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The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association and the London Rare Books School

The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association and the London Rare Books School

by sams | Sep 28, 2021 | Features, Graduate Study, Languages & Literature, Libraries & Publications, Research & Resources, Training and Research

Laurence Worms, owner of Ash Rare Books since 1971 and past president of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association, on a partnership that spans some 12 years. The Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) has long had a problem with the lack of training opportunities...
How can text technologies shape the information that books communicate?

How can text technologies shape the information that books communicate?

by Talking Humanities | Mar 17, 2020 | Analysis & Comment, Digital, Features, History & Classics, Languages & Literature, Research & Resources

Rose Aitchison, an MA History of the Book student at the Institute of English Studies, explores the importance of touch in our interaction with the texts we read, from the pre-reading toddler to the expert adult. “For the last twenty years neither matter nor space nor...
Academic partnership connects collections with communities

Academic partnership connects collections with communities

by Talking Humanities | Jan 29, 2019 | Archives & Libraries, Being Human festival, Features, History & Classics, Public Engagement

The academic partnership between the Institute of English Studies (IES) and the Blackburn Museum and Art Gallery produced two major events in 2018: an international conference at the Blackburn University Centre and ‘Finding Mr Hart’, a specially written play based on...

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