All Quiet on the Western Front [1930] and War Horse [2011]

All Quiet on the Western Front Directed by Lewis Milestone, 128 minutes (restored version), Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 ALL War Horse Directed by Steven Spielberg, 140 minutes, Floor […]

The Big Lebowski [1998]

Directed by Joel and Ethan Coen (Ethan was uncredited) 117 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 BIG Time to leave the bowling alley, pour a white Russian (if you’re old enough), ignore the ringing telephone, and chill out to a cult classic, ‘man’. The Big Lebowski is hilarious piece of cinema, if you do come […]

November 2018: Sally Heathcote: Suffragette By Mary Talbot, Kate Charlesworth & Bryan Talbot

Sally Heathcote: Suffragette by the Costa Award Winners Kate Charlesworth and Mary and Bryan Talbot is our latest recommendation. In a world where we sometimes take our civil rights for granted, it’s important to remember how much people suffered and struggled to make sure we wouldn’t have to. Set during the early 1900s and the […]

Get Out [2017]

Directed by Jordan Peele 104 minutes Floor 3 Pink Zone 791.4372 GET October means two things Black History Month and Halloween – Get Out combines the two. The film fully deserved its award for Best Original Screenplay at this year’s Oscars as Jordan Peele became the first black winner of the award; certainly, the word […]

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet – Becky Chambers

The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet is a speculative fiction book about Rosemary Harper, a young woman who wants to leave her past behind by joining the crew of the Wayfarer. The ageing ship is host to a rag-tag bunch of misfits and together they travel to the farthest corners of the galaxy. I […]

The Good Immigrant – Nikesh Shukla [ed]

The Good Immigrant is a collection of essays and personal reflections about race and identity in the UK. The book offers fascinating insight into contemporary thought regarding race and immigration in twenty-first century Britain. Each essay is beautifully written, easily accessible, and offers fresh perspectives on what it means to exist in England as a non-white […]

“We’ve Got Issues” Presents: Episode 2 – “Nat Turner”

Do you like podcasts? Do you like comics? Are you not sure? Then We’ve Got issues is the podcast for you! Jumping off our Monthly Graphic Novel Recommendation, this podcasts talks about why we (didn’t) like reading our chosen title, which bits were our favourites and what were some of the more difficult things it […]

October 2018: Nat Turner by Kyle Baker

For this year’s Black History Month, we would like to showcase Kyle Baker’s graphic novel, Nat Turner. Focusing on Turner’s rebellion against slavery in Virginia in 1831, it is incredibly well-researched and historically accurate. The only text you’ll find is taken from The Confessions of Nat Turner: The Leader of the Late Insurrection in Southampton, […]

Read At Leicester

Our Read at Leicester Campaign is currently running for its third year. This initiative stemmed from studies that focused on the reading practises of young people entering higher education. Studies found that a high percentage of students had expressed a lack of interest in reading for pleasure, or had little opportunity to engage with the […]

Dystopian Literature Reading List

Read at Leicester 2017 text ‘The Power’ by Naomi Alderman is many things. It’s a feminist allegory, an alternate history, a thriller, horror and comedy, but above all it is unmistakably a dystopia. In keeping with this, the University Library has created a dystopian reading list of some of the best examples of the genre […]