Sniff: A History of Smells Interactive Display campaign
A remarkable account of the weird and wonderful history of smell
Yale University Press is offering FREE display packs to libraries to celebrate the publication of Sniff by William Tullett.
The publisher would love libraries to participate by creating interactive displays in their library. This campaign is based around one of the key chapters in the book The Stink of Ink, which is about the history of smell associated with printed articles. Each pack will include the following items*:
- 1 x hardback copy of Sniff: A History of Smells
- 1 x A4 jacket poster of Sniff: A History of Smells
- 25 x scratch and sniff interactive bookmarks
- 3 x A5 cards detailing the history of smells in ink and paper for magazines, books, and newspapers
- Cards detailing other facts about the history of smell
- 1 x newspaper
- 1 x magazine
- 1 x display guide information sheet
What you need for the display: - 1 x old book from your library collections
About the book
Across vast periods of time and around the globe, smell has been central to human life. From the incense burned in medieval religious rituals to the use of modern sniffer dogs, smells have been central to our sense of identity, our ability to build communities, and, perhaps less positively, to mark those deemed unwelcome within them. Our sense of smell brings us the pleasure of good food, wine, and perfume, but it also warns us of dangerous fire, gas, and rot.
What did the past smell like? Why does our own world smell the way it does?
Moving through key locations, from libraries to forests, churches to hospitals, Will Tullett explores the peculiar history of smell. We smell witchcraft and murder, fin de siècle Parisian theatres, and cinemas in 1960s New York. What emerges is not just a history of smells, but biographies of the many noses that have sniffed them.
How to order
Please place your free order below.
Orders for one pack per library only. If you are ordering more than one pack (to disperse to other libraries in your region) you need to also email kathleen.ktorides@readingagency.org.uk to notify her of the individual library names that the packs will be used at. Alternatively, you can do individual orders for each library in the shop. Please place your order by 28 July. Packs may sell out before this date.
