Call for Papers for November BSANZ Conference

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Image of bridges of Hamilton, NZWaikato University in Hamilton, New Zealand is the venue for the annual Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand conference, 21-23 November 2016. There has been a call for papers and the below are just some of the potential topics/themes given in the attached pdf. Please consider this great opportunity to mix and mingle with print culture folk in the River City; and please spread the word.

The conference organisers invite proposals particularly linked to the topics below, although papers on any matters of bibliographical interest, traditional and contemporary, are also welcome:

  • Local and regional printers and publishers and their networks
  • Specialty and independent bookstores – their history and the communities they serve
  • Local and regional press – newspapers, newsletters, periodicals, almanacs
  • Print and online publications and ephemera of counter-culture, grassroots and activist movements
  • Authors and illustrators
  • Indigenous printing and indigenous languages in print …. (see attached for more)

Kathryn Parsons is the contact person for all enquiries and submissions: kparsons@waikato.ac.nz

The deadline for submissions is Friday 19 May, 2016.

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