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11 November 2019
It's a CEO takeover! Pamela Tulloch, Chief Executive Officer of the Scottish Library and Information Council talks about ...
7 November 2019
A free, family friendly exhibition showcasing the British Library’s vast collection of children’s literature, openin ...
A special blog for UK Parliament Week ...
5 November 2019
4 November 2019
Offer from author Tom Palmer ...
1 November 2019
2nd - 8th November 2019 ...
31 October 2019
Dates around the UK ...
26 October 2019
25 October 2019
We often get asked about how to dispose of out of date and tatty books withdrawn from school libraries. There is a list ...
21 October 2019
Dawn Finch guides us through the world of comics. ...
17 October 2019
“Could do better” – School Librarians deliver their report card to Education Minister Nick Gibb ...
15 October 2019
8 October 2019
Shortlist for the 2020 prize, which recognises the very best works of debut fiction for young readers aged between 7 and ...
7 October 2019
4 October 2019
NLW 7th - 12th October 2019 ...
2 October 2019
1 October 2019
Free picture book ...
News from last month, looking forward to this month's offers ...
27 September 2019
26 September 2019
One day regional courses near you ...
25 September 2019
I am pleased to introduce our new blog series to add to the CE and Development and Discussion blogs - Varied Voices. Var ...
24 September 2019
23 September 2019
Overdrive Education's extensive collection of audiobook titles ...
20 September 2019
19 September 2019
Thursday 3rd October 2019 ...
18 September 2019
It's commonly recognised that breadth of reading diet is important for both reading skills and reading enjoyment, and po ...
16 September 2019
12 September 2019
The Klaus Flugge Prize for the most exciting newcomer to children’s picture book illustration 2019 has been awarded ...
11 September 2019
Improving language and literacy in young children ...
Make sure you claim your free books for your pupils ...
10 September 2019
2 September 2019
Opportunity for workshop in a UK school in September ...
27 August 2019
National Poetry Day event ...
16 August 2019
School finances have been hit multiple times with a pensions increase, an unfunded pay rise for teachers and increased u ...
25 July 2019
Our course Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in School Libraries, run by Barbara Band, will be held at Wallsend Custome ...
23 July 2019
Wrenn School Resource Centre Manager Part time- 3 days a week (Monday, Tuesday and Thursday) Permanent Post 22.5 ...
18 July 2019
Hachette Education publisher is offering goodie bags to book clubs to accompany Lucy Powrie’s brand new teen series Th ...
Harbour Moon Publishing PDF file, 207 kB (Requires Adobe Reader) Where Once We Stood Jacket Lowres (1)Win 1 of 3 cop ...
16 July 2019
Keynotes: Nicola Morgan – Stress & the Teenage Brain: The Science and Tips to Help: https://www.nicolamorgan.com/reso ...
Are you an SLA member? Have you been a school librarian for more than 3 years? Want to support a colleague on their jour ...
THE HURLINGHAM ACADEMY Job title: Careers and Learning Resource Manager, 41 weeks/year, 37.5 hr/day Required: Septembe ...
School Librarian Emma O’Brien is in touch with her students and this is reflected in the nomination for the Bookseller ...
15 July 2019
Our course Supporting the Sixth Form Student, run by Sarah Pavey MSc FCLIP, will be held at Beaumont School, Oakwood Dri ...
Our course Supporting Diversity and Inclusion in School Libraries, run by Barbara Band, will be held at Redbridge Centra ...
Our course Copy and Paste Generation, run by Sarah Pavey MSc FCLIP, will be held at Bryanston School, Blandford, Dorset ...
14 July 2019
UKLA PR winners 2019 PDF file, 442 kB (Requires Adobe Reader) Winning book titles which enhance learning, plus high ...
11 July 2019
Live streaming of the International Final of the KLQ 12th July 11 a.m. UK time. The Kids’ Lit Quiz is an annual liter ...
The Little Rebels Award celebrates children’s books for readers age 0-12 which promote social equality and social just ...
