We're proud that our own @miravale has been one of the judges for Italy's prestigious Premio Strega literary award this year. Here she talks about the process and the books nominated. You can find our the results on Thursday! https://t.co/8dTd6ilVP5
We’re continuing to experience a major technology outage as a result of a cyber incident.
While our website and online services are unavailable, we’ve published a blog with other resources and websites that you may find useful, as well as the latest on what’s currently available at the Library: https://t.co/695MZhgzj2
We’ll update this page as regularly as we can with more information. Thanks again for bearing with us while we investigate this incident.
Very excited to be speaking tomorrow @cbcp_UniRdg ‘s annual conference on “Publishing Anti-fascism”. Register if you are interested to hear about Italian antifascist newspapers @britishlibrary, it’s (also) online https://t.co/TgbAyoIbgC
Only @Marjakingma could have compared the story of the Library of the Dutch Church in London to the 9 lives of a 🐈���⬛ #spotthecat This -and much more- happened yesterday at the Seminar on Textual Bibliography for Modern Foreign Language @BL_European @britishlibrary
ISLG 'Mario Casalini' Lecture - 18th May 2023 at the Italian Cultural Insitute, London (6.30pm). "Don Rodrigo in Purgatory: Gothic Patterns in Alessandro Manzoni's I Promessi Sposi" by Professor Fabio Camilletti, University of Warwick.
All welcome. Advance registration required.
The Art of Collecting and the Futurist Avantgarde.
Friday 21 April, 6pm
A round table about Futurist books -a medium to convey radical ideas, typography and art.
With Günter Berghaus and Giacomo Coronelli. Introduction and chair by Valentina Mirabella.
🔗https://t.co/88Qb91MMlW
Don’t miss this event on #Futurist books at @iiclondra on 21 April. Chaired by BL curator @miravale and dedicated to the work and collecting of our late colleague, Chris Michaelides.
https://t.co/pYPpnxpYfW
EVENT🛑Our Italian Futurist collection will be under the spotlight @iiclondra on Fri 21st April with our Curator @miravale in conversation with Gunter Berghaus and Libreria Pontremoli’s Giacomo Coronelli @giatakk - FREE ↘️
https://t.co/e0Ve72mJeX
#DanteDi' was the on the first day of the year in the Florentine calendar. 25th March. A time for rebirth, or to start a journey. Here's me + colleagues talking about our Dante collections https://t.co/t06uxbDi85
The day Dante started his journey through the Afterlife is known as #DanteDì and is coming up on 25th March. Let’s celebrate looking at 700 years of outstanding Dante collections @BritishLibrary in this video https://t.co/kfLThS7baY
cc @BLMedieval
Adding extra chairs for this free (and very popular!)
@britishlibrary lunchtime lecture on the extraordinary life of Giuseppe Mazzini, by Andrea Del Corno of @TheLondonLib with Valentina Mirabella of @BL_European
https://t.co/y86M1Bcno5
Adding extra chairs for this free (and very popular!)
@britishlibrary lunchtime lecture on the extraordinary life of Giuseppe Mazzini, by Andrea Del Corno of @TheLondonLib with Valentina Mirabella of @BL_European
https://t.co/y86M1Bcno5
Giuseppe Mazzini (1805-1872) and the Free Italian School of Hatton Garden – A Lunchtime Lecture - The British Library https://t.co/WL7qKoZ2vw
8th February, 12.30-13.30