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The Frankenstein exhibition at Selfridges
The Literary Background to Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein Goes on Show
The literary backgound to Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is explor
Afīfa Karam (1883–1924), the first Lebanese American female journalist, prolific novelist and translator who contributed regularly to Arabic serial publications including al-Akhlāq (Character) (New York, June 1921, The Syrian-American Press: Ya‘qūb Rūfā’īl)
Rare Books and Photographs Tell Story of Middle Eastern and North African Immigration to New York
Niyū Yūrk at the New York Public Library explores the history of Middle Eastern and North African immigration to New York City from the first waves in the la
The Camera Helps exhibition
First Retrospective of Photographer Paddy Summerfield at the Bodleian
The Camera Helps is the first retrospective dedicated to British social documentary photographer Paddy Summerfield.
George Cruikshank's Fairy Library
Fairy Tales Exhibition Leads British Library's 2026-27 Events
In 2026 the British Library’s major exhibitions will explore the enchanting world of fairy tales and the legacy of the crime writer Agatha Christie.
Lobby card for MGM’s Pride and Prejudice. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1940.
250 Years of Jane Austen Coming to the Grolier Club
Paper Jane: 250 Years of Austen is a special exhibition at The Grolier Club to mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of
The Beethoven letter
Beethoven Letter to Father of Child Prodigy Sold for $42,071
A handwritten letter by Ludwig van Beethoven arranging an afternoon visit with the father of a young piano prodigy sold for $42,071 at RR Auction’s latest F
H. Rider Haggard’s King Solomon’s Mines, a few months after being ‘planted’ in a Johannesburg garden.
Panizzi Lectures 2025 Focus on Print Culture in the Age of Climate Change
This year's Panizzi Lectures will be given by Professor Emeritus at the University of the Witwatersrand Isabel Hofmeyr on the subje
One of Kipling's letters about his son
Rudyard Kipling Letters on the Wartime Loss of His Son to Auction
Rudyard Kipling's 18-year-old son John was reported missing in action in 1915 on the Western Front during a three-week offensive which left 61,000 wounded and nearly 8,000 dead.
Pride and Prejudice
, first edition, contemporary binding, ownership inscriptions dated less than eight weeks after publication.
 Estimate $120,000-$180,000.
Jane Austen First Editions and Columbus Letter Estimated at $2m to Auction
All of the first editions of Jane Austen’s most popular novels plus early books from the Age of Exploration and the study of biology go under the hammer at Chri
How the new space is likely to look
The Metropolitan Museum of Art Redesigns Thomas J. Watson Library
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has announced the redesign of the Nolen Study Room in the