Archive for 'Tales from the Reading Room'
Tales from the Reading Room – Episode 34
Shakespeare’s Birthday Weekend and the anniversary of his birth are nearly here again, the next in a long line of celebrations in the town to mark this occasion. Â The ...
Tales from the Reading Room – Episode 33
This week’s tale is a rather lonely cry from a Reading Room Services Assistant who trudged through the snow and opened the Reading Room as usual all on her own… ...
Tales from the Reading Room – Mother’s Day Special
We had a special afternoon yesterday with Uttera Singh and Akanksha Jain who had come to Stratford-upon-Avon especially to look for a record of Uttera’s late mother’s visit to the ...
Tales from the Reading Room – Episode 32
Happy World Book Day! World Book Day is a celebration of authors, illustrators, books and (most importantly) it’s a celebration of reading. It has been designated by UNESCO as a ...
Tales from the Reading Room – Episode 31
Last week was our first ‘Closed week’ in several years and it has been a great opportunity to make some improvements, both in the Reading Room and behind the ...
Tales from the Reading Room – Episode 30
Tales from the Reading Room is back! Â Some technical problems meant we weren’t able to post our Christmas message, but our New Year’s Resolution is to post more often! Â We ...
Tales From the Reading Room – Episode 29
This week’s Tale from the Reading Room is a celebration of Karen Wyld, who sadly passed away a few weeks ago. Karen became a valued volunteer for the Collections Department, ...
Tales from the Reading Room – Holiday Special!
In this episode, I step out of the Reading Room and bring you a report as your foreign correspondent! Last week I was lucky enough to be on holiday ...