Media and English blog - Library Guides at University of Sunderland

British Online Archives (BOA) is pleased to announce the release of the first season of their podcast, Talking History with British Online Archives, in which they explore the past from a variety of angles and perspectives.

This season comprises six episodes and will be released in bi-weekly instalments. In each episode, members of the BOA team will be joined by a historian to discuss their research and delve into fascinating areas of history.

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Children's book illustration - prize winning books

The Carnegies are long-running UK children’s book awards – they recognise outstanding reading experiences for writing and illustrating in books for children and young people. The Carnegie Medal for Illustration is the award for an outstanding book in terms of illustration for children and young people. More information is available on the Carnegies web page.In the library we are fortunate to have a number of the books which have won this illustration award in recent years.Becker, A. (2023) The tree and the river (winner of the 2024 prize)Nguyen, T. and Zdung, J. (2023) Saving Sorya: Chang and the sun bearPinfold, L. (2011) The black dogReynolds, J. and Novgorodoff, D. (2020) Long way down: the graphic novelSmith, L (2017) There is a tribe of kidsSmith, S. (2019) Small in the cityWe encourage all illustration, design and creative writings students to borrow and read the books. Explore them to discover the style of illustration, how the stories have been written and how the illustrations enhance the stories. …. and who knows, you could be a winner in future years!...

Digital US - the online digital skills module

Digital US is an online digital skills module brought to you by Student Journey, available to all Sunderland Campus students through Canvas. Completing Digital US will enable you to make a confident start with the University of Sunderland's key digital systems and develop the digital competencies and capabilities which are central to academic success, student life, employability and personal and professional practice. ...

Talking history podcast - The rise of print media

British Online Archives (BOA) is pleased to announce the release of the first season of their podcast, Talking History with British Online Archives, in which they explore the past from a variety of angles and perspectives. This season comprises six episodes and will be released in bi-weekly instalments. In each episode, members of the BOA team will be joined by a historian to discuss their research and delve into fascinating areas of history....

Did you know you can get subject updates from the Library?

Your Academic Liaison Librarian, Suzie Williams, regularly writes blog posts for you on your Media and English Library Subject Guide.The posts cover a wide range of topics including details about new books we have bought for you to use, promoting key resources in your subject and much more. You can sign up to get an email alert to any new posts - there are a couple of posts each month so you won't be inundated with emails, and you can choose to unsubscribe at any time. Just go to the Media and English blog page and enter your email address where it says "Subscribe." Happy reading!...

Talking history podcast - The rise of print media

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