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This twitter feed relates to a new third year module in English Literature at the University of Birmingham all about the History of the Book!

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Free online book history module. Looks good! https://t.co/8TkMyW8FQI

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Happy #WorldPoetryDay everyone. Even if you can't travel, books can still take you places x

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This is your Scottish libraries bookish weather update...

IT WAS ONE OF THOSE MARCH DAYS WHEN THE SUN SHINES HOT AND THE WIND BLOWS COLD: WHEN IT IS SUMMER IN THE LIGHT, AND WINTER IN THE SHADE.

— Charles Dickens

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Who’s in charge? How Anonymous became a star in publishing | Sarah Ditum | Books | The Guardian https://t.co/5lkO9yElF3

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@MimSkinner Fascinated to read about your book! I am a lecturer in English at Birmingham University and would like to contact you privately about ideas for a creative practice project in female prisons. How might I do this, please?

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Fascinating evidence for the involvement of women in early book production https://t.co/grttbt7nUu

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Some absolutely fascinating early books will be on display at the British Library Anglo-Saxon kingdoms exhibition. Looking forward to telling our students about them! https://t.co/jBTvVANIXx @britishlibrary

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Some interesting pieces in the press recently about the importance of libraries https://t.co/fOfQ2agFrJ and https://t.co/9CbPfeylWJ

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Take a look at these amazing chained libraries. They show the value of early books and the anxiety of those that owned them. Here is one in #Wimborneminster https://t.co/lW5m7SPOWw and closer to Bham #hereford https://t.co/n6oAaGjsAK

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Final and fascinating blog post from our UGRS Amber on the controversial publication history of D.H. Lawrence's Lady Chatterley's Lover. Well done Amber for a great 5 weeks work! @CAL_UGRS @CadburyRL

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I have moved onto twentieth-century literature! Next stop: Lady Chatterley's Lover and the world of private printing/censorship laws

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And I'm sure there are quite a few of us who suffer from this: Tsundoku - The art of buying books and never reading them https://t.co/KVq4yEpiQH

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Interesting photo-article from the BBC on the theme of reading: https://t.co/orM1Ij8j3F There's lots of interesting work on this topic by Manguel, Chartier et al. See also: https://t.co/chzOilcGzk

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Two new blog posts from our amazing UGRS Amber: https://t.co/zhtTsG1u3e @CadburyRL @CAL_UGRS @BarberInstitute @CLEMT_bham

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The highlight of my day today has been looking at the "penny Pickwick", a pirated version of Dickens' "The Pickwick Papers". I have been exploring the battle that Dickens (among others) fought to help develop copyright laws for writers. @CAL_UGRS

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I couldn’t resist taking look at the aforementioned mummy cerecloth. The artefacts belong to Harriet Martineau - who is often cited as the first female sociologist and a unique figure being a female Victorian who could fully support herself through writing!

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You never know what you will find in the collection, the most obscure item so far in my @CAL_UGRS is a piece of hair and cerecloth cut from an Egyptian mummy. The notes that accompany it reveal a Victorian obsession with ancient civilisations!