Chapterhouse Publishing

New post on our Chapter and Verse Reviews blog up now. Daisy loved Fredrik Backman's gripping, intriguing Anxious People. Thoroughly recommended:

https://chapterandversereviews.com/2021/09/16/anxious-people-fredrik-backman-translated-by-neil-smith/

Sir Anthony Panizzi, Principal Librarian of the British Museum Library (1856–66), was born in 1797. He persuaded Thomas Grenville to donate his collection of 20,000 books to the Museum, which can be seen in the King's Tower here at the Library.

Find out how Panizzi turned from revolutionary to librarian: https://blogs.bl.uk/untoldlives/2015/09/from-revolutionary-to-librarian-sir-anthony-panizzi.html

Sir Anthony Panizzi (1797-1879) by George Frederic Watts, NPG 1010 © National Portrait Gallery

This week saw the publication of Beautiful World, Where Are You, Sally Rooney's hugely anticipated follow-up to bestseller and Waterstones Book of the Year Normal People. In this fascinating interview with journalist and broadcaster Alex Clark, Rooney discusses the writing of Beautiful World, Where Are You and her ongoing evolution as an author: https://bit.ly/2Vr7i6D