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    Pride 2020: eBook Recommendations

    by Emily Zheng March 30, 2020
    written by Emily Zheng

    We know that books can be meaningful, important, and can even change lives. For those of us who have lived with a foot in the closet, stories can be a means to escape, or a confirmation that better worlds exist out there. For many of us, books have been paths to empathy, understanding, and connection.

    Even though Pride Week has ended and the library’s physical spaces are closed, we wanted to leave you with a few Further Reading suggestions, so that you may continue exploring without having to go outside!

    When we asked our colleagues for Pride Week book recommendations, we received so many responses! They told us about why each book was meaningful for them, and why you should give them a try.

    Here are a few highlights. Looking for more? Browse & download the full list.

    Pride Week 2020: Reading Recommendations from the people who work at UAlberta Library.

    NON-FICTION

    Prairie Fairies: A History of Queer Communities and People in Western Canada, 1930-1985
    Valerie J. Korinek

    If you didn’t have a chance to catch Dr. Valerie J. Korinek’s talk, you can read her book in its entirety! Dr. Korinek is a historian of modern Canada and Vice Dean Faculty Relations at the College of Arts and Science, University of Saskatchewan. An expert in gender and cultural histories, she has published widely on feminist media, histories of sexuality and activism, food history and oral history. Most recently she is the author of the award-winning book (University of Toronto Press, 2018).

    FICTION

    Stone butch blues : a novel
    Leslie Feinberg

    An incredible novel about the struggles of people who don’t conform to gender norms. Brutal in parts, but deeply moving and well written.

    GRAPHIC NOVELS & SEQUENTIAL ART

    On A Sunbeam
    Tillie Walden

    A sci-fi adventure graphic novel with beautiful visuals. The gender and sexuality of characters are not questioned nor are they struggled with. The characters get to be who they are–they have bad-ass adventures, struggles, successes and failures without the focus being on them being gay (or non-binary!!!)

    BOOKS FOR CHILDREN (AND EVERYONE)

    It feels good to be yourself: a book about gender identity
    Theresa Thorn; illustrated by Noah Grigni

    While browsing this in a colleague’s office, I legit teared up. It is a wonderful book to introduce kids to the wide range of gender identities that exist. The illustrations are exceptionally diverse showing various ethnicity, body types, and abilities. A truly wonderful expression of diversity and exclusivity.

    Read and download the rest of the list.

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  • 4th Annual Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover: Asian Authors

    by Amy Southgate October 28, 2019
    by Amy Southgate October 28, 2019

    UAlberta Libraries Annual Don’t Judge a Book By Its Cover event starts October 28! Don’t Judge a Book by Its Cover is an annual event hosted by the University of Alberta Libraries that aims to shed light on underrepresented groups. As a twist on regular book displays, books are wrapped in brown paper and teaser keywords are written on the front. This wrapping symbolizes the marginalization of the group, and puts the…

  • Let us introduce you to… Han!

    by Eva Romanick October 10, 2019
    by Eva Romanick October 10, 2019

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Han! Han was one of our many talented summer students who traveled from library to library organizing our holds, finding interlibrary loans, missing books and cracking jokes😁 She is working hard in her 3rd year studying Elementary Education. Check out the article Han wrote for September’s Gateway https://issuu.com/the_gateway/docs/sep2019_thegatewaymag4/12 What made you decide to work…

  • Let us introduce you to… Kaitlyn, Sarah, Kathy, Carol!

    by Eva Romanick July 11, 2019
    by Eva Romanick July 11, 2019

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Kaitlyn, Sarah, Kathy & Carol!Kaitlyn Hill, Sarah Chomyc, Kathy Urban and Carol Rodgers make up our Monograph Acquisitions Team. Congratulations! The Monograph Acquisition Team just got awarded the University of Alberta Library’s Team Service Excellence Award Winners! How do you feel? We are all very grateful that our team has been recognized in this fashion and consider this…

  • Let us introduce you to… Elisabet!

    by Eva Romanick June 25, 2019
    by Eva Romanick June 25, 2019

    Staff profiles tell the story of an organization. Here at the University of Alberta Libraries, this is ours… Meet Elisabet!June 30th is Social Media Day and we’re celebrating early by interviewing one of our Communications and Outreach members, Elisabet Ingibergsson, who handles the University of Alberta Libraries Facebook social media. What is your role at UAL?I am a public services assistant at Bibliothèque Saint-Jean. What is the coolest thing about working at Bibliothèque Saint-Jean? I…

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