{"id":1,"date":"2020-09-15T14:56:24","date_gmt":"2020-09-15T13:56:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/dementiafiction\/?p=1"},"modified":"2020-10-20T11:46:45","modified_gmt":"2020-10-20T10:46:45","slug":"hello-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/dementiafiction\/2020\/09\/15\/hello-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Jan Carson: My Dementia Bookcase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"886\" height=\"886\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/dementiafiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/10\/My-Dementia-Bookcase.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-121\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/dementiafiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/10\/My-Dementia-Bookcase.jpeg 886w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/dementiafiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/10\/My-Dementia-Bookcase-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/dementiafiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/10\/My-Dementia-Bookcase-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.qub.ac.uk\/dementiafiction\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/41\/2020\/10\/My-Dementia-Bookcase-768x768.jpeg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 886px) 100vw, 886px\" \/><figcaption>Jan Carson&#8217;s Dementia Bookcase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For the last five years, I\u2019ve been gradually building up a Dementia bookcase. It began life as a shelf and, as more and more things have been written on the subject, gradually expanded to take over an entire bookcase. I\u2019ve read some amazing non-fiction books: biographies written by people living with Dementia and their loved ones, and also books which have helped me understand the social, neurological and medical issues associated with Dementia. I\u2019ve also read some fantastic novels which explore different aspects of the condition in a variety of hugely engaging and imaginative ways. Recently I\u2019ve been focused upon reading Dementia narratives in translation and I\u2019ve thoroughly enjoyed discovering how Dementia is viewed in different cultures and different countries around the world. Some of my favourite Dementia books have been aimed at children and young adults. I love the way writers are using fiction to help young people understand and explore a difficult issue in such a creative way. Speaking of creative approaches to exploring Dementia, I\u2019m beginning to develop quite a collection of graphic novels on the theme. In the last ten years particularly, many writers have been using a mixture of words and images to effectively convey aspects of the Dementia experience which aren\u2019t the easiest to pin down. In my bookcase I also have plays, poetry, essays, short stories and a growing collection of writing which refuses to sit within a specific genre: a kind of prose poetry\/memoir hybrid which has produced some of my favourite pieces of Dementia writing. Over the next year, I hope to keep reading and discovering new books and stories. I\u2019ll be sharing short reviews of everything I\u2019m reading, here on the blog. I hope these will be useful for those of you who\u2019d like to read further and please get in touch if you\u2019d like to recommend a great book I\u2019ve missed. There\u2019s a whole world of writing about Dementia I\u2019ve yet to discover. I may have to buy a second bookcase.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For the last five years, I\u2019ve been gradually building up a Dementia bookcase. It began life as a shelf and, as more and more things have been written on the subject, gradually expanded to take over an entire bookcase. 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