9 July 2019
At the Waterstones Children’s Laureate announcement event in the Sam Wanamaker Playhouse at the Globe, author Cressida ...
Carel Press are offering 15% discount off their Library Learner Quiz Pack as an SLA member benefit. Carel Visit http ...
Your favourite #PrimarySchoolBookClub is going LIVE. Prim Schl Bk Club Join your PSBC host Scott '@MrEPrimary' Evans a ...
8 July 2019
Summer holiday activities For Primaries Summer Reading Challenge The SRC needs no introduction, and this year’s ...
This month I take a look back at some of the highlights from the SLA/YLG Weekend Course. It was only a few weeks ago, bu ...
5 July 2019
If the success of the women’s football teams have inspired your students, here is an opportunity to present more posit ...
4 July 2019
For those pupils still in school, why not use the last days of term to focus on Space with STEM activities? Apollo 50t ...
The winner of the 2019 CLiPPA (Centre for Literacy in Primary Poetry Award) is Steven Camden for his debut collection Ev ...
3 July 2019
A new children’s book illustrations prize to keep an eye out for. This prize, administered by the Society of Authors ...
Childnet Film announcement (PDF file, 164 kB) Each year the Childnet Film Competition invites schools and youth or ...
2 July 2019
The BBC is offering a paid position on the BBC News Journalism Trainee Scheme for winners of these student journalist aw ...
28 June 2019
School Librarian The Hemel Hempstead School Grade: H6 – H7 (Depending on Experience) Salary £22,462 - £26,999 (£ ...
In the Branford Boase Award’s 20th anniversary year Muhammad Khan and his editor Lucy Pearse have won for Khan’s deb ...
27 June 2019
Ros Harding from The King's School Chester has been awarded the honour of the School Librarian of the Year 2019. YA Book ...
Reminder about an SLA member free trial to Q-files with access to a wealth of info for your pupils. ...
BookTrust is excited to offer secondary schools the chance to win a visit from Kwame Alexander (The Crossover), and a co ...
26 June 2019
Echo Schools Awards in association with Excell Supply celebrates schools, teachers, pupils & support staff from across M ...
The NLT have pulled together research into the impact author visits have on children and young people’s reading and wr ...
25 June 2019
This month's Development and Discussion blog comes from Alison David, Consumer Insight Director at Egmont Publishing. It ...
24 June 2019
The inaugural £1,000 STEAM Children’s Book Prize has been won by author Christopher Edge for The Infinite Lives of Ma ...
The third of our profiles of the three exciting and innovative librarians who have made it onto the Honour List for the ...
20 June 2019
Headington School, Oxford Graduate Boarding Assistant - Library, fixed term, term time (residential) Start date: Septe ...
18 June 2019
Introducing the second of our profiles of the three exciting and innovative librarians who have made it onto the Honour ...
The CKG winners have been revealed. Certificates for the Shadowers’ awards and medals for the most prestigious childre ...
17 June 2019
This article looks at the practice of reading aloud, and the impact it can have: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/ful ...
14 June 2019
15,000 free books to be given away to UK schools to get children excited about space A new school project will encoura ...
The Alligator's Mouth Award 2019 for illustrated early fiction has been won by Nick Sharratt for Nice Work for the Cat a ...
13 June 2019
Introducing the first of our profiles of the three exciting and innovative librarians who have made it onto the Honour L ...
12 June 2019
12.6.19 To celebrate the publication of Katherine Rundell's Good Thieves tomorrow Bloomsbury have generously offered a g ...
Highgate School Library Assistant Dates: Closing date is midday on Sunday 23rd June 2019 but applications will be cons ...
11 June 2019
The SLA is delighted to offer the chance to enter a new competition with prizes for pupils and separate prizes for the s ...
The School Librarian of the Year Award is the School Library Association's prestigious honour to recognize the excellent ...
10 June 2019
New research from CLPE supports Children’s Laureate Lauren Child’s call for children to be allowed time to think and ...
The Children’s Book Award 2019 has announced the category winners and overall winner of the Children’s Book Award. ...
