Books found for human library

Nelson’s human library had no trouble finding people willing to share themselves as books.

Project co-ordinator Anne DeGrace says they’ll have a wide range of titles at the event on March 18.

Degrace says you can check out up to two of them for 20-minute sessions.

The idea is to dispel assumptions about people who experience prejudice or stigma.

The theme of the human library is “Don’t judge a book by its cover.”

Titles include Living with Schizophrenia, I Call Myself a Feminist, Compulsive Overeater turned Vegan, and Gender Queer: Being Non-Binary in a Binary World.

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