Illustrating Austen at 200
To mark the 200th anniversary of the death of Jane Austen on 18 July 1817, we have a blog from a member of teaching staff in English who frequently brings her classes to use Special Collections material. Given the…
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Reading the collections, week 17: Jane Austen’s Persuasion
“I’ve never read anything by Jane Austen. I repeat: I’ve never read anything by Jane Austen!” This is how a conversation started with my colleague, Elizabeth, when deciding who would help organise an event on 19th…
Introducing This Year’s Blog Theme: 52 Weeks of Reading the Collections
‘You work in a library? It must be lovely to get to read books all day.’ Anyone who works in any kind of library has surely encountered this reaction more than once. And sometimes it’s challenging to respond tactfully,…