The conference has started! Plenty of sessions over 3 days on Letters and Literature so do come and join us!

Are you a social media savvy book historian with a talent for sharing news in the digital sphere? We might have a role for you! SHARP News is looking for a new editor, details below👇🏼

The first of a series of postcards for our free online conference: Letters and Literature 1500-2025, 5-7 November 2025. Full programme: digital-humanities.open.ac.uk/letters2025/... Every day we'll share a postcard sent to us by one of our guest speakers. Watch out for tomorrow’s!

SHARPists & book historians, do you know about our ‘Letters and Literature’ conference next week online on Teams? Details below, check the programme and please do register online for any sessions that interest you! ✉️✍🏽 @sharpnews.bsky.social

Excited to announce the launch of the Writers’ Nook in Café Wilbers, Tees Restaurant, UHNT, Stockton on Tees, developed with Dr. Siobhan Campbell of @openuniversity.bsky.social and Nurse Consultant Mel McEvoy. Official unveiling on Tuesday 14 October, 3pm. PLEASE SHARE AND COME ALONG!

REMINDER: Deadline to apply to be the next SHARP News Bibliographer(s) coming up soon! Apply by October 01 2025. See the link for details: sharpweb.org/sharpnews/20... #BookHistory #Bibliography #Bibliographer #Research #Zotero #Publishing #Books

We are delighted to reveal that our colleague Ed Hogan has been shortlisted for the BBC National Short Story Award. His story, Little Green Man, will be broadcast today at 15:30 on BBC Radio 4: www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

How do different ways of reading affect our experience of literature? In collaboration with the BBC, Open University lecturer @shaftowheed.bsky.social has developed a short quiz to show how different formats affect our reading experience. You can find the quiz here: www.instagram.com/ouconnect/re...

Excited to see the preparations for our upcoming Conference: ‘Letters and Literature 1500-2025: histories, forms, communities’ Online only from the 5th to 7th of November 2025. More details soon!

Do you know about #OpenARC, the Open University’s new Arts & Humanities Research Centre? Find out more below👇🏼 @sharpweb.org @crasshlive.bsky.social @torchoxford.bsky.social @ies-sas.bsky.social @artscouncilengland.bsky.social @beinghumanfest.bsky.social @ukri.org @britishacademy.bsky.social

What a great idea - and so timely!

SHARP is looking for a new treasurer! Details below, please send in your nominations by 7 April (applicants will need to be US based/US citizens for this role)

Always lovely to see nice author feedback ❤️ Read ‘Books, Libraries and Fiction’ free online or download here (or buy in print): uolpress.co.uk/book/books-r... @ies-sas.bsky.social