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Chicago Manual of Style 18th Edition
November 20 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
This event is presented in partnership with the Professional Editors Network (PEN), www.pensite.org.
Join MBPR and PEN in welcoming Russell Harper, principal reviser of The Chicago Manual of Style, for a discussion of the 18th edition! Harper will detail decisions behind some of the more significant changes in the new edition. This in-person event will also include a Q&A opportunity.
Russell Harper has served as principal reviser of the last three editions of The Chicago Manual of Style, including the 18th, published in 2024. He is also the editor of The Chicago Manual of Style Online Q&A and the CMOS Shop Talk blog and contributed to the 8th and 9th editions of Kate L. Turabian’s A Manual for Writers of Research Papers, Theses, and Dissertations. Before working on The Chicago Manual of Style, Russell was a manuscript editor in the Books Division at the University of Chicago Press; before that, he worked in printing and typesetting.
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WHEN AND WHERE
Open Book (Target Performance Hall)
1011 Washington Avenue S., Minneapolis, MN 55415.
Wednesday, November 20
Check-in and networking begins at 11:30. The program starts at 12:00 and will run for about an hour.
Tickets
RESERVATIONS ARE RESERVED FOR MBPR AND PEN MEMBERS UNTIL NOVEMBER 12. Beginning November 13, non-member reservation will be accepted as space allows until November 15 at noon, or until sold out.
MBPR and PEN Members: $20
Non-Members and Students (beginning November 13): $25
Please note that this event is likely to sell out. Register soon!
To register and pay online with a credit card, click here. If you prefer to pay at the door by cash or check, please email reservations@
Food
Lunch will be provided for preregistered attendees.
Parking/Transit
There is a small side lot next to the Open Book building (just past the building on the right as you are heading east on Washington; for those heading west, turn on 10th or 11th and go down the alley to access the lot). If the Open Book lot is full, other options are:
* Meters along 10th and 11th
* Guthrie ramp. Enter on 9th Ave (between Washington & 2nd Street S)
* Municipal parking ramp across from the Mill City Museum
* Transit information is available at www.metrotransit.org/trip-
RESERVATIONS ACCEPTED UNTIL FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 15, AT NOON OR UNTIL SOLD OUT.
If you prefer to pay at the door by cash or check, please email reservations@
A recording of the event will be made available to current MBPR members through our password-protected member resources website after the event.