News and Views
-
Published Date
- March 12, 2014
“We met at a party” Professional Children’s Publishing and the lady editor’
This was the title of a recent seminar given as part of the English Departments’s latest Archives & Text series…
-
Published Date
- March 11, 2014
Favourite Finds: Benjamin Britten, Herbert Read & the anarchists
Brian Ryder is one of our volunteers here at Special Collections. Brian’s history with Reading collections is a long one;…
-
Published Date
- March 6, 2014
Happy #WorldBookDay from Special Collections!
It’s #WorldBookDay: a day to celebrate everything book and reading related, from authors to illustrators to publishers… Since 1995, the…
-
Published Date
- March 5, 2014
From Love to Real Farmhouse Cheese (via the Crystal Palace): wonderful new collections based art on display
The remarkably diverse collections held by the University of Reading’s Special Collections service and MERL are currently being celebrated with…
-
Published Date
- February 20, 2014
Love it or hate it? Mills and Boon at Reading
Today’s guest post from Judith Watts explores our Mills & Boon Collection. Judith is studying for her PhD as part of…
-
Published Date
- February 14, 2014
Steamy Sentences from Mills and Boon
Tired of hearts and roses for Valentine’s Day? Delve into the Mills and Boon world of innuendo instead! Boon Mots:…
-
Published Date
- February 12, 2014
Happy Birthday, Charles Darwin!
Guest post from Dr John Holmes, Associate Professor in English Literature at the University of Reading, to celebrate Darwin Day: a global celebration…
