📖 | First six months have come and gone already! What a privilege to work with such amazing collections, inspiring colleagues, and lovely readers and visitors. Fair to say I love my job @natlibscot.bsky.social!

Patron: Okay, for this scene, I need a fiery chariot carrying Elijah up to heaven. Can you do that? Printmaker: You bet! I think I've seen a chariot once - they're like little soapbox cars, right? Four wheels? Self-driving? Patron: I mean, not usually. Printmaker: Cool, just leave it with me.

Brilliant to see the creativity and skill on display by ENU students reinterpreting the Renaissance painted ceiling inside Merchiston Tower! A great example of what can be achieved when students connect with heritage collections 😊 @enuheritage.bsky.social @edinburghnapier.bsky.social

With the paperwork out of the way, I'm absolutely chuffed to announce I'll be taking up the position of Curator at the National Library of Scotland in Edinburgh (@natlibscot.bsky.social), looking after its early printed collections up to 1700. Deeply honoured and excited to get started!

☠️| Did you know that books can be dangerous? We discovered a poisonous book today! During the 19th century, heavy metals such as arsenic and lead were sometimes added to book bindings to create the vivid green colours like in this copy of Moore's Irish Melodies (ECC E346). #PoisonBooks #booksky

📖 | Starting the year off strong with some wonderful items from our War Poets Collection out for consultation today. Find your favourite items from our collections, and information on how to view them in person at ➡️ tinyurl.com/3ajbbaxt

Such a great event! Always a privilege to co-host @enuheritage.bsky.social sessions with enthusiastic and knowledgeable academics. There's so much more to discover about our collections! 📖 📚

Exciting news! 📢 After many months of work, our new Heritage Collections Discovery portal is now live. From rare books, to archives, and unique artifacts, you can find exactly what you’re looking for – quickly and easily. Do have a look to explore our unique collections ➡️ tinyurl.com/2hsve3pm

This is set to be an excellent event! Do come along and have a look at some amazing items from the unique and outstanding Edward Clark Collection. 📖 📚 For more info on the Heritage Collections, see also: www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our...

Come and join this event at the NLS tomorrow where @sudlow-mckay.bsky.social and myself will be representing @edinburghnapier.bsky.social's Heritage Collections to talk about the nurses at Craiglockhart War Hospital (1916-1919). There's still time to register! www.tickettailor.com/events/edinb...

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There are still tickets available for tonight's brilliant event! 📖 Join Charles Glass at our Craiglockhart campus, home to the celebrated War Poets Collection, for the launch of his new book 'Soldiers Don't Go Mad'. 📆 Tue 28 Nov ⏰ 6.30pm 📍 Craiglockhart campus Full details➡ orlo.uk/ltnbl

Next week, we're hosting a wonderful talk by Prof. Alison Fell, whose title, 'Glorifying Women: Remembering Women’s Roles in WWI,' directly speaks to Sassoon's poem 'Glory of Women.' The event is free and open to all, but ticketed. Reserve using the link below: www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/our...

Back in July, a very special item was donated to our War Poets Collection: an original poem by Siegfried Sassoon, written while he was staying at Craiglockhart War Hospital (which is now the campus for ENU's business school). www.napier.ac.uk/about-us/new...

Hi! Just joined Bluesky. I'm Curator at Edinburgh Napier University, where we're currently setting up a new heritage service. The collections cover over 500 years of history, taking in printing, war poetry, Victorian literature & 1960s countercultures.