#Book Draw
Vlog 10 #Bookdraw review The Hours by Michael Cunningham
updated
Oliver Bliss, MIxed media textile, black light, sound art and film
This is the film and audio used for Queer Words are Fruti and Reeds, The flaps of the installation are liftable for you to view the inside.
The work explores the nature of myths and legends as they change through time. It explores the visible threads of narratives conveyed through history as they become altered, preserved or erased. The two figurative soft sculptures in this piece relate to the Greek myth of love between two youths, Kalamos and Karpos.
The story is told in Nonnus's Dionysiaca. The pair enjoyed swimming and racing; one day tragedy occurs, Karpos drowns, and in his grief Kalamos commits suicide. In the story Kalamos is turned into a water reed ‘Calamus’. The sound of rustling reeds is thought to be Kalamos sighing and lamenting Karpos forever.
‘Then Calamos gave his form to the reeds which took his name and like substance; and Carpos grew up as the fruit of the earth.’
It has been suggested that this myth inspired the title for Walt Whitman's "Calamus" poems in Leaves of Grass. Whitman’s poem, in turn, inspired David Hockney with his painting “We Two Boys Together Clinging” a title line lifted directly from one Whitman’s poems.
The soundscape created for this piece immerses the viewer into a private experience of the work. A reading of “We Two Boys Together Clinging” has been slowed down to distort the reading and create a new experience, essentially ‘queering’ how the words are received and understood by the viewer.
“Queer Words are Fruit and Reeds” is a culmination of research through experimentation during a Residency with Holborne Open. During the residency Oliver Bliss was able to test approaches such as suspending work and creating soft sculptures. He also experimented with tactile drawing approaches (drawing through touch) and embraced sustainability, through constructing the figures from rejected charity shop clothes. The combination of the soundscape and installation creates a new experience connecting the legend of Kalamos and Karpos and Walt Whitman’s poem. Investigation into the poems and the legend were discovered through David Hockney’s painting “We Two Boys Together Clinging.” The process of critical play and experimentation during the residency of Holborne Open enabled time and reflection to draw these elements together. The result produced this new artwork whilst unlocking and revitalizing some threads queer history.
Watch exhibtion teaser here:
youtu.be/8xE48r2-g-I
Follow my work
www.olybliss.com
@olybliss instagram and twitter
Purchase #Softlads anthology here tinyurl.com/42aczmrd
The work explores the nature of myths and legends as they change through time. It explores the visible threads of narratives conveyed through history as they become altered, preserved or erased. The two figurative soft sculptures in this piece relate to the Greek myth of love between two youths, Kalamos and Karpos.
The story is told in Nonnus's Dionysiaca. The pair enjoyed swimming and racing; one day tragedy occurs, Karpos drowns, and in his grief Kalamos commits suicide. In the story Kalamos is turned into a water reed ‘Calamus’. The sound of rustling reeds is thought to be Kalamos sighing and lamenting Karpos forever.
‘Then Calamos gave his form to the reeds which took his name and like substance; and Carpos grew up as the fruit of the earth.’
It has been suggested that this myth inspired the title for Walt Whitman's "Calamus" poems in Leaves of Grass. Whitman’s poem, in turn, inspired David Hockney with his painting “We Two Boys Together Clinging” a title line lifted directly from one Whitman’s poems.
The soundscape created for this piece immerses the viewer into a private experience of the work. A reading of “We Two Boys Together Clinging” has been slowed down to distort the reading and create a new experience, essentially ‘queering’ how the words are received and understood by the viewer.
“Queer Words are Fruit and Reeds” is a culmination of research through experimentation during a Residency with Holborne Open. During the residency Oliver Bliss was able to test approaches such as suspending work and creating soft sculptures. He also experimented with tactile drawing approaches (drawing through touch) and embraced sustainability, through constructing the figures from rejected charity shop clothes. The combination of the soundscape and installation creates a new experience connecting the legend of Kalamos and Karpos and Walt Whitman’s poem. Investigation into the poems and the legend were discovered through David Hockney’s painting “We Two Boys Together Clinging.” The process of critical play and experimentation during the residency of Holborne Open enabled time and reflection to draw these elements together. The result produced this new artwork whilst unlocking and revitalizing some threads queer history.
Watch the soundscape for the exhibition here:
youtu.be/Qbmee_y8X4I
Follow my work
www.olybliss.com
@olybliss instagram and twitter
Purchase #Softlads anthology here tinyurl.com/42aczmrd
This video provides an overview of the workshops which were delivered by The Word Association at the Royal Porcelain Works in Worcester and Stryx Gallery during SHOUT! Festival in Birmingham.
After two years in development, this series of large pictorial tapestries has been created by Oliver Bliss.
Feel free to purchase the Anthology or Postcards from the show!
Link to buy the anthology is here:tinyurl.com/h2pkx4f5
Link to buy the postcard is here:tinyurl.com/36emeddc
Historically, tapestries have helped to depict social scenes, events, and notable figures. The style of dress, the items around these figures would provide clues and symbols to a particular time and status. People depicted with tapestry perpetuate their gender and status through styles of clothing, and symbols of power and wealth to reflect who they are.
#SoftLads explores facial and body tattoo portraits of men on Instagram celebrating how they curate themselves online. The work explores how and why these men use social media as a means of expressing their masculine identity and self.
During October 2021, the public were invited to take part in workshops at Henry Sandon Hall. Those who took part explored the themes within the tapestries to produce their own creative-writing responses. The workshops were run by Holly Winter-Hughes director of The Word Association. The Word Association specialise in facilitating writing workshops that result in publishing poetic and literary works created by their participants. They are committed to empowering under-represented and marginalised groups of people to explore their own feelings, concerns, and life experiences through the development of their writing skills.
The project has been financially supported through funding from Curator Space, The Bransford Trust, Arts Council England and Worcester City Council.
This first limited edition book is the result of a series of creative writing workshops with visual artist, Oliver Bliss and Holly Winter-Hughes of The Word Association CIC – exploring gender, identity and self-worth through Oliver Bliss’ new art series #SoftLads.
To buy the SoftLads anthology follow this link
tinyurl.com/4465h359
To buy postcards of the Tapestries follow this link
tinyurl.com/mu244j9m
For the past two years, Oliver has been creating a series of tapestries focusing on portraits of tattooed males to explore male identity. Oliver and Holly invited members of the public to experience the work for themselves, and with guidance to create poems and pieces of prose in response to the work and the themes explored.
The workshops took place at the Henry Sandon Hall in Worcester, and the Stryx Gallery in Birmingham as part of SHOUT Festival Of Queer Arts And Culture. The workshops allowed people the chance to experience the artworks, talk to the artist about the work and explore the themes from the work through a series of gentle writing exercises.
The book includes over 30 creative writing responses, has two critical essays and full colour picture panels of each of the tapestries
“Do I have to sacrifice the softness to be read as strong?” - Harry Wyld, workshop participant.
To buy the SoftLads anthology follow this link
tinyurl.com/4465h359
To buy postcards of the Tapestries follow this link
tinyurl.com/mu244j9m
For the past two years, Oliver has been creating a series of tapestries focusing on portraits of tattooed males to explore male identity. Oliver and Holly invited members of the public to experience the work for themselves, and with guidance to create poems and pieces of prose in response to the work and the themes explored.
The workshops took place at the Henry Sandon Hall in Worcester, and the Stryx Gallery in Birmingham as part of SHOUT Festival Of Queer Arts And Culture. The workshops allowed people the chance to experience the artworks, talk to the artist about the work and explore the themes from the work through a series of gentle writing exercises.
The book includes over 30 creative writing responses, has two critical essays and full colour picture panels of each of the tapestries
“Do I have to sacrifice the softness to be read as strong?” - Harry Wyld, workshop participant.
This is my channel #Bookdraw feel free to say hi to me through @olybliss
Here is full on rant about exploring the books I loved for Victober. I managed to complete two of the challenges:
Beyond the Pages
Ange's challenge → Read a book by a Victorian female author (Bonus: one that's new to you)
Books and Things
Katie's challenge → Read a Victorian book under 200 pages and/or over 500 pages
The books mentioned are:
Jude the Obscure by Tom Hardy
Jayne Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Links to the hosts:
Katie (Books and Things @katiejlumsden) → https://www.youtube.com/user/thesilve...
Ange (Beyond the Pages @ange_1908) → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcg...
Kate Howe @katehowereads → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcj...
Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady by Vernon Lee
#Victober wrap up
Links to Videos
Jude-Part 10 , Jude (1996) - Part 10 KimStanleyTheGoddess
youtube.com/watch?v=vSxs-Gyel4k&t=422s
Jude - Kate Winslet - Thomas Hardy Classic,
katewinsletcinema
youtube.com/watch?v=sigcSoe45oE
Jane Eyre // Do you think me handsome? MFO Images and Videos
youtube.com/watch?v=QlhwUqBmAo8
Top 10 Notes: Jane Eyre WatchMojo.com
youtube.com/watch?v=_Sv59JhTLnU&t=264s
This is my channel #Bookdraw feel free to say hi to me through @olybliss
Here is my spoiler free wrap up for Victober I managed to complete two of the challenges:
Beyond the Pages
Ange's challenge → Read a book by a Victorian female author (Bonus: one that's new to you)
Books and Things
Katie's challenge → Read a Victorian book under 200 pages and/or over 500 pages
The books mentioned are:
Jude the Obscure by Tom Hardy
Jayne Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady by Vernon Lee
Links to the hosts:
Katie (Books and Things @katiejlumsden) → https://www.youtube.com/user/thesilve...
Ange (Beyond the Pages @ange_1908) → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcg...
Kate Howe @katehowereads → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcj...
#Victober wrap up
A video montage for Black History Month -
@olybliss
Inorder of Appearance
James Baldwin - Pin Drop Speech
Posted: 26 Jul 2017, 1965 (Video)
youtube.com/watch?v=NUBh9GqFU3A
Loft Equilibrium Supershow: Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
Posted: 30 April 2015
youtube.com/watch?v=Cz0qdLRuS7A
Tanwi Nandini Islam Interview
Posted: 12 Apr 2016
youtube.com/watch?v=XyGb-UiKbxs
(Yoon Ha Lee)
The Making of a Myth Webcast: Part 1
Posted: 14 Mar 2019
youtube.com/watch?v=agW4E4uDNhA
Rahul Mehta on "No Other World: A Novel" at the 2017 AWP Book Fair
Posted: 11 Feb 2017
youtube.com/watch?v=ZSVBIEZIC_g
Scottish Laureate Jackie Kay on Growing Up LGBTQ | One Person, Two Names | Random Acts
Posted: 3 May 2017
youtube.com/watch?v=EYY-hCuvS8c
David Perry speaks with Jewelle Gomez, author of seven books including the legendary Gilda Stories
Posted: 1 Sep 2016
youtube.com/watch?v=hkcUH66khTo
Essex Hemphill: From The Anacostia to the Potomac
Posted: 30 Sep 2018
youtube.com/watch?v=yS4DB7NCMEY
Contemporary Woman Poets with Audre Lorde & Marge Piercy
Posted: 30 Sep 2018 (video 1990s?)
youtube.com/watch?v=8Jfp5Vc758s
Lorraine Hansberry
Posted: 16 Jun 2017 (video 1975, source “Lorraine Hansberry Speaks Out a Raisin in the Sun, to be Young Gifted and Black”,”The Black Experience in Drama." )
youtube.com/watch?v=da4nZkEczVs
Dean Atta Interview
Posted: 19 Aug 2013
youtube.com/watch?v=nOGnmT1dgIY
Jay Bernard reads poetry from Surge: Side A
Posted: 10 Jul 2018
youtube.com/watch?v=Bk6phOywu0E
Vellai Mozhi': Writer and activist Revathi on the struggles she has faced as a transgender woman
Posted: 20 Jul 2018
youtube.com/watch?v=SyrgetFrPAE&t=69s
Janet Mock on Her Book Redefining Realness
Posted: 30 Jan 2014
youtube.com/watch?v=KCELVQviCvw
Author Aaron Anson interviewed by Bev Smith Talks
Posted: 6 Jul 2011
youtube.com/watch?v=oOiv5gg2kKE
Ocean Vuong: The Waterstones Interview
Posted: 2 Jul 2019
youtube.com/watch?v=rw_fvL95gFk
(Musa Okwonga)
Being Man 2014 | Being A Gay Man
Posted: 6 Feb 2014
youtube.com/watch?v=3Sq1GqvJdZg
Golden - "To the Transphobic Cis White Gay Men at Pride”
Posted: 26 Jun 2019
youtube.com/watch?v=KnXhH5yWoG8
Kay Ulanday Barrett, 2018 Lambda Literary Fellow
posted: 29 Jul 2019
youtube.com/watch?v=pYDtX4zAzlA
Benjamin Zephaniah
Posted: 9 Nov 2013
youtube.com/watch?v=R4mG1hloMEs
Tilt presents London Liming: Patience Agbabi performs ‘Word’
Posted: 30 Nov 2013
youtube.com/watch?v=5Z530jow2DA&t=155s
June Jordan at the Brockport Writers Forum
Posted:19 Oct 2017 (Video September 25, 1981)
youtube.com/watch?v=Ii4y8MKcrwk
Bookblog 2016 // Intervista a Saleem Haddad
Posted: 14 May 2016
youtube.com/watch?v=EiC3yhYjJgM
Pis*sed Off - Dorothea Smartt
Posted: 5 Mar 2011
youtube.com/watch?v=aEJz5eNVQ_k
Heathrow immigration Aiport 2007
Posted: 8 Oct 2013
youtube.com/watch?v=NSg862Z5O1o
An Interview with Staceyann Chin
Posted: 16 Mar 2013
youtube.com/watch?v=tU9vhgRIuDs
Alice Walker talks about feminism and her forthcoming published journals
Posted: 26 Apr 2018
youtube.com/watch?v=_hNWomCUMKA
James Baldwin
bookdepository.com/Giovannis-Room-James-Baldwin/9780141032948?ref=grid-view&qid=1571333975504&
sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha
bookdepository.com/Bodymap/9781927494509=Bookdraw
Tanwi Nandini Islam
bookdepository.com/Bright-Lines-Tanwi-Nandini-Islam/9780143123132?ref=grid-view&qid=1571334116130&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Yoon Ha Lee
bookdepository.com/Ninefox-Gambit-Yoon-Ha-Lee/9781781084489?ref=grid-view&qid=1571334187124&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Rahul Mehta
bookdepository.com/No-Other-World-Rahul-Mehta/9780062020475?ref=grid-view&qid=1571334215964&sr=1-2=Bookdraw
Jackie Kay
bookdepository.com/Trumpet/9781447289494=Bookdraw
Jewelle Gomez,
bookdepository.com/The-Gilda-Stories/9780872866744=Bookdraw
Essex Hemphill
bookdepository.com/Brother-Brother-Essex-Hemphill/9780978625115?ref=grid-view&qid=1571336249418&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Audre Lorde
bookdepository.com/Zami/9780241351086=Bookdraw
Lorraine Hansberry
bookdepository.com/-A-Raisin-in-the-Sun-/9780413762405=Bookdraw
Dean Atta
bookdepository.com/The-Black-Flamingo/9781444948585=Bookdraw
Musa Okwonga
bookdepository.com/Will-You-Manage-/9781846687242=Bookdraw
Golden
amazon.com/Transphobic-Cis-White-Pride-Explicit/dp/B07VNN9DWW
Kay Ulanday Barrett
bookdepository.com/When-the-Chant-Comes-Kay-Ulanday-Barrett/9781627290159=Bookdraw
Benjamin Zephaniah
bookdepository.com/Refugee-Boy-Benjamin-Zephaniah/9781408894996?ref=grid-view&qid=1571336628325&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Feel Free to say say to me on social media @olybliss
I decided to touch up an old black and white picture of Oscar Wilde and Lorde Alfred Douglas who was known as Bosie. I used the free open source programme Krita to digitally change the picture into an image.
Here is a link to the saga of publishing the de Profundis 50,000 word letter!
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De_Profundis_(letter)
If you would like to know more about Victober follow the links below
This is a quick video update with my TBR for Victober!
I loved doing this last year so I'm back for more. Below is all the details of #victober itself.
➤ CHALLENGES
lucythereader
Lucy's challenge → Read an underrated Victorian book published in the same year as your favourite Victorian classic.
Beyond the Pages
Ange's challenge → Read a book by a Victorian female author (Bonus: one that's new to you)
Books and Things
Katie's challenge → Read a Victorian book under 200 pages and/or over 500 pages
Kate's challenge → Re-read a Victorian book
Group challenge → Read by candlelight
Group readalong → The Importance of Being Earnest & A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
➤ LINKS MENTIONED
Katie (Books and Things) → https://www.youtube.com/user/thesilve...
