SHARP News

SHARP, (Society for the History of Authorship, Reading & Publishing) (1996) SHARP News 5(4):pp. 1-12.

Abstract

This is the Autumn 1996 issue of SHARP News. SHARP News (ISSN 1073-1725) is the quarterly newsletter of the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Inc. Editor: Jonathan Rose; Associate Editor: Linda Connors; Book Review Editor: Philip A. Metzger. CONTENTS: SHARP ANNOUNCES NEW PRIZE FOR BEST PUBLICATION IN BOOK HISTORY; 1997 CONFERENCE AT CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY: A FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS; NEW EDITORS, NEW ADDRESSES; A MANAGEABLE SCOPE?: THE HISTORY OF PRINT CULTURE IN NEW ZEALAND; CONFERENCE AIMS TO OPEN UP ACCESS TO PUBLISHERS' ARCHIVES; BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES I: BIBLIOGRAPHY COURSE AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY; BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES II: THE HISTORY OF LITERATE CULTURE; BOOK REVIEWS; SCHOLARLY LIAISONS; CALLS FOR CONTRIBUTORS; CALLS FOR PAPERS; CONFERENCES; LECTURES; COURSES & SEMINARS; EXHIBITIONS; FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS; ON THE INTERNET; NOTES & QUERIES; NEW PUBLICATIONS; HOW WE ARE DOING. This issue includes the following contributions: A MANAGEABLE SCOPE?: THE HISTORY OF PRINT CULTURE IN NEW ZEALAND, by Shef Rogers (pp. 2-3); BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES I: BIBLIOGRAPHY COURSE AT BIRMINGHAM UNIVERSITY, by Tom Davis (pp. 3-4); BOOK HISTORY FOR UNDERGRADUATES II: THE HISTORY OF LITERATE CULTURE, by Charles Bazerman (pp. 4-6); BOOK REVIEWS, by James Raven (p. 6).