Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts

Jane Austen’s Fiction Manuscripts is a three-year AHRC-funded research project, which aims to create a digital resource reuniting all the known holograph surviving manuscripts of Austen’s fiction in an unprecedented virtual collection. They represent every stage of her writing life, roughly 1787 to 1817; that is from childhood (aged 11 or 12) to the year of her death (aged 41).

http://www.janeausten.ac.uk

Improve your internet searching skills

Intute have developed a set of free interactive internet tutorials to help you develop your internet research skills. Learn how to make discerning use of the Internet to help find information for your coursework and assignments. These interactive, teach-yourself tutorials take around an hour to complete, simply work through the material in your own time at your own pace.

http://www.vts.intute.ac.uk/

Cyfrwng 2010 conference

Cyfrwng 2010 conference
13-14 May 2010

Trinity University College, Carmarthen
Theme: 'Voices'

During the two day conference a series of academics and practitioners will be discussing various aspects on the theme of Voices. It will be a chance to hear discussion panels, to listen to academic papers, for practitioners to share their experiences and to see performers at work. http://www.cyfrwng.com/e/conference/2010.shtml

Cynhadledd Cyfrwng 2010

Cynhadledd Cyfrwng 2010
13-14 Mai 2010

Prifysgol y Drindod, Caerfyrddin
Thema: 'Lleisiau'

Yn ystod y gynhadledd ddeuddydd bydd cyfres o academyddion ac ymarferwyr yn trafod agweddau amrywiol ar thema Lleisiau. Bydd cyfle i glywed paneli trafod, i wrando ar bapurau academaidd, rhannu profiadau ymarferwyr a gweld perfformwyr wrth eu gwaith.
http://www.cyfrwng.com/c/conference/2010.shtml

Artist's gift of veteran drawings

A Welsh artist who painted two of Britain's World War I veterans shortly before their deaths has gifted final drawings of the pair to the nation.

Dan Llywelyn Hall, 29, originally from Cardiff, painted Henry Allingham, who was then the world's oldest man just a few days before he passed away.

His portrait of Britain's last Tommy, Harry Patch, 111, was completed by the artist months earlier.

The preparatory drawings made during sittings with the veterans have been gifted to the Royal Collection and the National Museum Wales to preserve them for future generations.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8348277.stm for further details.

Literature Online

Have you tried Literature Online?

It contains:

• over 350,000 works of poetry, prose and drama in English from the 8th Century to the present day
• over 250 carefully selected full-text journals
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• records for more than 18,000 authors
• unique multimedia content reference works, essays and MORE all from your desktop!

Try it here: http://lionreference.chadwyck.co.uk/

(Athens password reuired if you're not on the Trinity campus)