War of the Worlds Letters
A digital library collection from the University of Michigan, The Richard Wilson – Orson Welles Papers preserves 1,349 letters sent to the New York City office of Orson Welles’s Mercury Theatre on the Air after the original CBS Radio Network broadcast of War of the Worlds on Sunday, October 30, 1938. It was transcribed by volunteers and […]
National Gallery 200th anniversary new resources
The Imaginarium offers sound poetry and animation to explore paintings from the National Gallery collection.
Works of Christine de Pizan
“As one of the first and most prolific women of letters [Christine de Pizan] is often viewed as one of the pivotal writers of late medieval Europe. Her works reflect on important and varied socio-political, theological, cultural, feminist, and educational issues of her time. She wrote poetry, was commissioned to write the king’s biography and penned a […]
Carnegie medals
The longlist for the 2025 Carnegies has been announced. The Carnegies are awards for books written for children and young adults. There are 2 prizes up for grabs, a medal for writing and a medal for illustration. See the long list at: https://carnegies.co.uk/2025-longlists-announced/ The winners will be announced on Thursday, 19th June 2025.
Booker Prize winner 2024
Congratulations to Samantha Harvey on winning the Booker Prize with Orbital. Find it in the library Reading Lounge (Ground floor) at 823.92 HAR.
Mr Loverman
Playlist of an 8-part series which has just recently been broadcast on BBC1. The series is based on the book of the same name by Bernadine Evaristo which we have in the Reading Lounge at 823.92 EVA.
Budhan Stories
A brand new open-research collection from Dr Alice Tilche (University of Leicester School of Museum Studies) has been published on the Leicester Research Archive It is a collection of theatre performances presented by artists and filmmakers from the Budhan Theatre, filmed in the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, largely in lockdown conditions. There are […]
Locating London’s past
Locating London’s past This revamped website enables searching of digital resources relating to early modern and eighteenth-century London. The results are then mapped on to a version of John Rocque’s Survey of London, Westminster & Southwark, 1746. Datasets include:
John Locke’s journals
Bodleian Library launch a digital version of John Locke’s journals: https://digital.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/search/?q=%22MS.+Locke+f.%22 Some details on the holdings of the philosopher which are stored at the library can be found at: https://archives.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/repositories/2/resources/9195
Palestinian Feminist Reading list
https://palestinianfeministreading.org/list A resource curated by the Palestinian Feminist Reading List Collective comprised by specialist librarians and Palestinian authors. It recommends English language books written by Palestinian authors and directly about the Palestinian experience which have been published in the last 5 years. Sections include memoirs, non fiction history and fiction.
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