You Won’t Always Be the Perfect Advocate. And That’s Okay.
A homophobe came to my LGBT+ History Month event. This is what I learnt from the experience.
✨️Identity Dot-to-Dot: Connecting to Being Hard of Hearing
I am hard of hearing and recently I’ve been embracing that. This is my experience of losing my hearing and how I am now connecting to this part of my identity
January Reading Wrap Up
I had to be off work for three weeks making a slow start to my 2026. But I still read quite a lot in that time, including one that gave me that five-star feeling!
I read loads of books in 2025! Am I “well-read” now?
I’m reading more books, and yet, I still don’t feel able to call myself “well-read”. That elusive term which surely should be the goal of any reader… right?
My Favourite Books of 2025
Here are the five books that left the biggest positive impression on me this year and something I’ve learned from each one
December Reading Wrap Up
We’ve made it to the end of 2025 - a year when I read more books than ever!
I Travel By Rocket Ship (and other joys of the library)
A unique aspect of my Storytimes is I will write original stories and poems. A couple of weeks ago, for example, I told the kids that I travel by rocket ship
November Reading Wrap Up
The year is going by so quickly! This is what I read and got up to in November
Queer Theatre Date Nights
I come to you with more reviews from date nights involving queer theatre including Sappho: The Poetess and Gwenda’s Garage.
October Reading Wrap Up
October was a month of reading (new) books by authors I know I love – Phoenicia Rogerson, Calum McSwiggan, Ali Hazelwood
How To Resolve a Debate Amongst Library Assistants: Are Mythological Retellings Fantasy or Historical Fiction?
I was processing new fiction books at the library, and a book by an author I know - Aphrodite by Phoenicia Rogerson - crosses my desk…
The Hundred Cricket and My Love Language
This past month I have gotten into The Hundred - a cricket competition of all things! I think trying out other people’s hobbies or interests is my love language
Why we need to keep telling queer stories and why we need to keep listening
Imagine a world with enough queer stories to reach everyone
June Reading Wrap Up
The beginning of July marks the year’s halfway point. With June being Pride Month, I have had a lot of fun!
Queer Theatre? Count Me In!
I love going to the theatre, and in the last few weeks I have been lucky enough to go to two very different, very fabulous, queer musicals: After the Act and The Ministry of Lesbian Affairs