Diverse Book Awards 2021

 

The shortlist for the Diverse Book Awards has been announced.  Some great books on the list.  Follow the links below for more information.  Some of these titles, and those from the 2020 list, can be found in our Libraries.

And the Stars Were Burning Brightly by Danielle Jawando

Boy, Everywhere by A M Dassu

Cane Warriors by Alex Wheatle

Eight Pieces of Silva by Patrice Lawrence

Hideous Beauty by William Hussey

Run, Rebel by Manjeet Mann

Wonderland by Juno Dawson

Reading is Magic Festival

 

This vitrual festival looks amazing and it is all free!  This years programme includes Count on Creativity with Harry Baker, Looking after our planet with Emma Shevah & Marc ter Horst, Tell your own story with Alice Oseman, Rebecca Tantony and Gordon Shaw and Love stories with Holly Bourne, William Sutcliffe and Tanya Byrne.  

The Festival runs from Monday the 27th of September to Friday the 1st of October 2021.

A full list of the fantastic free events on offer can be found here.

World Kid Lit Month

Did you know September is World Kid Lit Month?  World Kid Lit Month is an opportunity to celebrate literature for children and teens, and especially to think about diversity by exploring world literature and translations.

 

Penguin Books in partnership with The Runnymede Trust have put together some very useful Lit in Colour reading lists.  There are also some great free World Kid Lit Month resources available here.

Roald Dahl Story Day

 

We will never stop loving Roald Dahl and his wonderful stories.  You can download a fab free party pack here to help you celebrate Roald Dahl Story Day. 

Recycle, reuse, renew

We have seven of these very useful book display racks, but they were looking a bit tired.

We were thinking of the environment and did not want to throw them out, so decided to strip them, with the help of some of our amazing colleagues.

And then our wonderful site team spray painted them for us in this lovely copper colour.  A special thanks to Benjamin C and Reece H.

So remember folks .... wherever you can recycle, reuse, renew!