Michael Durrant
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social
Lecturer in Book History at IES. Author of The Dreadful Name of Henry Hills, out soon with MUP (https://manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526129390/#generate-pdf). Co-editor of The Routledge Companion to Book Studies.
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✨ Booking is now open for the 2026 London Rare Books School! ✨
EARLY BIRD OFFER
21 November - 23 January: Use code LRBS10 to receive 10% off the booking fee at the checkout
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EARLY BIRD OFFER
21 November - 23 January: Use code LRBS10 to receive 10% off the booking fee at the checkout
@sas-news.bsky.social
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London Rare Books School
The London Rare Books School (LRBS) at the Institute of English Studies, University of London runs a series of intensive courses on a variety of book-related subjects
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November 21, 2025 at 9:21 AM
✨ Booking is now open for the 2026 London Rare Books School! ✨
EARLY BIRD OFFER
21 November - 23 January: Use code LRBS10 to receive 10% off the booking fee at the checkout
@sas-news.bsky.social
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
EARLY BIRD OFFER
21 November - 23 January: Use code LRBS10 to receive 10% off the booking fee at the checkout
@sas-news.bsky.social
ies.sas.ac.uk/study-traini...
A big thank you to Mark Wiltshire and the team Christie’s for a fantastic show and tell today with @ies-sas.bsky.social History of the Book students. Featuring a guest appearance from Joseph Moxon, an array of gorgeous medieval manuscripts, plus a (the!) tube map #bookhistory
November 19, 2025 at 5:22 PM
A big thank you to Mark Wiltshire and the team Christie’s for a fantastic show and tell today with @ies-sas.bsky.social History of the Book students. Featuring a guest appearance from Joseph Moxon, an array of gorgeous medieval manuscripts, plus a (the!) tube map #bookhistory
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Do you have students working on medieval or renaissance books? We have online winter school courses that might help them. More information about the January 2026 courses here 👇
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IES: LIPS & LRBS Winter School | 2026
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November 19, 2025 at 10:51 AM
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“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w
I’ve written a piece on the curious lack of media and political interest in the issues faced by our national @britishlibrary.bsky.social. This is strange given we live in a world where ideas, knowledge and research are a long-term source of innovation and insight
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The British library is in crisis: why does nobody care?
The widespread indifference to the British Library's crippling cyberattack demonstrates a perilous failure to value the knowledge infrastructure vital for national prosperity
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November 18, 2025 at 1:13 PM
“Around six months after the cyber incident I talked to the then chair of the science select committee, who was not aware of this incident” w o w
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As part of the Fredson Bowers award from @bibsoc.bsky.social (🙏) I’ll be giving a short talk on ‘The reassembly, analysis and appraisal of John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870): #rarebooks collector; savant; scholar; slave owner’
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
November 2, 2025 at 9:13 AM
As part of the Fredson Bowers award from @bibsoc.bsky.social (🙏) I’ll be giving a short talk on ‘The reassembly, analysis and appraisal of John Bellingham Inglis (1780-1870): #rarebooks collector; savant; scholar; slave owner’
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
November 18th, 5-7pm.
In person / online bibsoc.org.uk/event/panel-...
Hello! I’m looking for scholarship on the management of artificial light in early modern workplace environments. Any suggestions most welcome! #earlymodern #bookhistory
November 18, 2025 at 8:53 AM
Hello! I’m looking for scholarship on the management of artificial light in early modern workplace environments. Any suggestions most welcome! #earlymodern #bookhistory
Many thanks to @ies-sas.bsky.social graduate, Zachary Larsen, Charlotte Miller, and all the team @quaritch1847.bsky.social for welcoming our MA cohort so warmly today!
November 12, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Many thanks to @ies-sas.bsky.social graduate, Zachary Larsen, Charlotte Miller, and all the team @quaritch1847.bsky.social for welcoming our MA cohort so warmly today!
