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#FictionFriday: This Librarian Runs

Welcome to  #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.  Today we're talking to  Kim Campbell, our Assistant Learning Resource Advisor for FE. Kim is a dedicated runner who has participated in many charity race events, and a big fan of all things stationary (meaning pens, notebooks and sticky notes rather than non-moving objects)- and unintentionally amusing wordplay. Her favourite Marvel character is Harley Quinn, and her Hogwarts House is Gryffindor - perfect for the most intrepid member of the library team! What's the first book you remember reading, or being read?   " "Andy Pandy's New Pet". Read by my parents, who are no longer with me, but my daughter still has the book." What is your favourite b

#FictionFriday: Down to (Middle) Earth

Welcome to  #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.  Today we're talking to April Cursons, who is our Assistant Learning Resource Advisor which means she makes sure the YCUC courses have books and reading lists for study and research. She also helps run our literary and literacy events, and occasionally appears in fancy dress for a good cause; recently she was an enthusiastic elf in Santa's grotto at the Yeovil College Victorian Christmas Fayre. April's Hogwarts House is definitely Ravenclaw - very suitable for one of our library staff. What's the first book you remember reading, or being read?   "Being read - my Rainbow Brite annual. Reading by myself - my collection of She Ra and Thomas the Tank Engine Ladybird