News and events

Published Date
April 17, 2023

Type design collection

What was previously the Non-Latin Type Collection is now part of the Type Design Collection.   The Type Design Collection…

Published Date
March 27, 2023

Cultures of the book summer school

The Centre for Book Cultures and Publishing Summer School on 20 and 21 June 2023 combines lectures, informal talks and…

Published Date
March 27, 2023

Metal type for world scripts

We have recently acquired a substantial collection of metal types from St Bride Library, covering over 30 different scripts, and…

Published Date
March 27, 2023

Diversity in Arabic script

Borna Izadpanah arranged a visit to the British Library to look at the stunning material in the Asian and African…

Published Date
February 9, 2023

PhD research with printed ephemera

Congratulations to Bodil Mostad Olsen who has been awarded her PhD based on a study of printed ephemera. ‘A diachronic…

Published Date
January 26, 2023

Concrete poetry in Britain, 1963-75

Based on material from the collection of the late Andrew Belsey, philosophy lecturer, concrete poet and MA graduate from Typography…

Published Date
January 26, 2023

Marie Neurath’s books for children

Sue Walker and Emma Minns attended a conference about Marie Neurath held at the Gesellshafts- und Wirtschafts Museum in Vienna in October…

Published Date
January 26, 2023

‘Don’t throw that away! Exploring the significance of ephemera’

In January 2023, Emeritus Professor Michal Twyman and Assistant Curator Emma Minns gave papers on different aspects of ephemera at a one-day…

Published Date
January 26, 2023

An ephemeral encounter

‘An ephemeral encounter’ to look at examples of Reading ephemera, with an opportunity to print from a block made by…