Created by cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki, This One Summer is a coming-of-age story focusing on two pre-teens, Rose and Windy, who are vacationing in Awago. The oldest of the two, Rose, narrates the turbulent events of the summer while she feels caught between the ‘childish’ games she and Windy liked to play in the […]
Read More APRIL/MAY 2020: This One Summer BY Mariko and Jillian TamakiFor LGBT+ History Month 2020 we have selected some of our library stock which focuses on stories of an LGBT+ perspective. Check them out in this list and for real so you can hold the book in your hand and escape for a bit. It will do you the world of good, we promise! Sister […]
Read More LGBT+ HISTORY MONTH 2020Directed by Ang Lee 134 minutes Floor 3 Pink zone 791.4372 BRO As it is LGBT+ History Month and Oscar season I felt it was high time that I finally watched Brokeback Mountain, which had been on my to watch list for far too long. Back in 2005, which is depressingly long ago now, this […]
Read More Brokeback mountain (2005)In 2014, an extract from For the Love of God, Marie! by Jade Sarson won the Myriad First Graphic Novel Competition. In 2016, the full book finally hit the shelves. A whirlwind about love and sexuality, this novel makes us think about what it means to love and what it means to be family. Marie, […]
Read More February/March 2020: For the Love of God, Marie! By Jade Sarson