Your TSL Round-up

Date: 18 12 2023

Highlights from our Winter 2023 issue

We hope this helpful round-up will assist you in getting the most out of TSL: our quarterly journal available to all members. 

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Winter TSL has landed!

Your 2023 Winter TSL should now have landed on your doorstep!

This issue explores the benefits of a bilingual school library, ideas for a library escape room, insights into AI, an interview with the 2023 Pupil Librarian of the Year, hundreds of book reviews and more!

 

The highlights

Benefits of a Bilingual School Library

Across the world, bilingualism and plurilingualism are on the rise. In this feature, London librarian Benedicte de Rancourt explains the benefits of bilingual education and a bilingual library.

"Just 6 minutes!" Reading Initiative 

Loreto College Librarian, Catherine Stack, explains how six little minutes of reading can make all the difference to our mental health, and how she inspired a new school reading initiative.

 

From the President

In this regular column, this time SLA President Richard Gerver gets us thinking about the power of conversation and how we can use it to help children and young people understand our world.

 

New TSL Special: Spectacular Spaces

We're pleased to bring you another of our popular TSL Specials.

This time, it's a carefully curated issue that provides a deep dive into library spaces and refurbishments. Eight insightful articles from previous TSLs have been collected into one helpful, digital download to give you the perfect guide to library design and set up. And the best part? It's available for FREE to all our members!

 

Get yours here

My Dad Can - A Father's Day Interview with Stephen Lightbown

Posted on 19/06/2026
We spoke to author Stephen Lightbown about representation, bedtime stories, and dads as reading role models

Maintaining the momentum of the National Year of Reading

Posted on 18/06/2026
Sian Hardy, Director of Literacy Hive, considers deliberate, proactive and empowering change in the National Year of Reading

Spotlight on our Headline Conference Sponsor

Posted on 26/05/2026
We caught up with Duncan Wright from Accessit Library ahead of their headline sponsorship of the SLA conference