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Book Cultures, Book Events takes part in the Literary Dundee event at 10 am on Thursday 25 October. Professor Claire Squires chairs an event entitled ‘What’s the Point of Literary Prizes?’ Speakers on the panel include Anna Day (organiser of Literary Dundee), Kirsty Gunn (author and Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Dundee) […]

The enjoyable Workshop II at the University of Dundee on 24 July 2012 brought together a range of academics and practitioners to expand the research themes of Workshop I in November 2011. The workshop really benefited from the interdisciplinary perspectives brought to the discussion, with a variety of methodological frameworks discussed within sociological, anthropological, and […]

Glasgow International Artists Bookfair runs 28th and 29th April 2012 in the Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. GIAB is a showcase of artists’ books produced by local. UK-based and international artists. Books as artworks, books about books, books about bookbinding old-style letterpress books, audio books, funny and weird books and even books with […]

Conference delegate Christine Evain (Ecole Centrale de Nantes) has kindly commented on the Book Cultures, Book Events conference: “I really wanted to thank you for this wonderful conference. The conference was very enjoyable, not only because of the very high quality of the papers, but also because the social atmosphere which was very friendly and […]

The Book Cultures, Book Events conference on 23-24 March is now over! The conference was well attended with around 50 delegates and a warm and friendly atmosphere. The venues – the Norman McLaren Filmhouse in the macrobert arts centre, and the Iris Murdoch Centre, both on the University of Stirling campus – provided comfortable surroundings […]

British Summer Time Please note that British Summer Time starts on Sunday 25 March, from 1.00 am. Clocks go forward, so you lose an hour. If you are travelling on Sunday, please bear this in mind! Trains – Engineering Works Sunday 25 March Due to engineering works, Sunday 25 March sees a limited service between […]

The Book Cultures, Book Events conference team toured the facilities at Stirling University yesterday. Day One of the conference will be held in the comfortable cinema in the macrobert arts centre, with regular tea breaks and a reception in the centre’s Sub Bar at 7.oo. With particular thanks to conference sponsors Routledge, Edinburgh University Press, […]

We are delighted to add a speaker to our closing conference plenary on Saturday 24 March. Lin Anderson will be joining us at the Book Cultures, Book Events conference to take part in an onstage panel structured around contributions from both academics and practitioners. Lin is a published author and member of the Bloody Scotland […]

Odd though it seems to use the word ‘published’ in the ephemeral and volatile (in various ways!) world of blogging, the schedule for Book Cultures, Book Events conference 23-24 March 2012 is now available on the ‘Conference’ page. No doubt the issues around the very concept of publishing in the increasingly virtual world will be […]

The list of papers and confirmed speakers for the Book Cultures, Book Events conference has now been uploaded to the Conference page. An exciting range of international speakers will be presenting on topics as diverse as the virtual literary event, fan cultures, historical studies of literary tourism, international book fairs, and the book as material […]

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