Ange (Beyond the Pages) → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcg...
Kate Howe → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcj...
Victober Goodreads group → https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
Feel Free to say say to me on social media @olybliss
This is a quick video update with my TBR for Victober!
I loved doing this last year so I'm back for more. Below is all the details of #victober itself.
These are the books I'm aiming to read:
Jude the Obscure by Thomas Hardy
bookdepository.com/Jude-Obscure-Thomas-Hardy/9780140435382?ref=grid-view&qid=1570201374997&sr=1-4=Bookdraw
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
bookdepository.com/Jane-Eyre-Charlotte-Bronte/9780141198859?ref=grid-view&qid=1570201404415&sr=1-2=Bookdraw
Middlemarch by George Eliot
bookdepository.com/Middlemarch-George-Eliot/9780141439549?ref=grid-view&qid=1570201432991&sr=1-3=Bookdraw
Vernon Lee Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady
Here is a copy for you to read:
http://www.1890s.ca/PDFs/YBV10_lee_prince.pdf
➤ CHALLENGES
lucythereader
Lucy's challenge → Read an underrated Victorian book published in the same year as your favourite Victorian classic.
Beyond the Pages
Ange's challenge → Read a book by a Victorian female author (Bonus: one that's new to you)
Books and Things
Katie's challenge → Read a Victorian book under 200 pages and/or over 500 pages
Kate's challenge → Re-read a Victorian book
Group challenge → Read by candlelight
Group readalong → The Importance of Being Earnest & A Woman of No Importance by Oscar Wilde
➤ LINKS MENTIONED
Katie (Books and Things) → https://www.youtube.com/user/thesilve...
Ange (Beyond the Pages) → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcg...
Kate Howe → https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcj...
Victober Goodreads group → https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/...
This is Part 2 of my summer reading wrap up! I had too much to say to fit it into one video :D
For part 1 follow this link:
youtu.be/gmtch0qUgns
Feel free to say hi to me on social media
@olybliss
Books Mentioned:
Queer Intentions: A (Personal) Journey Through LGBTQ + Culture
by Amelia Abraham
bookdepository.com/Queer-Intentions-AMELIA-ABRAHAM/9781509866168?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926059349&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Safe: On Black British Men Reclaiming Space by Derek Owusu
bookdepository.com/Safe-Derek-Owusu/9781409182634?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926181117&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Where Angels fear to Tread by EM Forster (and Howards End)
bookdepository.com/Where-Angels-Fear-Tread-E-M-Forster/9780141199252?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926272561&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Animal Farm by George Orwell
bookdepository.com/Animal-Farm-George-Orwell/9780141036137?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926314221&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Raymond Antrobus the Perseverance
bookdepository.com/The-Perseverance-Raymond-Antrobus/9781908058522=Bookdraw
Source referenced:
SAFE edited by Derek Owusu
youtu.be/cZf6X4mkIug
The Perseverance by Raymond Antrobus
youtu.be/EEGnjj5hEE0
My Name is Oly Bliss and this is my channel #Bookdraw
This is a two part video
Feel free to say hi to me on Social Media @olybliss
Here are the books I mentioned
Darius the Great Is Not Okay by Adib Khorram
bookdepository.com/Darius-Great-Is-Not-Okay-Adib-Khorram/9780525552970?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926406618&sr=1-3=Bookdraw
The Stonewall Reader edited by New York Public Library
bookdepository.com/Stonewall-Reader-Edmund-White/9780143133513?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926486369&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Zami a New spelling of my Name by Audre Lorde
bookdepository.com/Zami-Audre-Lorde/9780241351086?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926519353&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Awaken Online series by Travis Bagwell (I read Dominion)
bookdepository.com/Awaken-Online-Travis-Bagwell/9781073113811?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926572544&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Three Daughters of Eve by Elif Shafak
bookdepository.com/Three-Daughters-Eve-Elif-Shafak/9780241978887?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926610759&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
She has also recently released 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in This Strange World
bookdepository.com/10-Minutes-38-Seconds-this-Strange-World-Elif-Shafak/9780241293867?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926658841&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Sources referenced:
L002A Intro 475 Marsha P Johnson interviewed by Betty Brown 4 27 73
youtu.be/tvW-Fif4KFE
Elif Shafak on 10 Minutes 38 Seconds in this Strange World
youtu.be/6-9VsPqAsLo
Inconsiderate X awaken Online artwork source:
awakenonline.fandom.com/wiki/File:Wiki-background
Amelia Parris artwork of ELiza from Awaken Online
artstation.com/artwork/x1Qn4
It's been a hot minute since I last posted a video
I thought I would just do a quick catch up video to let you know what has been going on
Hope everyone is well and good and I'll be returning with more regular content soon :D
I enjoy queer fiction and occasionally create art
Find me on social media and feel free to say Hi @olybliss
This is the 3 Little Words Tag and here are the channels mentioned:
Original tag A. G. Macdonald
youtube.com/watch?v=jyLYRnLTbqA&t=5s
Charlie Brook
youtube.com/user/Picklersmum
ZaynesBookNook
youtube.com/channel/UCLRPnDtFekKomHLYmIdHDDg
Books are my Social Life
youtube.com/channel/UCJWQahxmBl81gKs-OBls2Bw
MUSLIM REVIEWERS RECOMMEND MUSLIM BOOKS
youtube.com/watch?v=_MwziTE0i-M
Eric Karl Anderson
youtube.com/channel/UCYOfhQvPzZ7ALqeXa8NleHQ
PEG the BOOK PRIZE ADDICT
youtube.com/channel/UCC4vmxzO656Ih85zOhO0abQ/videos
Supposedly Fun
youtube.com/channel/UCOYmDxkNFwDmuTrGfqJtIaA
Tea Hags
youtube.com/channel/UC48oLcrHh0YVkEDIvO04lOA
Ghost Reader
youtube.com/channel/UCN_6Vf8AF0C_7AqQ811O2Ug
POC-a-thon 2019 Announcement Video
youtube.com/watch?v=wvu8mAGDfuM&t=2s
A Little Book Life
youtube.com/channel/UC-FEiOwoPLd1RWQzEvEoyIA
Kathy Trithardt
youtube.com/channel/UCiN4woTQzWrciAcjIKQCzHA
Myers Briggs Personality Test
16personalities.com/free-personality-test
World Chase Tag Reference
youtube.com/watch?v=rgWBm5ud20Y&t=264s
My name is Oly Bliss and this is my channel #Bookdraw you can talk to me on social media @olybliss
I think this is who created the original tag:
Earl Gray Books
youtube.com/watch?v=X_Wh0rPGfRg
Chami: https://www.youtube.com/user/ReadLike...
Annika: http://hidingbooks.blogspot.com.au
THE QUESTIONS:
