Welcome to the Sparrows' Nest Library and Archive

Based in Nottingham (UK), we look after tens of thousands of books, journals, pamphlets, zines, leaflets, posters and other items documenting the anarchist movement in the UK and beyond, as well as local radical history. Browse our catalogue, access digitised records in our free Digital Library and get in touch to arrange a visit.
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News and events

News and events from The Sparrows' Nest.

Exhibition of Local Alternative and Radical News Media @ Nottingham Contemporary Sep 27-29 2019.

Featuring loads of awesome materials!

On Saturday 27th April we ran a workshop as guests of the Notts Zine Library, currently based at Nottingham Contemporary.

A couple of months ago, Iain McKay ran two very successful talks at Five Leaves Bookshop, entitled The Meaning of Anarchism, via twelve libertarians.

Saturday 27th April, 2019

11-4pm

Free event, but spaces are limited, please do let us know by email if you are planning to attend.

You may have noticed that we have massively expanded our catalogue and especially the Digital Library over the last couple of years. As we have now digitised large collections of long running papers, journals, magazines etc. we will start putting together articles dedicated to individual publications and subjects, shining a spotlight on some of these materials.

  1. 10th anniversary of The Sparrows’ Nest
  2. Upcoming event - Rosemary Muge on Poaching - 27th Oct 2pm
  3. Interview with a Sparrow on the Anarchist Studies blog
  4. Event Jun 23rd: The 1848 Revolutions: An Anarchist Perspective

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