COVID-19 pandemic

‘Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic: an online conference’, 3-4.11.2020
We are delighted to announce that registration is now open for The Open University History of Books and Reading (HOBAR) online conference, ‘Bookshelves in the Age of the COVID-19 Pandemic’,…
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‘Reading in the Pandemic’, 18.11.2020 (5-6pm GMT, online event)
The READ-IT team are pleased to host the event Reading in the Pandemic (18 November, 5-6pm, online) for the Being Human Festival. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed everything. Confined to…
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Reading during the Pandemic? ‘Reading and Wellbeing’ blog launched (5.05.2020)
What have we been reading during the current COVID-19 pandemic? How has the quarantine changed the way we read? And how have books (and reading) become even more important to…
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