John Rylands Research Institute and Library John Hodgson Thank you, John, for the intelligence, generosity and good cheer you have brought to the Rylands. A tremendous collection but also a wonderfully human place & so much of that has been down to you. Sessions there were the highlight of my time teaching in Manchester. So grateful!

One overflowing table in a café, eighteen writers and thousands of words – that’s the recipe for this unique anthology from Chorlton Writers' Cafe. Join us at the launch, Sept 25 chorltonbookfestival.co.uk

Today was the first day of my three month fellowship at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, where I'm looking at missionary archives to look at the role of hymns in slavery and abolition in the C18 British Atlantic world. So far, it's been downloading books. Archives on Wednesday!

Well-done to Gail! Can't wait for my copy. Next up? First trade non-fiction book on Wolfreston. Watch this space. :)

Includes a chapter on Enriqueta Rylands, founder of John Rylands Research Institute and Library and active supporter of Manchester R&T

On October 2nd I’ll be talking about Eric Millar and Francis Wormald as manuscript collectors as part of this event celebrating the donation of a 14th-century Psalter to Senate House Library. Book now to attend online or in person 👇 senatehouselibrary.libcal.com/event/4248409

Join us for our first online Doctoral Open Day 'Getting Started at The British Library' on Mon 28th October 2024! For all new, aspiring and curious PhDs who want to learn more about our collections! Sign up and dates for in-person 2025 events: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/a79fd68e…

There are so many delights waiting for us in this Women's Studies Group 1558-1837 programme. If you love women's history, please do take a look at the papers on offer. And now is a great time to join the group (there's a lot of member activities, so it offers great value!)

Life update: wonderful and actually enjoyable PhD viva with Anna Marie Roos & Felicity James this afternoon, passed (astonishingly) with no corrections. I am one happy boy. #PhDone

Please donate to our fundraising page and help raise life-saving funds for Cancer Research UK fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/clares-gi…

Thirty Samaritan manuscripts from John Rylands Research Institute and Library collection have been published: digitalcollections.manchester.ac.uk/collections/sa… The online records are based on Robertson's Catalogue of the Samaritan Manuscripts in the John Rylands Library Manchester (vols. 1-2). #Samaritanmanuscripts

Come join our lovely team and such a special place

Rylands Leverhulme Postdoctoral fellow Dr Kate Gibson has won a prize for her book, Illegitimacy, Family and Stigma in England 1660-1834! womenshistorynetwork.org/womens-history…

RBS has received a groundbreaking $3.1 million donation to endow a full-time curatorial chair for the School’s teaching collection and exhibitions program. It is the largest single gift in our 41-year history. Learn more at: rarebookschool.org/largest-donati….

The Rylands are HIRING a new HEAD OF COLLECTIONS! jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetail?…

Celebrating our brilliant placement students here at Special Collections, we wish to draw your attention to their fascinating stories on various subjects from the past 7 months, from depictions of Mount Fuji to the Order of the Golden Fleece: medium.com/special-collec…

New galleries are open! To celebrate we’re open until 6.30pm. Explore the Collections Gallery with over 40 rare items telling the story of the collections. Or explore the new exhibition The Secret Public examining the influence of LGBTQ performers on mainstream pop culture.

Do join us online or in-person on Tuesday 3 June at 5.30pm BST. Elizabeth Gow will be discussing ‘From Wiclif to the present time’: exhibiting English Bibles at the John Rylands Library, 1899-1911. Book: bit.ly/ExhibitingEngl… Dr Elizabeth Gow The Warburg Institute. Image luna.manchester.ac.uk/luna/servlet/d…

#SojournerTruth gave her “Ain’t I a Woman?” speech #OnThisDay in 1851, which brought awareness to the intersectional issues Black women faced, the erasure of their labor, & their exclusion from the women’s suffrage movement. Learn more: womenshistory.org/education-reso… #SheIsNotAFootnote