This seminar is organised by Print Networks in collaboration with CPHC and the St. Bride Foundation.
REGISTRATION: £45 inclusive of all talks, lunch and mid-morning refreshments. Tickets can be booked HERE.
Thanks to the generous support of the Bibliographical Society we are able to offer six postgraduate students free admission to the event. If you would like to take advantage of the free tickets, please email David Osbaldestin with your details including the name of your institution, course, and mode of study. Student tickets are available on a first-come first-served basis.
On Wednesday 19 July 2023 the annual Print Networks / CPHC Symposium takes place in partnership with St Bride Foundation in London. It is fitting, therefore, that the event should take as its theme ‘Print networks between London and the regions’. This symposium looks at physical and metaphorical book trade connections between London and the regions from the early modern to the present.
Registration is now open. Tickets £45.00.
PROGRAMME times given in British Summer Time (GMT+1)
DAY 1: 19 JULY 2023
1020-1030: Rachel Stenner + David Osbaldestin: Welcome
Panel 1: People and Networks 10.30-11.40
Networks of Printers in the Nineteenth Century, Dr Helen S. Williams, Honorary Edward Clark Fellow, Edinburgh Napier University and Professor David Finkelstein, Honorary Senior Research Fellow, Department of Information Studies, UCL
‘A Sustained Critical Interest in Overseas Standards’: London’s Influence on New Zealand’s Typographic Revival, Dr Patricia Thomas, College of Creative Arts, Massey University
Coffee 11.40-12.00
Panel 2: Networks and Forms 12.00-1.00
Richard Rawlinson, The Odd Fish: An Antiquary Among Engravers, Printsellers, and Publishers, Chiara Betti, CDP PhD Student, School of Advanced Study
The Magazine Exodus from London’s ‘Street of Ink’, Anthony Quinn, Independent Scholar
Lunch and Archive Session 1.00-2.30
During lunch, participants will have the opportunity to join Alicia Chilcott, St Bride Library Archivist, for a short session showcasing the library’s materials. St Bride Library houses a specialist collection of books, archives, and objects encapsulating the history of print and typography. The collections and print workshop provide creative inspiration and a leading research resource for communities of designers, researchers, printers, and the public.
Panel 3: News From the North 2.30-4.00
‘Printed in York and London’: Christopher Wyvill's Yorkshire Freeholder and London's Interest in Regional Intrigue, Dr Adam James Smith, Associate Professor of Eighteenth-Century Literature, York St John University
Anne Ward and News in the North: 1759-1789, Dr Kaley Kramer, Head of English, Sheffield Hallam University
News Travels Fast: Thomas Gent’s Reprints for a Northern Audience, Dr Rachel Stenner, Senior Lecturer in Literature 1350-1660, University of Sussex
Closing Remarks 4.00-4.30
Drinks Nearby Please join the conference organisers for refreshments and cordial conversation!
Print Networks committee: Caroline Archer-Parré; Catherine Armstrong; David Atkinson; Maureen Bell; Giles Bergel; Ruth Connolly; Elaine Jackson; Barry McKay; David Osbaldestin; Lisa Peters; Rachel Stenner