Press Release
Renowned writer, broadcaster and University of Leeds Chancellor Melvyn Bragg returns to the city next month to chair a free public event about the future of books.As the centrepiece of a programme of events organised by the White Rose University Consortium, the University of Leeds is hosting The Future of the Book – a major debate about the place of the book in the digital age.
The event will be held in the Great Hall on campus, on Thursday 8 October (6-7.30pm).
Other speakers include James Daunt, managing director of Waterstones; Linda Grant, the Orange Prize-winning author who wrote about getting rid of her books in I Murdered My Library, and experts from the universities of York, Sheffield and Leeds, which make up the White Rose consortium.
Organiser Professor Gregory Radick, Director of Leeds Humanities Research Institute, said: "For centuries, the bound volume held an esteemed and seemingly invincible place in our culture. But in the digital age, nothing about the status of books – or even their survival as physical objects – is certain.
"How should we understand where we are now, somewhere between the old print culture and the new digital one? What lessons does the past hold when it comes to today's concerns? Does digitisation herald the end of the book or a new beginning ... or neither?"
Melvyn Bragg, who publishes a new historical novel Now is the Time – about the 14th century Peasants' Revolt – on the day of the debate, said: "I've a vested interest in the future of the printed book, but I'm also intrigued by the changing ways in which readers now choose to enjoy the printed word.
"This event, with its interesting range of contributors, promises to provide some fascinating insight into the subject."
For more details about the October 8 event, visit http://goo.gl/RtKrb9 or book a free place here: https://goo.gl/wAOXag
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