20 – 9.25 Welcome and Introduction \n\n9.25 – 10.55  \nStream 1: Archiving children’s reading cultures and publishing ecosystems (chair: Sophie Heywood) \n\nJessica Andrade-Tolentino – What makes a children’s book? Publishers’ strategies in transforming adult literature into picturebooks (online)\nAnagha Gopal – Mayil Will Not Be Quiet (about reading)!: Constructing a child’s archive of contemporary Indian children’s reading in English (online)\nDina Tuasuun – Women\, Faith\, and Children’s Publishing in Indonesia:  Decolonial Readings of Religious Book Culture (online)\nJohari Imani Murray – From Bulletin to Blueprint: Paper Trails of Change and How the CIBC Shaped Children’s Publishing Ecosystems (online)\n\nStream 2: Publishing Archives (chair: Cristina De Luca) \n\nMonica Lucioni – A constellation of archives: on the making of Jules Laforgue’s first anthology of poems in Italian (1945) (online)\nClara Farmer – Brand memory: the Hogarth Press and the publication of Olivia by ‘Olivia’ (1949) (in person)\nMinjung Ha – Reading Across the Atlantic: Virginia Woolf\, the Yale Review\, and the Construction of the American Reader (online)\nMargherita Orsi – Recovering La Tartaruga’s legacy: a journey through Milanese archives (online)\n\n\n11.00 – 11.15 Coffee break \n\n11.15 – 12. 45  \nStream 1: Archives and books in political discourse (chair: Cristina De Luca) \n\nMolly Uhlmann Lindberg – Authors as laborers and capitalists. Political self-publishing in 1970s Sweden (online)\nMeryem Selva Ince – The Social Realist Hit in 1970s Turkish Children’s Literature: Marginal Authors\, Themes and Visual Aesthetics (online)\nSharla Attala – Stitching the Past into the Present: A patchwork of memories (in person)\nArina Stoenescu – Reconstructing the agency of the tehnoredactor in Communist Romania – 1948-1989: A story that a state-socialist colophon can tell (in person)\n\nStream 2: People’s trajectory and agency through archives (chair: Hyei Jin Kim) \n\nMarcus Leaver – Paul Hamlyn and Generational Change in Twentieth-Century British Publishing (online)\nReanna Brookes – The Archive as Practice: An Exploration of the Winifred Gill Papers (in person)\nSophie Thompson – Crafting the Socialist Child: Arts and Crafts Pedagogy in Walter Crane’s Pothooks and Perseverance (1886) (in person)\nGiulia Pellizzatto – Global Readership\, Transcultural Contexts: The Case of Daisaku Ikeda  (online)\n\n\n12.45 – 1.30 Lunch \n\n1.30 – 2.30 Workshop with MERL \n\n2.30 – 2.45 Coffee break \n\n2.45 – 4.00 \nStream 1: Typography developments through the archives (chair: Abeera Zishan) \n\nHanny Imania – Transforming genre\, reconfiguring script: Javanese print culture under colonial print technology (in person)\nYuseon Park – Digital revival: inheriting the analog legacy (online)\nChandark Pradhan – Bengali chirography as a spectrum: evidence from the archives (online)\nFraser Muggeridge – Towards a History of Alternative Typesetting (in person)\n\nStream 2: Print production\, circulation and readers (chair: Pritha Mukherjee) \n\nJessica Purdy – Circulating Knowledge: Continental Imprints in Provincial Seventeenth-Century England (online)\nMichelle Michel – Book pirates: Villains or victims? (in person)\nDeborah Lyons – “Swallows Perched on Barbed Wire”: Readers in South Africa’s Final Years of Apartheid (online)\nAnamika Mohanta – Tracing the ‘Native Reader’ in 19th-Century Western India: Print\, Agency and Readership in the Case of the Bombay-Poona Native General Library (online)\n\n\n4.00 – 5.00  \nStream 1: Alternative forms of archive (chair: Nicola Wilson) \n\nElena Hueso Garcia – Materiality\, Discourse and Cultural Transmission: Contemporary Picturebooks on Migration as Archival Interventions (online)\nTreensari Ghosh – Democratized Publishing: Fanfictions as Digital Archives (online)\nDaisy Johnson – “Here is the truth as I write it”:  The representation of young authors in early to mid-twentieth century children’s literature (in person)\n\nStream 2: Politics of page design (chair: Abeera Zishan) \n\nAngelika Wozniak – The communicative role of textbooks and guides on book design published in Poland between 1945 and 2000 in the context of socio-political changes (in person)\nKsenia Papazova – The Materiality of the Page as a Photographic Filter in Neovintage Books (in person)\n\n\n5.00 – 5.15 Closing remarks \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-book-cultures-and-publishing/event/4th-cbcp-postgraduate-symposium-19-may-2026/
