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Collection Blog

14th May 2019 LGBTQ+ Writing in the Seven Stories Collection
As we continue to explore radical themes within our Collection, this blog explores the writing of Aidan Chambers.
10th May 2019 Dear Bob: Exploring the Robert Westall Correspondence in the Laura Cecil Collection
Antonia Perna is a Northern Bridge doctoral student at Durham University. She is currently undertaking a placement at Seven Stories, where she has been cataloguing the Robert Westall Correspondence in our Laura Cecil Collection.
28th April 2019 Exploring Radicalism in Children’s Literature
Over the coming months we are exploring the theme of radicalism in children’s books.
6th December 2018 Christmas Annuals: A Window into Years Gone By
This December we want to share an insight into the annuals we have in the Seven Stories Collection.
16th February 2018 Placement Corner: The Fritz Wegner Collection
Read about illustration student Charlotte Dunhill's experience at the archive
2nd February 2018 Meet the Team: Rosalind, Conservator
Behind the scenes with the Seven Stories Collection staff
17th January 2018 'The House of Happiness' by Ursula Moray Williams
Discover Williams' unique collages in the Seven Stories Collection
29th December 2017 File in Focus: Holiday Special!
This post's file contains the dummy book for 'Presents' by Leila Berg
15th December 2017 Meet the Team: Alison, Exhibition Manager
1st December 2017 A Change is Gonna Come: The Diverse Voices Symposium at Seven Stories
24th November 2017 Childhood Works by Children's Authors and Illustrators
Discover the childhood works of Diana Wynne Jones, Elinor Lyon, Judith Kerr and Gaye Hicyilmaz
17th November 2017 Pat Hutchins
10th November 2017 Placement Corner: The Bernard Ashley Archive
20th October 2017 Inspiring Collections of Children's Librarians and their books at Seven Stories
13th October 2017 File in Focus: Azzi in Between
A new regular to the blog, October’s File in Focus is bursting with sketches and notes for Sarah Garland’s Azzi in Between
29th September 2017 Meet the Team: Josie, Collection and Exhibitions Assistant
Behind the scenes with the Seven Stories Collection staff
15th September 2017 In Her Shoes: A look at Noel Streatfeild's Archive
Find out about one of our exciting new acquisitions in this week's blog about the Noel Streatfeild collection.
1st September 2017 Backstage at the Archives: Cataloguing Pearl Binder
25th August 2017 A Brief Foray in the David Wood Collection
The intricacies of adapting and staging Philippa Pearce’s Tom’s Midnight Garden
18th August 2017 Meet the Illustrator: David Axtell
11th August 2017 Placement Corner: The Pamela Whitlock Archive
4th August 2017 Marilyn Edwards
28th July 2017 Summer Holidays the Puffin Way
22nd December 2016 All About: Sleighs
Our final transport blog for the year is all about a Christmassy collection
25th November 2016 Wombat goes walk about to the Seven Stories Collection
For #archiveanimals Wombat decided to take a break from the exhibition
24th November 2016 All About: #autoarchives
We bring you a selection of our favorite modes of transport for #autoarchives.
22nd November 2016 #HairyArchive Bears
Dr Jessica Medhurst discusses bears at Seven Stories and bears in children's book
7th November 2016 David Almond Fellowships 2016/17
David Almond Fellowships aims to promote high-quality research into the Seven Stories Collection
2nd November 2016 500,000 Thank yous
We'd like to thank the National Lottery players who have helped to support half a million projects
1st September 2016 All About: Walking
Journey to Jo’burg delivers a subtle and powerful message about apartheid South Africa.
18th August 2016 The Clive King Collection
Volunteer Jonathan Oscher talks about one of our new Collecting Cultures acquisitions
1st August 2016 All About: Air Balloons
Judy Brook's Tim Mouse takes to the skies in the greatest of air balloon harvest mice rescues
19th July 2016 All About: (War) Horses
Spoiler Alert: this blog post discusses the end of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse...and an alternative ending!
1st June 2016 All About: Kettles
This month we will be exploring the very important and well known method of getting around, the kettle.
13th May 2016 Pearl Binder: from the East End to Hong Kong and North America.
Pearl Binder as children's book illustrator
4th May 2016 All About: Boats
Exhibition Curator David Wright explores the significance of boats in the work of Edward Ardizzone.
19th April 2016 Research the Seven Stories collection for your PhD
Vital North Partnership Manager, Rachel Smith discusses an exciting PhD opportunity.
18th April 2016 Bringing Seven Stories to the British Conference of Undergraduate Research
Volunteer Megan champions our Collection and the North East
1st April 2016 All About: Time-slip
Investigate time travel as transport in Berlie Doherty's Children of Winter
15th March 2016 King Arthur
Arthurian legend and Camelot favourites with volunteer Nick Brown
1st March 2016 All About: Cars
"The sun is shining And so is my car, It's a beautiful morning, How happy we are, Parp-parp-parp"
1st February 2016 All About: Castles
The most inventive and smoke-belching mode of transport: a castle!
8th January 2016 "Books have reference numbers too"
Paula Pintos gives an excellent account of our Book Collections
1st January 2016 All About: Tramcars
Welcoming 2016 with Tramcars in our new All About themed posts
18th December 2015 Merry Christmas 2015!
As a little wrap up for the year, here are just a small sample of a few of our favourite posts from 2015 - happy reading!
