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To celebrate the upcoming production of Rebus: A Game Called Malice at Cambridge Arts Theatre, Ian Rankin (Ian Rankin) called in to see our Murder by the Book exhibition! Book now to see the exhibition before it closes tomorrow, 24 August! lib.cam.ac.uk/murderbythebook

Our brand-new exhibition, Breaking New Ground, opens tomorrow. With a focus on the University of Cambridge, we are celebrating the women, past and present, of Earth Sciences. ⛏️(1/4)

So proud of Nicola Upson 🏳️‍🌈 for curating Cambridge University Library #MurderByTheBook attracting thousands of visitors from all over the world ,putting crime fiction at the centre of the literary world ,celebrating this genre in such a wonderful setting. Agatha Christie Faber Books The Crime Writers’ Association

Curating #MurderByTheBook has been a joy. Thanks to all who came, & to the incredible team Cambridge University Library for making it such a rewarding, inspirational experience, & for celebrating crime fiction with all the respect & imagination it deserves. It'll be a very hard project to leave behind

Sharpen those pencils, grab a coffee and find a cosy spot: the new season of Cambridge University Library’s online Really Popular Book club is here! lib.cam.ac.uk/bookclub ⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ Which book are you looking forward to most?

New exhibition coming soon! Endless Stories: Manuscripts, knowledge and translation in the 17th century 28 September 2024 – 22 February 2025 at Cambridge University Library lib.cam.ac.uk/endlessstories Curated by Majid Daneshgar.

How many Librarians share their offices with angels? Love Dr Jill Whitelock’s photo of the former Librarian’s Room, where my library ‘ancestors’ worked, in the original home of Cambridge University Library Cambridge University.

Wonderful video on John Baskerville - so pleased Cambridge University Library is part of this multidisciplinary Arts and Humanities Research Council project.

Endless Stories, opens on 28 Sep at Cambridge University Library. It showcases the extraordinary manuscripts collected by 17th-century visionary, Thomas Van Erpe. The exhibition includes works in Arabic, Hebrew, Persian, and Malay. Book your free ticket: lib.cam.ac.uk/endlessstories

Have a look at what #participatoryresearch can achieve! Funded by us🥳, and managed by Cambridge University Library and Camb School Art & Camb School Creative Industries. check out what happened when three Zambian artists came to Cambridge! #collections #connections #communities

Fancy £10k for humanities or social science research? We’ve opened the call for our small research grants. Do share. Awards will be allocated through partial randomisation - awarded randomly between those applications that meet our quality threshold thebritishacademy.ac.uk/funding/ba-lev…

The huge importance of not just libraries but librarians . Will be raising this in Lords next Thursday and urging government to significantly reverse council funding. theguardian.com/books/article/…

The page proofs of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book – complete with the author’s handwritten poems – have been allocated to Cambridge University Library as part of HM Government’s Acceptance in Lieu scheme. Read more here: loom.ly/B4ySSWI Arts Council England

On BBC Radio 4 Today Richard Ovenden calls on Govt to address 'critical' issues in #Libraries. "Responsibility is held by Govt to provide a comprehensive & efficient library service" - service needs to be more 'joined up' - an "infrastructure for democracy" From 02:23 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0…

I'm looking forward to leading this discussion of Barbara Kingsolver's The Poisonwood Bible at the Cambridge University Library's Really Popular Book Club in January. It's online and it's free! Should be an interesting discussion. Book your place here: lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/really-p…

Online, next Tuesday, 7-8pm, free! Join me with Cambridge University Library to discuss The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce. Sign up here: lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/really-p…

The new season of #TheReallyPopularBookClub is here! All the books featured are available to purchase in our shop in the entrance hall. First up on 17 Sep: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce with special guest Dr Charlotte Cooper-Davis Book now: lib.cam.ac.uk/bookclub

My kids want to know if I work in the tallest library in the UK! Does anyone know if Cambridge University Library the tallest?

The literary #archive of Jackie Kay has been acquired by National Library of Scotland. The archive includes personal letters, & manuscripts of poems, novels, plays… There’s also schoolbooks, early essays, family papers, notebooks, photographs, audio cassettes, & more media.nls.uk/news/jackie-ka…

#Holidays!