Call for papers for CBCP's 2026 conference, in collaboration with the British Academy of Management. The conference theme is "People in Publishing: Diversity, Leadership and Publishing’s Futures". To be held by the University of Reading on 29 June 2026. research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

On 25 Nov from 7pm the Austrian Cultural Forum in London will host a discussion with author Thomas Harding about his biography, "The Maverick: George Weidenfeld and the Golden Age of Publishing". To book tickets go here 👇 www.acflondon.org/events/book-...

The new Children's Booker Prize includes translations of fiction, which marks a big step towards recognising the contribution translation makes to children’s literature. Read more in this article by CBCP co-director Sophie Heywood & her PhD student, Emma Page. theconversation.com/the-children...

Applications are invited for the Michael Twyman Research Fellowship in Ephemera Studies in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication at the University of Reading. research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing's autumn events schedule is now live 📚 All welcome, events are free - join us. research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

CBCP is holding symposium on Modernist Editing at the University of Reading on 23 Sept. We have a fabulous line-up of speakers. Travel bursaries are available for PGRs & ECRs who do not have institutional support. Register here👇 research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

CBCP will host a one-day in-person symposium on scholarly editing on 23rd Sept 2025. More information on the programme will be available soon, but in the meantime, please save the date. More info here: research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

We are excited to announce that our CBCP Visiting Research Fellow, Buxi Duan, received an honourable mention in the Society of Textual Scholarship’s 2025 Fredson Bowers Memorial Prize for his scholarly edition of D. H. Lawrence’s short story, published last year. textualsociety.org/sts-prizes-a...

This Social Mobility Day, @nicola-wilson.bsky.social reflects on the legacy of working-class writers like Ethel Carnie Holdsworth, putting class at the centre of discussion, and her work making universities more welcoming 🔗 rdg.ac/4jQ6y02 @uniofreading.bsky.social @cbcp-unirdg.bsky.social

This is a quick reminder that the deadline to submit a proposal for the 3rd CBCP postgraduate symposium is next Monday - 24th March. The symposium will be held in-person & online on 29 May 2025. For more info, see below 👇

Our next CBCP seminar on Weds 26 Feb will be delivered by Xunchang Cheng & investigates two sets of Chinese metal type recently acquired by the University of Reading. This is a hybrid event. More info about Xunchang's talk & how to register is available here 👇 research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-b...

CfP: CBCP's 3rd PG Symposium will be held on Thurs 29 May 2025 at the University of Reading & online (via MS Teams). This is a hybrid event & there's no cost to attend. It's an opportunity for PhD students & Postdocs to present research & discuss book cultures & publishing. Submit by 24 March 2025.

Make some noise: Help spread the word on AI and copyright. The UK govt’s consultation on AI & copyright closes on 25 Feb. Help make some noise about the importance of copyright in underpinning creators’ rights by emailing your MP via creativerightsinai.eaction.org.uk/MP. #PayTheCreator #MadeByHumans