Bibliographical Society of Canada (BSC) Conference 2026

Date

June 8, 2026 June 9, 2026

Location

Toronto

Details

Website: https://www.bsc-sbc.ca/en/conference/

Theme: The Many Hands of Book History

Drawing on Robert Darnton’s foundational article “What is the History of Books” (1985), this conference turns toward the expanded, evolving, and interdependent networks that shape book history. Darnton’s Communications Circuit model traced the movement of books through multiple hands and bibliographers today continue to stretch, challenge, and reimagine that circuit. This year’s theme considers books not simply as paper, ink, and binding, but as profoundly collaborative objects shaped at every stage by labour, creativity, culture, ownership, and interpretation.