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It’s Book Collecting Seminar day @ies-sas.bsky.social and @quaritch1847.bsky.social #BookHistory and we’re hearing from Jonathan Nathan about the Cymbalum Mundi
November 11, 2025 at 6:10 PM
It’s Book Collecting Seminar day @ies-sas.bsky.social and @quaritch1847.bsky.social #BookHistory and we’re hearing from Jonathan Nathan about the Cymbalum Mundi
Finally got to see The Nature of Gothic exhibition (and the small corner I got to curate). Go visit Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery before it closes on 13 December! #bookhistory @ies-sas.bsky.social
November 7, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Finally got to see The Nature of Gothic exhibition (and the small corner I got to curate). Go visit Blackburn Museum & Art Gallery before it closes on 13 December! #bookhistory @ies-sas.bsky.social
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Our MA History of the Book students had a fantastic trip to St Bride Foundation, which houses the world's largest print and publishing library and a fabulous print workshop
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sasnews on Instagram: "A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of joining the MA History of the Book students for a unique and fascinating experience to learn…"
A few weeks ago we had the pleasure of joining the MA History of the Book students for a unique and fascinating experience to learn about historic printing techniques. Take a look!
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October 31, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Our MA History of the Book students had a fantastic trip to St Bride Foundation, which houses the world's largest print and publishing library and a fabulous print workshop
www.instagram.com/reel/DQeGTQP...
www.instagram.com/reel/DQeGTQP...
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Booking is open the short course 'Black Atlas in the Warburg Archives'
📅25-27 November 2025 🕔5-7pm 🏢Warburg
This course highlights resources for studying Africa and the Americas and their diasporas at @warburginstitute.bsky.social
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📅25-27 November 2025 🕔5-7pm 🏢Warburg
This course highlights resources for studying Africa and the Americas and their diasporas at @warburginstitute.bsky.social
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Black Atlas in the Warburg Archives
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October 28, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Booking is open the short course 'Black Atlas in the Warburg Archives'
📅25-27 November 2025 🕔5-7pm 🏢Warburg
This course highlights resources for studying Africa and the Americas and their diasporas at @warburginstitute.bsky.social
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
📅25-27 November 2025 🕔5-7pm 🏢Warburg
This course highlights resources for studying Africa and the Americas and their diasporas at @warburginstitute.bsky.social
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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We are delighted to host a major international symposium occasioned by the publication of 'Literature and Learning: A History of English Studies in Britain' by Stefan Collini
⏰Thurs 30 Oct 2025, 2-7pm
📍Senate House, London
The event is free to attend
BOOK NOW ⤵️
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⏰Thurs 30 Oct 2025, 2-7pm
📍Senate House, London
The event is free to attend
BOOK NOW ⤵️
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The History of English Studies in Britain: a Symposium
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October 15, 2025 at 1:38 PM
We are delighted to host a major international symposium occasioned by the publication of 'Literature and Learning: A History of English Studies in Britain' by Stefan Collini
⏰Thurs 30 Oct 2025, 2-7pm
📍Senate House, London
The event is free to attend
BOOK NOW ⤵️
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
⏰Thurs 30 Oct 2025, 2-7pm
📍Senate House, London
The event is free to attend
BOOK NOW ⤵️
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
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We're so excited to welcome our new cohort of History of the Book students! In Week 1, they will delve into artists' books, bookbinding, and textual scholarship
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We're so excited to welcome our new cohort of History of the Book students! In Week 1, they will delve into artists' books, bookbinding, and textual scholarship
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
#historyofthebook #bookhistory
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... Deadline for proposals is 30 September
Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies
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September 26, 2025 at 6:25 AM
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/... Deadline for proposals is 30 September
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Our friends at the British Library have asked us to share details of this year's Panizzi Lectures: events.bl.uk/events/books...
Books in their Elements: Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change | British Library
The Panizzi Lectures are a series of annual lectures based on original research by an eminent scholar of the book. The lecture series is named after Anthon
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September 15, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Our friends at the British Library have asked us to share details of this year's Panizzi Lectures: events.bl.uk/events/books...
There’s still time to submit your #bookhistory #bookstudies proposals!
Call for Contributors!
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!
Deadline: 30 September 2025
More info here 👇
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@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!
Deadline: 30 September 2025
More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...
Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies
Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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September 15, 2025 at 9:33 AM
There’s still time to submit your #bookhistory #bookstudies proposals!
Call for Contributors!
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!
