Skip to content
Menu
The Institutional History Society
  • Home
  • About The Institutional History Society
    • About The Institutional History Society
    • Meet The Institutional History Team
    • In The News
    • FAQs
  • Research
    • Timelines
    • Prisons
      • County Gaols, City and Major Prisons
        • Woking Male Invalid Convict Prison Prison
        • Petworth Jail
        • Millbank Prison
      • Bridewells, Houses of Correction, Town Gaols
      • Lockups and Tolbooths
      • Hulks
  • Blog
    • Blog
    • The Reading Nook
    • Humane Awards
  • Resources
    • Resources & Guides
    • Podcasts
    • Newsletter
  • Get Involved
    • Volunteer
    • Events
    • Contact Us
    • Donate
    • Competitions
  • Search
The Institutional History Society
The Reading Nook

The Reading Nook

The Institutional History Society Presents – The Reading Nook. A cosy corner where we’ll be adding interviews with Authors, reviews of crime novels and a list of recommended non-fiction works.

We will showcase the best, the bleakest and the most grotesque examples of the written word. The only rule is that it has to fit the Institutional History Society’s range of interests – crimes, criminal behaviour, victims or the history of institutions. The reading nook is the place to be for reading inspiration, audio-book suggestions and, if you’ve read something fantastic recently, why not submit your own review to us by emailing here.

Interviews with Authors

An Interview with Michelle Higgs – Author of Tracing Your Ancestors In Lunatic Asylums

Book Reviews

The Prison Cookbook by Peter Higginbotham
The Seven Poor Travellers by Charles Dickens (et al.)

Audiobooks & Podcasts

The Battered Body Beneath the Flagstones, and Other Victorian Scandals
All That Remains; A life in Death, by Sue Black (Read by Sue Black)

Inside Out: A personal perspective on modern British Prisons

FacebookTwitterInstagram
  • Newsletter
  • Press Release
  • Contact Us
  • FAQs
  • Resources & Guides
  • Meet The Institutional History Team
©2025 The Institutional History Society | Powered by SuperbThemes