Mental Illness

[close] Beyond The Surface is a Young Adult Mental Health Book Club. Each month a new book will be choosen to be read and discussed by the end of the month. The purpose of this book club is to raise mental health awareness and to have a safe space to talk about some of the harder topics that affect all of our lives.

[close] I'm challenging myself to diversifying my reading list in 2024. When it comes to reading, I stay in my fluffy fiction comfort zone because my work reading can get very serious and depressing. But work has dried up at the moment and I've decided to seize this as an opportunity to step out of that comfort zone and expose myself to the variety of authors out there. I'm making this space to keep myself accountable and if others want to join, that's great! Diversification can look different depending on your positionality. For me, I'm seeking authors outside the white, straight, neurotypical, North American experience. This is what I have so far: January: neurodivergent author February: South Asian author March: Asian author April: LGBTQ+ author May: African author June: book about mental illness July: Transgender author August: South American author September: Disabled author October: Black or African American author November: Middle Eastern author December: Oceanic author (Photo taken from Flickr: https://flickr.com/photos/aadl/6777694048/)

[close] This book club is for mental health-related materials that benefit and educate our community.

[close] This group is for those of us with a fascination for sickness, madness, and transgressions in our reading. We will be focusing on female protagonists however male protagonist stories are welcome such as one flew over the cuckoo's nest or hamlet.