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Check out the stellar line-up of events in the program!
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Registration for the SHARPIES—our totally online Book History Festival—is now open and free for SHARP members! 📚😀 If you're not a member, it's easy to join (membership is between $55 and $100). The festival will take place July 7th-9th with events across time zones.
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Deadline is March 13, 3026.
@sharpnews.bsky.social @sharpweb.org
These fellowships are such an important part of SHARP's mission. See what they do to support the work of emerging book historians!📚💚
What could be better than SHARP? SHARP + MSA! Check out this CFP on Modernism in Ephemeral Print! 💚
We're so thrilled to be able to support this symposium through one our lightning grants! Go global book history!📚🌏
. . . and, Pedro Toniazzo Terres for his project “A Thistle in the Tropics: The Barsa Encyclopedia and the Editorial Market during the Brazilian Military Dictatorship (1964–1975)”
Congratulations to all of the awardees!
To learn more about the prizes, visit us at sharpweb.org/grants-prizes/ (5/5)
Anushmita Mohanty for her project “The Role of Digital Piracy in Shaping Reading Practices”; Aderivaldo Ramos de Santana for his project investigating the maritime circulation of books and printed matter in the nineteenth-century Atlantic (4/5)
The recipients of the inaugural Archie L. Dick Awards are:
Rajarshi Das for his work on Santali knowledge systems and their place in book history; Doseline Kiguru for her work tracing the history of African literary prizes and their influence on the continent’s literary landscape (3/5)
This year the recipients of the 25th-Anniversary Fellowships are @ellenforget.bsky.social for their project, "A History of Tactile Writing and Reading" and Harrison Mmerenu for his project, "The Farafina Era: Literary Public, Value and Agency in Postcolonial Nigeria Publishing." (2/5)
We are so pleased to announce the recipients of our 2026 Awards! Many thanks to the jurors, our Awards team, and the SHARP members whose membership fees support this work. (If you'd like to support these awards in the future, consider joining us! sharpweb.org/membership/)
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Attn @sharpweb.org #bookhistory
We are so excited for this lead-off event to the festival with @eve.gd and @mkirschenbaum.bsky.social! It's a bit early to grab your popcorn, but definitely put it in your calendar 📆
Registration opens March 1st and will be open to members. You can find out about becoming a member here.
sharpweb.org/membership/
Join us in July for the SHARPIES (a global, book history festival!). The program is now live and features interviews, conversations, social events, author talks, book clubs, and more!
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Global #BookHistory! 📘
What an amazing issue! 📘🤓
An announcement for the new SHARP News Bibliography Team. The text is in black on a white background with the SHARP News logo at the bottom of the photo. The text reads: The SHARP News team is delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers. They will be formally taking over Bibliographies starting in January 2026. Julia Boechat Machado is a PhD Candidate at Central European University in Vienna, researching Tamizdat publishers and book history in Soviet Russia. Shu Wan is currently matriculated as a doctoral student in history at the University at Buffalo.
An announcement for the new SHARP News Bibliography Team. The text is in black on a white background with the SHARP News logo at the bottom of the photo. The text reads: We want to express our endless gratitude to outgoing Bibliographer Alex Wingate, who brought so much innovation and collaborative spirit to SHARP News Bibliographies over the past 3 years. Thank you!
Announcing: The SHARP News Bibliography Team
We are delighted to welcome Julie Boechat Machado and Shu Wan as our incoming collaborative team of Bibliographers.
Thank you to our outgoing Bibliographer @bibliowingate.bsky.social for everything.
#BookHistory #Bibliography @sharpweb.org
🚨applications due this Friday!
Get in touch if you have any questions about this really exciting, public-facing #BookHistory role!
The deadline to apply for the SHARP News Editor-in-Chief position has been extended through November 28th. This is such a great opportunity for any one interested in public-facing book history work!
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Have you heard about our new Archie L. Dick Research Grants? If not, take a look and see if you qualify! Even if you don't, maybe someone you know does? Deadline to apply is December 1, 2025.
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This deadline is coming up at the end of this week. If this strikes your fancy at all, then please get in touch!
So looking forward to this event, and hearing from Dr Nenna Orie Chuku, Dr Katharine Smales, and Prof Sam Duncan - our thanks as always to @uclgrandchallenges.bsky.social for generous support of this research #reading #wellbeing @sharpweb.org @beinghumanfest.bsky.social
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👇🏼
A postcard showing scenes from the town of Chapel Hill
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!
We hope our friends and supporters can share our exciting programme widely!
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