Bring a book that is meaningful to you or your loved ones, tell us its story and what makes it valuable to you! Annotations, doodles, earmarks, pressed flowers between the pages... past readers were not so different from us, and we will find this out, also thanks to Mitchell collections on display. With your help, in this community event we will uncover connections and similarities that bring together past and present, geographic distance, and different views of the world. A drop-in event suitable for adults and families. 

This event is part of Being Human Festival, the UK’s national festival of the humanities, taking place 6 - 15 November 2025. Led by the School of Advanced Study, University of London, with generous support from Research England, in partnership with the Arts and Humanities Research Council and the British Academy. For further information please see beinghumanfestival.org.