Thursday 8 March 2018

British Library - For the love of literature

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This month at the Library we celebrate our love of literature with a selection of events, articles and blogs to expand your literary horizons.
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Leap into our literature events

Explore Mary Shelley’s classic gothic tale, Frankenstein, or encounter authors Arundhati Roy, Madeline Miller and Tim Winton for discussions on translation and storytelling.
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Graveyards, scientific experiments and bodysnatchers

How did an affair, a ghost story competition, and scientific experimentation prompt the penning of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein? Author Ruth Richardson unravels the mystery in this article.
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Latest stories
Nowadays and Anywhere
Award-winning English author and guest Library blogger Jim Crace on love, myth, music and his new novel

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Movable Type
BL Labs supports innovative use of the Library’s digital collections and data. Movable Type, a word game that is a love letter to classic books and authors, won their latest award

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Shifting Landscapes
Our Endangered Archives Programme helps preserve materials. Read how recently preserved Southeast Asian manuscripts give a new insight into Islamic writing traditions

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Making Your Mark Online
Our recent Internet Icons event featured four effective online businesses. Learn the secrets of their success here

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Delight and disgust 

Enjoy 250 years of Gothic literature, exploring the works of Horace Walpole, Carol Joyce Oates, Ann Radcliffe and other spine-tinglers.
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Suffragettes, equal pay and the struggles in between

Celebrate International Women’s Day and uncover the stories of prominent suffragette Princess Sophia Duleep Singh, the Pankhursts and other heroic women in our Votes for Women resource.
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Books for business

A former British Library Writer in Residence examines how to boost your business by writing a book.
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Gift ideas from our Shop
Wuthering Heights Umbrella
Wuthering Heights Umbrella
£14.99
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Library Card Socks
Library Card Socks
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Mustard Portrait Backpack
Mustard Portrait Backpack
£125.00
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A Book of Book Lists
A Book of Book Lists
£7.99
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Browse the range >
A little extra
Domesday Book, generously loaned by The National Archives, is coming to our Anglo-Saxon Kingdoms exhibition later this year Find out more > 
Michael Palin’s archive, donated to the Library last summer, is currently being catalogued. Explore some of the highlights as told by Manuscripts Cataloguer Silvia Gallotti Find out more >