LOCATION:Global Study Lounge\, 2nd floor\, Edith Morley Building\, University of Reading (Whiteknights campus)\, RG6 6EL\, RG6 6EL
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SUMMARY:CBCP Symposium: People in Publishing: Diversity\, Leadership and Publishing’s Futures\, 29 June 2026 
DESCRIPTION:Date: Monday 29th June 2026 \nTime: 10.00am – 5.00pm \nVenue: Henley Business School\, University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus) \nRegistration to attend the symposium has now closed. \nA booklet for the symposium containing the programme schedule & short biographies of the chairs and speakers is available here. \n(Please note: For standard delegates\, we will charge £10 to cover a sandwich lunch\, and morning & afternoon refreshments. Students & independent researchers can attend free of charge. Online attendance is also free of charge) \nSchedule  \n10:00 – 10:05: Welcome & introductions (HBS G10)  \nMarrisa Joseph – Associate Professor of Organisation Studies and Business History\, Henley Business School\, University of Reading \n\n10:05 – 10:35: Opening Address: “Building Diversity in the Media Industries” (HBS G10)  \nJoanna Abeyie MBE – Former Director of Creative Diversity BBC\, Founder BlueMoon Consultancy  (in person) \n\n10:35 – 11:30: Panel: “Bridging the Gap: Academia and Industry in Dialogue on EDI in the Publishing Industry” (HBS G10) \n \nModerator: Fiona McLachlan\, Business Relationship Manager\, Knowledge Exchange & External Partnerships\, University of Reading \nPanel:   \n\nMelissa Carr – Lecturer in International Human Resources Management & EDI Director at World of Work Institute\, University of Reading (in person)\nVaseem Khan – Crime Fiction author (in person)\nEmma Shercliff – Laxfield Literary Associates (in person)\n\n\n11:30 –11:45: Comfort break (HBS Foyer) \n\n11:45 – 1:00: Research Papers: “Geo-politics and Global Structures” (HBS G10)  \nChair:  Jack Harrington – CEO\, British Academy of Management \nPanel:  \n\nHyei Jin Kim (University of Reading) – “Who Governs the Flow of Books?: The Legacy of the Traditional Market Agreement” (in person)\nKarishma Koshal (University of Exeter) – “The Foundations of the Anglophone Trade Publishing Industry in India” (in person)\nFrances Weightman (Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing) – “Becoming a Reluctant Gatekeeper: A Case Study of the Leeds Centre for New Chinese Writing” (online)\nMaria Belen Riveiro (University of Buenos Aires/University of Newcastle) – “Rethinking Bibliodiversity: the Universal Put into Question” (in person)\n\n\n1:00 – 1:45: Networking lunch (HBS Foyer) \n\n1:45 – 3:15: Lightning Talks & Research Papers Parallel Session  \n\n\n\nStream 1: “Commercial Approaches to Diversifying Publishing”\nChair: Sophie Heywood (University of Reading)\n(HBS G10) \n\nStream 2: “Networks & Institutional Power”\nChair: Cristina De Luca (University of Reading)\n(HBS G04) \n\n\nBronwen Price (CEO Seren Books) – “Inclusive Commissioning: Dethroning the Gatekeepers” (online)\nLiciane Correa (Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janiero) – “The Past and Present of Freelancer Work in Book Proofreading in Brazil” (online)\n\n\nNicola Daly (University of Waikato) – “Indigenous publishing in Aotearoa New Zealand: A Case Study” (in person)\nAmanda K. Allen (Eastern Michigan University) – “Visible Invisibility: Women’s Professional Autonomy and U.S. Children’s Publishing\, 1919–1973″ (in person)\n\n\nAgata Mrva-Montoya (University of Sydney) – “Accessibility Champions as Diversity Leaders: Driving Publishing’s Inclusive Future” (in person)\nChrissy Taylor (University of Waikato) – “Gender and Sexual Identity in Aotearoa New Zealand: Library Acquisition Policies in Relation to LGBTQIA+ Communities in New Zealand” (online)\n\n\nMegan Farr (Bath Spa University) – “Culturally Responsive Publishing Models” (online)\nKanupriya Dhingra (BML Munjal University) – “Beyond the Publisher: How Bookstores\, Bazaars\, and Libraries Shape Independent Publishing in Delhi ” (online)\n\n\n\n\n3:15 – 3:30: Coffee/tea break (HBS Foyer) \n\n3:30 – 4:30: Roundtable: “Digital Platforms and AI in the Future of Publishing” (HBS G10) \n \nModerator:  Dominic Lees\, Associate Professor in Filmmaking\, Convenor of the Synthetic Media Research Network University of Reading\, \nDiscussants: \n\nBasak Bak – Lecturer in Law\, Copyright and AI\, University of Reading (in person)\nSimon Rowberry – Associate Professor of Publishing\, UCL (in person)\nJulie Cohen – Author\, PhD Candidate\, University of Reading (in person)\n\n\n4:30 – 5:00: Keynote: “Inclusive Talent Pipelines” (HBS G10)  \nKaty Shaw – Director of the UKRI/AHRC Creative Communities Programme; Professor of Publishing & Writing\, Northumbria University  (online) \nIntroduced by Nicola Wilson\, Professor of Book and Publishing Studies\, University of Reading \n\n5:00: Wrap up followed by an informal CBCP social/drinks (HBS G10) \n 
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-book-cultures-and-publishing/event/cbcp-symposium-people-in-publishing-diversity-leadership-and-publishings-futures/
LOCATION:Henley Business School\, University of Reading (Whiteknights campus)\, RG6 6UD
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SUMMARY:The Languages of Children's Books: Celebrating the National Year of Reading at the University of Reading
DESCRIPTION:Co-organised by the Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing and Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism at the University of Reading\, in partnership with Outside in World and World Kid Lit month. \nThis mini festival will be held in person on the London Road campus of the University of Reading\, with some sessions offered for online participants. \nThe Languages of Children’s Books: Celebrating Translation and Linguistic Diversity  \nLanguages are a central part of bringing diverse books to readers\, and ensuring those stories speak to them. This one-day festival celebrates the work taking place across different sectors of the of the children’s book world (academics\, advocacy organisations\, creators\, educators\, librarians\, publishers\, translators) to promote children’s access to stories in translation\, multilingual storytelling and linguistic diversity in their books. As part of the National Year of Reading in the UK\, we believe it is important to showcase the many ways in which the languages of their books can inspire young people to get reading. \nThe mini festival will be structured around panel discussions\, interactive workshops\, showcases\, and exhibitions. Confirmed speakers and exhibitors include: \n\nJake Hope\, The Carnegies\nDr Megan Farr\, Books Council of Wales\nDr Darren Chetty and Professor Karen Sands O’Connor\, authors of Beyond the Secret Garden: Children’s Literature and Representations of Black and Racially minoritised People\nDr Anish Harrison\, National Literacy Trust\nProfessor Sabine Little\, University of Sheffield\nDr Sophie Liggins\, University of Essex\nDr Charlotte Ryland\, Stephen Spender Trust/ University of Oxford\nSarah Ardizzone\, Translator\nAnam Zafar\, Translator/ World Kid Lit\nPushkin Press Children’s Books\nThames & Hudson\nOtter-Barry Books\nMantra Lingua\nMilet Publishing\nThe Emma Press\nInternational Board on Books for Young People (IBBY) UK\n\nFull programme and registration details to follow soon. For more information contact Sophie Heywood s.l.heywood@reading.ac.uk. \nThis event has been generously funded by the AHRC Impact Accelerator fund\, the Centre for Book Cultures & Publishing and the Centre for Literacy & Multilingualism.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-book-cultures-and-publishing/event/national-year-of-reading-at-the-university-of-reading/
LOCATION:University of Reading\, London Road Campus
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