Reading Communities Thursday 15 - Friday 16 September 2016 Institute of English Studies, University of London, Senate House The "Reading Communities: Connecting the Past and the Present" Conference aims to bring together scholars studying reading communities and reading practices as well as oral historians, literary scholars, and those working on the relationship … [Read more...] about Reading Communities Event this September
Digital Reading and Wellbeing
As part of my ongoing efforts to build an impact case study for the next REF, and to put together another funding application, I’ve been doing some research on local reading groups and book clubs, and perhaps naively have been surprised at the diversity of groups on offer in our locality. To give you a flavour, there are groups for readers who have dementia (and their carers), … [Read more...] about Digital Reading and Wellbeing
Thoughts on researching digital reader response in children by Jim Pope and Julia Round
Digital devices with e-reading functionality, such as the Kindle and the iPad, are now commonplace, seen in buses, coffee shops and classrooms. We know, from simple observation and from research studies (Researching Readers Online, 2012) that young people read increasing amounts of literature of all types on digital devices, and that more and more reading material is being … [Read more...] about Thoughts on researching digital reader response in children by Jim Pope and Julia Round
Academic Acts of Reading Event at the British Library
I was one of the panellists at an event held at the British Library last night to discuss academic acts of reading and how these may be being transformed in the digital age. The event was organised by the team behind the Academic Book of the Future, a two-year project funded by the AHRC (http://academicbookfuture.org) and the other panellists were Professor Andrew Prescott, … [Read more...] about Academic Acts of Reading Event at the British Library
The Mechanic Reader, Siena, June 2015
Simon Rowberry and I were invited to speak at The Mechanic Reader conference organised by The Centre for Comparative Studies at the University of Siena in June. The theme of the conference was Digital Methods for Literary Criticism and it was claimed that this was the first meeting of digital humanities scholars of its kind in Italy. The conference took place in the … [Read more...] about The Mechanic Reader, Siena, June 2015