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
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
Bob and Carolyn W Carolyn was born on the 3rd February 1944 and Bob on the 3rd February 1940. They are being interviewed by Trisha Cooper on the 19th February 2012. TC: Would you object if I asked you for your dates of … Continue reading
Bringing our readers together : Every year we hold an event which enables our readers to meet and learn from each other. At our annual event In 2012 we spent the day in the Sheffield Quaker Meeting House, sharing the … Continue reading
Lizz Tuckerman trained in fine art at Sheffield Hallam University and has worked as a freelance professional for 15 years. Lizz created an exhibition ‘In Praise of Libraries’ in response to the audio tracks and transcripts collected by the Reading … Continue reading
Eleanor Brown running a Word-Hoard workshop during a Reading Sheffield event held in the Carpenter Room, Sheffield Central Library as part of Off the Shelf Festival 2014. Eleanor Brown is a Sheffield based poet and award winning author of Maiden Speech (Bloodaxe, … Continue reading
Welcome to the industrial city of Sheffield, in northern England, in the mid-20th century. Listen to our local readers born between 1919 and 1942 and be transported to Sheffield’s past. To a time without Google or Apple, a time when … Continue reading