Director of the Royal Society of Literature @rsliterature.bsky.social; previously @theUL.bsky.social; Clore Fellow; FRSA. I like books, libraries, culture and cake.
Laura Greenfield
Loading...
What a brilliant idea: Give all newborn babies library cards automatically
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
I got a preview of this lovely exhibition tonight and it's fantastically targeted for a family audience - even the labels are hung at the right height for children to read. And there is indeed a dragon guarding it...
Last month I heard the wonderful Joan Winterkorn lecture on Collecting and Preserving Archives. She included lots of the fascinating, telling, glorious details you only get from archives - and a bigger story about how she changed the UK's treatment of archives, especially those of living writers.
Joan Winterkorn was awarded the @rsliterature.bsky.social Benson Medal in 2006 and worked closely with the RSL on many writers archives, and the RSL's own archive. Her career has been completely unique.
We had an amazing time at the #ALCSAwards. Thanks to ALCS for supporting all these wonderful prizes, and congratulations to Hannah Webb, who won the @rsliterature.bsky.social VS Pritchett Short Story Prize, and to all the winners and nominees
The lectures are now on the YouTube channel for @theul.bsky.social (lecture one youtu.be/TGj-cvzYQuU?... and lecture two youtu.be/SRvkR0_Kb8Q?...). They are fascinating.
Our Power of Reading Impact Report 2025 is now live! Discover how evidence-informed, book-based teaching boosts attainment, narrows gaps and helps children see themselves as readers and writers. Read more: https://clpe.org.uk/research/power-reading-impact-report-2025
If you are in the UK The Librarians is avaliable on the iplayer, under the Storyville banner. Well worth a watch.
What a joy to see our @rsliterature.bsky.social President Elif Shafak deliver the National Humanities Lecture at the School of Advanced Study @sas-news.bsky.social. A beautiful reflection on and defence of the long form of literature, and many other things too.
Huge congratulations to Elif Shafak, newly elected President of the Royal Society of Literature. A powerful advocate for free expression and the unifying force of storytelling. We celebrate this well-deserved recognition!. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/d...
