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Reading the paper in 19th-century Lancashire: Andrew Hobbs' incredibly detailed 2010 PhD thesis: clok.uclan.ac.uk/1866/2/HoibbsA… 5:35 AM May 1st via web
@cathfeely I know! It looks great, doesn't it? I'm really looking forward to Archie Dick's book on Sth. Afr. prison readers, myself ... 9:57 AM Apr 26th via web in reply to cathfeely
A new, updated version of the RED "history of reading" bibliography has gone live, with lots of exciting new titles: open.ac.uk/Arts/RED/publi… 9:51 AM Apr 26th via web
@LindsEckert Oooh! Thanks, Lindsey! 9:49 AM Apr 25th via web in reply to LindsEckert
Can page-dirt analysis reveal the reading habits of medieval readers? metafilter.com/115247/Wanna-s… (via @john_overholt) 12:50 AM Apr 25th via web
dmndkng David Finkelstein talks about D.F. McKenzie, Peter Jackson, and the expanding horizons of the bibliographical project: sharpweb.org/en/discussion/… 7:02 AM Mar 5th via web Retweeted by TheUKRED and 2 others
@ayjay I'd be extremely interested to hear more about that. [Currently researching the phenomenon of "books behind bars."] 8:48 AM Feb 29th via web in reply to ayjay
Bad Research Database interface design and the myth of the "digital native": bit.ly/zGXOh9 via @GeorgeOnline 3:49 AM Feb 29th via Tweet Button
IES_London 5:30 OU Book History & Bibliography Seminar: Bob Owens 'Jerome McGann's "Social Textual Criticism" and the Editing of Literary Texts' Rm 265 3:12 AM Feb 29th via Buffer Retweeted by TheUKRED
Profile of a plagiarist: newyorker.com/reporting/2012… via @nzdodo and @NewYorker 3:00 AM Feb 23rd via web
Wed 29 Feb @ 5.30pm, Senate House R265. Bob Owens talks about the legacy of Jerome McGann. All welcome! events.sas.ac.uk/events/visitor… 4:38 AM Feb 22nd via web
Today @ 5.30pm Senate House R103. Stephen Colclough on the legacy of Robert Darnton. events.sas.ac.uk/support-resear…. All welcome! 4:35 AM Feb 22nd via web
Forgotten Fiction? Kate Macdonald talks to Will Viney about the books no one reads today. Podcast @ podacademy.org/podcasts/forgo… 4:31 AM Feb 22nd via web
The cognitive benefits of rereading books: telegraph.co.uk/culture/cultur… (via @ProfShakespeare) 6:04 AM Feb 16th via Tweet Button
Impressed by the number of reading experiences in the BBC's adaptation of Birdsong. There's an entire bookshelf in the Colonel's dugout. 1:25 PM Jan 28th via web
The Marginal Obsession with Marginalia newyorker.com/online/blogs/b… via @NewYorker 9:41 AM Jan 27th via Tweet Button
Now updated, the RED history of reading publications list. Some exciting-looking titles due in 2012! open.ac.uk/Arts/RED/publi… 9:30 AM Jan 27th via web
@LindsEckert Thanks, Lindsey! *So* glad to know that you're finding it useful. 9:53 AM Jan 19th via web in reply to LindsEckert
Reminder: IES/OU book history seminar, tonight, 5.30, Senate House, rm 264. David Finkelstein talks about D. F. McKenzie. All welcome! 6:30 AM Jan 18th via web
Robert McCrum on Graham Greene's marginalia: gu.com/p/34kvy/tw via @guardian 9:53 AM Jan 12th via Tweet Button

Name Reading Experiences
Location Milton Keynes, UK
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Bio The Reading Experience Database, based at the Open University, UK. We collect evidence of reading through British history, 1450-1945.