The shocking truth of what is going on in our public libraries! (My latest Guardian Books / Guardian Saturday cartoon)

There is something wrong with a democracy when a shadily funded think-tank calls for the suspension of people from public bodies, a government minister makes similar calls, the public body duly obliges, and then the think-tank's spokesperson is invited on TV to discuss the issue.

"The artist Fiona Banner issued herself an ISBN and registered herself as a publication under her own name, 'a sort of self-portrait as a book'”; James Waddell has reviewed the journal Inscription for this week's The TLS: the-tls.co.uk/articles/inscr…

Qur'an manuscripts from sub-Sahara and West Africa are made to be portable. The block of loose leaves is held together between boards and slipped into a saddle bag. Large ornamental panels mark each 4th of the Qur'an. [British Library Or.16,751, Late 18th/19th CE, Nigeria?]

Booking is now open for Spineless Wonders: In Touch, on Friday 15 March, 11am-5pm This latest in the Spineless Wonders series of events looks at small press and artists’ publications through the theme of touch. Online via Zoom Free book via Eventbrite: eventbrite.co.uk/e/837289243667

Medieval humour. A cat poking its way through a page from a Book of Hours, Flanders c1485.

Want to peer inside some paper bodies? Anatomical flap-books are just one of the things we'll be looking at at part of next month's short course Cambridge University Library. Details and booking here: sas.ac.uk/events/movable…

Booking open for this whole-day course on Movable Books Cambridge University Library! Discover the history of interactive pages, from early modern volvelles to twentieth century pop-up books and everything inbetween. lib.cam.ac.uk/whats/moveable…

Yesterday in Cambridge University Library Tower I found a pop-up book about the royal family visiting Australia and New Zealand so I'm confident that this course will be worth your time

Still a few places left on this course - come and experience some of Cambridge UL's most unusual and interactive books.

Only FOUR days left to register for this: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/movable…. A great opportunity to get your hands on some amazing movable books in Cambridge UL Special Collections, from secret codes and anatomical flapbooks to the kitsch and just plain weird.

Lift the flap on the history of moveable books at IES’s one-day course at Cambridge University Library on 26 April. Gill Partington will lead the course and take students through UL's collections to see some rare and remarkable examples. Book now: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/movable…

Free copy of Inscription! Enter this competition to win the latest issue on 'touch'. All you have to do is post a pic of hands/books

I did a thing for @lrb about one of my literary heroes, Raymond Queneau: lrb.co.uk/the-paper/v46/…

One more week left! Win a free copy of Inscription issue 4, on the theme of 'touch'. Tweet us with a photo of hands/books in any configuration. We've had some brilliant, weird, funny entries so far. Can you beat them? Competition closes NEXT FRIDAY!

THIS is happening on 23rd May: hands-on study day exploring experimental magazines, from Modernist avant-garde journals to the mimeograph revolution and beyond. Places still available: ies.sas.ac.uk/events/magazin…