Current reading of this book from 1873 provides us with a reminder to keep on seeing things afresh, to keep on learning and to keep on reinterpreting. Abbi Parcell, a PhD candidate, has been reading this book …

Just think, it could have been known as a ‘snargleglow’. But as you well know, the author reached instead for the word ‘gruffalo’ – and here’s the very first time she scribbled it …

Smaller than a playing card and more expensive than a mansion, this tiny manuscript offers an insight into the mind of the budding 13-year-old novelist …

Written interpretation doesn’t always need to be upright. Here’s a charming example of a quotation from Charlotte Brontë, set in a stone in the garden at Plymouth Grove, home of fellow author Mrs Gaskell …