One of the fascinating things about working on the records of Westerkirk Parish Library has been watching the way its[…]
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Romantic-Period Book Circulation
I’ve long been fascinated by the idea of a salon – and the women who ran salons in the eighteenth[…]
Read moreWriting One’s Own Story with Walter Scott
Your author’s quill commands no life to grow The codex mute remains in dusty gloom ’Till, tripping lightly thro’ the[…]
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John Anderson: Professor, Philosopher, and Military Man
As the end of my scholarship draws closer, I intend to bring my project closer to home by delving into[…]
Read moreRomantic Period Book Circulation: Our BARS Salon, 18 August 2021
Which books were really circulating in the Romantic Period? We will be hosting a salon at Romantic Disconnections/Reconnections, BARS’ International[…]
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Labouring-Class Borrowing at Innerpeffray Library, 1815-1833
Now that I’m in the final few weeks of my Carnegie-funded research with Books and Borrowing (I’m very sad about[…]
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