SHARP 2018

Each year the Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing holds an annual conference. In 2018 it will be in Sydney, Australia.

[Dr. Shane Greentree @shanemgreentree]

Belatedly commenting on this, but #SHARP2018 was an enjoyable and productive conference. Happy to have ventured into the world of book history.

[Craig Munro @CraigMunroEdits]

Farewell to all the #sharp18 visitors to Sydney as you fly home on bookish wings ..

[Dr Shafquat Towheed @Shaf_Towheed]

A big thank you to Helen Bones and Jason Ensor & the rest of the team for organising an excellent #sharp18 conference. Hope you’re having a well-earned rest now. @SHARP_2018 @helenkbones @JasonEnsor

[Ray Siemens @RayS6]

Could a conference have been more perfect?!? Huge thanks to @JasonEnsor, @helenkbones, the @SHARP_2018 team,
@westernsydneyu, and the fabulous @SHARPorg community for a tremendous time together! #SHARP18

[SHARP 2019 @SHARP_2019]

And, as a wonderful #SHARP18 comes to an end here in Sydney, we turn our eyes northward and look ahead to #SHARP19 in Amherst, Massachusetts, USA.

Please follow us in the coming year for news, previews, and cultural miscellany.

[SHARP 2019 @SHARP_2019]

So, with #SHARP18 now officially over, we thank our wonderful hosts at the University of Western Sydney as well as the first peoples of this land—including their elders, past, present, and emerging—for so graciously welcoming us.

And: now it’s on to Amherst in 2019!

#AmherstMA

[Amanda Laugesen @RWTHistory]

Just got home after great time at #SHARP18 - wonderful papers and people. Congratulations to the organisers, @helenkbones and @JasonEnsor Looking forward to the next @SHARPorg conference!

[Beth le Roux @bethlrx]

Kudos to the #sharp18 organisers for how they structured the conference panels. It was great to get such geographic diversity on each panel.

[Dr Rachel Franks (she, her) @cfwriter]

Well, that’s a wrap for #SHARP18...

Thanks so very much for a really friendly and stimulating conference environment: I’m grateful.

Special thanks to @SHARP_2018 @SHARPorg @westernsydneyu @JasonEnsor and @helenkbones for making it all run so smoothly.

[Edmund King @dmndkng]

“Talent of Tiny Continent”: damning with faint praise or Emo-revival band? #sharp18

[Kathi Inman Berens @kathiiberens]

I think the #SHARP18 program committee did a brilliant job of sequencing these keynotes to give those of us unfamiliar with Australian lit a stunning survey that's both broadly expansive and deeply specific in output and method. Love how the sequence piques your expertise. https://t.co/wXnHCc3mvt

[Dr Rachel Franks (she, her) @cfwriter]

Ian Gadd letting everyone know it’s not too late to indulge yourself and procure your very own SHARP onesie (or mug or tote or...).
#SHARP18
https://t.co/RnqF9gQzfM

[Dr Rachel Franks (she, her) @cfwriter]

#SHARP18

A great opportunity:

The SHARP 25th Anniversary Research Fellowship ... apply now:
https://t.co/8Uk3yS5Q4f

[Edmund King @dmndkng]

David Carter: which Australian books are being sold in American editions and how are Australian authors being packaged for an American reading audience? #sharp18

[Dr Rachel Franks (she, her) @cfwriter]

Carter looking at transnational book history, particularly Australian books published in the United States. Which authors, which titles and, critically, how did these works cross the border?
#SHARP18

[Helen Bones @helenkbones]

National distinctions might be 'imagined' but books still bump up against borders. Prof David Carter is speaking about the obstacles and opportunities faced by Australian writers in the international marketplace #sharp18

[Claire Parnell @cparnell_c]

David Carter is the kind of academic that can pull a great audience after a late night at the conference dinner. 10/10 programming; 10/10 DC. His keynote is on Australian books and authors in the American marketplace (based on the book co-authored by Roger Osborne). #sharp18

[Beth Driscoll @Beth_driscoll]

Book history QUIZ! during David Carter’s keynote at #sharp18

[Per Henningsgaard @henningsgaard]

'Australian literature was international long before it was national. And international, not exclusively imperial.' –David Carter #sharp18

[AustLit @AustLit]

Are you following the #BecauseOfHerWeCan and #NAIDOC2018 hashtags? We want to retweet all of the awesome details and people and facts, but there are so many!
https://t.co/WeFx6t5faD