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SUMMARY:Exhibition: Books and the People. Opening up access to books and reading #Go All In
DESCRIPTION:“I say that this revolution has been for some time overdue\, because from one aspect it is\, of course\, only part of the great change in selling policy which some have called the ‘democratisation of production’. […] Books are only just beginning to feel the influence which\, in the course of a generation\, has brought gramophone records\, silk stockings\, foreign travel\, and smoked salmon (to take four examples at random) within the reach of small purses.”\n(Margaret Cole\, Books and the People\, 1938) \nOne hundred years ago\, a group of publishers\, writers\, businesses\, and libraries were challenging who had access to books while defending the importance of reading for pleasure. In her Books and the People (1938)\, socialist Margaret Cole described the new book clubs and commercial high street libraries of the 1920s and ’30s as the “opening stages of a real revolution […] in the world of English-language book production”. \nThis exhibition looks at a moment before book-buying was possible for most people. We look at some of the changes interwar that made access to new books easier\, more convenient\, and sometimes cheaper\, helping to develop more democratic\, shared cultures of reading. We also include examples of everyday printed ephemera that book clubs and societies produced and that tell us about how access to books was encouraged and promoted. \nIt is curated by Nicola Wilson\, Sue Walker and Emma Minns and will be held in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus)\, RG6 6BZ. It is open from 30 March to 29 May 2026\, Monday to Wednesday only\, from 10 am to 4 pm. \nGroup visits can be made by appointment. Please email lpgdc@reading.ac.uk. \nThe exhibition is part of the National Year of Reading National Year of Reading 2026 | Go All In initiative. 2026 is the National Year of Reading\, a Department for Education scheme supported by the National Literacy Trust\, which aims to tackle a decline in reading enjoyment and reconnect people of all ages with reading as a relevant and rewarding activity. \n♦♦♦♦♦♦ \nExhibition event\nOn Thursday 30th April there will be a CBCP exhibition event from 5pm featuring talks by the curators. All are welcome. Refreshments will be provided. \nThis event will be held in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, University of Reading (Whiteknights campus)\, RG6 6BZ. \n♦♦♦♦♦♦ \nPieces on display at the exhibition
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-book-cultures-and-publishing/event/exhibition-books-and-the-people-opening-up-access-to-books-and-reading-go-all-in/
LOCATION:Department of Typography & Graphic Communication\, University of Reading (Whiteknights Campus)\, 2 Earley Gate\, RG6 6BZ\, United Kingdom
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SUMMARY:Break Through Blocks and Get Published\, 13 May
DESCRIPTION:This is a rare opportunity to spend time with a novelist and an editor\, hearing from them about what it takes to break through creative blocks – and get your work published. \nThis event will be held online via MS Teams on 13 May 2026 from 3pm-5pm & is free to attend\, but you need to register here. \nDylan Morrison has known he wanted to be a writer since roughly age five. His fanfiction\, which he’s been posting online for nearly two decades\, has been translated into more than fifteen languages and read by millions across the globe. A queer trans man himself\, Dylan has a particular passion for telling stories about complex\, layered queer characters\, and for depicting those characters finding joy\, self-acceptance\, and love. \nDylan is based in Cleveland in a home with too many books for anyone to read in a lifetime\, and a frankly excessive amount of jam. His novels Fall Into You and Recipe for Trouble are available now\, and his third book – Second Helpings – will be published on 21st May 2026. \nHannah Bond is a freelance editor of commercial fiction. Previously\, she has worked in-house for major traditional and digital publishers including Orion\, Hodder & Stoughton\, Bookouture\, and Amazon. In a former life\, she trained as a chef. \nWe’ll hear from Dylan and Hannah about what you can do right now to make your best work and find routes into publication. There will be illuminating conversation\, and plenty of time to ask questions.
URL:https://research.reading.ac.uk/centre-for-book-cultures-and-publishing/event/break-through-blocks-and-get-published-13-may/
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