New sonnets and old Shakespeare: Russell Maret and the Sonnets 2016 collection

Russell Maret, 2017 printer-in-residence at the Bodleian, led a seminar looking at old and new printings of Shakespeare. Participating were some of the printers who had contributed to the Bodleian’s new collection of Shakespeare’s sonnets printed in 2016. The group discussed questions of fidelity to the early printed texts, artistic interpretation, and personal responses to the poems. … Continue reading “New sonnets and old Shakespeare: Russell Maret and the Sonnets 2016 collection”

Sonnets 2016: the Bodleian Library collects 154 sonnets from presses around the world

Lucy Evans, Rare Books From close to home and further afield, from Oxford to Moonshine Road, California, to New Delhi and Llandogo, hand-press printers across the world answered the call to print Shakespeare’s 154 sonnets. An enthusiastic response meant all 154 sonnets were quickly assigned. The UK and the USA are the most heavily represented … Continue reading “Sonnets 2016: the Bodleian Library collects 154 sonnets from presses around the world”

Sonnets printed in 2016 welcomed to the Bodleian Libraries

The Bodleian Libraries welcomed two unique sets of sonnets into the Libraries’ collections at a special event on 10 November, 2016. One was a set of sonnets written by Oxford schoolchildren as part of a series of workshops led by the Poet of Oxford Kate Clanchy. The other was a unique collection of Shakespearean sonnets … Continue reading “Sonnets printed in 2016 welcomed to the Bodleian Libraries”