Valeria Illuminati, Roberta Pederzoli, and Beatrice Spallaccia, ‘The G-Book Project. Literature for children and YAs from a gender perspective: literary and translation issues’
This talk is part of the CBCP and Outside in World Webinar series on Children’s Literature and Translation and is open to all. To register to join us via Zoom...Read More >
Objects made of letters: Concrete poetry in Britain, 1963–75
University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Edith Morley, G44Exhibition curated by Rick Poynor at the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication Open by appointment until 28 March 2023. Please contact Emma Minns for an appointment. Based on material...Read More >
Eric Kindel, ‘Stencil work: scenes and themes’
This event is free for all. Join us in Room T4 in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. To join via Zoom register here....Read More >
Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam, ‘Cold Books in Hot Lands: Public and Academic Discourse on Franklin Book Programs (1952-1978)’
This online seminar will be presented by Esmaeil Haddadian-Moghaddam, recently a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions research fellow at the Universiteit Leiden, Netherlands. This event is free and open to all. To register...Read More >
Author event: Kit de Waal in conversation – in person/hybrid event
Van Emden Lecture Theatre, Edith Morley Building, Whiteknights Campus, University of ReadingIn conversation with Shelley Harris, Creative Writing programme director, Kit will be discussing her writings - both fiction and memoir - and the impact she's had in making publishing a...Read More >
2nd CBCP Postgraduate Symposium
University of Reading, Whiteknights Campus, Edith Morley, G44The 2nd CBCP Postgraduate Symposium will be held at the University of Reading. It will mainly be an in-person event with an option for remote presentation and attendance. PGR Symposium...Read More >
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 >