Deadline: 30 September 2025
More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...
@michaelwdurrant.bsky.social and Cynthia Johnson are co-editing a new Routledge Companion to Book Studies, and are seeking chapter proposals!
Deadline: 30 September 2025
More info here 👇
ies.sas.ac.uk/news/call-co...
Call for Contributors: Routledge Companion to Book Studies
Call for ContributorsThe Routledge Companion to Book StudiesEdited by Michael Durrant and Cynthia Johnston Institute of English Studies, School of Advanced Study, University of London
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July 16, 2025 at 9:34 AM
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And here's the first session!
#SharedFutures
#SharedFutures
July 5, 2025 at 4:37 PM
And here's the first session!
#SharedFutures
#SharedFutures
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Just out/appena uscita! JEMS 14 (OA from Firenze UP), with 12 terrific articles on "The Politics of Book History--Then and Now". A great pleasure to edit this issue with @georginaemw.bsky.social, a brilliant collaborator (whose book, Paper and the Making of Early Modern Literature, is out soon!)
Vol. 14 (2025): The Politics of Book History: Then and Now
| Journal of Early Modern Studies
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July 4, 2025 at 9:14 AM
Just out/appena uscita! JEMS 14 (OA from Firenze UP), with 12 terrific articles on "The Politics of Book History--Then and Now". A great pleasure to edit this issue with @georginaemw.bsky.social, a brilliant collaborator (whose book, Paper and the Making of Early Modern Literature, is out soon!)
Yesterday’s Reading Matters salon at English: Shared Futures, sponsored by @ies-sas.bsky.social and @univeng.bsky.social No pics of the Reading Matters panel as I was chairing, but brill papers by @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social Carina Spaulding @readingagency.bsky.social and @georginaemw.bsky.social
July 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Yesterday’s Reading Matters salon at English: Shared Futures, sponsored by @ies-sas.bsky.social and @univeng.bsky.social No pics of the Reading Matters panel as I was chairing, but brill papers by @lisablowerwrite.bsky.social Carina Spaulding @readingagency.bsky.social and @georginaemw.bsky.social
I’m really happy to be a part of this special issue on ‘The Politics of Book History: Then and Now’. Thanks to @georginaemw.bsky.social and @zacharylesser.bsky.social for all their hard work editing the collection oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bs...
The Queer Lives of The Life of H.H. (1822, 1688, 1650-1651)
| Journal of Early Modern Studies
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July 3, 2025 at 4:56 PM
I’m really happy to be a part of this special issue on ‘The Politics of Book History: Then and Now’. Thanks to @georginaemw.bsky.social and @zacharylesser.bsky.social for all their hard work editing the collection oajournals.fupress.net/index.php/bs...
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📣Our Shakespeare in London display is now open!
📅 30 June to 25 September 2025
A chance to see our rarely displayed treasures related to #Shakespeare.
✅ Shakespeare's signature
✅ John Keats’ 1820 copy of Shakespeare’s plays
✅ Civitas Londinum map
www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...
📅 30 June to 25 September 2025
A chance to see our rarely displayed treasures related to #Shakespeare.
✅ Shakespeare's signature
✅ John Keats’ 1820 copy of Shakespeare’s plays
✅ Civitas Londinum map
www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...
June 30, 2025 at 8:45 AM
📣Our Shakespeare in London display is now open!
📅 30 June to 25 September 2025
A chance to see our rarely displayed treasures related to #Shakespeare.
✅ Shakespeare's signature
✅ John Keats’ 1820 copy of Shakespeare’s plays
✅ Civitas Londinum map
www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...
📅 30 June to 25 September 2025
A chance to see our rarely displayed treasures related to #Shakespeare.
✅ Shakespeare's signature
✅ John Keats’ 1820 copy of Shakespeare’s plays
✅ Civitas Londinum map
www.thelondonarchives.org/visit-us/exh...
A few more pics from Anatomy of the Book last week, ft. guest sessions with Karen Attar, Giles Mandelbrote, and David Pearson 📚
June 30, 2025 at 7:47 AM
A few more pics from Anatomy of the Book last week, ft. guest sessions with Karen Attar, Giles Mandelbrote, and David Pearson 📚