1. Best book you’ve read so far in 2016.
2. Best sequel you've read so far in 2016.
3. New release you haven't read yet, but want to.
4. Most anticipated release for the second half of the year.
5. Biggest disappointment.
6. Biggest surprise.
7. Favourite new author. (Debut or new to you)
8. Newest fictional crush.
9. Newest favourite character.
10. Book that made you cry.
11. Book that made you happy.
12. Most beautiful book you've bought so far this year (or received)
13. What books do you need to read by the end of the year?
14. Favourite Book Community Member
Books mentioned
Faces in the Crowd Novel by Valeria Luiselli
bookdepository.com/Faces-Crowd-Valeria-Luiselli/9781847085078?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926723893&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Awaken Online Series by Travis Bagwell (Book 3 Evolution and Book four Dominion)
bookdepository.com/Awaken-Online-Travis-Bagwell/9781073113811?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926756690&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Machineries of Empire, Revenant Gun Book by Yoon Ha Lee
bookdepository.com/Revenant-Gun-Yoon-Ha-Lee/9781781086070?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926785828&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
The Lady's Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee
Montague Siblings #2
bookdepository.com/Ladys-Guide-Petticoats-Piracy-Mackenzi-Lee/9780062795328?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926811171&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Broken Earth Series, The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin
bookdepository.com/Obelisk-Gate-N-K-Jemisin/9780356508368?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926851856&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
The Folk of the Air Series, The Wicked King by Holly Black
bookdepository.com/Wicked-King-Folk-Air-2-Holly-Black/9781471407352?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926880960&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Meat Market by Juno Dawson
bookdepository.com/Meat-Market-Juno-Dawson/9781786540386=Bookdraw
Black Flamingo by Dean Atta
bookdepository.com/Black-Flamingo-Dean-Atta/9781444948585?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926940252&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Fever Code by James Dashner
bookdepository.com/Fever-Code-James-Dashner/9781911077039?ref=grid-view&qid=1569926975998&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Pulp by Robin Talley
bookdepository.com/Pulp-Robin-Talley/9781848457126?ref=grid-view&qid=1569927002270&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater
bookdepository.com/Raven-Boys-Maggie-Stiefvater/9781407134611?ref=grid-view&qid=1569927027916&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsberg
bookdepository.com/Music-What-Happens-Bill-Konigsberg/9781338215502?ref=grid-view&qid=1569927058106&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
A Room of Ones Own by Virgina Woolf
bookdepository.com/Room-Ones-Own-Three-Guineas-Vintage-Classics-Woolf-Series-Virginia-Woolf/9781784870874?ref=grid-view&qid=1569927080477&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
bookdepository.com/Crazy-Rich-Asians-Kevin-Kwan/9781782393849?ref=grid-view&qid=1569927124570&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Vegan 100 by Gaz Oakley
bookdepository.com/Vegan-Christmas-Gaz-Oakley/9781787132672?ref=grid-view&qid=1569927165890&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Drapetomania by John R. Gordon
bookdepository.com/Drapetomania-John-R-Gordon/9780995516274?ref=grid-view&qid=1569927191801&sr=1-1=Bookdraw
Martin and John by Dale Peck
bookdepository.com/Martin-John-Dale-Peck/9781616954840?ref=grid-view&qid=1569927224914&sr=1-7=Bookdraw
References
Awaken online Jason evolution:
deviantart.com/saturdayromantist/art/Awaken-Online-Book-1-Outfit-Evolution-746918457
Shakespeare's Telling Tales: The Black Flamingo with Dean Atta
youtube.com/watch?v=qHksXFqr_Bg
Family Guy - Ultimate Power Universe.mp4
youtube.com/watch?v=mND4vbzQuXo&t=49s
Jon M. Chu requesting the rights for the song Yellow
katherine ho - yellow (coldplay cover ) Lyrics 瘋狂亞洲富豪 Crazy Rich Asians soundtrack
youtube.com/watch?v=Tn-tgKjQAt4
rollingstone.com/movies/movie-news/crazy-rich-asians-director-shares-letter-sent-to-coldplay-for-yellow-permission-713148
Felicity Reimagined: A Lady's Guide To Petticoats and Piracy Review
youtu.be/QoHQyIx2YbU
I enjoy reviewing queer fiction and occasionally make images out of the stuff I review.
This is my third trip up to Bradford Literature Festival feel free to check out my previous visits:
Bradford Literature Festival 2018:
youtu.be/RoGlktccAdI
Bradford Literature Festival 2017:
youtu.be/ZiLamyO3xnw
Here are links to the festival and people who I saw:
bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/exploring-neurodiversity
Amy Arnold and a Slip of a Fish
andotherstories.org/slip-of-a-fish
James Sinclair
@AutismRevised
AutisticandUnapologetic.com
Kate Fox
autism.org.uk/get-involved/media-centre/news/2019-03-08-kate-fox-iwd.aspx
Jen Campbell
bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/history-snow-white
Jen's playlist looking at Fairy tales:
youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlRIaAzTjWi7P2StmqI0MG8d_K3bo2BX3
bradfordlitfest.co.uk/event/fairy-tales-reimagined-2
Jen Campbell, Kirsty Logan, Nikita Gill with Jean Menzies
http://www.jen-campbell.co.uk
youtube.com/user/BookishThoughts/playlists
http://www.kirstylogan.com
meanwhilepoetry.tumblr.com @nktgill
Feel free to say hi to me on social media @olybliss
I've had a fab couple of months and here are the books I read:
A Room of One's Own by Virginia Woolf
Interment by Samira Ahmed
Something Like Summer Jay Bell
Go get these books!
jaybellbooks.com/something-like-series
Overstory by Richard Powers
The Little Mermaid by by Hans Christian Andersen
Channels Mentioned:
She Gathered books
youtube.com/watch?v=2Loi-_Q2wa8
Whatpageareyouon
youtube.com/watch?v=CnukspSrd0M&t=22s
A little Book Life
youtube.com/watch?v=dOb6ZPrbnZs&t=84s
Book Your Imagination
youtube.com/watch?v=jrlqGGlAezE&t=16s
Jen Campbell
youtube.com/watch?v=PuSqIpqJ-Xc
Original video sources
A Cat rolling In cash
youtube.com/watch?v=dp42vSv-cVM
How Books are Made
youtube.com/watch?v=N__wYtFR_Ws
Dangerous Cut down 300 year old tree in 10 minutes
youtube.com/watch?v=W8j2RjeXPqY
Something Like Summer- Official Trailer
youtube.com/watch?v=g0N8GE4sggw
I did a tag because I wanted to join the over 30's party :D
Feel free to say hi to me with a comment below or through social media @olybliss
If you haven't been tagged, please still feel free to do the tag if you feel so inclined. You still belong to the Awesome Over 30 Club! (Or you don't, but you're looking forward to it! 😉)
--Prompts--
1. Name one of your favourite books that features a protagonist who is thirty years old or older.
2. Name a book that represents who you were when you were younger.
3. Name a book that represents where you are in your life now.
4. Name a book that represents something that has never changed about you.
5. Name one of your favourite classics.
6. Name a book you like or would like to read that was published in the year you were born.
CHANNELS MENTIONED
Jen Gallagher
youtube.com/watch?v=Q86QMQ1TD54&t=14s
INKNOTBLOOD (Original Tag)
youtube.com/watch?v=_agjF_y9UKk
BOOKS MENTIONED
The Book of Lies by Felice Picano
The Violet Quill edited by David Bergman and Author: David Bergman (ed.)
Animorphs series by K. A. Applegate
The Encounter
Catch 22 by Joseph Heller
Draw the Line by Lauren Linn
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
I am creating a series of interviews of stories of lots of lovely people from Liverpool and capturing a slice of their life. Sophie Green has a website with all her amazing work please go and check her out and support a wonderful artist.
http://www.sophie-green.com
Here is also previous videos exploring Queer Stories from Liverpool
Queer stories: Ben- Liverpool 2018
youtu.be/INUoyavCd_k
Queer stories: Omar- Liverpool 2018
youtu.be/MwtzrabTukI
Six interviews in Liverpool on Important books
youtu.be/2Rxt7tASptA
I'm doing the Booktubers Personalities Tag
Feel free to say hi in the comments below or on social media @olybliss
This was tag is originally from Allan Moreton youtube.com/watch?v=RJlz0jotvzk&t=1s
I picked this tag up through Leo's channel go check him out his responses too!
A Little Book Life
youtube.com/watch?v=MbWCyR_2D_A&t=57s
These are the original questions
The Ten BookTubers Personalities Tag
Question 1: Which BookTuber under-rates themselves?
Question 2. Which BookTuber doesn’t take themselves too seriously?
Question 3. Which BookTuber has an under-stated delivery? Question 4. Which BookTuber has a quirky rambling style? Question 5.: Which BookTuber reads highbrow literature?
Question 6. Which BookTuber has a quiet demeanour?
Question 7. Which BookTuber has intelligence and depth?
Question 8. Which BookTuber is warm and friendly?
Question 9. Which BookTuber is self-deprecating?
Question 10. Which BookTuber has a quiet, measured delivery?
Emma's Bookish Lifestyle
youtube.com/channel/UCFq4hx73R3pQyCDLJDL7Qpw
Mel's Bookland Adventures
youtube.com/channel/UCpyooWkAk5PyjfY-ksJtv5g
Leanne Rose
youtube.com/channel/UCN4GiyNI5vGmunlGP7WZ6Iw
Rachel Louise Akins
youtube.com/user/rachkinzz
Hooked on Books
youtube.com/channel/UCMX6_g_cfFKjWk_rRPb3RTA
Whatpageareyouon
youtube.com/channel/UCsUwugvMAROjWUpnKYSdWJw
Nur Chaos
youtube.com/channel/UCvpBSSAsr2W-ys7pv1QonVQ
MCS-Books
youtube.com/channel/UCLy809DbEyHPuxItlEYU-RA
Books and Things
youtube.com/user/thesilverscribe
Charlie Brook
youtube.com/user/Picklersmum
Bookish Islander
youtube.com/user/juanouk
ChallengeThySelf
youtube.com/channel/UC3mSY2O7aLwktimEzt-T_lA
This is my May wrap up feel free to say hi to me in the comments below or on social media @olybliss
If you enjoyed the video please add a like with a thumbs up to help grow my channel!
