To celebrate diversity and inclusivity for "Priday" at CRGS this week, the library's display includes older and more recently published fiction with LGBTQ themes.
The MASSOLIT Video Essay Competition is officially open! Please spread the word and encourage them to enter.
If they need some inspiration the 2023 winner and runners-up can be found on the MASSOLIT YouTube channel: bit.ly/3PehM1Q
ALT A bookseller stands behind a desk labeled ‘Assistance’ at which a queue has formed. The people in the queue are labelled (front to back)
1. Knows the title of the book but not the author
2. Knows the author but not the title
3. Has some vague memories of the plot
4. Recalls the picture on the cover
5. Can name some of the actors from the movie adaptation
6. Thinks this is the coffee queue
7. Mind has gone completely blank but hoping something will come back before getting to the desk
📣 1 week to go until #ReadHourUK!
And taking part couldn't be easier. All you need to do is spend an hour of your day on the 8th September reading.
What could be better?! 😍📖
The official Read Hour will be from 2pm – 3pm, but you can take part at any time... ✨
There are only two weeks to go until #ReadHourUK. To take part, all you need to do is spend one hour reading on Wednesday 8 September, or join the official Read Hour between 2 – 3pm. nuori.fi/en/read-hour/
In Budapest, there is a fountain that looks like an open book. At regular intervals, a sheet of water curves to one side to give the illusion of a page being turned
📹 Da Min
Clitheroe Royal Grammar School Main School and Sixth Form is fundraising for UK for UNHCR. Check out their @JustGiving page and please donate if you can. Thank you! #JustGivingjustgiving.com/page/clithero…
Ever fancied being an oceanographer?🌊🐬
Take a journey into the Earth's oceans and discover whether you've got what it takes... Explore ocean depths, currents, temperatures and find out more about the future of our #oceans in this game:
open.edu/openlearn/oceanexpl…#WorldOceansDay
When #revising, there never seem to be enough hours in the day but could you #study while you wait, travel or do chores?🕐
This animation - part of our 'Study skills: one-minute tips' series - explains how to make the most of your daily pockets of time:
open.edu/openlearn/education…
‘There is so much to read and the days are so short! I get more hungry for knowledge every day, and less able to satisfy my hunger.’
George Eliot
#WednesdayWisdom
ALT Image: in the foreground is a white man (Dr Daniel Hartley) with a pink outline, the background shows an image of three older men (one thought to be Karl Marx) reviewing a document.
Text: Marxist Literary Criticism, Dr Daniel Hartley, University of Durham - MASSOLIT English Literature.
'I wish, as well as everybody else, to be perfectly happy; but, like everybody else, it must be in my own way.'
Jane Austen, Sense & Sensibility
#WednesdayWisdom