Author makes visit to Coleg Llandrillo Cymru reading group

Coleg Llandrillo Cymru library reading group “A Good Read” held an author/visit event on Friday, 28 November. Author Charlotte Williams was invited to talk about her autobiographical book Sugar and Slate. Reading group members, who had read the book, were given an opportunity to ask Charlotte questions about her work. An interesting hour was spent listening to the author, describing the ideas and writing techniques that she used in her book to depict what it was like to grow up as a half Welsh – half Afro-Caribbean female living in Britain. Charlotte grew up in Llandudno and traced her roots back to Africa and the Caribbean. In Sugar and Slate she conveys her experiences in the form of a personal memoir and story.

The Coleg Llandrillo Cymru Library reading group – “A Good Read”, meet on a monthly basis at lunch times. The reading group, which is attended by college staff, use reading group book-sets provided by Conwy Public Libraries. Pat Hebron, librarian, said “access to the resources that we borrow from the public libraries give our reading group a chance to widen our reading choice – this makes for a richer exchange of ideas and discussion”. The event was sponsored by the North Wales Library Partnership (Libraries for Life).

Dark Windows

Take trip into the dark and surreal world of Coleg Llandrillo’s very own Mr Neil Coombs, lecturer in Film and Media studies and Master of the Black Arts. Neil has written two books – Studying Surrealism & Fantasy in Cinema and the recently released Dark Windows. Here’s a snippet from the press release:

A Copy of Neils ‘Studying Surrealist And Fantasy Cinema’ can be found in the college Library at 791.43 COO.

Coleg Llandrillo Library Christmas Quiz

Win an iPOD or book token! The theme of the quiz is Fashion, celebrity and sports, which can be accessed through moodle. Paper copies of the quiz can be found in the library and IT Workshop.

The Visual Dictionary

The visual dictionary contains clearly labeled diagrams that cover animal, plant and human biology. Search by main topic, by word or use the alphabetical table to find anything from the internal anatomy of an earthworm to the human nervous system. When you find the diagram you want, but would like further explanation, click on the Wikipedia icon, which will then take you to a full description of the chosen subject on Wikivisual.

Worldmapper

Worldmapper contains about 600 world maps where the countries of the world are warped, shrunk or stretched in size to display the differences in population, teenage births, religion etc. click on the A-Z map index and choose from a wide range of subjects. 366 of the maps are available as PDF posters for printing.