Books discussed:
Maurice by E. M. Foster
Ghost Wall by Sarah Mosse
Educated by Tara Westover
Reference Tara Westovers journey from off-the-grid childhood to Cambridge: Full Video
youtube.com/watch?v=rTLK5AEVCEc
Flow Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi
New Speed-Solving Record Set for Rubik's Cube
youtube.com/watch?v=SjOyaf2JKoE
I'm reviewing The Music of What Happens by Bill Konigsburg! I really loved this book because its great at allowing men to be open and discuss their feeling or express themselves in more positive and constructive ways.
I'm trying a slightly different format, sketching out something I liked in the book and then commenting on the themes in the book. What do you think? Let me know in the comments below :D
Please also if you loved this book too- let me know! Not enough people are talking about this book and they really should :)
Also feel free to comment of follow on twitter and Instagram @olybliss
youtu.be/w9HEn-WPbgQ
Remember you don't have to do this just on 17 May -be an ally and upload it any day so more people are aware of IDAHOBIT!
Books mentioned:
1. Indomitable Inspirited- Ruby Fruit Jungle by Rita Mae Brown
2. Dynamic Divergence- Nimona by Noelle Stevenson
3. Age of Aquarius- Ready Player One by Ernest Cline
4. Healing Hearts- The Slap by Christos Tsiolkas
5. Open-minded Observer- The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
6. Brave Beings- The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
7. International inspirations- Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
8. Thoroughly Thrilling- Days Without End by Sebastian Barry
Please feel free to give this tag ago here are the prompts below!
Let me know if you do this tag and I'll add a link!
International Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) is on 17 May but feel free to upload this tag at any time! The tag is aiming to build allies through finding shared agenda across other themes regarding social and political agendas which demonstrate inclusion of lgbtqia+ characters within the their stories. Feel free to talk about any books.
No matter how big or small our representation! When we are present we are visible. You may not be able to find a book which covers every family member of the LGBTQIA+ community for the tag that’s ok!
Where possible try to find some diverse representation across our community any include agendas which are relevant to you! I hope by sharing this tag we are able to build greater intersectional relationships and become more present and relevant to a greater number of people agendas.
Finding shared ground and commonalities is what helps build empathy and understanding between people. -
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THE PROMPTS OF THE TAG:
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1. Indomitable Inspirited- A book with a character that overcomes adversity. Who regardless of where they come from or what external forces work against them. They are able to rise above and overcome because they are irrepressible!
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2. Dynamic Divergence- A character who acts differently to the status-quo either in thought, physicality or acts and behaviour
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3. Age of Aquarius- The dawn of revolution! Find a book which discusses change. This is about flattening the pyramid and individuals assuming more power. This is about acknowledging a broken system and crucially, not waiting for someone else to fix it. -
4. Healing Hearts- For the stories that create resolve, restore justice and build peace or happiness. Any book that gives you the warm and fuzzies feelings.
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5. Open-minded Observer Those stories and character that feature an outsiders or observers. A story where someone has observed their surroundings are drawn their own conclusions about the contexts of how or where they live.
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6. Brave Beings Stories of acts of boldness and bravery where either an individual, group or community stepped up their game in some way! The moments of bravery that really stood out to you.
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7. International inspirations- A book originating from a country separate from your own that has inspired your imagination in some way- could be anywhere or any about anything.
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8. Thoroughly Thrilling- A book which is thrilling in some way. It could be an adventure, fantasy, horror sci-fi or of course a Thriller :-o (Try to highlight where the queer representation if possible!) Feel free to let me know if you've done the tag I would love to know! find me on social media @Olybliss on twitter and instagram
references within the video
Nimona
geekundspiel.com/home/2016/9/28/nimona
Ready Player One:
Helen Harris Illustration by Alex Linek
dribbble.com/shots/3345834-Helen-Harris-Ready-Player-One
Aech illustration AlexielApril
deviantart.com/alexielapril/art/aecH-387795470
Trailer for Oasis
youtu.be/_WssoDJYGyY
IOI image
twitter.com/viveport/status/979818674142900225
The Slap
https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/melissa-george-on-returning-to-the-slap-i-want-to-dig-deeper-
trailer
Richie
tvovermind.com/the-slap-season-1-episode-8-review-richie
youtube.com/watch?v=Rq49v4oJvcE
20150119-12t1ya.html
Left Hand of Darkness Map
bigthink.com/left-hand-of-darkness-map
Perks of being a wall Flower
Charlie
speakeasyohiou.com/2012/10/25/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-infinitely-successful-final-edit
Sam and Patrick
youtube.com/watch?v=2vb2qrcPEEs
Days With Out End
thestar.com/entertainment/books/2017/01/22/sweeping-western-by-a-masterful-irish-writer.html
Kafka on the Shore:
Lisa Ito http://rittlerion.com/gallery.html
Here is a over due April wrap up! I've been busy knuckling down with work at the moment so less present right now- my apologies! But I'm up dating you with a bunch of books I read in April. I actually missed a couple off because I wanted to give me time to these in particular as I enjoyed them so much!
Books Mention
The Music of What Happens Bill Konigsberg
Trans a Memoir by Juliet Jacques
Destiny Cry Michel Russell
How to Survive a Plague David France
(Trailer footage used from The Last One vimeo.com/71129741)
The Obelisk Gate by N. K. Jemisin (and The Fifth Season)
The Girl Aquarium by Jen Campbell
check out her channel here: youtube.com/user/jenvcampbell/videos
Feel free to follow me on social media @olybliss
Please feel free to give this tag ago here are the prompts below! Remember you don't have to do this just on 17 May be an ally and upload it any day so more people are aware of IDAHOBIT!
international Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, Intersexism and Transphobia (IDAHOBIT) is on 17 May but feel free to upload this tag at any time!
The tag is aiming to build allies through finding shared agenda across other themes regarding social and political agendas which demonstrate inclusion of lgbtqia characters within the their stories.
Feel free to talk about any books. No matter how big or small our representation! When we are present we are visible.
You may not be able to find a book which covers every family member of the LGBTQIA+ community for the tag that’s ok!
Where possible try to find some diverse representation across our community any include agendas which are relevant to you!
I hope by sharing this tag we are able to build greater intersectional relationships and become more present and relevant to a greater number of people agendas. Finding shared ground and commonalities is what helps build empathy and understanding between people.
THE PROMPTS OF THE TAG:
1.
Indomitable Inspirited-
A book with a character that overcomes adversity. Who regardless of where they come from or what external forces work against them. They are able to rise above and overcome because they are irrepressible!
2.
Dynamic Divergence-
A character who acts differently to the status-quo either in thought, physicality or acts and behaviour
3.
Age of Aquarius-
The dawn of revolution! Find a book which discusses change. This is about flattening the pyramid and individuals assuming more power. This is about acknowledging a broken system and crucially, not waiting for someone else to fix it.
4.
Healing Hearts- For the stories that create resolve, restore justice and build peace or happiness. Any book that gives you the warm and fuzzies feelings.
5.
Open-minded Observer
Those stories and character that feature an outsiders or observers. A story where someone has observed their surroundings are drawn their own conclusions about the contexts of how or where they live.
6.
Brave Beings
Stories of acts of boldness and bravery where either an individual, group or community stepped up their game in some way! The moments of bravery that really stood out to you.
7.
International inspirations-
A book originating from a country separate from your own that has inspired your imagination in some way- could be anywhere or any about anything.
8.
Thoroughly Thrilling-
A book which is thrilling in some way. It could be an adventure, fantasy, horror sci-fi or of course a Thriller :-o
(Try to highlight where the queer representation if possible!)
Feel free to let me know if you've done the tag I would love to know!
find me on social media @Olybliss on twitter and instagram
I've brought a few books over the last few weeks and thought it was time to share a haul!
