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The Society promotes research in physical and textual bibliography and the history of the written word.

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Latest Issue of Script & Print— Vol. 45 No. 4 (2021)

Occasional Webinar series

Pilot webinar for the Bibliographic Society of Australia and New Zealand. BSANZ President Amanda Laugesen (Director, Australian National Dictionary Centre, ANU) chatted with Vice President, Simon Farley (University of Queensland), Secretary-Delegate Anthony Tedeschi, (National Library of New Zealand) and Engagement Committee member Susan Millard (University of Melbourne) about their careers and thoughts on the bibliography world and profession.

Honouring the many contributions of Keith Ian Desmond Maslen to the understanding of British and New Zealand Book History.

The Bibliographical Society of Australia and New Zealand proposes to dedicate issue 46.3 of Script & Print to submissions honouring the many contributions of Keith Ian Desmond Maslen to the understanding of British and New Zealand Book History.

Keith’s most ambitious study was his edition with John Lancaster of The Bowyer Ledgers, published jointly by the Bibliographical Societies of the US and UK in 1991.  He also worked extensively on the publications of Samuel Richardson, using printer ornaments to identify works with no indication of the printer, and adding greatly to our knowledge of Richardson as both printer and novelist by identifying Richardson’s government printing.  In between those two very large projects Keith also advocated for and was one of the three editors of the still essential Book & Print in New Zealand: A Guide to Print Culture in Aotearoa in 1997.

In recognition of both his scholarship and humane learning, this special issue will include an obituary, a list of his publications since 1992 (to extend that found in the opening to An Index of Civilisation: Studies of Printing and Publishing History in Honour of Keith Maslen (Monash University Centre for Bibliographical and Textual Studies, 1993)), and scholarly essays from those inspired by Keith’s works.  Contributions are open to all students of book history; there is no need to be a member of the BSANZ.  Essays up to 6,000 words or shorter notes that build on the blend of biographical and bibliographical details that informed Keith’s work are all welcome.

To ensure production timetables, submissions should be received no later than 1 December 2023.  All submissions will go through the journal’s standard peer review process.  Details of the journal’s style and submission procedures are available online at https://www.bsanz.org/publications/script-and-print/.  Any questions should be directed to Shef Rogers at shef.rogers@otago.ac.nz.

Please feel free to circulate this notice widely to anyone who knew Keith or who is researching relevant topics.

New Occasional Publication

BSANZ is very pleased to announce the publication of a new Occasional Publication after a number of years. Donald Kerr has published Awakening a Curate’s Library: The Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839–1887) His life, his book collection and his legacy to New Zealand. The book is the first to provide an account of the life of Rev. William Arderne Shoults (1839–1887) and his book collecting. It is also the first detailed examination of a true survivor, his book collection of some 5600 items, including medieval manuscripts, incunables, books on ecclesiastical history and primitive church rites and rituals, philology, bibliography, science, travel, and Arabic and Persian texts.

The book can be published directly from BSANZ or through booksellers. If you would like to purchase the book, please see our Occasional Publications page. You can either contact Amanda Laugesen for a Paypal invoice or pay via bank transfer. Prices are Members: $50 + $15 within Australia; $50 + $25 for overseas; Non-members: $65 + $15 within Australia; $65 + $25 for overseas.

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