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#FictionFriday: Hobbitually Creative

Welcome to  #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.  Today we're talking to Camilla Bell, who works in the Spot as one of our fantastic Student Support team. Camilla is a talented artist who is passionate about raising awareness of mental health, and fittingly she is also Team Gryffindor. What's the first book you remember reading, or being read? "The Magic Key - Biff, Chip and Kipper stories." What is your favourite book of all time? "My sketchbook - because I can draw in it without getting into trouble." Which book would you love to be in or live inside its world? "Harry Potter!" What's your favourite book adaptation in film or TV?  "The Hobbit - the motion pictu

#FictionFriday: Books and Cakes and Zombies

Welcome to  #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.   Robyn (right, pictured with fellow LRC staff member April Cursons) promoting Health and Wellbeing resources at Fresher's Fayre 2017.   Today we're talking to Robyn Murgatroyd, who is our resident Learning Centre Assistant, book charmer and sunny heart of the library. An English and History graduate from our own University Centre, Robyn is also an animal lover and environmentalist - and an excellent baker. She also didn't choose a Hogwarts House - but YC_Reading feels intuitively that she would be Hufflepuff. Here are Robyn's choices... What's the first book you remember reading, or being read? "Squirrel Nutkin, by Beatrix Potter." Name one book o

#Fiction Friday: Austentacious Literature

Welcome to  #FictionFriday, where we ask Yeovil College staff to share their thoughts, opinions and just plain random tastes in books. Each staff member selects questions to answer from a finely honed and crafted selection, designed to entertain and educate us about their reading lives.  Today we're talking to Katy Limmer. Katy is an English lecturer and she can often be found perusing books in the library, talking animatedly about everyt hing literary, or flicking through a copy of Empire magazine (she also specializes in film studies). Katy is a panelist for the YCAA and Waterstones Man Booker evening, so we knew that she would have lots to say about reading and literature! And her Hogwarts House is Ravenclaw, making them a very well represented House amongst the faculty at Yeovil College thus far. What's the first book you remember reading, or being read? "Ladybird Cinderella." What is your favourite book of all time? "Jane