Name: Book Curses -Eleanor Baker
Start: 2024-11-14T17:30:00Z
End: 2024-11-14T18:30:00Z
Location: Watkins Bookshop

Featuring some of the most ferocious and humorous book curses ever inscribed, this is a lively and engaging introduction to the history and development of bookish maledictions.

*Don’t steal this*
*Book if you do I will*
*Beat your Brains*
*Out*

Have you ever wanted to protect your books from forgetful borrowers, merciless page-folders or outright thieves? Perhaps you have even wished harm on those who have damaged your books, but would you threaten them with hellfire, hanging or the plague?

This book contains a collection of some of the most ferocious and humorous book curses ever inscribed, from fearsome threats discovered emblazoned on stone monuments from the ancient Near East, to elaborate manuscript maledictions and chilling warnings scribbled in printed books.

Book curses are entertaining writings in themselves, but they also offer a tantalising insight into how passionately texts and books have been valued by their owners and readers over the centuries. Join our webinar with author Eleanor Baker for an engaging introduction to the history and development of the book curse and perhaps some inspiration to pen a few of your own.

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Eleanor Baker is the English Subject Lead for the University of Oxford's [Astrophoria Foundation Year](https://www.ox.ac.uk/admissions/undergraduate/increasing-access/foundation-year), and the Stipendiary Lecturer in Old and Middle English at Balliol College for the 2024/5 academic year.

Eleanor completed her DPhil in late medieval literature in 2022 at St John’s College, University of Oxford, after reading for an MPhil at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge, and a degree in English Literature at Royal Holloway, University of London.

She has taught on undergraduate courses at several universities, and worked on university outreach and access provision. She has published on a variety of topics including medieval book-craft recipes and sermons, and on engaging secondary and sixth-form students with medieval literature.

Eleanor has previously organised public outreach events in Oxford, including the Oxford Mystery Cycle, the Oxford Medieval Church Crawl and the Oxford Medieval Pilgrimage Day with Dr Rebecca Menmuir, BA Fellow at Queen Mary's, University of London. With Alex Peplow, she also hosted the podcast *Living Libraries*.

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Book Curses -Eleanor Baker

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