The Cheltenham Literature Festival announces its schools’ programme which is open for bookings from 11th June. Packed ...
7 June 2019
Laurus Trust Laurus Cheadle Hulme Librarian Required to start September 2019 Salary: Scale 5 from £21,589 - £24,313 p ...
The Children’s Bookshow is a charity which encourages a love of reading through an annual programme of theatre perform ...
6 June 2019
The London Oratory School Seagrave Road, London SW6 1RX Telephone 020 7385 0102 Fax 020 7381 7676 The London Oratory Sc ...
CE Blog 2019_ 6: Pride and prejudice in 2019…? It is a truth universally acknowledged that a school must be in want o ...
Betjeman Poetry Prize 2019 is now open for submissions until 31st July. This annual creative writing competition inspire ...
5 June 2019
The Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Prize 2019 is offering one lucky winner the chance to have their story published ...
4 June 2019
IBBY UK and the International Centre for the Picture Book in Society at the University of Worcester are the UK nominatin ...
The Forward Arts Foundation are running a poetry competition in collaboration with the English and Media Centre for Post ...
LoveReading is thrilled to announce the launch of the LoveReading4Kids Poetry Prize in association with National Poetry ...
The Into Film Festival returns between 6-22 November 2019, when three weeks of film screenings, workshops and special ev ...
Reminder of The Central & East Berkshire Branch AGM and afternoon tea with Julian Sedgwick on Wednesday 12th June at Lei ...
3 June 2019
On Day 1 of the Read for Empathy blog tour leading up to Empathy Day itself, we are very pleased to host poet Jay Hulme: ...
Many schools have started conversations about menstrual issues – whether that is more openness or period poverty. This ...
31 May 2019
This year's winner of the YA Book Prize was revealed at Hay-on-Wye Literature Festival on Thursday 30th May. A book abo ...
What is your school doing for #Pyjamarama next week? Spread the word for bedtime stories which are so important to child ...
30 May 2019
Keeping safe online are lessons which need to be taught to our children and young people. There are increasing numbers o ...
June is an exciting month for us here at the SLA, with the announcement of our honour list for School Librarian of the Y ...
29 May 2019
The Royal Society have announced the shortlist of books for this science prize. With Coding, Bacteria and Space on the l ...
Booktrust is running a competition for 30 schools to win a huge pile of brilliant comics. The Phoenix - a weekly comic ...
A Georgian villa and terraced gardens in Dumfries where the author J.M. Barrie played as a child, and which later inspir ...
28 May 2019
Guest blog - Naomi Korn is one of UK’s leading experts in copyright, data protection & GDPR, rights and licensing. She ...
24 May 2019
Head Librarian Recruiter: Forest School Location: London Salary: Competitive Sector: Schools Job Type: Permanent Closing ...
23 May 2019
The world of children’s books is a sadder place today as a legend dies. Many authors, librarians, teachers and organis ...
Into Film Award competition now open to children and young people aged 5 – 19. Whether you use a camera, a tablet or ...
Hay Festival opens today with schools events to start before the open programme for all. It may be too late for your sch ...
Elmer Day is this Saturday 25th May 2019, with hundreds of events happening in schools, bookshops and libraries across t ...
21 May 2019
BREAKING NEW GROUND MAY 21 2019 North East SLA Branch invites everyone to Seven Stories National Centre for Children’s ...
20 May 2019
We are incredibly excited to announce the titles that create the shortlist for the information Book Award 2019. Those ...
17 May 2019
If your students are down after the FA cup final tomorrow, remind them that the Women's World Cup takes place between 7 ...
16 May 2019
An all-female shortlist of six books makes up this year’s contenders for the Klaus Flugge Prize for most exciting newc ...
The Independent Book Award shortlist has been released. A great shopping list for school libraries, including many from ...
15 May 2019
In #MentalHealthAwarenessWeek find out how you can help students in your school library. Places still available on our W ...
14 May 2019
The Department for Education has announced it will launch a new campaign to support parents to incorporate ways to ‘ch ...
