The Secret Life of Books

A history of the book as an object and enduring cultural force, from the binding innovations and binding errors to the burned books and books in art. Author Tom Mole runs the Centre for the History of the Book at University of Edinburgh.

Tom Mole is Professor of English Literature and Book History at the University of Edinburgh, where he runs the Centre for the History of the Book. He has taught at universities in the UK and Canada, and has lectured widely in Europe, Australia and North America. He has written or edited several volumes about books and literature, including What the Victorians Made of Romanticism, which won the 2018 Saltire Prize for Research Book of the Year. He lives in Edinburgh with his wife and young daughter.