{"id":969,"date":"2018-07-31T07:35:06","date_gmt":"2018-07-31T07:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/selcie\/?page_id=969"},"modified":"2019-06-25T13:38:56","modified_gmt":"2019-06-25T13:38:56","slug":"your-memories","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.blogs.hss.ed.ac.uk\/selcie\/your-memories\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Reading Memories"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SELCIE is the home of all things curious and loved in relation to children\u2019s literature, in Scotland, and beyond. We have blogged and tweeted about the inscriptions, dedications, and memorabilia which we found in many of the books. And we have a special case devoted to these in our <em>Growing Up With Books<\/em> exhibition at the Museum of Childhood, called \u2018The Lives of Children\u2019s Books\u2019. This chronicles how much children\u2019s books have meant \u2014 in the lives of their little owners, to the people who gave and received them as gifts, and in the journeys across different centuries and lives which many of these special volumes seem remarkably to have made. Each book holds its own memories and experiences.<\/p>\n<p>At SELCIE we\u2019re also interested in the legacy of children\u2019s books now. We would love to hear your stories, reminiscences, and reflections about the books which shaped your childhood. Did you have a favourite book, or a writer you loved to read, or hear, most? A favourite character? We would love to hear some of your memories. These can be brief, or long \u2013 we are interested in hearing everyone\u2019s stories about stories, of all ages, so please come along! You can\u00a0send us your reading memories here:<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"wpcf7 no-js\" id=\"wpcf7-f964-o1\" lang=\"en-GB\" dir=\"ltr\" data-wpcf7-id=\"964\">\n<div class=\"screen-reader-response\"><p role=\"status\" aria-live=\"polite\" aria-atomic=\"true\"><\/p> <ul><\/ul><\/div>\n<form action=\"\/selcie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/969#wpcf7-f964-o1\" method=\"post\" class=\"wpcf7-form init\" aria-label=\"Contact form\" novalidate=\"novalidate\" data-status=\"init\">\n<fieldset class=\"hidden-fields-container\"><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7\" value=\"964\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_version\" value=\"6.1.7\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_locale\" value=\"en_GB\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_unit_tag\" value=\"wpcf7-f964-o1\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_container_post\" value=\"0\" \/><input type=\"hidden\" name=\"_wpcf7_posted_data_hash\" value=\"\" \/>\n<\/fieldset>\n<p><label> Your Name (required)<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-name\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-required\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"text\" name=\"your-name\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> Your Email (required)<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"your-email\"><input size=\"40\" maxlength=\"400\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-email wpcf7-validates-as-required wpcf7-text wpcf7-validates-as-email\" aria-required=\"true\" aria-invalid=\"false\" value=\"\" type=\"email\" name=\"your-email\" \/><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label> What books shaped your childhood?<br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"memories\"><textarea cols=\"40\" rows=\"10\" maxlength=\"2000\" class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-textarea\" aria-invalid=\"false\" name=\"memories\"><\/textarea><\/span> <\/label>\n<\/p>\n<p><label>I accept the terms laid out on this site's privacy policy page, and agree that my contribution may be used by SELCIE\u2019s memory archive project.<\/label><br \/>\n<span class=\"wpcf7-form-control-wrap\" data-name=\"gdpr-acceptance\"><span class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-acceptance\"><span class=\"wpcf7-list-item\"><input type=\"checkbox\" name=\"gdpr-acceptance\" value=\"1\" aria-invalid=\"false\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/span>\n<\/p>\n<p>[honeypot selcietrap]\n<\/p>\n<p><input class=\"wpcf7-form-control wpcf7-submit has-spinner\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Send\" \/>\n<\/p><div class=\"wpcf7-response-output\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/form>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>Your reading memories will become part of SELCIE\u2019s memory archive project, called <strong><em>The Books of Our Lives: A Reading Memories Project<\/em><\/strong>. Thank you so much!<\/p>\n<p>***<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Thanks to SELCIE&#8217;s <em>Growing Up With Books<\/em> project and revisiting one of my favorite essays on childhood reading by Irina Dumitrescu this morning, I&#8217;ve been thinking a lot about books that meant a lot to me as a child, particularly Brian Jacques&#8217; works, and Madeleine L&#8217;Engle&#8217;s books.<\/p>\n<p>Both the <em>Redwall<\/em> series and <em>A Wrinkle In Time<\/em> provided opportunities for me to see myself &#8211;\u00a0 my internal self at least &#8211; in books at a time when that was the only level of representation that I could hope to find. It stayed with me, and shaped me.<\/p>\n<p>And these books arguably brought me further down the road to where I am today. I&#8217;m lucky that I get to write about them, and why reading experiences that are formative are important, and why access is important. But also, why I find certain narratives are important.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em>Michelle Anya<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SELCIE is the home of all things curious and loved in relation to children\u2019s literature, in Scotland, and beyond. We have blogged and tweeted about the inscriptions, dedications, and memorabilia which we found in many of the books. 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