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Small children are often asked to choose between a gendered binary
- 'boy' or 'girl', 'pink' or 'blue'. This colourful picture book
smashes these stereotypes and encourages the reader to follow their
own way! "Girl or Boy?" What brings you joy? "Pink or blue?" It's
up to you. With vibrant illustrations and concise, poetic text,
this powerful book teaches young children that there are no limits
in what you can do and who you can be. You are unique! Translated
from the original Portuguese by award-winning transgender poet Jay
Hulme, My Own Way is an important, timely and beautiful celebration
of identity, difference, and respect.
An exciting collaboration between Otter-Barry Books and Pop Up
Projects, introducing new voices in poetry for 10-14 years old.
Rising Stars, sponsored by Arts Council England's Grant for the
Arts programme, is a poetry anthology showcasing the work of five
debut poets from diverse backgrounds, all aged 25 and under. Black
and white illustrations are by final year students from Birmingham
City University's illustration course. Joelle Taylor, founder and
Artistic Director of SLAMbasadors UK, is acting as a consultant to
the project.
This is Jay Hulme's first published collection of poetry. It
showcases his unique voice and form of expression. The poems have
been carefully selected to chart Jay's journey from growing up in a
working-class family in Leicestershire to his feelings and thoughts
about school life and his experience as a transgender teenager. As
Jay says himself: When it was decided that this collection would be
for teenagers I was left with this determination, that this
collection wouldn't speak down to anyone, that the world I
portrayed within it would be the world we live in, that there would
be no attempt to make reality 'appropriate for children'. People
seem to forget that teenagers live in the same world as everyone
else, and they face the same struggles adults face every day.
Teenagers deal with racism and sexism and disability and poverty
and so much more that we don't even see. The things that are
traditionally seen as inappropriate for young people to see, are so
often the same things they experience day to day.
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The Vanishing Song
Jay Hulme
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R339
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This second collection from trans Christian poet Jay Hulme offers
questioning, exploratory poems that look for God’s presence in
strange, wilderness places – ancient holy sites like Holy Island,
in forests, in old churches with their marble tombs, and - perhaps
strangest of all - in the extraordinary lives of the people we call
saints. With a leaning into Celtic spirituality, The Vanishing Song
will enable readers to sense the holy in the quirky places and
people in their lives.
Jay Hulme is an award-winning transgender poet, performer, educator
and speaker. In late 2019, his fascination with old church
buildings turned into a life-changing encounter with the God he had
never believed in, and he was baptised in the Anglican church. In
this new poetry collection, Jay details his journey through faith
and baptism during an unprecedented world-wide pandemic. As he
finds God in the ruined factories and polluted canals of his home
city, Jonah is heckled over etymology, angels appear in tube
stations, and Jesus sits atop a multi-story car park. Cathedrals
are trans, trans people are cathedrals, and amidst it all God
reaches out to meet us exactly where we are. Jay's poetry explores
belief in the modern world and offers a perspective on queer faith
that will appeal not only to Christians, but young members of the
LGBT+ community who are interested in faith but unsure of where to
start.
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Here Be Monsters 2021 (Hardcover)
Jay Hulme; Illustrated by Sahar Haghgoo
bundle available
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R396
R356
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A sea-born creature, who never quite belongs, discovers who she
really is, in this powerful illustrated song about metamorphosis
and finding your true home. Writer Jay Hulme's 'little epic poem'
is a tender and uplifting parable about the transgender experience,
with breathtaking illustrations by Iranian-British illustrator
Sahar Haghgoo. For young readers age 5 and up. Here Be Monsters is
part of the 10 Stories to Make a Difference collection: ten
original illustrated stories for young readers, all inspired by the
theme of Difference. The collection features a mix of well-known
and emerging writers and illustrators, giving a platform to untold
stories and diverse new voices. Proceeds from sales supports Pop
Up's work in deprived schools, marginalised communities, and with
talented aspiring and emerging writers and illustrators.
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