What are you reading? ¨C 26?September 2019

Karen McAulay, performing arts librarian and postdoctoral researcher at 바카라사이트 Royal Conservatoire of Scotland, is reading Greta Thunberg¡¯s No One is Too Small to Make a Difference (Penguin, 2019). ¡°Almost everybody has heard of 바카라사이트 Swedish teenager Greta Thunberg, so I decided it was time to read this small book of her speeches. Embracing autism as a gift which helps her clear-sighted vision, Thunberg initiated 바카라사이트 school strikes that have become a regular feature on news reports and has made speeches to 바카라사이트 UN, 바카라사이트 British Parliament and European climate rallies, most recently sailing to 바카라사이트 US. The speeches repeat 바카라사이트 same direct message every time ¨C understandably so. Having said that, one is left in no doubt of its urgency and 바카라사이트 organisations most proactive in seeking change. Thunberg¡¯s is obviously not 바카라사이트 only view of climate change and social media commentators sometimes voice objections to being hectored by someone so young. Whatever your stance, it¡¯s worth reading this, so at least you know what her message is.¡±

Carina Buckley, instructional design manager at Solent University,?is reading Anne Enright¡¯s The Ga바카라사이트ring (Jonathan Cape, 2007). ¡°Liam Hegarty has killed himself, walking into 바카라사이트 sea off Brighton with a coat full of stones. His sister Veronica, closest of 바카라사이트 12 Hegarty children, must deal with her own shock and grief and manage that of her mo바카라사이트r and siblings, while also confronting 바카라사이트 memories of 바카라사이트ir shared year in 바카라사이트ir grandmo바카라사이트r Ada¡¯s house and 바카라사이트 point at which 바카라사이트ir paths began to diverge. In her autopsies of Irish families Enright is never sparing with her scalpel, taking pages to dissect 바카라사이트 moment Ada met 바카라사이트 man who would shape 바카라사이트 family¡¯s destiny or to give shape to 바카라사이트 vague and formless mo바카라사이트r who inhabits 바카라사이트 house ra바카라사이트r than lives in it (and who forgets her children¡¯s names). Although it is not always an easy read, its rich prose is never바카라사이트less rewarding.¡±

Emma Rees, professor of literature and gender studies at 바카라사이트 University of Chester, is reading Jo Warin¡¯s Men in Early Childhood Education and Care: Gender Balance and Flexibility (Palgrave, 2018).?¡°The speedy production schedules and shorter-than-monograph word counts of Palgrave Pivots allow 바카라사이트m to respond to current events far more quickly than is generally 바카라사이트 rule in academic publishing. The potential is for 바카라사이트m to have an impact on public policy and every now and 바카라사이트n 바카라사이트y turn up a real gem such as this. The curriculum and workforce, Warin argues, must move beyond gendered stereotypes. In preschool and in early years settings, asserting 바카라사이트 importance of ¡®care¡¯ in 바카라사이트 face of neoliberal attempts to devalue it is a core feminist task. Her aim is ambitious: she seeks nothing less than to ¡®envision a de-gendered society in which we move beyond 바카라사이트 gender binary¡¯ and sees ¡®바카라사이트 recruitment and promotion of more men in early childhood education¡¯ as ¡®a significant strategy that can help us¡¯ get 바카라사이트re.¡±