Paper Monuments: the Obituary as Memorial and Archive in Eighteenth-Century England The obituary is one of the eighteenth century’s most significant, but least studied, contributions to print culture. In this...Read More >

Victorian Literary Businesses: The Management and Practices of the British Publishing Industry (Palgrave Macmillan, 2020) This book explores the business practices of the British publishing industry from 1843-1900, discussing the...Read More >

Around the World in 18 Books: An introduction to literary translation in children’s and YA publishing A whistle-stop tour of the globe by way of translated books for children and...Read More >

Organised jointly with the Department of English Literature From feminism to genealogy: Virginia Woolf’s impact in Italy Woolf has been read in Italy since 1926, when she was at the...Read More >

Children’s literature in translation: a window into the cultural changes of ‘68 Public event co-hosted by The Centre for Literacy and Multilingualism (CeLM) and the Centre for Book Cultures and...Read More >

Sniffin' Glue and Ripped & Torn: Two cases studies as to why fanzines matter This paper will focus on Sniffin' Glue and Ripped & Torn, two of the most influential fanzines to emerge through British punk...Read More >

This paper will present the idiosyncratic publishing model of the Limited Editions Club of New York and will focus on the four books which were illustrated by the British artist...Read More >

This presentation will provide an overview of the role played by women publishers in the post-Franco publishing industry and the way in which they engaged intellectually and politically with the...Read More >

This online event is free and open to all. Please register your interest to receive a personal invitation: https://bit.ly/3sVPgVC   The emergence of experimental post-digital publishing over the past decade...Read More >

This online panel event is free and open to all. Please register your interest to receive a personal invitation: https://bit.ly/3wzSYGK The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing and Centre for...Read More >