Swann, J. (2011) ‘Literary reading and changing social relations in school reading groups’, Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. September 2011, University of Western England. (Colloquium on Talk about Reading: the case of contemporary reading groups.)
Swann, J., Allington, D. Peplow, D. and Whiteley, S. (2011) Colloquium on ‘Talk about Reading: the case of contemporary reading groups’, Annual Meeting of the British Association for Applied Linguistics. September 2011, University of Western England.
Talk about Reading Swann et al. abstract
Swann, J. (2010) ‘Reading The Pearl: a discursive approach’, Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Genoa: 21-24 July 2010.
Swann, J. (2009) ‘The discourse of reading groups’, Seventh International Conference on the Book. Edinburgh: 16-19 October 2009.
Conference on the Book Swann abstract
Swann, J. (2009) ‘Humour in Literary Conversation’, International Conference on Laughter and Humour in Interaction. University of Huddersfield: 24-25 June 2009.
Laughter and Humour Swann abstract
Swann, J. (2009) ‘Creative interpretations: a discursive approach to literary reading’ International Roundtable on Discourse Analysis: Discourse and Creativity. City University of Hong Kong: 7-9 May 2009
International Round Table Swann abstract
Swann, J. and Allington, D. (2009) ‘Identity in reading group discourse: the construction of readers and readings’, Constructing Identity in Interpersonal Communication. Modern Language Society, Helsinki: 19-21 August 2009.
Constructing Identity Swann & Allington abstract
Swann, J. (2009) ‘How reading groups talk about books’. The Reader’s Voice Convention.
Allington, D. (2008) ‘In the act of reading: anecdotes about reading, and how to read them’ Evidence of Reading, Reading the Evidence, Institute of English Studies, University of London: 21-23 July 2008.
Allington, D., O’Halloran, K. and Swann, J. (2008) ‘Setting "reader response" in context: the case of the contemporary reading group’, Society for the History of Authorship, Reading and Publishing, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford: 24-28 June 2008.
O’Halloran, K. (2008) ‘Arguing in social reading’ Evidence of Reading, Reading the Evidence, Institute of English Studies, University of London: 21-23 July 2008.
O’Halloran, K.A., Swann, J. and Allington, D. (2008) ‘The Discourse of Reading Groups: investigating literacies through the analysis of spoken interaction’, British Association for Applied Linguistics Annual General Meeting. Swansea, 11-13 September 2008.
Swann, J. (2008) ‘Researching spoken interaction: the story of a project’, invited presentation to BAAL Postgraduate Workshop 2008 Applied Methodologies in Applied Linguists, British Association for Applied Linguistics Annual General Meeting. Swansea, 11-13 September 2008.
Swann, J. (2008) ‘Constructing readings and reader identities in dialogue’ Evidence of Reading, Reading the Evidence, Institute of English Studies, University of London: 21-23 July 2008.
Swann, J., Allington, D. and O’Halloran, K. (2008) ‘Contemporary reading groups and the reception of literature: an empirical approach’, Poetics and Linguistics Association Conference, Sheffield: 23-26 July 2008.