Asian and Middle Eastern Heritage

This half term, the Diversity and Inclusion Club are focusing on Asian and Middle Eastern Heritage and have asked the Library if we can share some book recommendations by Asian and Middle Eastern authors.

As part of this, we've put together a short reading list for you here and have set up displays in both libraries. For even more book recommendations, click here to check out the long list on our Library App!

East Asia

Before the Coffee Gets Cold by Toshikazu Kawaguchi (STA)

Everything I Never Told You by Celeste Ng (STM)

The Girl who Fell Beneath the Sea by Axie Oh (STA)

The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan (STM)

These Violent Delights by Chloe Gong (STA/STM)

To All the Boys I've Loved Before by Jenny Han (STA/STM)

Tokyo Ever After by 

You've Reached Sam by Dustin Thao 

South Asia

Anita and Me by Meera Syal (STA/STM)

Asha and the Spirit World by Jasbinder Bilan (STA)

The Balloon Thief by Aneesa Marufu (STM)

The Henna Wars by Adiba Jaigirdar (STM)

Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know by Samira Ahmed (STA)

The Death of Vishnu by Manil Suri (STM)

The School for Good and Evil by Soman Chainani (STA)*

Zara Hossain is Here by Sabina Khan (STA)

West Asia and the Middle East

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (STA/STM*

Darius the Great is Not Okay by Adib Khorram (STA)

Home Fire by Kamila Shamsie (STM)

Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi (STA/STM)

The Wrath and the Dawn by Renee Ahdieh (STA)

This Woven Kingdom by Tahereh Mafi (STA)

All starred titles (*) have been personally chosen for students by members of the Diversity and Inclusion Club. 

Pupil Librarian Training Day

 This week, our Pupil Librarians travelled to The Elmgreen School for a busy day of training and a talk by Sufiya Ahmed, author of Rosie Raja: Churchill's Spy and Noor Inayat Khan.

At Elmgreen, we heard from former CILIP* President Barbara Band about the Pupil Library Assistant of the Year award and gained a lot of inspiration from hearing about the work of other Pupil Librarians throughout London. 

In the morning, our students learnt more about day to day library work, customer service and GDPR. We then spent a busy afternoon completing book themes quizzes and working on promotional posters. As part of this task, students were introduced to a new book and asked to create an A3 promotional poster. 

Our Pupil Librarians did a great job producing two beautiful posters in oil pastels which will soon be up on display in the LCA!

* Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals