Conference – Inside and Outside Modernism: An Anatomy of 1922 and its Cultures
University of Reading, London Road CampusMonday 28th March 2022 “James Joyce is quite wrong headed. Anyhow, with his wilfulness, he has made novel reading into a fair imitation of penal servitude…” (ARNOLD BENNETT on ULYSSES)...Read More >
Adaptation Student Showcase and Masterclass
Bob Kayley Theatre Space, Minghella Building, Whiteknights CampusFeaturing: A showcase of creative adaptations across stage and screen including live performances, audio experiences, film excerpts, and production files created by student artists from Film, Theatre and Television, curated by Dr...Read More >
Writing Classy Places: Creative writing workshop at Reading Central Library with Lisa Blower
Reading Central Library Abbey Square, Reading, BerkshirePart of 'Class in Publishing and Print' Writing Classy Places Join prize winning author Lisa Blower for a creative writing workshop on how to draw class into place and create places because of...Read More >
Class in Publishing and Print: ceilings, inequalities, diversities
University of Reading, London Road CampusCBCP Annual Conference This conference at the University of Reading brings together academics, writers, publishers and agents to explore the relationships between publishing genres, printing, national and regional diversity, readers,...Read More >
Leverhulme Lecture: The Arcade in Arcadia – Thomas Bewick, Children’s Books, and Rural Readers in Enlightenment England
Museum of English Rural Life 6 Redlands Road, Reading, BerkshireJoin Professor Kristin Bluemel, Leverhulme Visiting Professor at Newcastle University, as she explores the work of eighteenth-century artist, writer, and naturalist Thomas Bewick. This talk will explore the ways in...Read More >
Poetry Workshop at Reading Central Library: Embodied Imagery with Golnoosh Nourpanah
Reading Central Library Abbey Square, Reading, BerkshirePart of 'Class in Publishing and Print' ‘Her hair was like golden sunlight.’ ‘The child was quiet as a mouse.’ ‘He was caught red-handed.’ How many times have you been put...Read More >
CBCP Postgraduate Study Day Friday 1st July: Programme
The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing (CBCP) is pleased to share the programme for next Friday's first PhD Study Day. This has been organised and convened by doctoral researchers...Read More >
Exhibition – invitation to private viewing: ‘Looking at women looking at themselves being looked at: Female representation in Charles Mozley’s work’
You are cordially invited to attend a private viewing of the exhibition Looking at women looking at themselves being looked at Female representation in Charles Mozley’s work Curated by Cătălina Zlotea...Read More >
A Room of One’s Own on the High Street: Women and Personal Bookshops, 1916-1939
Dr Matt Chambers, CBCP Research Fellow This research seminar is free and open to all. Join us in person in the Edith Morley Building, Room G74. To join via Zoom,...Read More >
Book Launch: The Women Who Invented Twentieth-Century Children’s Literature
Edith Morley G44Join us for a hybrid in-person/online event to mark the publication of The Women Who Invented Twentieth-Century Children’s Literature: Only the Best (Routledge: Children’s Literature and Culture Series), by Elizabeth West,...Read More >