13 May 2019
Sally Dring from Ripon Grammar School has been a valued SLA board member for nine years and her school library is thrivi ...
Utilising the School Library to enhance R4P Milton Keynes 27th June S4L IHub Library 2019 ...
By the Children’s Laureates of the last 20 years, here are one or two suggestions which switched them onto reading. ( ...
Thank you to Anne Harding who has posted a link to her blog from a few months ago in which she lists helpful organisatio ...
There are still tickets left for many children’s (and adults’) events at the Hay Festival over half term. As Simon A ...
Last year, a project called 'Graphic Lives' involved a group of British Bangladeshi women telling their migration storie ...
There is still time to enter the CKG competitions as your groups finish reading the novels they’ve not had the time to ...
10 May 2019
Jan Pienkowski, the award-winning Polish-born author and illustrator, famous for his iconic Meg and Mog books as well as ...
9 May 2019
Our course Teaching Skills for School Library Staff, run by Chris Powis, will be held at Library Services for Education, ...
Our course Reading Promotion Toolkit with Accelerated Reader, run by Bev Humphrey, will be held at Heath Educational Boo ...
Our course Promoting Reading in the Digital Age, run by Bev Humphrey, will be held at Ely College, Downham Road, Ely, Ca ...
Our course Picture and Comic Books for All, run by Bev Humphrey, will be held at Heath Educational Books, Willow House, ...
Our course Mental Health and Wellbeing in a School Library Setting, run by Self Esteem Team , will be held at Wirral Gra ...
School Library Association Yorkshire & Humberside would love you to join us for afternoon tea and our AGM on Saturday 1 ...
8 May 2019
EARLY BOOKING DISCOUNT DEADLINE EXTENDED! Our course Teaching Skills for School Library Staff, run by Chris Powis, will ...
Five books have been shortlisted for the first year of The Alligator’s Mouth Award, the new children’s book prize ce ...
Raintree Publishers are running a very generous match funding scheme at the moment but you need to apply soon, the offer ...
7 May 2019
On the evening of Monday 6 th May, which is Very Hungry Caterpillar Day, London came alive with the iconic artwork of Er ...
Tamsin Winter has won the Awesome Book Awards 2019 for her first children’s novel Being Miss Nobody. "Reading is the ...
On Tuesday 28th May 2019, 7-8pm there will be a Twitter debate on gender equality in children’s books. Led by the Gend ...
Pen&inc. is a brand-new industry magazine and listings guide to diverse and inclusive children’s books launched by CIL ...
3 May 2019
The SLA sponsored places to the SLA/YLG Weekend Course have gone to Odontuya Adiyadorj and Soraya Berry - congratulation ...
FXP Festival is a free education initiative for schools and colleges in East Anglia taking place over 6 - 8th July 2019. ...
It’s May and CE Blog number five already – where is this year going?! ...
2 May 2019
Publication day promotion! Today sees the launch of Starfell - a spellbinding new middle-grade fantasy series that the p ...
Oxford Story Museum has plenty to occupy young minds in the school holidays. Why not spread the word to your parents: ...
Entries open today for the BBC Radio 4 Today Programme Student Journalism Awards and can be made online Nominations to ...
1 May 2019
April's Development and Discussion blog is written by David Lindley. David is Executive Director of Designing Libraries, ...
Design Your Own Book Cover. Entries opens on May 1, 2019 and closes June 30, 2019 and is for ages 8-12. Download an en ...
The shortlist for the 2019 Branford Boase Award has been announced today Wednesday 1st May. As ever the shortlist featu ...
30 April 2019
Order the 2019 SLA Information Book Award longlisted book packs or pre-order the shortlist packs and get 30% off each pa ...
National Book Tokens launch annual £5,000 prize for one lucky school library National Book Token’s annual schools' c ...
26 April 2019
CILIP SLG are holding a 'Teach Meet' to be held in Lancaster on Friday 14th June and it looks amazing value. This event ...
