Current exhibitions
Current exhibitions at the John Rylands Library:
![[Hannah Brown's binding - overall competition winner 2008]](/specialcollections/exhibitions/current/imagemax20kb,169151,en.jpg)
Designer Bookbinders Annual Competition 2009
Christie Gallery
5 November to 31 January
The 34th annual Designer Bookbinders Competition. The aim of this competition to give binders the opportunity to exhibit their technical and artistic abilities.
Entries for the 2009 competition will are on display, giving visitors the opportunity to see a marvellous variety of interpretative styles and the use of different techniques and materials.
The set book for this year's competition is Le Grand Meaulnes by Alain Fournier, published by the Folio Society.
![[A Small Eternity]](/specialcollections/exhibitions/current/imagemax20kb,169152,en.jpg)
I am Christina Rossetti!
Crawford Room
9 December 2009 to 7 February 2010
During the run of A Small Eternity: The shape of the sonnet through time (25 February to 27 June 2009) we asked visitors to vote for their favourite sonnet from the exhibition.
The winner was 'Remember' by Christina Rossetti. Everyone who voted for 'Remember' received a hand-printed letterpress copy of the sonnet, produced in a limited edition by The Incline Press in Oldham. Remaining copies are in the John Rylands Library shop.
'Remember' was the clear favourite, and received over a quarter of all the votes cast*. In recognition of the appeal of this work, the curator of A Small Eternity has put together an intimate display of material from the collections which shed light on the remarkable life and work of Christina Rossetti.
*If you would like further information on the results of the voting, please contact our Visitor Services Team on 0161 306 0555 or jrl.events@manchester.ac.uk.