Message from the Editor ======================= August was a busy month for the TC-11 community. In early August we had the 16th International Conference on Frontiers in Handwriting Recognition ([ICFHR](http://icfhr2018.org)), and last week [ICPR](http://www.icpr2018.org) was held in Beijing. A report on ICFHR is included in this edition of the newsletter, and a report from ICPR will be included in a future edition. Please note that the regular paper submission deadline for [ICDAR 2019](http://www.icdar2019.org) has been moved forward to February 2019. For this ICDAR there is a new joint IJDAR-ICDAR track, where one submits a paper to IJDAR, and if accepted the paper appears in IJDAR and is also presented at ICDAR 2019. The submission deadline for the IJDAR-ICDAR track is much earlier (November). Please start planning now for how you will submit your work to our flagship conference, which will be held in Sydney, Australia. Speaking of IJDAR, the new **Special Issue on Deep Learning for Document Analysis and Recognition** (Vol. 21, No. 3) is now [https://link.springer.com/journal/10032/21/3/page/1 available]. The table of contents and links to papers are also included in the newsletter. The [International Workshop on Robust Reading (IWRR)](http://www.cvc.uab.es/iwrr2018/?c=home) also has an upcoming deadline in late September. Best of luck to all of you who are preparing for or have already started a new academic year. Take care, and talk to you soon. *Join us!* If you are not already a member of the TC-11 community, please consider joining the [TC11 mailing list](https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?SUBED1=iapr-tc11&A=1). **Follow us on Twitter (iapr\_tc11):** **Richard Zanibbi, TC-11 Communications Officer** ( )