Coming in the same week that the BBC reported on reducing screen time for children, this can be a positive use of screen ...
Guest post from Q-files Q-files.com, the online library of knowledge, is a comprehensive and authoritative website spec ...
The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) has announced the 2019 shortlist for their poetry award, CLiPPA spon ...
Barnes Children’s Literature Festival is taking place between Wed 8th – Sun 12th May. Kicking off with a three-day ...
25 April 2019
We are delighted to announce the launch of the FOSIL Group – a community specifically focused on developing learning t ...
24 April 2019
Recently in the US a case of five teenagers who graffitied an historic building Virginia was reported. The judge handed ...
The Summer Reading Challenge 2019 is Space Chase. For primary schools - contact your local public library to ask if a m ...
The SLA's library display competition is now open for the final time and will close on 30 June 2019 – so try out a ne ...
Feltonfleet School, Cobham, Surrey Required for September 2019 Closing date: 4pm, Friday 10th May 2019 Interviews duri ...
BBC Radio 4 Front Row broadcast a wonderful discussion on children's reading, with contributions by Liz Pichon, author o ...
18 April 2019
What do you notice whilst on your train/bus commute to work? (Cars excluded from this). Everyone is staring into their p ...
The Little Rebels Award recognises children’s fiction (for readers aged 0-12) which promotes social justice or social ...
17 April 2019
Women & Leadership International is administering a national initiative to support the development of female leaders acr ...
16 April 2019
BookTrust has reported on research into representation of people of colour among children’s book authors and illustrat ...
15 April 2019
A new initiative aimed at increasing children’s access to vital school resources has been launched by Peters Books and ...
13 April 2019
The SLA are delighted to offer 2 funded places at this year's SLA and YLG Weekend Course for SLA members. In no more tha ...
12 April 2019
We hope you had a great Summer and you enjoy exploring our new website. ...
Twitter has some fabulous users who willingly post resources they have created for use in schools freely available to do ...
Board Meetings 11th May and 19th October. Weekend course 21-23rd June. SLYA - 27th June. ...
11 April 2019
The Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award 2019 is now open for entries with a deadline of 31 July 2019. This is open to yo ...
10 April 2019
The path to media literacy. The Government is consulting on the teaching of media literacy to our young people. ...
9 April 2019
The National Literacy Trust are giving 80 new schools in Essex, South London, Middlesbrough and Tyne and Wear the chance ...
In the USA it is National Library Week, which runs from April 7-13, and CNN have cited nine facts you may not know about ...
How is the CKG reading progressing? There is a wealth of resources, including competitions on the shadowing website, so ...
8 April 2019
UKLA Book Awards 2019 Shortlist announced Some titles that sound familiar, some first timers on a book prize list, but a ...
Enjoying books is, for most young children, an essential part of childhood. But what if you can't see? Tactile image boo ...
Reminder that the deadline to return all rating forms is 18th April. The Excelsior Awards Ceremony 2019 take place on We ...
Sheffield Hallam University are researching into the inclusion and representation of people from Black and minority ethn ...
5 April 2019
The school librarian is a vital partner in the EPQ programme. Herts Branch have organised support for everyone involved ...
With the Easter break approaching, feed your families Easter book activities. If you are near enough to Oxford, look up ...
4 April 2019
3 April 2019
School libraries are vital in schools because they hold the key to literacy for many children, and the key to informatio ...
Flemish author Bart Moeyaert has been announced as the laureate of Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award 2019. His large and di ...
2 April 2019
EmpathyLab Freelance Project Manager, EmpathyLab has received a grant from NESTA to deliver an exciting empathy transiti ...
The Hay-on-Wye Literature Festival programme is live, including free school events, lesson plans, videos and so much mor ...
1 April 2019
World Book Night is fast approaching on 23rd April 2019. This year Penguin Random House has made available an audio book ...
Reading similar stories to 2- to 3-year-olds in three different formats: a print book, a basic electronic book and an en ...
Rhiannon Salvin, a student at Firth Park Academy, part of the Academies Enterprise Trust, was presented with the prestig ...
