Articles about 'books'

A new Centre for Children’s Literature is providing a focus for research on how children are shaped by early encounters with books and film.

A digital archive of 500-year-old 'filofaxes' offers extraordinary insight into early thought and writing practices.

Medieval culture pervaded Shakespeare's life and work. Professor Helen Cooper examines its influence on the work of the world's greatest playwright.

A unique collaboration has resulted in the re-issue of over 1,000 rare books of enduring scholarly value.

A new chapter in textual scholarship is beginning, thanks to the launch of the Centre for Material Texts.

The purity and linguistic correctness of the French language has been closely guarded by the French for centuries. Professor Wendy Ayres-Bennett is exploring the reasons behind this national preoccupation.

The book publishing industry has gone through more change during the past few decades than in any comparable period in its 500-year history. Professor John Thompson examines this change and asks what impact it will have on the future of books.