Snow on Sidge❄️ A wintery welcome back as we reopen! Pop by 9am - 5pm on weekdays for the remainder of the vacation.

The end of another term is in sight! Well done to all those finishing up on essays, articles and teaching! You may be wondering what to do with your library books as you head off for the holidays - except for short loans you can keep them all over the vacation!

Relive the recent symposium on La Noire de… at the MMLL Library with our new exhibition! Put together in collaboration with Dr Doyle Calhoun for the symposium, it combines Ousmane Sembène’s films and literary works, along with relevant scholarship.📚

Happy Bridgemas!⛄️ Look out for multilingual crocheted Christmas trees around the library foyer, and for some festive treats at Tea & Biscuits!

Call for papers 🌊 Thalassopoetics: Ocean readings in French When we consider French literary traditions from the sea rather than the land, what perspectives does it give us, and what questions are we prompted to ask? 20-21 April 2026 Murray Edwards College Deadline 31 Dec 2025 bit.ly/47S2nyb

Our current exhibition is based around events happening locally to mark Black History Month, with a focus on audio/visual culture, from music and art to black divas throughout history.🎨🎼 Find out more about the events still happening across Cambridge via the link in our bio!

If you've been in the library recently you may have noticed the cabins for the Stirling Building refurbishment blocking some windows. Not to fear - we've replaced these with some sights we'd all much rather be looking out on!   Can you identify these dream Year Abroad destinations?

Good morning. We are aware that selective ebooks platforms are down. These include JSTOR, EBSCOhost, Taylor & Francis and BorrowBox (audiobooks). We believe that a major contributing factor is the disruption to Amazon Web Services, health.aws.amazon.com/health/status

Lauren Berlant reading group 📚 Join CRASSH Fellow @darlingorlaith.bsky.social in tracing Berlant’s understanding of normative fantasies and their role in maintaining and critiquing the social and political orthodoxies of given eras From 13 October, Alison Richard Building, CB3 9DP bit.ly/4nFi9C0

Welcome to all those arriving in Cambridge for the new academic year!🍂📚 Here's a quick rundown of what's been happening at the MMLL Library in advance of the new term🧵 - Cozy lighting in the Student Room. - English-language fiction translated into Tripos languages.

Over the holidays we’ve been busy with book moves and collection expansion at MMLL!    We’ve added a selection of foreign-language cookbooks and popular fiction translated from English into MMLL Tripos languages - look out for speech bubbles marking this on the books’ spines💬 #UniversityofCambridge

At MMLL we’ve been tracking the beautiful ginkgo trees outside the library throughout the seasons!🌳 As we come to summer, the library will be closing to allow for staff annual leave and book move projects. We will be closed from 4th-26th August inclusive.

💥 CRASSH at 25! Be part of our 2026 anniversary programme! Submit your ideas in response to our anniversary open calls for a special annual lecture and a series of funded half-day events on the theme of 'Knowledge in a Fractured World' buff.ly/MdzMVzX

🎤 in this Q&A, CIRN Fellow Pietro Agnoletto tells us about his upcoming event ‘Reimagining Ecologies in Italian Visual Culture’, which takes place on 11 June at CRASSH, and explores how environmental humanities can engage with the value placed on 'nature' and environmental issues bit.ly/43HcXok

As you can imagine, the books we purchase for MMLL are shipped from all over the world.📦 We’ve recently started collecting the gorgeous stamps which arrive on these parcels in order to make them into magnets as a small Easter term freebie!

Cambridge is getting busy with students settling back in for Easter term! We’re taking this opportunity to also welcome some new punny trolleys to the library trolley team: meet Gabriel Cartcía Márquez, Bookrecia Martel, Cartemisia Gentileschi and Samuel Bookett!

📣The University of Cambridge now has online access to over 50 Latin American newspapers from the nineteenth and early twentieth century!   You can find the full collection via the University's A-Z of databases or by searching for the newspapers on iDiscover.   libguides.cam.ac.uk/az/databases...

🌇 Join us for '#EntangledCities: Spaces of improvisation in contemporary Latin American urban culture' Explore how Latin American urban cultures open new ways of thinking through improvisation and creative assemblage 2-3 May 2025 St Catharine's College, Cambridge Register at buff.ly/qJytl9r 1/3

New MMLL reads!📚 Look out for these on our new book displays around the library. Here is also a quick reminder that the MMLL Library will be closing at 4pm every day next week, and that we’ll be closed from 18th-21st April. Happy Holidays!

Absolutely incredible stamp game on this recently arrived parcel at MMLL! Who thinks we should turn some of these into magnets?👀

💫 Cambridge Festival Fairy-Tale Mirages: A creative storytelling workshop 👨‍👩‍👦 Adults 🗓️ 22 March 4.30-6pm 📍 CB3 9DP 🎟️ buff.ly/TduEwyf Dive into fairy tales from the Mediterranean sea & activities based on Sicilian and Calabrian fairy tales that feature liminal sea creatures

To celebrate #InternationalWomensDay, we've gathered some resources which spotlight women in film - from criticism and journals to films by female filmmakers from around the world. You can also find details about streaming platforms which University members can access - Sunday plans sorted!🍿

If you’re at the library today or tomorrow, have a break in the sun and check out the 48-hour installation Sur place & À emporter by Sébastien Hoëltzener and Nina Rendulić, co-ordinated by Prof Hugo Azérad. A description of the installation can be found here: www.festival.cam.ac.uk/events/sur-p...

The first week of spring felt like a fitting time to join Bluesky! Blue skies at MMLL this week featured below☀️