Heathfield School requires a Librarian and Careers Administrator to lead the strategy for the development of an innovati ...
It is not too late to purchase tickets to hear Melinda Salisbury, author of the Sin Eater's Daughter series, and the Sor ...
29 March 2019
You are invited to contribute to the SLA Discussion Forum to explore how libraries can be used in your lessons and wider ...
25 March 2019
Nosy Crow have withdrawn a book in which humour was mis-used. They accepted their mistake and have responded by withdraw ...
One of the most successful book awards for young people has just celebrated its 20th birthday. The North East Teenage Bo ...
22 March 2019
Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019 has been announced with the overall winner scooping a second prize within weeks. ...
Huge congratulations to all the winners of the 2019 #LibPupilAward. School libraries can't do without you. ...
21 March 2019
The LILAC awards team is delighted to announce the shortlisted candidates for the 2019 Information Literacy Award Congra ...
This month's Discussion and Development Blog is written by Sophie Howes from Child Poverty Action Group and it looks at ...
The CILIP Information Literacy Group is currently recruiting for a number of vacancies on its Website Editorial Team. Th ...
Not only have the shortlists been announced, (so get reading), but there is also an opportunity to become the Chair of t ...
18 March 2019
Manchester SLA Branch and the YLG local group have joined forces for a regular Greenaway shadowing event, which will run ...
We are seeking to appoint an ambitious, highly effective and experienced librarian to help support and enrich teaching a ...
Elizabeth Hutchinson has pointed out some important issues to consider when copying (or recording) books in school. We t ...
Cheltenham Festival is expanding its network of primary teacher reading groups with the aim of participating teachers sp ...
14 March 2019
SLA Lancashire, are holding their AGM and training day on Wednesday 20th March. For more details, please see their branc ...
13 March 2019
Reading promotion with Accelerated Reader Looking for a way to get your reluctant readers avidly devouring books? Bev Hu ...
Promoting reading for pleasure is at the heart of school libraries. However, studies continue to show that the number of ...
Central & East Berkshire Branch Unconference Saturday 23rd March St George's School, Ascot. SL5 7DZ 9. ...
12 March 2019
The National Literacy Trust have some freely available downloads of top tips and creative ideas to engage parents throug ...
To introduce the issues surrounding ocean plastic to all primary school age children Wild Tribe Heroes publishing have b ...
New dyslexia/VIP-friendly editions of J.K. ...
The Times and The Sunday Times Media Literacy Programme is a new programme, for 14 to 16-year-olds, which offers six fre ...
The Awesome Book Awards is an annual award which honours the best new fiction to inspire children aged 7-10 years. The a ...
8 March 2019
Library & Academic Study Skills TeachMeet Sheffield Hallam University Tuesday 7th May 2019. Free event to share ideas, e ...
The Jacqueline Wilson Creative Writing Prize is now open. One lucky winner will have their story published in a Jacqueli ...
7 March 2019
Happy World Book Day to all. Whether you are dressed up or simply enjoying other book related activities, we hope all ev ...
6 March 2019
National Literacy Trust silent auction to change the life stories of disadvantaged children across the UK. Many book rel ...
5 March 2019
Thursday 23/Friday 24 May 2019 Fantastic authors and great supporting materials.. ...
Cressida Cowell, the author & illustrator of the How to Train Your Dragon series is presenting a behind the scenes broad ...
Bookbuzz is a reading programme from BookTrust that aims to help schools inspire a love of reading in 11 to 13-year-olds ...
4 March 2019
The Raintree Match Funding scheme is a national initiative, so that schools can continue to help support children to dev ...
Librarian, Holy Cross Preparatory School. Holy Cross Preparatory School in Kingston require a Librarian to join their te ...
Our course Help, I'm in Charge of the Secondary School Library!, run by Susan Staniforth, will be held in London N1 9RL ...
This year's Foyle Young Poets competition is being launched on World Book Day this coming Thursday 7th March. It is laun ...
