4 Dec 2013
Ancient bibles and biblical texts from the Bodleian and Vatican libraries have been digitised and made available to the public for the first time.
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30 Nov 2013
Contra Costa Times: Reading something – anything – beats staring at a week's worth of laundry tossing around in the dryer.
25 Nov 2013
The Guardian: Hull has been chosen to be the UK's city of culture in 2017, beating three other shortlisted cities for the title.
22 Nov 2013
The Guardian: Publishers in 36 countries snap up book about modern witches in Britain by Sally Green, who only began writing three years ago.
21 Nov 2013
The Selection Committee for the World Book Capital is calling for nominations for the World Book Capital 2016.
18 Nov 2013
Artdaily.org: As shelter for birds, with sometimes a sentence on the roof, and a window through which books can be seen, the "small libraries" have flourished in Washington, DC, encouraging people to read.
28 Oct 2013
Past winner Philip Ardagh is among the writers who are shortlisted for the 2013 Roald Dahl Funny Prize.
9 Oct 2013
The story of a woman who transmogrifies into a fox during a woodland walk with her husband has won the BBC national short story award.
27 Sep 2013
Grodno has been named Belarus’ Capital of Culture for 2014. The decision was made by the board of the Culture Ministry of Belarus on 25 September, BelTA learnt from Deputy Culture Minister Vasily Chernik.
5 Sep 2013
On 21 August 2013, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) adopted a new edition of the international statistical standard ISO 2789 “Information and documentation – International library statistics”.
4 Sep 2013
The £189m Library of Birmingham, which houses a collection of one million books, has opened.
1 Sep 2013
The classic children’s book brand worth £150m is set for an update to appeal to new audience
31 Jul 2013
The city of Incheon (Republic of Korea) was named World Book Capital for the year 2015 by an international committee of experts representing the book industry and UNESCO.
11 Jun 2013
Brontë Society pays £50,000 for Charlotte's single-sheet French homework about l'amour filial
27 May 2013
IFLA has signed a contract with ECS Partners Limited for the building and hosting of its new repository using EPrints Services.
25 May 2013
Original authors and their amateur adapters can now jointly "monetise" the popular spinoffs.
20 May 2013
The Library of Congress hosted a conference and exhibit about the creator of one of the world’s rarest maps.
17 May 2013
The process is under way to move about 13 500 objects from the collections of Sir Walter Scott back into his former home in the Borders.
30 Apr 2013
The first volume of Charles Moore’s authorised biography of Margaret Thatcher will become the definitive account of her life and ideas.
23 Apr 2013
23 April is a symbolic date for world literature for on this date in 1616, Cervantes, Shakespeare and Inca Garcilaso de la Vega all died. It is also the date of birth or death of other prominent authors such as Maurice Druon, Haldor K. Laxness, Vladimir Nabokov, Josep Pla and Manuel Mejía Vallejo.
4 Oct 2023
The thematic exhibition "Sow what is reasonable, kind and eternal!" dedicated to the World Teacher's Day is open from October 4 to November 6 in the hall of documents of international organizations (room 207g).
3 Oct 2023
Thematic exhibition "Not boring classics. Popular melodies and hits of classical music" takes place from October 3 to November 20 in the hall of musical and audiovisual documents (room 305)
29 Sep 2023
29 Sep 2023
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