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The Oxford Conference for the Book will not take place on April 1-3, 2020 due to concerns about the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). The conference is the longest-running event produced by the University of Mississippi’s Center for the Study of Southern Culture. “We are disappointed that we had to cancel the conference, but the health … Continued

Ann J. Abadie, professor emerita of the University of Mississippi, founding member of the Southern Foodways Alliance, and original organizer of the Oxford Conference for the Book, will be honored with the Thad Cochran Award for Achievement in the Humanities at the Natchez Literary and Cinema Celebration later this week. At this year’s Book Conference, … Continued

The Book Conference Authors’ Party, co-sponsored by the Friends of the Library, will be held at the historic Memory House on the University of Mississippi campus again this year. This much-loved opening dinner includes wonderful food, drinks, and conversation with fellow conference-goers and conference authors. Tickets are on sale now for $50 per person. Click … Continued

Those who are arriving in Oxford on Tuesday, March 31, for the Oxford Conference for the Book: the University of Mississippi Museum is hosting an opening reception that evening for Brian Dettmer’s upcoming exhibition Hardcovers and Paperbacks, a collection of works that both memorializes the written word and reincarnates it. With great reverence, Dettmer has … Continued

On Saturday, March 15, 1998, during the Fifth Oxford Conference for the Book, Elizabeth Spencer returned to the University of Mississippi, where in 1948 she was Instructor of English. She read “Field of Battle” from her new memoir, Landscapes of the Heart. Spencer recently passed away on December 23, 2019.