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 youâre all celebrating by […]
In our last post we mentioned that weâre celebrating the centenary of Ladybird books, and we noted our BBC Breakfast appearance and upcoming lecture with Lawrence Zeegan. Our Ladybird material […]
Itâs almost Christmas! That means good cheer, Christmas spirit andâŠ.a fight to the death competition?! Although technically the 12 days of Christmas begin with 25 December, we wonât be around […]
It has been a very sad week for all of us involved with the Beckett Collection, as it marked the passing of two people associated with him, as well as […]
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!
We will be holding an exhibition and series of public events to celebrate the Universityâs internationally renowned collection of manuscripts from the Nobel Prize-winning writer Samuel Beckett (1906-1989). Wednesday 1 â Saturday […]
As we look to recruit a new Graduate Trainee Library Assistant (closing date 25/08/2014) here is a quick introduction to the role and overview of my day to day activities⊠[…]
MERL and local publisher Two Rivers Press brought together twenty-one local poets (collectively known as a ârhyme of poetsâ perhaps?!) on the evening of Monday 28 July to launch the […]
Todayâs guest post from Judith Watts explores our Mills & Boon Collection. Judith is studying for her PhD as part of a unique collections-based research project at the University of Reading. The […]
Exciting news! Weâll be running two summer schools here in the museum this year. The University of Reading has a whole suite of International Summer Schools designed to give people a taster […]