YC Reading

Looking Back: Our Literacy Events.   The Yeovil College Learning Resource Centre is  enthusiastic about promoting literacy and literature. As we reach the end of 2015, we thought we would take a retrospective look at our previous successful literary events which have taken place over the past eighteen months - and start excitedly planning our 2016 schedule.  We hope you enjoy finding out what we have to offer. For more information, or if you are a writer or literacy initiative who would like to work with us, please contact us at: learningcentre@yeovil.ac.uk    Poetry Day - October 2015 For National Poetry Day, the Learning Centre took inspiration from the famous "Poems on the Underground" initiative and asked our staff to choose their favourite or most significant poems for display around campus. Learning Centre Co-Ordinator Chris Canning with a Poetry Day poster. Students, staff and visitors alike were greeted with visually arresting posters ...

What We’re About: We’re passionate about books. A book is both the key and the door to other worlds, places and times; it speaks to us from both past and future, from imaginary worlds and our world, in many voices. A book can entertain or educate, invoke desire or despair, awaken thoughts, emotions, dreams and ideas. Basically, we love to read and we love to talk about what we read with like-minded folk who are equally passionate about books. And sometimes, we have cake.   What We Read: Each month, we read a book, chosen by our members. It could be anything, from the latest YA bestseller, to a cult classic or a popular genre novel, to literary prize-winners and classics.   We read widely and well. By broadening our perceptions and ideas about what makes a good book, and what we enjoy about reading, it allows us all to try new genres or types of fiction. This can be a surprising process.   Books we’ve read so far have included “TheGoldfinch” by Donna T...