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Read about the collection of Blavatnik Honresfield Library printed books that have been donated to the University of Bristol.

The manuscript will initially be exhibited at St Cecilia’s Hall alongside a lute also dating from c1620.

FNL helps the Bodleian acquire Lupton's 'A thousand notable things of sundrie sorts' (London, 1631).

2021 was an extraordinary year for FNL - read all about it in our Annual Report.

The last Charlotte Brontë miniature manuscript has been saved by FNL

FNL has successfully raised £15 to ensure that the collection will remain permanently in the public domain

FNL's Royal Patron, writing in the Daily Mail, describes FNL's Honresfield Appeal as a 'noble campaign'.

FNL is leading a bid to save Honresfield Library a treasure trove of literary manuscripts.

Stephen Hawking's archive has been acquired by Cambridge University Library and the contents of his office by the Science Museum.

In 2020, FNL gave 39 acquisition grants to institutions across the UK, enabling the enhancement of collections even in the face of a pandemic

FNL has facilitated the gift of the Book of Lismore (C15th) from the Trustees of the Chatsworth Settlement to University College Cork.

Pembroke College, Cambridge, has acquired the archive of Barrie Cooke, an artist whose closest friends were Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney.

The archive was acquired with FNL support and selected parts are now digitised and freely accessible.

Acquired and digitised with FNL support, the Ludlow Roll is now on display until January 2020

The copy of Lady Chatterley's Lover used by the judge in the landmark obscenity trial of 1960 has been acquired by the University with FNL's help.

Read about the fascinating visit by FNL members to Winchester College

Acquired (1931) and digitised (2017) thanks to FNL support