Disability History Month 2023

University of Bedfordshire libraries in junction with the Staff Disability Network are raising awareness of disability history in the UK.

We have a selection of books on the history as well as a collection of books that have been written by authors who have a disability.

The Staff Disability Network have kindly donated new books to the library to celebrate some of the authors:

A reading list with more books can be found here:

https://rl.talis.com/3/bedfordshire/lists/2BC7A826-0897-C2EB-C7E3-402E0F29B905.html?lang=en

The display at Luton shows a timeline to the history of disability from 1050 to the present day.  The full article can be found at Historic England:

https://historicengland.org.uk/research/inclusive-heritage/disability-history/

We also have a display at our Bedford campus with the books purchased by the Staff Disability Network:

 

Black History Month 2023 – Saluting our Sisters

This month we are celebrating black history month.  The theme this year is ‘Saluting our Sisters’, highlighting the crucial role that black women have played in shaping history, inspiring change, and building communities.

Student Union

The SU have selected 6 books for BHM, which we have in our Libraries:

The Guardian – Windrush at 75: books that shaped the black British experience

We have some of the titles chosen by the leading writers, artists, politicians and broadcasters:

 Click here to view the full article:

The Guardian article - Windrush 75

Our libraries at Luton, Bedford and Aylesbury have displays available, please have a look at the books we have selected.  For the full reading list, please click on the following link:

Black History Month Reading List

Aylesbury

Bedford

Luton

 Genre Fiction

August Books Unlocked features Genre Fiction, the categorisation of fiction books under established themes such as crime, fantasy, mystery, romance and science fiction.

Readers often know what they already enjoy reading and are naturally drawn to their favourite type of book, knowing what to expect.

Have a look at the displays below which include a selection of titles from our collection at University of Bedfordshire libraries and feel free to borrow and enjoy! You may even feel inspired to explore some different holiday reading!

Crime

Revolving around a murder or complicated crime

Why not try:

Dangerous Lady – Martina Cole

Reservoir 13 – Jon McGreger

Raven Black – Ann Cleeves

Death on the Nile – Agatha Christie

The Forgiveness Project – Marina Cantacuzino

Fantasy/Ghost

Making the impossible in real life possible in fantasy

Why not try:

The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy – Douglas Adams

Children of Blood and Bone – Tomi Adeyemi

Harry Potter – JK Rowling

The Lord of the Rings – JRR Tolkien

The Woman in Black – Susan Hill

Himself – Jess Kidd

Mystery

Cracking unsolved cases and whodunnit

Why not try:

The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle – Stuart Turton

The Loney – Andrew Michael Hurley

Turtles all the way down – John Green

The Bottoms – Joe R Lansdale

Romance

Focusing on relationships and lovers who are meant to be together

Why not try:

Meet me at the Museum – Anne Youngson

Where are we now? – Glenn Patterson

Night Games – Anna Krien

This Lullaby – Sarah Dessen

Close Enough to Touch – Colleen Oakley

The Shell Seekers – Rosamunde Pilcher

The Bones of Grace – Tahmima Anam

Our Summer Together – Fanny Blake

A Very Distant Shore – Jenny Colgan

Science Fiction

Enjoy fictional societies shaped by new and different technologies

Why not try:

The War of the Worlds – HG Wells

The Hunger Games – Suzanne Collins

Frankenstein – Mary Shelley

1984 – George Orwell

Thriller

Suspenseful, complex, engaging in the hero’s journey

Why not try:

The Dead Ex – Jane Corry

East of Hounslow – Khurrum Rahman

The Ice Cream Girls -Dorothy Koomson

One False Move – Dreda Say Mitchell

You don’t know me – Imran Mahmood

Genuine Fraud – E Lockhart

Too Good to be True – Ann Cleeves

Greatest Hits - July 2023

Greatest Hits – Book award winners

This month our libraries are celebrating book award winners and shortlisted authors.  The categories are fiction/non-fiction/illustrations/poetry/adult literature/children and young people’s literature.

Here are some of the main book awards in the industry:

·         International Booker Prize

·         Rathbones Folio Prize

·         Dylan Thomas Prize

·         The Walter Scott Prize

·         The Yoto Carnegies award

We have 7 titles from the 2023 awards in our collection, including 4 of the named winners:

  

Winner of the International Booker Prize

https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b2303513~S20

Winner of the non-fiction Rathbones Folio Prize

https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b2303508~S20

Winner of the fiction Rathbones Folio Prize

https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b2303503~S20

Winner of writing Yoto Carnegies Award

https://library.beds.ac.uk/record=b2303441~S20

Bedford Campus Display

Aylesbury Campus Display

Luton Campus Display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lifelong Learning - June 2023

Spanish? Marathon running? Dressmaking? Woodwork? Learn something new with June’s celebration of Lifelong Learning! 

Our book displays at Luton and Bedford campuses this month cover a wide selection of subject areas and are filled with ideas to learn something new this summer.  You can find everything from How to be a Professional Makeup Artist: a comprehensive guide for beginners, to How to draw Manga: occult and horror, alongside Branding yourself: how to use social media to invent or reinvent yourself, and a Beginner’s guide to long distance running.  

We also have a selection of electronic resources available on Lifelong Learning:

Never Stop Learning: Stay Relevant, Reinvent Yourself, and Thrive [electronic resource] / Staats, Bradley R. https://brum.beds.ac.uk/record=b2062000~S20

HBR's 10 must reads on lifelong learning (with bonus article "The Right Mindset for Success" with Carol Dweck) / Zenger, John H.   https://brum.beds.ac.uk/record=b2221899~S20

A-Z of lifelong learning [electronic resource] / Jonathan Tummons and Ewan Ingleby. https://brum.beds.ac.uk/record=b1637332~S20