OHS_Library

Twitter account of the library at Oxford High School GDST 📚

[Guardian Books @GuardianBooks]

Introducing our 10 best debut novelists of 2021 https://t.co/XKWRzEke6K

[Guardian Books @GuardianBooks]

Bernardine Evaristo: the forgotten black British novels everyone should read https://t.co/fhLrMt6hO0 via @guardianreview

[British Library @britishlibrary]

Lewis Carroll was born #OnThisDay in 1832.

Carroll’s world was filled with wordplay, starting with his pen name. Born Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, he translated his first two names into the Latin ‘Carolus Ludovicus’, then anglicised it into ‘Lewis Carroll’.

[Blackwell's @blackwellbooks]

Find your peace in every season.

📖 #Wintering by @_katherine_may_
https://t.co/HeBU7PbuyB

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

Are you tuning into #APerfectPlanet on @BBCOne? 🌍 ✨

Discover more with Huw Cordey's official companion book, packed with beautiful photography, stills from the show, and a foreword by Sir David Attenborough: https://t.co/4FhtffKvXy

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

Have you read #BlondeRoots yet? Booker Prize winner @BernardineEvari's thought-provoking satire on the transatlantic slave trade, in which the roles are reversed and Africans enslave Europeans, is now only £1.99 in eBook: https://t.co/aozYuZ0z77

Don't miss out!

[Blackwell's @blackwellbooks]

💻 ONLINE EVENT
Don't miss our online event with @doctor_oxford in conversation about her new memoir #Breathtaking, Inside the NHS in a Time of Pandemic.

🗓 Thursday 28th January at 7pm
🎟 https://t.co/8XYQsl5zeU
(Ticket + Signed Book or Ticket only options available.)

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

‘Virginia Woolf’s determination "Not to be tied. To be free & kindly with myself" feels wise and familiar after a tough 2020.’
https://t.co/55Y2ObAuYZ

[Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop @blackwelloxford]

Match these quotes to the right book
1. ‘It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen’
2. ‘All animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others’
3. ‘There are occasions when it pays better to fight and be beaten than not to fight at all’

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

From challenging inequality to building self confidence, here are some inspirational author talks you can watch at home.
https://t.co/ioeymBOBTq

[Guardian Books @GuardianBooks]

Tips, links and suggestions: what are you reading this week? https://t.co/pfftkgn2qw

[British Library @britishlibrary]

Have you seen the Women Writers series from @BL_Publishing yet?

It’s a curated collection of forgotten works showcasing the best fiction by female authors from the 1910s to the 1960s, all taken from the British Library collection ⬇️

[Guardian Books @GuardianBooks]

Thirty books to help us understand the world in 2020 https://t.co/UnuiDb0prB

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

We recommend Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls, another fantastic feminist retelling of Greek mythology, shortlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction. #AskPenguin https://t.co/GBnUeyYGJI

[Will Tosh @will_tosh]

Love this.

[Blackwell's, Oxford’s Bookshop @blackwelloxford]

Privacy is Power - Why and How you should take back control of your data

Carissa Véliz of Oxford University introduces her highly practical book on how all our personal data is being collected and used against us.

https://t.co/MYcbMkMgLW @carissaveliz

[Penguin Books UK @PenguinUKBooks]

One of America’s leading writers, Claudia Rankine, will discuss her new book #JustUs in an exclusive online event with the @southbankcentre this Friday ✨

Don't miss out! Book your tickets for Beyond the Culture War here: https://t.co/FykgLmDuqe

[School Library Association @uksla]

Thank you for all your retweets, we hope you’ve had a rhyme full #NationalPoetryDay ......our winner is......@StangroundL , congratulations! Please DM address details for your prize 😊😊

[Tyler Shores @tylershores]

Listening to the always-interesting @richove speak about a timely and pressing topic: “Burning the Books: A History of Knowledge Under Attack” @bodleianlibs #oxford #libraries #books

[British Library Learning @BL_Learning]

#BannedBooksWeek spotlights censorship & celebrates the freedom to read.

This is the notice banning Beverley Naidoo's Journey to Jo'burg - the first children's book about the lives of black South Africans during apartheid.

https://t.co/lRwnedamU4
© Beverley Naidoo