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World Poetry Day 2018 What?   World Poetry Day was created by the United Nation's cultural organization UNESCO in 1999. Internationally recognized and celebrated, it's a day when poetry is performed and shared in schools, colleges, universities, workplaces and at special events in many communities. Poetry could, and has, been defined as  " literature in metric form (known as verse ";   we could call it the art or craft of transforming emotion, beauty, experience and thought into a rhythmic form of expression. It can mark significant occasions and rites of passage, provide catharsis, joy, understanding and empathy, rally communities and countries, express powerful feelings and ideas, or  entertain and amuse with word play, rhymes and comic or satirical impact. it can be, and is for, everyone - to read, to write, to speak, to listen. When? Today! World Poetry Day is marked each year on the 21st March, which also marks the Spring Eq...

Welcome to Fiction Friday, that very special day every week when we talk about all things fiction; from what our Yeovil College community like to read to our favourite (and worst) characters, books and cakes. This week we're waiting for our new batch of willing staff to finish filling out their Fiction Friday questionnaires for our enjoyment. Apparently not everyone immediately knows which literary character they'd like to date (I know, right?!) so we're practicing patience and instead we're greedily eyeing up all the new fiction in the Learning Centre and thinking we should probably share the wealth. At Yeovil College, alongside our brilliant academic library resources, including a plethora of academic books, journals, e-books, databases and more, we also have a delightful fiction selection, situated to the right of the main desk, past our group seating area. We have a large selection of fiction in a variety of genres, types and flavours. We also have a biogra...