Women earn 6.2% less than men per hour at the British Library, it has been revealed. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Novelists Elif Shafak and Kamila Shamsie are set to headline the UK’s first dedicated festival of Muslim culture, literature and ideas, at the British Library in April. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-02 00:00:00 UTC ]
Google is hosting the British Library’s History of Magic exhibition online as the physical version closes its doors. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2018-03-01 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Library’s 'truly exceptional' chief librarian, Caroline Brazier, will be stepping down from her role next year after deciding to take early retirement. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-12-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Magic is in the air at the British Library here — specifically the magical world of one of the most famous characters in modern literature, Harry Potter. “Harry Potter: A History of Magic,” a recently opened exhibition spotlighting rare books and artifacts that detail traditions of folklore and... Continue reading >> [ Source: Los Angeles Times | 2017-10-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
Acting children's editor and Harry Potter fan Caroline Carpenter gives her verdict on the British Library's new Harry Potter exhibition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Library has revealed that its Harry Potter exhibition has sold more than 30,000 tickets - the highest number of advance tickets it has ever sold for an exhibition. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-17 00:00:00 UTC ]
Pearson and Harvard Business Review Press are both strong on the 25-strong shortlist for the £5,000 2017 Management Book of the Year, announced by The Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the British Library. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-10-10 00:00:00 UTC ]
The BBC will celebrate the 20th anniversary of Harry Potter with “rarely seen documents from J K Rowling’s archives, revealing her magical inspirations” in the run up to the British Library’s exhibition next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-09-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Library is leading an 18-month project to determine the possibility of a single digital presence for UK public libraries, backed by more than £260,000 worth of funding. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-08-31 00:00:00 UTC ]
British Library officials say the Hay Archive comprises its largest acquisition of literary recordings. And Cengage announces new anti-piracy efforts. The post Industry Notes: Hay Festival Archive to British Library; Cengage Fights Counterfeit Course Materials appeared first on Publishing... Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2017-06-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Library is to get a 100,000 sq ft extension, as well as a new entrance and more exhibition space, with "new facilities" for the writers and academics who use the site. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-04-13 00:00:00 UTC ]
A hit two holiday seasons ago has spawned a cozy cottage industry in a vaunted setting: The British Library is ready to stuff your stockings with crime. The post Holiday Whodunnits for Book Lovers: The British Library’s Crime Classics appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2016-12-14 00:00:00 UTC ]
BBC Radio 1 presenter Gemma Cairney is going to be speaking in conversation with The Reading Agency at The British Library next month. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-10-06 00:00:00 UTC ]
An exhibition to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the first Harry Potter book is to open next year at the British Library. Continue reading >> [ Source: BBC News | 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Twenty years after the publication of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, 2017 show promises ‘a journey to the heart’ of JK Rowling’s storiesIdeally positioned in King’s Cross, just a stone’s throw from the mythical beginning of the journey to Hogwarts on Platform 9 3/4, the British... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Guardian | 2016-08-08 00:00:00 UTC ]
Vodafone and the British Library have partnered to make some of the earliest and rarest editions of Shakespeare’s plays available to download from specially-designed wallpaper featuring virtual library bookshelves. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2016-04-27 00:00:00 UTC ]
Academic booksellers and presses are gearing up for the inaugural Academic Book Week, backed by the Publishers Association, the Booksellers Association and the British Library, with a raft of fresh events unveiled for the occasion. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-23 00:00:00 UTC ]
The British Library has appointed Tom Holland as chair of the Public Lending Right (PLR) Advisory Committee for the next three years. Holland said: “I am hugely honoured to be taking on the role of chair of the PLR Advisory Committee, which does such excellent work in promoting the interests of... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-09 00:00:00 UTC ]
Saudi blogger and activist Raif Badawi will share the 2015 PEN Pinter Prize with British poet, journalist and literary critic James Fenton. Badawi was named the 2015 International Writer of Courage, selected by Fenton from a shortlist of international cases of concern supported by English PEN,... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2015-10-07 00:00:00 UTC ]