My dad was an agronomist and when I was very young we lived in farms and agricultural colleges. My first recollections of a book as an object were pictures in a board book of farmyard animals, which I still have. Every Christmas I received … Continue reading
In June 2023, Liverpool University Press published Steel City Readers: Reading for Pleasure in Sheffield, 1925-1955 by Mary Grover, who founded the Reading Sheffield project. On 12 July, a special event to launch the book was held at the Central … Continue reading
On Saturday 3 September we held a tea party to support Mary Grover’s new book, Steel City Readers. We want to raise £12,500 so that the publisher, Liverpool University Press, can make the book free to download online. Steel City … Continue reading
By Val Hewson In this Heritage Open Days blog, I find that a vintage recipe book unlocks my memory. I am no cook. I enjoy food but am not particularly interested in the art of preparing it. There are people … Continue reading
By Fiza Rashid Our latest Ideas into Action guest post, from Sheffield Hallam student Fiza Rashid. I have lived in Sheffield all my life. I attended primary, secondary school and sixth form in Sheffield. I am now in my second … Continue reading
Here is a reading journey from local artist Jean Compton, who is one of the Reading Sheffield team. Jean was born in London in 1948. She spent her childhood in Suffolk, where her family moved when she was a year … Continue reading
On Monday 26 March 2018, in The Lord Mayor’s Parlour, Sheffield Town Hall, Reading Sheffield held the special Sheffield launch of Before the Public Library: Reading, Community, and Identity in the Atlantic World, 1650-1850, edited by Mark Towsey, University of … Continue reading
Expanded notes from an artists talk given by Lizz Tuckerman for the exhibition In Praise of Libraries at Bank Street Arts on Saturday the 14th October 2017. My own recollections of reading Recollections when small My first book My dad … Continue reading
Writing up our own reading journeys has long been the plan for the Reading Sheffield team (here is our web designer Lizz’s reading journey). The threat to libraries across the country brought the task into sharp focus for me. Libraries … Continue reading
Reading Sheffield’s Website Launch On October 10th, we launched our website as part of the Off the Shelf festival. Lindsay and Carole made us welcome at Sheffield Quaker Meeting House, a superb venue. Thanks to Off the Shelf for supporting … Continue reading