Happy World Book Day – 2015!

Happy World Book Day! Now in its 18th year, World Book Day aims to encourage children to explore the pleasures of books and reading. We hope you’re all celebrating by […]

Art and nature: Allen Seaby lecture and exhibition

In our last post we mentioned that we’re celebrating the centenary of Ladybird books, and we noted our BBC Breakfast appearance and upcoming lecture with Lawrence Zeegan. Our Ladybird material […]

12 Days of Christmas roundup

It’s almost Christmas! That means good cheer, Christmas spirit and
.a fight to the death competition?! Although technically the 12 days of Christmas begin with 25 December, we won’t be around […]

Happy #MusHalloween!

Happy #MusHalloween!  We marked the #MusSpooks @CultureThemes day this week on 29 October.  Here are a selection of spooky halloween #MusSpooks and #MusHalloween themed images from our collections! Happy #MusHalloween!

Samuel Beckett Week at the University of Reading

We will be holding an exhibition and series of public events to celebrate the University’s internationally renowned collection of manuscripts from the Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). Wednesday 1 – Saturday […]