Feel free to say hi to me on social media @olybliss
Here are the books that I mentioned:
Something Like Summer by Jay Bell
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Internment by Samira Ahmed
littlebrown.co.uk/titles/samira-ahmed/internment/9780349003344
here is more of the video of Sharmaine Lovegrove at panel at London Book Fair
twitter.com/hashtag/londonbookfair?src=hash
Battle Ship Yamato by Jan Morris
Here is a link to the Interview with Jan Morris on her new book 'Battleship Yamato'
On Solitude by Michel De Montaigne
On Suicide by David Hume
A Room of One's Own by Virgina Woolf
youtube.com/watch?v=xfGU9IPmk_k
Faces in the Crowd Valeria Luiselli
and the Bath Spa in case you're interested :D
thermaebathspa.com
Topping and Company Booksellers
toppingbooks.co.uk/events/bath
Here is a great guide to other bookshops in Bath though as well!
inprint.co.uk/thebookguide/shops/town.php?loc=South%20West&locc=Somerset&loccc=BATH
I've gone against what I said I wouldn't do. I did another Tag. But its because I missed taking part and contributing to the wonderful Booktube community.
Feel Free to say hi on social media @olybliss
This Tag was originally created by Jason at Old Blue's Chapter and Verse
youtube.com/watch?v=zl_1dQQD4KI&t=9s
But I was inspired by the lovely Shawn to do this so go say hi to him as well!
youtube.com/watch?v=-ZzGsS7WzvY&t=244s
inds of books eligible for your list: - Individual works of fiction (e.g. the novel A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens or the short story collection The Hill Bachelors by William Trevor) - Individual plays (e.g. The Crucible by Arthur Miller) - Individual works of non-fiction (e.g. the memoir Girl Meets God by Lauren Winner) - Individual books of poetry (e.g. the volume My Name is William Tell by William Stafford) - Individual books of the Bible (e.g. the Gospel of John or the Book of Psalms) - Series of books or plays are eligible to be counted as a single title (e.g. the Harry Potter series by J.K. Rowling or the Angels in America duo of plays by Tony Kushner) Books that are ineligible for your list: - the Bible in its entirety (owing to its being a library of books) - the Collected Works of a given writer (you may not choose, for instance, the collected works of William Shakespeare as a single book)
My Choices for the Booktube Top Tens Tag:
Juliet Takes a breath by Gabby Riveria
The Wave by Todd Strasser
Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell
Gender Games by Juno Dawson
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
Call Me By Your Name by André Aciman
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
The Counterfeiters by André Gide
F*cking Martin by Dale Peck
This is #Bookdraw
Here is my wrap up of reads through the month of March 2019. Feel free to comment down below and say hello or feel free to reach out to me on social media @olybliss
Books Mentioned
The House You Pass on The Way by Jacqueline Wood
Slammerkin by Emma Donoghue (Also Hood )
Panopticon by Jenni Fagan
Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit by Jeanette Winterson
In My Mind's Eye by Jan Morris (I also mention Hav)
Keeping You a Secret by Julie Ann Peters
Reverent Gun by Joon Ha Lee
Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin
Dancer from the Dance by by Andrew Holleran
The Swimming-Pool Library by Alan Hollinghurst
Buenas Noches Buenos Aires by Gilbert Adair
Pulp by Robin Talley
Channels Mentioned
#TheIrishReadathon
Leanne Rose
youtube.com/watch?v=RrTv4HcG9aw&t=39s
#MiddleGradeMarch
BooksAndJams
youtube.com/watch?v=QhrbCOK8HOE&t=84s
lifebetweenwords
youtube.com/watch?v=I67MvSNTXN4&t=29s
Simon Savidge
youtube.com/watch?v=3uP4LtIamyQ&t=3s
I really Like the character Felicity in the book A Lady's Guide To Petticoats and Piracy which was written by Mackenzie Lee. I was surprised that the cover design didn't reflect the character I had imagined from the way she is described within the books. I’m interested in Adaptational attractiveness has there you been other books where a character has been physically changed to suit marketing?
It was fun to change the book cover design and have a go at exploring the what I imagined Felicity to look like. For this video I used Krita a free on-line tool which allows you to do most the things photoshop does without paying a monthly subscription!
Imagines I referenced. FoxFace, Jacqueline Emerson from the Hunger Games movie
A Sack- Back Grown from 1760 via the Victoria and Albert Museum and a Portrait painting of Mrs Antoine Julien Meffre-Rouzan in 1839, by Jean Joseph Vaudechamp,
This is a snap shot of all the books I read in February - I thought I did alight seeing as it was a short month!
Feel free to say hi to me with comments down below it really helps grow my channel. OR say hi to me more directly through social media @olybliss
Books Mentioned:
A Simple Favour by Darcy Bell
An Appeal to the World in a Time of Division, by Franz Alt, his Holiness the Dalai Lama
The Wicked King by Holy Black
The Song of Achilles by Madeline MillerWhy I am no Longer Talking to White People About Race by Reni Eddo-Lodge
Pulp by Robin Talley
And The Ocean Was Our Sky by Patrick Ness
This is my channel #bookdraw
So I found out about #middlegrademarch through Booky Lorra go check her video out:
youtube.com/watch?v=lguCz0e7I3k&t=75s
They Hosts for Middle Grade March are
Life Between Words
youtube.com/watch?v=I67MvSNTXN4
BooksAndJams
youtube.com/watch?v=QhrbCOK8HOE
Challenges and books:
1. A nonfiction or book based on true events - Fact or Fiction? The truth behind urban myths
2. Book with a nonhuman main character - War Horse by Michael Murpurgo
3. A fantasy - The House with Chicken Legs by Sophie Anderson
4. Book written in verse - A Change is Gonna Come
5. A diverse read - A Change is Gonna Come
The Books mentioned
Better Nate Than Ever by Tim Federle
Star-Crossed by Barbara Dee
The House You Pass On The Way by Jacqueline Woodson
Pansy Boy by Paul Harfleet
Rock and Riot by Chelsey Furedi
(Go see ChrisVilgante video about web comics youtube.com/watch?v=tZZam5C1H0o&t=2s)
This is a collection of suggestions for those wanting to know about our queer history. This year LGBT History Month is encouraging us to explore Peace, Activism and Reconciliation.
Books discussed:
A New Man a Memoir by Charlie Kiss
Sista! Anthology
African/Caribbean descent with a UK connection
by Phyll Opoku-Gyimah (Editor), Rikki Beadle-Blair (Editor), John R Gordon (Editor)
Trumpet by Jackie Kay
Close To The Knives by David Wojnarowiz
Touching Harry by Peter Robins
Drapetomania by john R Gordon
Check out Jen Gallagher
youtube.com/watch?v=f292kDdCsEw&t=451s
Video with Hebe talking about Greenham Common
youtube.com/watch?v=QX6QTNQf_a0&t=4s
Subscribe or say hi through instagram and twitter @olybliss
I've totally stolen this concept from Booky Lorra. Her video is available to watch here you should definable watch it she's great:
youtube.com/watch?v=fJ8kXzBRavc
Here are some of the books I mentioned within the video
Let's Talk About Love by Clare Kann
Beautiful creatures by Kami Garcia, Margaret Stohl
Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami I did talk about this one more in a previous wrap up video:
youtube.com/watch?v=SIlEZ4SkcOY
Here is a link to Manchester Library archive a great resource for LGBT History:
secure.manchester.gov.uk/info/448/archives_and_local_history/520/guide_to_lesbian_gay_bisexual_or_transgender_lgbt_resources
Other bookish references within in the video include in no particular order (did you get them all though?)
Librarians:
Goldie Hawn in Foul Play
Shirley Jones in The Music Man
Dorthy Malone in the Big Sleep
Strike Up the Band Judy Garland
Rachel Weisz in the Mummy
Adetomiwa Edun playing Sean in a Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
Wan Shi Tong an ancient, wise, and powerful spirit who collects information in his library featured in the Avatar series
Bell from Beauty and the Beast
In Ghostbusters (aka The Grey Lady, Gray Lady, Librarian Ghost, the Librarian) Librarian Eleanor Twitty and the very first ghost that the Ghostbusters encountered.
A librarian of Biblioteca di San Barnaba. The Librarian was played by an uncredited performer in Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade. The character appeared in a non-speaking role.
Madam Irma Pince witch and librarian from Harry Potter
Mrs Beamster the librarian (aka the Laminator) the Librarian from the Black Lagoon by Mike Thaler
The Librarians a Scyfy series
This is a conversation video drawn from watching a previous video that Alex had done on his channel reviewing LGBTQIA themes with The Beginners:
The books we mentioned
Call Me by Your Name by Andre Aciman
More Than This by Patrick Ness
Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
by Benjamin Alire Sáenz
Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda
Novel by Becky Albertalli
This is Ben is involved with the Michael Causer Foundation as a Trustee. He's talks about his activism within his school involving wanting to discuss Sophie Lancaster for the Anthony Walker remembrance day.
