Welcome Back!

Welcome back!  We hope you've had a great summer.  We have received some postcards telling us what you were reading and look forward to displaying these soon. 

With two beautiful libraries, we have a wonderful collection of fiction and non-fiction for you to browse and borrow, as well as a reference collection and computing facilities.  There are Librarians on hand to help with homework and recommend a great read - just ask!

For the KS3 students, the Discovery Library is open before and after school as well as at lunch time for quiet study. For KS4 students, the War Memorial Library is open at lunch time and for Post 16 students, it is available to use throughout the day including morning break.

Look out for our library competitions, including our weekly Word of the Week competition, with loads of great prizes to be won. We have changing book displays and displays of new books to encourage reading for pleasure. We are happy to consider buying any books that we do not currently have. There are suggestion boxes too for any comments or suggestions you may have.

Banned Books - Censored Summer Reads

Banned Books Week is an initiative that was originally devised by the American Library Association in the early 80s in response to the growing number of books that were being challenged in libraries, schools and bookshops in the US.  This September, BannedBooks Week UK takes place for the first time and celebrates the freedom to read, write and publish, without censorship, coordinated by organisations including Index for Censorship, The British Library and the Publishers Association. 

Part of the Banned Books Week will include the results of the Censored Summer Reads public vote, which has been running in July and August and closes on 22^nd August – you still have time to vote! 

You should also check out the young adult banned books list, which contains books that have been challenged for a range of reasons.  They include classic novels, The Catcher in the Rye, The Color Purple and To Kill a Mockingbird, all of which are available to borrow from the War Memorial Library.

Man Booker Prize Longlist announced - first graphic novel makes the list

The Man Booker Prize is open to writers of any nationality writing in English and published in the UK and Ireland.  This year's longlist of thirteen novels includes, for the first time, a graphic novel, Sabrina by Nick Drnaso.  

Man Booker Longlist - themanbookerprize.com

At TRS, we have a growing collection of graphic novels, both the Discovery and War Memorial Libraries, which are really popular with our students.  

With research showing that students who read for up to 30 minutes a day are more likely to achieve beyond expected levels for their age group than those that don't, graphic novels are a great way of encouraging reading for pleasure, especially among reluctant readers. 

Look out for more graphic novels in the Autumn term!

The Man Booker shortlist of six books will be announced on 20th September and the winner will be announced on 16th October.