We chat with Jill Parsons from Imayla CIC about building creative connections with children in St Paul's Library last summer. She discusses the challenges and rewards of letting children lead on creative projects, how to enthuse them about literature, and working with to process difficult emotions using art and books.
We also talk about what we've been reading, and introduce a new feature, Dear Shelf Life, in which Jill asks us about book recommendations for young people's mental health.
Read the transcript here: http://bit.ly/ShelfLife12Transcript
Find out more about Imayla CIC here: http://www.imayla.com/
#20 ”Bibliotherapy” - How can books and poetry help our well-being?
#19 An evening with Elly Griffiths
#18 Sea Mills 100 with Mary Milton
#17 ‘Power, Protest & Poetry: The Bristol Edition‘, with Words Of Colour, Muneera Pilgrim & guests
#16 Dyslexia and Libraries, with Andy
#15 "Queer: LGBTQ Writing from Ancient Times to Yesterday" with Frank Wynne & Cheryl Morgan
#14 “Mum’s Jumper” with Jayde Perkin and Greet Pauwelijn
#13: Natalie Haynes on Pandora's Jar: Women in the Greek Myths
#11: "Burning the Books" with Richard Ovenden
#10: Books That Got Us Through 2020
Shelf Life Trailer: Season Two
Shelf Life Trailer: Season One
#9: "It reads like a banana milkshake" Behind the scenes of the Bristol Short Story Prize
#4: "Meaders Wouldn't Say it Like That": Local Learning in Southmead
#8: "Why you should read children's books" & the Summer Reading Challenge
#7: "It's Not a War": NHS Nurses and a Domestic Abuse Support Worker on Books, Mental Health & Covid-19
#6: Books, Bristol & Black Lives Matter: Our Interview with Dr Edson Burton
#5: "We Need To Revolutionise Libraries": Our Interview With Babbasa
#3: Bristol Libraries Poetry Group: "We Will Paint the Front Door Pink and Gold"
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