Title

The Rylands Brief: Michael Schmidt

Creator

Smith, Jessica

Schmidt, Michael

Dessaline, Guillaume (Editor)

Description

In episode 1, Creative Arts Archivist at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Jessica Smith is in discussion with Carcanet Editor and University of Manchester Professor Michael Schmidt, talking about Eavan Boland’s Collection, Domestic Violence and her work and importance to Carcanet and the University Archives.

This podcast features items from an exhibition which celebrates 50 years of Carcanet poetry press, an exhibition which was installed at Rylands in Manchester in mid-March 2020. The week that it was due to open, the Rylands closed as a result of the pandemic.

The Rylands Brief is devised and written by John McAuliffe at the Centre for New Writing and Jessica Smith at the John Rylands Research Institute and Library. Thanks to Guillaume Dujat Des Allimes for sound tech.

Date

2020