Alex Johnson
Rarely seen illustrations for Charles Dickens’ first novel are at the heart of a new exhibition cel
Kelmscott Manor in Oxfordshire, England, the home of designer and writer
At a time when most fictional detectives seem to have some kind of unusual quirk, terrible relationship history, or appalling skeleton in the closet, it’s nice to come across the virtuous and jolly
The London kitchen that inspired one of the twentieth century’s most famous picture books for children is now open to visito
A new exhibition at the Brontë Parsonage Museum in Yorkshire shines an intriguing light not on Charlotte’s work but on her clothes.
The literary image of the samurai in manuscripts and woodblock-printed books from Japan is the focus of a new exhibition at Cambridge University Library.
A new exhibition at the National Library of Wales celebrates its collection of the country’s fine bookbinding tradition.
Clogs, sketchbooks, and an iconic waistcoat will go on display alongside hundreds of other literary artifacts later this month when a major new exhibition telling the life story of children’s write
A rare image of Charles Dickens with a mustache rather than his more familiar beard has gone on display for the first time at the Charles Dickens Museum in
An ongoing series of marathon read-throughs by the public of Arthur Ransome’s Swallows and Amazons series of children’s novels continues at the end of this month in Cumbria on the banks of Winderme