The Barnes Children's Literature Festival link is now live for teachers to book their class places. It is completely fre ...
1 March 2019
Reminder about SLA Manchester branch AGM and talk by fabulous prize-winning author Alex Wheatle Room 404B: MMU Business ...
Bishop's Stortford College Appointment of a Prep School Librarian: from September 2019 Are you looking for a part-time p ...
28 February 2019
The 2019 YA Book Prize shortlist has been announced. Ten titles make some gripping powerful reading for our young people ...
Do your students volunteer to help [at]readingagency #SummerReadingChallenge? If so, point them towards these books to f ...
The TeenTech Awards are an annual initiative run by TeenTech that challenges young people aged 11 to 19 to tackle key so ...
Our course Mental Health and Wellbeing in a School Library Setting, run by Marie (Maz) Udall, will be held in Wirral, Me ...
Better World Books grants offer funding for literacy and educational projects. Does your school have a specific venture ...
27 February 2019
26 February 2019
Our course Reading Promotion Toolkit with Accelerated Reader, run by Bev Humphrey, will be held in Sutton, Surrey SM3 9Q ...
25 February 2019
The News in Schools blog entry last week, written by Richard Addis - CEO and Editor-in-chief of 'The Day', raises a few ...
Carel Press Reading Power Posters are on pre-release offer until 8th March, so grab a bargain. . ...
22 February 2019
It is not too late to promote LGBT History Month 2019 with its theme of Peace, Activism and Reconciliation. As well as t ...
20 February 2019
Newsguard is an American community interest organisation assessing news websites for accuracy against a range of criteri ...
News in Schools: Context and Impact On Monday January 28th, Plymouth City Council debated the prospect of martial law be ...
Licence awareness -.are your school staff aware? Are your pupils? Some useful resources here to help promote awareness o ...
19 February 2019
The UK e-information Group is running a one-day course on 'Navigating the Deep Web: Advanced Search Strategies for Resea ...
The longlists for the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals have been announced. So whittled down from the 254 nominat ...
18 February 2019
254 titles have been announced for the 2019 Carnegie and Kate Greenaway medals. We may have a bit of reading to do. ...
15 February 2019
Join The Beano's nationwide competition and prove your class has the ultimate funny bone! Use the Beano lesson plans and ...
Jeff Kinney will be the guest Book Doctor for World Book Day for National Book Tokens. Book Doctors help with reading di ...
14 February 2019
13 February 2019
Feb 14th is International Book Giving Day. So for everyone not expecting cards of another kind tomorrow, tell them they ...
To combat children's poor digital literacy skills, YLG London invites you to a day celebrating information literacy and ...
12 February 2019
11 February 2019
This year's weekend course promises to be a fantastic time - crammed full of CPD, networking and topping up your book kn ...
Today - 11 February, the United Nations, partners worldwide, women and girls will mark the International Day of Women an ...
7 February 2019
Waterstones Children's Book Prize 2019 has announced their shortlists for three lists: Illustrated, Younger and Older fi ...
EARLY BOOKING DISCOUNT DEADLINE EXTENDED! Our course Mental Health and Wellbeing in a School Library Setting, run by Ma ...
Good luck for all those school libraries with plans for Harry Potter Book Night events. We know of an outstanding librar ...
6 February 2019
Harry potter are you prepared? ...
5 February 2019
Young Writers Newsletter are looking for submissions and features for the Young Writers Newsletter. If you have budding ...
What are you doing to promote safe internet use to your students? Today is Safer Internet Day around the world, but ever ...
The Patron of Reading scheme is keen for schools to know that they do include illustrators as well as authors. A PoR is ...
Empathy is a crucial skill for young people to develop. Without it, they will struggle to form the relationships they ne ...
4 February 2019
We love these eight beautiful posters to download featuring amazing women role models in their fields of STEM. . ...
February is Black History Month in the US and Canada. If you are in the UK, plan ahead for BHM now by taking a look at B ...
1 February 2019
In spite of valiant efforts by SLA staff, the continuing falling snow has meant closure of the SLA office for the remain ...
