Black History Month: 24 Black Authors In Focus

For Black History Month we wanted to present to you an in depth look at the notable works of numerous black authors whose books we have for loan here at the David Wilson Library. We have searched our library shelves high and low to curate a list of works that cover a wide selection of […]

What is represent?

Represent is the campaign the Library is running this year to help diversify our collections. It’s important to us that our collections represent the incredible range of diverse voices of our students, staff and local population. We are keen to include more works by underrepresented voices in the Library and are asking you to recommend […]

The Underground Railroad BY Colson Whitehead

Colson Whitehead’s award winning The Underground Railroad is a fast-paced adventure which follows an enslaved girl, Cora, on her bid for freedom from her brutal plantation in the deep-South. The 2017 Pulitzer Prize winner cements its place as a modern classic by merging slave testimonies with a realistic imagining of the ‘underground railroad’, which results in a dramatic historical fiction novel […]

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (1967) and In the Heat of the Night (1967): A Sidney Poitier Special

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Directed by Stanley Kramer 108 minutes Floor 3 Pink zone 791.4372 GUE In the Heat of the Night Directed by Norman Jewison 109 minutes Floor 3 Pink zone 791.4372 IN Sidney Poitier was the first black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role; he […]

15 VIDEO games that changed storytelling in gaming

To complement our Narrative in Video Game event that took place as part of our Read at Leicester celebrations two library staff members who love computer games have compiled a list of fifteen video games to walk you through the history of developing video game narratives. If you haven’t ever been interested in video games this list may inspire you […]

The Beekeeper of aleppo by christy lefteri

When you think of refugees your mind isn’t usually drawn to thinking about their life and humanity before becoming labelled a “refugee” and all the associations that go with that term. In this book Christy tells a story about Nuri a beekeeper and his wife Afra an artist who go from living a simple life, […]