BSANZ (Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand) Conference

Just a reminder about the BSANZ (Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand) conference in Dunedin this yr (November) & a prompt for papers. We have a wide range so far, but wd happily accommodate more. And if you are not wanting to deliver a paper, please consider attending the conference. It will be stimulating.

CALL FOR PAPERS--Deadline in 10 days

The BSANZ (Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand) wishes to remind readers that abstracts for its annual conference, to be held this year in Dunedin, New Zealand, from 14-17 November, are due the first of May. Papers on all aspects of bibliography and book history will be welcomed, but special consideration will be given to those addressing the conference theme, "Thinking Through Books."

Possible sub-topics include:

Issues of surface reading - what do readers 'see' and attend to on the page and how does that vary with time, genre and occasion?

Word and image in electronic databases such as *British Printed Images to 1700*

How do books influence culture, i.e. how does 'cultural thinking' happen through books?

How do readers 'compile' or create a coherent sense of a book when absorbing it only sequentially?

Abstracts should be c. 250 words and should be emailed to the conference organisers, Shef Rogers (shef.rogers@otago.ac.nz>) or Donald Kerr (donald.kerr@otago.ac.nz>), by 1 May 2012.

University hall accommodation will be available for NZ$70/night including breakfast. Registration will be NZ$200 and include morning and teas and lunches on all three days, as well as afternoon tea on the 15th and an opening reception on the evening of the 14th. The afternoon of the 16th will be free for various sightseeing activities, followed by the conference dinner at the University Staff Club (separate fee). The conference will conclude with lunch on the 17th.

For those especially keen to make the most of their travels, why not consider attending the "Global Ireland" conference the week before

(7-10 November)? See

http://www.otago.ac.nz/irish_studies/irishconf2012/for details.

For further information, visit the conference webpage at:

http://www.otago.ac.nz/books/events/#thinking