Frances Hodgson Burnett – back in Manchester!
We have been incredibly lucky at the House that Ann Thwaite, the biographer of Frances Hodgson Burnett, has donated her collection of FHB books to us. Do watch this space and follow our plans for celebrating such an amazing donation! I wrote
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Forgotten Novels – The Hidden Stories of the 19th and early 20th Century
Fancy rediscovering some of the forgotten women novelists of the Victorian and Edwardian era? This new online course with Sherry Ashworth starting in September may be for you! Women’s writing was often dismissed as romantic, sensationalist and lesser than men’s writing. So
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Book Labelling
As part of Elizabeth Gaskell's House’s work towards Museum Accreditation, a team of volunteers got together one Monday to allocate unique identifying numbers to the books in William Gaskell's study, with the aim of doing the whole collection eventually. Supervised by Jane,
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Tales from a Second-hand Book Sale
It's 'possibly the best second-hand book sale in Manchester' according to one of our regular visitors, and we certainly agree! We have a full book sale once a month here at Elizabeth Gaskell's House, but there are always plenty of books for
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A Salford Unitarian Family – with added literary connections!
The last blog about the Bowes family explored their Unitarian connections, but there’s more to learn about an interesting literary friendship Arthur Bowes had! Arthur Bowes, who is our volunteer Jane’s great grandfather, was born in Pendleton in 1858. In 1872, when
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