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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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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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
ies.sas.ac.uk/news-events/...
Black Atlas in the Warburg Archives
ies.sas.ac.uk
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 ⤵️
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/...
The History of English Studies in Britain: a Symposium
ies.sas.ac.uk
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
ies.sas.ac.uk
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
events.bl.uk
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 👇
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
ies.sas.ac.uk
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
ies.sas.ac.uk
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
oajournals.fupress.net
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
oajournals.fupress.net
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 📚
Day 2 of Anatomy of the Book LRBS short course @ies-sas.bsky.social . Today we’ve had a visit to St Bride and a printing demo with Richard Lawrence
June 24, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Day 2 of Anatomy of the Book LRBS short course @ies-sas.bsky.social . Today we’ve had a visit to St Bride and a printing demo with Richard Lawrence
Hercules has a pot to piss in
June 15, 2025 at 8:16 AM
Hercules has a pot to piss in
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One immediate action item following our "Building BookLabs" symposium was to establish a mailing list where folks running/founding/dreaming up book labs & adjacent initiatives can share resources, opportunities, events, & other materials—if you’d like to be connected sign up at the link below!
booklabs - BookLab Network List - subscribe
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June 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
One immediate action item following our "Building BookLabs" symposium was to establish a mailing list where folks running/founding/dreaming up book labs & adjacent initiatives can share resources, opportunities, events, & other materials—if you’d like to be connected sign up at the link below!
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526129390/ My book, The dreadful name of Henry Hills, is now up on the @manchesterup.bsky.social website! Chapters on Hills’s beginnings, queer books, imprints, conspiracy, and wills. Starts out in Kent (or possibly Wales) and ends up in Surat. Out March 2026.
Manchester University Press - The dreadful name of Henry Hills
The dreadful name of Henry Hills - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of The dreadful name of Henry Hills by Michael Durrant
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June 11, 2025 at 2:18 PM
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526129390/ My book, The dreadful name of Henry Hills, is now up on the @manchesterup.bsky.social website! Chapters on Hills’s beginnings, queer books, imprints, conspiracy, and wills. Starts out in Kent (or possibly Wales) and ends up in Surat. Out March 2026.
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📚 Join the Bodleian Conservation Team as a Book Repair Technician! 📚
We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
June 10, 2025 at 2:42 PM
📚 Join the Bodleian Conservation Team as a Book Repair Technician! 📚
We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
We’re seeking a Book Repair Technician to help preserve our collections. Working under the guidance of the Book Conservator, you’ll master the skills and techniques of modern book repair. Apply here: my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
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Senate House Library @senatehouselib.bsky.social, in partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library, invites applications for a Visiting Research Fellowship.
In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.
www.london.ac.uk/about/servic...
In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.
www.london.ac.uk/about/servic...
Visiting Research Fellowship
Senate House Library (in partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library) annually invites applications for a Visiting Research Fellowship.
www.london.ac.uk
June 10, 2025 at 8:38 AM
Senate House Library @senatehouselib.bsky.social, in partnership with the Friends of Senate House Library, invites applications for a Visiting Research Fellowship.
In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.
www.london.ac.uk/about/servic...
In 2025-6 up to two awards of £1500 will be allocated to support a fellowship of up to two weeks.
www.london.ac.uk/about/servic...