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Lyell Lectures
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Amanuenses in the longue durée

Lecture 1 of the 2023 Lyell lecture series
BOOKNESS
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BOOKNESS with Justine Provino

On the 30th anniversay of its publication, BOOKNESS talks to book conservator and PhD candidate Justine Provino about her research into the self-destructing book 'Agrippa'.
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BOOKNESS with Stephen Emmerson

BOOKNESS talks to poet and artist Stephen Emmerson about his book 'Translation of Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge', a paperback novel 'translated' into mushrooms.
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BOOKNESS with Yiota Demetriou

BOOKNESS talks to multi-media artist Yiota Demetriou about her book 'To You', a book made with thermal ink that requires the intimacy and heat of the reader's hands to reveal its text.
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BOOKNESS with Ben Denzer

In the first episode in this series, BOOKNESS talks to book designer and artist Ben Denzer, about a book he has created from 20 slices of Kraft American cheese.
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Welcome to BOOKNESS

Welcome to BOOKNESS, a podcast from the Centre for the Study of the Book at the Bodleian Libraries exploring artists' books made of unusual materials…
Pivot Points: Moments That Shape Us
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1 - Dame Hermione Lee

Our first and so far only female president - heroes, milestones and 17 year old blunders
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

North Sea Crossings: inside the exhibition

Discover the treasures that illustrate how exchanges between England and the Netherlands have shaped literature, book production and institutions such as the Bodleian itself, on either side of the North Sea.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt

Meet the Manuscripts: the Renaissance reform of the book

Dr Martin Holford and Dr David Rundle explore how the Italian Renaissance led to major changes in how manuscripts were made, written and decorated in England.
The Hertford Bookshelf
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Emma Smith interviews Shahnaz Ahsan

Shahnaz Ahsan is Emma's guest to discuss her debut novel, Hashim & Family. They talk about Bangladesh, about the personal and the political, and about the classroom experience that has seared itself into her fiction.
The Hertford Bookshelf
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Emma Smith interviews Alex Preston

Emma Smith chats with Alex Preston about Hertford, his career in finance, bees, and his new historical novel Winchelsea - Emma also teases Alex about the label of Mr Nice Review in Private Eye.
The Hertford Bookshelf

Emma Smith interviews Louisa Reid

Louisa Reid's Young Adult novels in verse have been widely praised: join Emma Smith for a discussion of the challenges and responsibilities of writing for teens, as well as Louisa's experience as a teacher.
The Hertford Bookshelf
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Emma Smith interviews Claire McGowan

Memories, genre fiction and writing under a different pen name are all on the agenda for this podcast with Northern Irish crime author Claire McGowan (and her alter ego Eva Woods).
Textiles in Libraries: Context & Conservation series
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Talk 1: Textiles in Libraries: glimpses from the Bodleian

The first talk in the Textiles in Libraries: Context and Conservation series brings together three colleagues from across the Bodleian Library to explore the wide variety and sometimes surprising uses of textiles found in our collections.
The Hertford Bookshelf
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Emma Smith interviews Anya Glazer

This week’s guest is children’s picture book author and illustrator Anya Glazer. We talk dinosaurs, sisters, merchandizing and how she riffed on her Modern Languages degree for her first book, Thesaurus has a Secret.
The Hertford Bookshelf
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Emma Smith interviews James Hawes

James Hawes, novelist and micro-historian of The Shortest History of England and The Shortest History of Germany, talks about agents and editors, his role in the worst film ever made, and playing the French horn on the roof of Hertford’s library.
Journey of a Molecular Detective; David Sherratt
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Meet the Manuscripts: hidden treasures of medieval illumination

Matthew Holford, Tolkien Curator of Medieval Manuscripts, and Martin Kauffmann, Head of Early and Rare Collections, in conversation about the artists, patrons and significance of three extraordinary manuscripts.
Middle East Centre Booktalk

Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition

Join us for the third MEC Booktalk episode where Dr Usaama al-Azami talks with guest author Ahmed El Shamsy about his new book, Rediscovering the Islamic Classics: How Editors and Print Culture Transformed an Intellectual Tradition.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

Live Event: The Social Life of Books: A History of Reading Together at Home

Part of the Humanities Cultural Programme, one of the founding stones for the future Stephen A. Schwarzman Centre for the Humanities.
TORCH | The Oxford Research Centre in the Humanities

What’s beneath the words: a paper journey

Presented in collaboration with the Bodleian Libraries Centre for the Study of the Book.

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