reading & readership
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A Muppet History of the Book
At the beginning of special collections instruction sessions, I sometimes ask students what books are meaningful to them and why. If there’s time, I might share The Monster at the End…
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Andrew Pettegree. The Book at War: How Reading Shaped Conflict and Conflict Shaped Reading.
Andrew Pettegree’s new study investigates the multifaceted ways that books shape and are shaped by conflicts, as well as how wars have influenced writing, publishing, reading and collecting practices.
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Lauren Alex O’Hagan. The Sociocultural Functions of Edwardian Book Inscriptions: Taking a Multimodal Ethnohistorical Approach.
O’Hagan’s monograph unpacks the materiality, social and cultural meanings, and practices of book inscription during the Edwardian period in the UK. It will not only be essential for bibliographers interested…
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“Now I’ve read all the books beside your bed:” Books, Literature, and Taylor Swift
It’s no secret that the cultural zeitgeist is currently saturated with Taylor Swift, from her massively successful Eras Tour to her relationship with football star Travis Kelce. Their swoon-worthy romance seems ripped…
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SHARP 2024: Conversations with the Keynote Speakers
This chat celebrates and reflects on the work presented at SHARP 2024 by keynotes Asha Rogers and Swara Shukla. If you missed the in-person conference, you can watch recordings of Asha’s…
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Matthew Rubery. Reader’s Block: A History of Reading Differences.
As seen in the recent Disability and Accessibility in Book Studies Bibliography published by SHARP News, there is not currently a lot of work published at the intersection of disability…
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Alt Text Guide for Book Historians
This guide will teach you the basics of what alt text is, why it’s important, and how to write it. The example images used are specific to book historians to…
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#reader-core: Aesthetics and Algorithmic Capitalism
Since Jane Austen’s publication of Sense and Sensibility in the 19th century, we’ve moved on from empire waist gowns, empire itself, and of course, industrial capitalism. And with these social,…