Video transcript: Celebrating our shared humanity through story: Living Libraries 2023

Transcript for the video embedded on the Living Library event pages: 17 October and 24 October. 

[Music playing]

[A person walking up the steps in front of the Parkinson Building]

[A graphic of books on a bookshelf and the title ‘The Living Library’]

[The inside of the Parkinson Building, including Black History Month banners]

Voiceover: “Living libraries feature people both as books and readers, and it is a collection of stories and lived experiences to share and to learn from.

[People sitting at benches inside the Parkinson Building, having conversations]

The books are our people. Just as any book, they bring a unique story to learn and get inspired from their stories, a chance to unlearn and unjudge, to celebrate the diversity of experiences, to challenge stereotypes, and to build upon our shared life experiences.

Readers will choose a book title, and the book will be issued to them for an open, yet respectful conversation.

The Living Library encourages deeper understanding of each other's experience as it is an opportunity to hear those story of a person in their own words.

At the Living Library, you'll find that a book is often more than just its cover.”

[University of Leeds logo]