Items from the Leo Cooper archive of military history publishing feature in a new display at the University of Reading Library. Leo Cooper, who died at the age of 79 in […]
As the world freezes over (well, part of it – Reading is recovering from floods, not frost!), we thought it particularly appropriate to share the story of an intrepid (if […]
Spring Term 2014 Archives & Texts seminar series Spring Term 2014 Monday 27th January (wk 3) Professor Alexis Weedon and Professor Bob Owens (University of Bedfordshire) ‘Researching the Publishing History […]
Last summer volunteer Jenny Knight began work on the mammoth task of transcribing the indexes to the letter books of outgoing correspondence in the Chatto & Windus publisher’s archive. The […]
Our collections richer than most people would imagine and cover a wide variety of subjects and historical periods. To give you an idea of what’s there, University Archivist Guy Baxter […]
Special Collections has recently acquired three books that provide a Reading connection to Ireland’s early 20th-century troubles. The Enemies of the State project, a collaboration between the Department of English Literature at […]
Written by Claire Wooldridge To celebrate the new year we have a vibrant new exhibition in our staircase hall. The exhibition celebrates the wide variety of beautiful book jackets within our […]
Welcome back! We start the new year with some exciting news for our Beckett scholars. Emeritus Professor Jim Knowlson was awarded an OBE in the New Year’s Honours List for […]