Simon Keable-Elliott will speak on Robert Keable, from Magdalene scholar to notorious novelist. When Robert Keable left Cambridge, there were high expectations that he would have a dazzling career in the church. He certainly built a reputation as a fine writer and preacher working in Bradford, Zanzibar and, during the war, in Basutoland. It was,

New horizons in bibliography: the Andean khipu: Dr Medrano studies khipus, knotted-string devices that fulfilled the functions of writing in the prehispanic Andes, whose narrative properties remain little known. He is working to catalogue the remaining khipus in museums and private collections around the world. This event is hosted in partnership with the Cambridge Bibliographical

Dr Peter Taverner, Magdalene College, Cambridge, gives an illustrated lecture on "The Materialities of Texts: East, and West", followed by a workshop comparing physical forms of bamboo and paper books.