LIVING BOOKS
Living Books are real people representing the title of their Book. They are not actors or playing a role.
Living Books are members of your professional community who are open and willing to talk about their career experiences.
Living Books choose their own titles and descriptions and openly invite you to listen to them and learn more about their career path. You can come to challenge your ideas about what it might be like to be a professional in this industry today, or you can come as an informed reader wanting to know more. You can ask questions like: “What is it like to be you working in this industry today? How did you get to where you are today? What kind of training or education did you do to work in this area?”
DURING THE DISCUSSION:
Your discussion time with the book will be 30 minutes.
Ask! You can ask the Book about things that you have always wanted to know about this line of work from the Book and their personal work experiences.
Respect your Book, even if you do not share their opinions, beliefs or view of life. The Human Library is based on mutual respect above all else and we can all learn, grow and broaden our perspective by sharing our personal stories with each other.
Everyone is valuable and interesting just as they are. So are you! Express your opinion confidently and approach your Book with an open, curious mind.
BORROWING A LIVING BOOK
The Catalogue shows all the Books on offer and you can read a short summary of each of the Books and then select which ones you want to 'check out'. The catalogue will open on March 4, 2022.
Questions? Contact wil@nic.bc.ca