The Rylands Brief, a new podcast series
In collaboration with the Centre for New Writing and the Creative Manchester project, for the last month or so IContinue Reading
Author: Jessica Smith
Creative Arts Archivist at the John Rylands Library
Recipes, Cakes and Puddings: Box listing the Work of Alison Brackenbury
Leah Watson writes: Hello! I’m Leah Watson, a postgraduate student at the University of Manchester studying MA History. I haveContinue Reading
The Palladium project and survey for researchers who use email archives
The University of Manchester Library is about to undertake an exciting new project, codename Palladium, which will include exploration ofContinue Reading
Introducing ePADD for email archives at the University of Manchester
Thanks to the great work of my predecessor Fran Baker, the UoM Special Collections hold the email archive of CarcanetContinue Reading
Rosie’s Reflections on a Writing Residency
Rosie Garland writes: It’s been an amazing year. What an honour to be Inaugural Writer-in-Residence at The John Rylands Library.Continue Reading
An Evening with Rosie Garland, Inaugural Writer in Residence
Rosie Garland writes: October 17th 2019 marked the end of my yearlong Writer’s Residency at The John Rylands, funded byContinue Reading
Representation Matters: An LGBT+ Walking Tour of The John Rylands Library
Rosie Garland writes: As part of my yearlong Writer’s Residency in The John Rylands Library I conducted a number ofContinue Reading
Save the Date: Carcanet and the indie poetry-publishing scene exhibition, 30th September 2019
Dr Victoria Stobo writes: Exciting news for poetry lovers: an exhibition of archive material relating to the poetry publisher CarcanetContinue Reading
d a levy and the Cleveland Underground
Bruce Wilkinson writes: In their search for innovative poetry, Tina Morris and Dave Cunliffe developed a network of small pressesContinue Reading
Hidden Stories: Behind The Night Brother for Museums at Night 2019
Rosie Garland writes: For Museums at Night 2019 at The John Rylands Library, I was invited to work with JessContinue Reading