Jasper – growing form hardship & connecting with the community
Book report by Jasper “I found myself in my first training session for the Human Library in March of 2022. With a background in spoken word performance and a passion…
Book report by Jasper “I found myself in my first training session for the Human Library in March of 2022. With a background in spoken word performance and a passion…
Emma is a human ‘book’ and has recently been nominated for our 2023 Management Committee. Emma joined the Hobart Human Library as a ‘book’ in early 2021, hoping that sharing her story of invisible…
What’s it like to be under the control of an abuser, a man who professes to love you, yet abuses you daily for 25 years? It’s like being in a…
The Let’s Get Together program is more than an anti-bullying program. It can change school culture. The program supports schools to partner with their students and the community to develop…
A Fairer World is making a difference to inclusion at TasNetworks by delivering diversity and inclusion training – to date nineteen workshops have been run with over 250 staff. The…
Story by Madeleine Rojahn Paul was 29 when a free-falling boulder the size of a laptop scythed into his skull and caused him a devastating brain injury. A professional mountaineer…
Story and image by Lucie Cutting Acceptance is an important part of Sam Horton’s story. It’s not just something he hopes people will be more open to upon hearing his…
Story by Lucie Cutting Growing up in Tasmania’s north-west coastal town of Penguin, Glenda Radcliffe never had reason to think she was anything but an average person. “Penguin was a…
There are many turning points in Aster’s life that have shaped who he is today, his story as a human ‘book’ is just one of them. “Oh hey, I’m transgender”…
Sylvia came to Tasmania in 2014 on a student visa to undertake a Masters in accounting. On the surface her young adult life has been one of opportunity and adventure.…