This year’s Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing Annual Conference will take place in July at the University of Western Sydney and the State Library of New South Wales.

This is the first time in SHARP’s 25-year history that the conference has been held outside Europe and North America. Although the deadline for submitting abstracts has passed, the conference represents an opportunity to attend the largest book history conference in the world a bit closer to home. The conference theme is “From First to Last Texts, Creators, Readers, Agents” and the main talks will run from 10–12 July. For further information, and to register, visit the SHARP website.  We will post an update when the conference programme is released.