Lancashire Branch

• Chair: Carolyn Copland
  E-Mail coplandc(@)kirkhamgrammar.co.uk
  Tel. 01772 684264
• Secretary: Valerie Dewhurst
  E-Mail valerie_olsjlibrary(@)yahoo.co.uk
  Tel. 01254 686300 ext 156

Branch Events

Tuesday 1 April 2008: full day event including refreshments and lunch.

AGM in the morning followed by guest speaker Alec Williams (former Chair of the SLA and now freelance trainer, consultant, speaker and storyteller). An enthusiastic advocate of children's fiction and poetry, Alec is a great supporter of reading for pleasure; he believes that however reading is taught, creating readers for life requires reading aloud, sharing stories, "book talking", a lively school library, parents as partners - in fact, a "reading culture" throughout the school. His talks and training sessions are rich in humour, examples, extracts, and practical anecdotes - we hope you'll have your batteries re-charged!

Venue: Collegiate High School, Blackpool

Please contact Branch Secretary Val Dewhurst on 01254 686300 for more details or to book a place. You can also e-mail Val using the e-mail address above.