Come to the Sheldonian Theatre & join some amazing writers (such as Sir Ben Okri, Lemn Sissay, Hanif Kureishi), students, & others for a public reading of the Metamorphosis-
On 3 June - centenary of the death of Franz Kafka. #OxfordreadsKafka visit.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/oxfordreadskaf…

Fantastic review in FT Weekend by ⁦Simon Schama⁩ of the much anticipated new work from Colm Tóibín: Long Island — Colm Tóibín’s irresistible Brooklyn sequel. Cannot wait to get my hands on a copy!
on.ft.com/3V6BUGP

Go to Firsts London and try out printing on our press yourselves!

Port Meadow weather report (for all those who enjoy it)

So happy to have opened ⁦Firsts London⁩ this evening, catching up with many old friends and promoting Bodleian Libraries to rare book dealers and collectors!

Wonderful to meet a fellow member of the Twitterati Ghazwan Butrous at the opening of #LondonFirsts

Cannot wait for this major contribution to #OxfordReadsKafka !

Looking forward to this reading event I've organised with St Hugh's Library on Thursday to engage with Oxford Kafka and celebrate the German work at St Hugh's College and St Anne's College. I heard my students practising their (very dramatic!) reading of their own translation of Kafka

Come for one of the cross-disciplinary readings of Kafka's Metamorphosis at this event convened by Eben Kirksey OxfordSocialSciences #OxfordreadsKafka #OxfordKafka24

Wonderful to see students St Peter's College reading and discussing Kafka's Metamorphosis as part of #OxfordReadsKafka #OxfordKafka24 -they'll be able to see the original manuscript in our show Bodleian Libraries German at Oxford from 30 May!

Typically insightful and thoughtful review essay on Germany by ⁦Timothy Garton Ash⁩ in the current ⁦The New York Review of Books⁩ Big Germany, What Now? nybooks.com/articles/2024/…

An intriguing literary acquisition for us Bodleian Libraries suggested by the great ⁦Rachel Cooke⁩ (There is a precedent - I once curated Fanny Bullock Workman’s corsets) Shirley Conran’s legacy is not only the filthy bits, but sisterhood too theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This is going to be amazing - don't miss it!!

The serenity of ⁦Balliol College⁩

I am just starting to believe there might be a thing called summer

Help us send a mobile
Library to Ukraine! We’ve nearly raised half the money so please share the link across your networks and we are grateful for every contribution and message of support crowdfunder.co.uk/p/mobile-libra…

Come along to the Weston Library on 30 May for a special #OxfordReadsKafka event! Karen Leeder will be in conversation with Meindert Peters, Peter Boxall, alys moody and Ankhi Mukherjee, discussing 'Hunger Artistry: Kafka and the Art of Starvation'.
mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/events/2024/05…

👀Kafka died in 1924 of TB, which remains a deadly disease. Researchers University of Oxford & NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, are tackling TB, from vaccines to more targeted treatments. Join our Senior Research Fellow Prof Helen McShane, Dr Philip Fowler & patient rep Amy 4 a fascinating talk⤵️

A joy to see the wonderful images by ⁦Joel Meyerowitz⁩ on show ⁦Tate⁩ (Modern) - truly one of the greats.

If you work in the cultural sector = do consider enrolling in the 2024 edition of Oxford Cultural Leaders - an amazing residential course on cultural leadership delivered by Oxford's Gardens, Libraries and Museums in collaboration with Saïd Business School glam.ox.ac.uk/sitefiles/oxfo…