To learn more about these three great foundations in Liverpool please follow the links below:
michaelcauserfoundation.org.uk
sophielancasterfoundation.com
anthonywalkerfoundation.com
This is my January wrap up of the books I read. I had a great month of reads if you have read any of these feel free to comment down below like and subscribe or say hi through @olybliss on instagram and twitter!
Books Mentioned
This is Going to Hurt by Adam Kay
The Raven Cycle series by Maggie Stiefvater.
1.The Raven Boys
2 The Dream Thieves
3 Blue Lily, Lily Blue
4 The Raven King
(The ending was awesome by the way I actually have finished the last book and loved it!)
The Third Reel by S. J. Naudé
Shawn the Book Manic wrap start 8:40 for the Third Reel
youtube.com/watch?v=lycfeKS1_cc
This is #BookDraw where I look at queer fiction and occasionally create drawings about the books I love.
In this vidoe I'm looking at the offical faces that are being focused on through the LGBT History Month here in the UK.
Feel free to reach out and chat to me through social media @Olybliss
The four fantastic people are
Marsha P Johnson
Magnus Hirschfeld
Robert Graves
Marielle Franco
Books Mentioned
Stonewall by David Carter
March with Marsha by Katie Hall
How to Survive a Plague David France
The Homosexuality of Men and Women, The Third Sex, the Sexual History of World War by Magnus Hirschfeld
Sassoon and Graves by Helen McPail and Philip Guest
Good Bye to All That by Robert Graves
Robert Graves: War Poems
Wild Olives By William Graves
A Sunflower in Her Hair: Poems and Testimonies for Marielle Franco
Other videos
Pride Tag youtu.be/AwHt9ISysyQ
James Hanley and My Trip to Liverpool
youtu.be/Qkrf-32qR08
A-Z of LGBT Books
youtu.be/MlPzSBC4pV0
Some Legendary Queer Authors at Tate Britain
youtu.be/d-stMRaxnv8
The Boy Behind the Books
youtu.be/YPGkbwsyDYQ
Just outlining some channel related goals for 2019 and some changes to the structure of my channel!
Feel free to check out my mentioned videos:
Queer stories: Omar- Liverpool 2018
youtu.be/MwtzrabTukI
Six interviews in Liverpool on Important books
youtu.be/2Rxt7tASptA
If I Was Your Girl by Meredith Russo Speed Drawing
youtu.be/gpT9NkUUZ_0
The Counterfeiters Speed Drawing
youtu.be/fb2QMSV3_jI
Feel free to keep in contact with me @olybliss on instagram and twitter :D
If you follow me on Instagram some of this will look familiar but here is a sketch book tour of the images I created from October 2017 through to January 2018.
This is for all the book tubers who only watch booktube- there are loads of other amazing channels which don't just talk about books!
I thought I introduce you to some of my favourites.
Go check out ManicPixieDreamBoots who inspired me to do this video:
youtube.com/watch?v=nx4nuTbZ7Vc&t=1s
Here is a list ( in no particular order) of all the channels I mentioned as I went through my sketchbook. All of these channels have informed my work and how I have developed in the last year. Hope you find some inspiration from this and give sketching a go. It's been great for my well-being and really helps me improve my skills.
Robin Clonts
H.C. Brown (now Holly Brown)
Aaron Rutten
Cesar Santos
Sara Tepes
Danica Sills
Croquis Cafe
Owlarts
Book mentioned:
They Both Die in the End by Adam Silvera
Key videos that have really helped me develop:
HC Brown Color Theory
youtube.com/watch?v=gMLU3P3cYEI
How to do Inkober
youtube.com/watch?v=Q320efwokQk
Arron Rutten 10 Mistakes made by digital artists:
youtu.be/WQWp8kc-EVw
Sara Tepes Introductiont o Krita
youtube.com/watch?v=kUXNEK8awiY
Freckle-
Freckle Compilation by Nathan Michael – from The Gay and Wondrous Life of Caleb Gallo
youtube.com/watch?v=sPNts8GuDqU&t=57s
Brian Jordan Alvarez
youtube.com/user/bjalvo
#sketchbook #art #sketch #drawing #illustration #artist #draw #instaart #pencil #artwork #artsy #creative #artoftheday #painting #pen #artistsoninstagram #picture #instagood #doodle #instaartist #gallery #beautiful #drawings #paper #sketching #graphic #photooftheday #ink #masterpiece
These are my top eight choices for 2018. There is no particular reason why there is only eight these are just the books that really stood out for my reading this year. Not all of these were released in 2018, they're just the book I read and adored.
These include:
8. The Less Than Epic Adventures of TJ and Amal
read here for free: http://tjandamal.com
check out ChrisViglante's recommendations here: Pride Flag Book Tag | Webcomic Edition
youtube.com/watch?v=tZZam5C1H0o&t=2s
7. North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell
chekc out books and things VIctober recommendations here:
youtube.com/watch?v=gRavImuUH_0&t=8s
6. Margot and Me by Juno Dawson
5. Hearts Invisible Furies by John Boyne
4. The Power by Naomi Alderman
3. The Hyperion Cantos by Dan Simmons
2. Juliet Takes a Breath by Gabby Rivera
I forgot to mention Adriana from perpetualpages introduced me to Juliet takes a breath here are further recommendations from their channel:
Recommendations: Latinx Books
youtube.com/watch?v=wycc6vlG7AE
1. Lets Talk About Love by Claire Kann
Let me know if you loved any of these or better yet tell me your 2018 favourite novels you read and loved through the comments below.
Feel free to say hi to me on social media as well my instagram and twitter is @olybliss
Happy New Year! It's been a minute :D
So I had a little winter rest but I read a lot during this rest so I'm giving you an overview of all the books which I read during November and December. This includes books which I consumed for the Autumn Readathon, the Queer Lit Readathon and the queer in space.
Did I stick to these TBRs? No! I'm a mood reader :D but I read manage to read through a number of them plus a few unexpected extras!
Here are all the books I read and mentioned in the video. If you have read any of these please let me know I would love to chat to you in the comments below- or reach out and say hi on Twitter or Instagram @olybliss!
Books Mentioned:
The DNF's (Did not Finish)
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
The Books I read:
Mussolini’s Island by Sarah Day
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
History of Violence Edouard Louis (the article about his book theguardian.com/books/2018/jun/09/edouard-louis-i-want-to-be-a-writer-of-violence-the-more-you-talk-about-it-the-more-you-can-undo-it)
Check out Shawn's full review here:
youtube.com/watch?v=t_vXrcE5a4U
The Heart's Invisible Furies by John Boyne
The Rest of Us Just Live Here by Patrick Ness
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin
The Cruel Prince by Holly Black (and the Wicked King is coming soon!)
here is a few books I'm getting rid off and giving you the chance to claim one if you like?
The Books up for grabs:
A Winkle in Time
The Giver
Breath
Mad World
Ready Player One
Lolita
Catch 22
The Great Gatsby
Thirteen Reasons Way
The Reluctant Fundamentalist
Illusions
If you want one of these books you have to ask for one book in the comments below. You will then need to email your personal address to o.bliss@ymail.com in order for me to send you a book.
This is first come, first serve in order to claim your book so make sure you email me your address to make sure you get the book you want! This treat is open until 16 December 2018, after this time I will donate the rest to charity!
This is a mash Up TBR between two queer readathon's happening right now!
There is Queer readathon
HOSTS:
Kathy - bit.ly/1TpaSRk
Rogan - bit.ly/2O8rPVj
Adriana- youtu.be/gJ6bVq7L5FI
OFFICIAL HASHTAG: #queerlitread
CHALLENGES: (All books must have a queer main character or revolve around queer topics) - Read a book with a indigenous main character - See Yourself: read a book that has an intersectionality you share - New Author: read a book by an author you’ve never read before - Read a book with an ace/aro spectrum main character - Read a book with a trans spec main character - Read a 5 star prediction book, or one that is hyped/popular - ??? : Choose your own category (and tell us what it is!) - Read a graphic novel - Group Read (to be determined by Twitter poll) - Read a middle grade book - Read a book with a disabled main character - Read a book by a POC author - Read a translated book - Read a historical fiction - Read a genre you don’t usually read - Read an #ownvoices book
And then Owl of OwlYarnReads
Queers in Space #QueerInSpace
yarnowlreads.wordpress.com/queer-in-space-readathon
Books Mentioned:
Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
Revenat Gun Yoon Ha Lee
recommended videos:
Perpetual Pages:
youtu.be/TFKrHmYeTWw
Lia Cooper
youtube.com/watch?v=MQs8IVPkFDo
Mussonlini's Island by Sarah Day
Elmet by Fiona Mozley
Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller
Dark Matter a ghost story by Michelle Paver
Girls of Paper and Fire by Natasha Ngan
Sources:
Cheris image: sanghanart.tumblr.com
Mussonlini's Island images: gayles.tv/en/news/cientos-de-Jedao Image: gais-recluidos-en-islas-en-la-italia-de-mussolini/
deviantart.com/tag/ninefoxgambit
I reloaded this to improve sound and added subtitles hope it helps!
