World’s largest resource for the history of reading in Britain

With over 30,000 entries, the UK Reading Experience Database (RED) offers fascinating information about British readers.

 Led by the OU’s Prof Bob Owens, UK RED gathers the recorded evidences of reading in Britain (including British subjects abroad and visitors to Britain) during the period 1450 to 1945.

RED provides an unparalleled wealth of information about readers through British history, and has recently been relaunched to include more countries. It is open access and committed to the social construction of knowledge, with members of the public encouraged to contribute data to the project.

UK RED

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