Conference Selections has been published every year since the Brighton Conference in 1997. For those lucky enough to take part in the conference, the book provides a summary of the event and a way of catching up on sessions that may have been missed. For those unable to attend, it gives an overview of the major themes of the conference, a record of the plenaries, and a taste of what the whole event was like. In the selections from the Exeter 2008 Conference, Briony Beaven follows very much the format of preceding editors. Conference Selections is divided into 12 chapters, with from two to nine contributions in each. The contributions vary enormously in weight and substance, however. The four plenary sessions are given a generous amount of space, but some of the other contributions are so short as to be frustrating and offer little more than a flavour of the original event. As in earlier Conference Selections, there is not only an index of authors but also a useful index of topics. Both indices use chapter and contribution numbers (for example 4.6) rather than page numbers, which makes it a little tedious to find what you are looking for.
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