One of our librarians had a delivery of 80kg of books from her old house today, so we thought for #WorldBookDay what could be more appropriate than asking some of our library staff to share their favourite books? (Beware: we library people can never pick just one...) [THREAD]

Robyn, one our CSOs at St Lucia, said that Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert M.Pirsig is one of many favourites and changed her life #WorldBookDay 1/

Dulcie, our resident metadata wizard, has been using a stack of her favourite books to prop up her laptop #WFH #WorldBookDay 2/

Jake, our web content co-ordinator, dug out this recipe book to share. He isn't quite sure about the prawn and banana pizza included... Find a previous edition of the UQ Library cookbook on eSpace! https://espace.library.uq.edu.au/view/UQ:477159  #WorldBookDay #IsolationCooking 3/

One of our Faculty of Health Librarians, Tracy, nominated Robin Hobb's 'Fool's Errand'. The Fool and Nighteyes are her favourite book characters of all time. A lot of the Library staff seem to be big fans of fantasy (and we love female fantasy authors!) #WorldBookDay /4

CSO Christina was given a copy of 'To kill a mockingbird' by Harper Lee for Christmas one year, and it's been one of her favourites ever since! #WorldBookDay 5/

When David isn't working in our amazing multimedia team, he's busy being an excellent photographer and creating photobooks. This photobook by Dianne Arbus is the first he ever bought and he calls it an awakening. #WorldBookDay 6/

Another stack of books and a pair of glasses (people are going to stereotype us!) Project manager Penny has a mix of genres in her pile: have you read any? #WorldBookDay 7/

Joseph is cheating by choosing a whole series: Jim Butcher's 'Dresden Files'. (This isn't even his copy of the book, it's one he's giving a friend!) The series is rich in lore, humour, characters and moments that make you scream with joy/fear/dread/tears. #WorldBookDay 8/

One of our awesome IT support staff Dave has been enjoying #WFH because it means he can get into his forge more quickly in the evenings. This was submitted with the comment 'Because paper bookmarks are for sissies.' #WorldBookDay 9/

Here is digitisation assistant Lucy recreating the traditional 'lady reading a book under a tree' portrait with her favourite fashion history book (and it's actually a UQ library copy!) #WorldBookDay 10/

John found this tome under Central Library during the renovations and took it home to investigate. We’re happy to report that he’s now able to ignore its ethereal glow at night, and the whispers telling him to open it now just ask when he’ll be leaving the house #WorldBookDay 11/

Digitisation assistant Owen picked out 'Blood meridian: or the evening redness in the west' by Cormac McCarthy as his favourite, and has given us a cheeky shot of his bookshelf as well! #WorldBookDay 12/