1st December 2015 All About: Horses
We hold material for some very famous literary horses - here is a small selection of archive, illustration and books
27th November 2015 CILIP NE visit
Anne Sharp writes about her visit to our store with eight other Library staff as part of an CILIP NE event
19th November 2015 Archives and learning
Beth, our Learning and Participation Coordinator explains why #archivesrock for learning programmes
18th November 2015 A Year in the Seven Stories Archive
Celebrate our amazing archive as part of the National Archive's 'Explore your Archive' week
16th November 2015 14 things you need to know about Seven Stories' Collection
Archives across the UK will be taking part to #explorearchives
13th November 2015 David Fickling Collection continued
Fickling seems to be a magnet for talent, he and his team have an eye for spotting amazing books and authors.
12th November 2015 Foraging through Fickling’s Archive Part 3
The third installment of volunteer Grace's diary exploration into our David Fickling Collection
11th November 2015 Foraging through Fickling’s Archive Part 2
The second installment of volunteer Grace's diary exploration into our David Fickling Collection
10th November 2015 Foraging through Fickling’s Archive Part 1
Over the next few days we'll be posting the archival adventures of volunteer Grace as she explores the David Fickling Collection
1st November 2015 All About: Mice
November's first mouse, or hoard of mice, is the fantastically imaginative book by Martin Waddell and Phillipe Dupasquier.
22nd October 2015 The Michael Morpurgo Archive
7th October 2015 Robert Westall’s North East
1st October 2015 All About: Lions
23rd September 2015 "A Twit's Story at Seven Stories"
10th September 2015 The Big Prop Shop
1st September 2015 All About: Dragons
10th August 2015 Ann numbers and remembers
6th August 2015 Beverley Naidoo Collection
1st August 2015 All About: Rabbits
26th July 2015 Collecting Cultures update
21st July 2015 Seven Stories Visitor Centre is now open! Part 2
19th July 2015 Seven Stories Visitor Centre is now open! Part 1
6th July 2015 Seven Stories on Tour
1st July 2015 All About: Dogs
28th June 2015 Hartlepool Festival of Illustration
23rd June 2015 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medal Winners
1st June 2015 All About: Tigers
1st May 2015 All About: Birds
1st April 2015 All About: Pigs
1st February 2015 All About: Sheep
1st January 2015 All About: Bears
22nd December 2014 The Thimble Press Traditional Tales Collection
11th December 2014 Exploring the Diana Wynne Jones archive, by Creative Writing student Becky Orwin
26th November 2014 Charles Keeping's illustrations for 'The God Beneath the Sea' and 'The Golden Shadow'
18th November 2014 Harold Jones's 'Lavender's Blue' comes to Seven Stories
12th November 2014 Two Exhibitions Come to an End
7th November 2014 Edward Ardizzone artwork donation at the CILIP Youth Libraries Group conference
31st October 2014 Spooky goings on in Store
24th October 2014 Guest Post: Brian Selznick gives a behind the scenes look at 'The Invention of Hugo Cabret'
17th October 2014 Diverse Voices at Seven Stories
10th October 2014 'Illustration and Inspiration' at the Granary Gallery, Berwick
30th September 2014 Ballet Stories with Katharine Holabird and Pam Knights
19th September 2014 Good Ideas with Michael Rosen
11th September 2014 A Fantastic Legacy: Diana Wynne Jones Memorial Conference
9th September 2014 Tony Mitton and John Lawrence’s 'Wayland'
3rd September 2014 Classic children's illustrations find a new home at Seven Stories
19th August 2014 Robert Westall: a Writer and His World Exhibition at Weaver Hall Museum, Cheshire
8th August 2014 Writing for Pleasure Project
31st July 2014 Interview with Angelina Ballerina Illustrator, Helen Craig
24th July 2014 Installing Angelina
17th July 2014 The making of 'Twists and Tails - The Story of Angelina Ballerina'
10th July 2014 The Wonderful World of Kate Petty
2nd July 2014 All about pop-up books! (2 of 2)
30th June 2014 Looking at radical children's literature, no. 3: H. G. Wells 'Little Wars'
23rd June 2014 Dragons, Diaries and the Gruffalo, Seven Stories Touring in Summer 2014
17th June 2014 Yasmeen Ismail winner of Best Book Illustrator at the V&A Illustration Awards!
16th June 2014 Looking at radical children's literature, no. 2: 'The Magic of Coal'
10th June 2014 All about pop-up books! (1 of 2)
2nd June 2014 Looking at radical children's literature, no. 1: Olive Dehn's 'Come In'
28th May 2014 Moving Stories in the archive: 'The Machine Gunners' and the BBC
16th May 2014 The 40th anniversary of 'The Trouble with Donovan Croft' - with guest contributor, Bernard Ashley
29th April 2014 Picturebook in Progress at Edinburgh College of Art
2nd April 2014 Gillian McClure Visits Seven Stories
21st March 2014 Finding Your Voice in Children's Books
13th March 2014 Helen Craig's studio
21st February 2014 Moving Stories Introduction Evening
19th February 2014 David Almond and Polly Dunbar talk about My Dad's a Birdman
11th February 2014 The Gruffalo Travels to Chatham, Kent
4th February 2014 Visitors to the Collection
28th January 2014 Picturebook in Progress
27th January 2014 Judy Brook's boat
27th January 2014 Our BRAND NEW Storylab Gallery: Behind the Scenes
20th January 2014 Touring Exhibitions from Seven Stories
9th January 2014 Yasmeen Ismail at the Seven Stories archive
6th January 2014 About the Seven Stories collection…
16th December 2013 Welcome to the BRAND NEW blog!
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