One of the volunteer opportunities available for youth at TBPL is joining the Youth Action Council. This group meets monthly during the school year to discuss Library services, programs, and collections for teens. This May, the current YAC group went shopping at Chapters and these are just some of the titles they selected for purchase!... Continue Reading →
It's Pride Month, and just like every year, we are showing off our amazing collection with a booklist! Ordinarily, this would be a genre list year: romances, fantasies, etc. with queer characters. However, it turns out that there are so many great books being published (and that we are buying) that fit those parameters, such... Continue Reading →
We realized that our first romance episode was seriously lacking - there were no queer love stories! So we decided to shine a spotlight on LGBTQ characters with a second romance episode. Enjoy one of these super sweet, delightful romances in your favourite romance subgenres today! Listen to the episode on your favourite podcast platform... Continue Reading →
Happy Pride!! This week we are talking about YA books that feature LGBTQIA2S+ representation. Every year, we curate a booklist of new YA titles with queer content and alternate between organizing it by genre or by identity and orientation. This year is an identity and orientation year, so check back soon to access the complete... Continue Reading →
Diversity in literature quite often focuses on skin deep qualities such as ethnicity and race, but it is much broader than that, including sexuality, gender, disability, political persuasion, and religion. Diverse literature exposes the reader to experiences that are not their own, and hopefully, broadens their understanding and knowledge of those experiences. *(CL) means that... Continue Reading →
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