Book Tales: Storytelling through the lives of readers past and present
The University of Glasgow and The Mitchell Library invite you to explore the rich and historical life of books in a series of engaging Being Human Festival events in November.
Have you ever picked up a second-hand book and wondered who held it before you? Who was the person who received it as a gift, with a loving note tucked inside from a parent or grandparent? Pressed flowers, doodles in the margins, scribbled thoughts and dog-eared pages all are quiet traces reminding us that readers of the past were not so different from us.
This November, the University of Glasgow and The Mitchell Library invite you to explore the rich and historical life of books in a series of engaging Being Human Festival events led by Dr Shanti Graheli, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature.
Readers of the past were not so different from us.
Author summary: Explore historical life of books.
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