I will up load these sporadically across my channel and create a new play list for these. I did a micro residency with the Gwendolyn gallery Liverpool. I am creating a series of interviews of stories of lots of lovely people from Liverpool and capturing a slice of their life.
This is a little late but hey- life happens.
Feel free to reach me on social media @Olybliss #Bookdraw
This is my second half of reviewing Moby Dick for my first video check out the link:
youtube.com/watch?v=kNyOKAwTUlQ
Here is some references I used for this video:
Redburn 1849:
goodreads.com/book/show/3736.Redburn
Love Stories: Sex between Men before Homosexuality
by Jonathan Ned Katz
goodreads.com/book/show/179028.Love_Stories
Representations of Femininity in Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" and John Rollin Ridge's "Joaquín Murieta" by Julia Deitermann (Author)
grin.com/document/61095
The Gay Love Letters of Herman Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne
http://rictornorton.co.uk/melvill2.htm
image references
Ahab http://www.joecustoms.com/customs/customs_specific_item.php?kind=figure&id=16542&tags=captain%2Bnavy
Ishmael and Queeqeg
http://jcruzcastillo.blogspot.com/2013/06/moby-dick-high-intermediate-a.html
6utton: “ishmael and queequeg inspired by: “As we were going along the people stared; not at Queequeg so much
google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&ved=2ahUKEwiVhZaEuffeAhVHWBoKHQLCCisQjhx6BAgBEAM&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pinterest.com%2Fpin%2F489836896962227793%2F&psig=AOvVaw3fw9XbFFxUmfn5oWcWJx6c&ust=1543506750196578
video sources:
Dave Malloy- A Squeeze of the Hand (Comets)
youtube.com/watch?v=FJE6viE7FIU
Chapter 94. A Squeeze of the Hand.
Adventures of Moby Dick Birthday Card Preview
youtube.com/watch?v=3lLHFEdWCmg&t=4s
Chapter 94. A Squeeze of the Hand. Remaking Moby-Dick
A scene from John Gentile's adaptation of Moby-Dick, directed by John Gentile and Hylan Scott. Performed at Kennesaw State University in 2008.
youtube.com/watch?v=9e0kdE4CnE0
The Simpsons: Homer and Moby Dick
youtube.com/watch?v=8rQOJuUh7-8
Ahab and Moby DIck
youtube.com/watch?v=eLTlfljynV4&t=108s
Moby Dick (1956): Gregory Peck's best scene
youtube.com/watch?v=NMPW4R727QQ&t=375s
Moby Dick (Chapter 94) Herman Melville
youtube.com/watch?v=KnT64J7LGDY
I've been promising this video for ages. I finally got it together and pieced together some thoughts on Moby Dick. Come back for my full review which will give much more discussion about the content of the book
Here is the article regarding over 30 references to the pipe:
chahoppy.livejournal.com/65867.html
This is also an amazing animation which focuses on the Pipe of Ahab:
youtube.com/watch?v=0vtlr_zRnJc
It's also worth noting- and I'll talk about this in my next video how often he talks about men and how little he refers to women:
grin.com/document/61095
'In his novel Moby-Dick, Melville creates a generally male world. A striking fact is the frequent use of the words “he”, appearing almost 2000 times, and “man” or “men”, being used over 800 times. Words connected to “woman” or “wife”, however, only appear about 35 times in the book.'
Other images referenced in the video:
ambrmerlinus.dreamwidth.org/1629.html
http://logotexnia-filoteo.blogspot.com/2012/09/2.html
http://sharksshortstoryreviews.blogspot.com/2011/08/bartleby-scrivener-herman-melville.html
vickielester.com/2013/10/06/moby-dick-writing-about-sex-novelist-rachle-kushner
https://bookishgirl.com.au/2013/02/22/the-monomaniac-incarnation-of-all-those-malicious-agencies-which-some-deep-men-feel-herman-melvilles-moby-dick/
Here is my quite late Victober Wrap up. I had so much fun reading through these books I'm totally converted to Victorian Literature!
Victober is a month-long readathon, from 1st-31st October, in which everybody reads Victorian literature!
Victober Goodreads Group: tinyurl.com/y7pfkfn2
Ange, Beyond the Pages: https://www.youtube.co/watch?v=T3MMp...
Kate Howe: youtu.be/z5fFUPDZdhc
Lucythereader: youtu.be/Za2gTU2u7sY
---Challenges--- 1. Ange’s challenge: Read a book by one of the hosts’ favourite Victorian authors (Charlotte Brontë, Charles Dickens, Elizabeth Gaskell or Thomas Hardy)
2. Kate’s challenge: Read a Victorian book with a proper noun (i.e., a place name or person’s name) in the title
3. Katie’s challenge: Read a book from the first ten years of the Victorian period and/or a book from the last ten years of the Victorian period (i.e., 1837-1847 or 1891-1901)
4. Lucy’s challenge: Read a Victorian book written by a woman anonymously or under a pseudonym
5. General challenge: Read a Victorian book and watch a screen adaptation of it Bonus: Group readalong: Wives and Daughters, by Elizabeth Gaskell
Books Mentioned:
Oscar Wilde- A picture of Dorian Gray
Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens
Yellow Book (with Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady") by Vernon Lee
North and South and Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell
Dorian Gray Painting Scene 2009
youtube.com/watch?v=BZkqt4dK6mM
As promised I decided to take a look at Elizabeth Gaskell's House which is totally amazing I hope those of you based in the UK are encouraged to go and anyone travelling over into Manchester should definitely Check it out! I did this because I have been reading a few books by Elizabeth Gaskell as part of Victober for more information about that check this video out!
Books and Things youtube.com/watch?v=dTWlDaYvT-Y
Feel free to say hi to me on social media @olybliss
Elizabeth Gaskell's House
http://elizabethgaskellhouse.co.uk
Place's mentioned in the video:
The Portico Library
John Reylands Library
Manchester Art Gallery
Free Trade Hall (Peterloo Mascara )
National History Society
trailer of Peterloo youtube.com/watch?v=mhSv5-frnxk
This is my channel #BookDraw I have recently been travelling quite a bit and on my travels I have picked up a few books along the way I picked up a few books from Gays is the Word and Cheltenham Literature festival and have include a bit from a couple of panels.
If you like the video please comment like and subscribe or sa
Books mentioned:
The Bleak House by Charles Dickens
On Being Blue by William H Gass
The Doors of Perception by Aldous Huxley
Pansy Boy by Paul Harfleet
Kept Boy by Robert Rodi
by review of Closet case:
youtu.be/inWW4pQZymw
by arty response to Closet Case
youtu.be/X4ublfE3l1g
To My Trans Sisters edited by Charlie Craggs
Feminists Don't Wear Pink curated by Scarlet Curtis
educated by Tara Westover
Sabrina by Nick Drnaso
Go over and check out other lovely channels mentioned
Julia Edmunds: youtube.com/watch?v=pApH_GskmnQ&t=17s
Jen Campbell:
youtube.com/watch?v=-yUQfFf1SCI
SavidgeReads
youtube.com/watch?v=WS1YWY86Bsw&t=5s
Alex Reads mostlylit podcast
mostly-lit.com/our-story
Books mentioned:
Dark Matter by Michelle Paver
The Keeper by Graham Norton
The Tall Man by Phoebe Locke
Elmet by Fiona Shaw
Original video MercysBookishMusings:
youtube.com/watch?v=hn0U8xMHfAY
The #Autumnreadathon runs from Sunday 22nd to Saturday 28th October.
The prompts are: 1. Read a gothic/spooky book 2. Read a non-fiction book that feels autumnal (I'm classing this as nature writing or cold location trravel writing/memoir) 3. Read a novel set in a cold location 4. Read a historical fiction novel Bonus prompts: 5. Read a short story collection recommendation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cjkxp... 6. Read an adult novel about a young female protagonist recommendation video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4rg_9...
The Dark Paintings by Hugh Fleetwood