The Youth Libraries Group Award is a new annual award administered by Youth Libraries Group to recognise innovation and ...
31 January 2019
29 January 2019
Celebrating the work of the UKLA Literacy Schools of the Year. Some great ideas to use in your schools. ...
The [at]ZoeTheBall Breakfast Show, this morning launched #500Words 2019 - the annual story-writing competition for child ...
28 January 2019
Tuesday 29th January sees the overall winner announcement of the Costa Book Awards. Will this be another year when the c ...
25 January 2019
News about the Brontes ...
In remembrance of Holocaust Memorial Day on January 27th, independent publisher Scribe will be donating 1000 copies of t ...
Coram Voice is a charity that provides a range of services for children and young people in and around the care system. ...
24 January 2019
23 January 2019
Half term may be a few weeks away yet, but primary schools will find pointing your parents towards the Story Museum half ...
This weekend sees the start of National Storytelling Week NSW flyer You can read aloud in school, encourage your pupils ...
22 January 2019
Nicola Morgan has made a very generous offer to our members of a 25% discount on her Exam Attack ebook, you can read her ...
21 January 2019
Our course Preparing the School Library for Inspection, run by Anne Harding, will be held in Ilford, Essex IG1 1EA on 13 ...
Our course Mental Health and Wellbeing in a School Library Setting, run by Marie (Maz) Udall, will be held in Newcastle- ...
Rock the Boat publish books from around the world, aiming to find stories outside the mainstream and talking about diffi ...
Our course Help, I'm in Charge of the Secondary School Library!, run by Susan Staniforth, will be held in Manchester M13 ...
We're doing a blog a week in January, and this week's is all about cognitive science - it focuses on revision and learni ...
Our course Copy and Paste Generation, run by Sarah Pavey MSc FCLIP, will be held in Warwick, Warwickshire CV34 5LT on 28 ...
18 January 2019
On this day in 1882 A.A.Milne was born ...
Part –time School Librarian required as soon as possible Salary Scale: Dependant on experience Hours: 1 day per week ...
Sue Wilkinson MBE, Chief Executive of The Reading Agency, has announced that she will be retiring in July 2019. Amongst ...
17 January 2019
Research document on the effect of reading on the mind makes us think about what we are doing whilst reading. What readi ...
16 January 2019
EUROLIS -a group of librarians working for the cultural centres of France, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Poland and Spain in ...
Ofsted has launched a consultation on the proposed inspection framework for September 2019. Everyone is welcome to feed ...
15 January 2019
We had a productive discussion with the Executive Officer of the School Library Association - Victoria, Susan La Marca, ...
Enjoy the power of the spoken word ...
14 January 2019
LEARNING RESOURCE MANAGER, The OAKWOOD ACADEMY Salary: The Redhill Academy Trust Pay Scale Band 9, SP 41-45; £23,6 ...
Information Literacy Group (ILG) of CILIP training at the Frenchay campus of UWE, 4th March. This is particularly suited ...
The British School (BSJ) was established in 1973 under the auspices of the British embassy. It has developed into a tru ...
To celebrate the new year this month there will be a Discussion and Development post every Monday. These are posts that ...
11 January 2019
In a previous issue of the School Librarian Beth Khalil reviewed Nicola Morgan's digital resource, Exam Attack. With exa ...
The IL Award honours an individual or team whose work has made a significant contribution to IL over the past 3 years. T ...
10 January 2019
Eastern YLG is running a training day addressing some of the reasons children and teens turn away from books. Author Bal ...
'Bringing it Alive! Storytelling to boost Literacy and Reading for Pleasure', run by Alec Williams, will be held in Chel ...
9 January 2019
CILIP are looking to recruit CKG judges. You need to be a CILIP member, and be able to make time to read a lot of books! ...
8 January 2019
The American Library Association has posted a wonderfully coloured and informative poster detailing (some of) the benefi ...
The Costa Book Awards were announced last night and the children's category winner is a book for readers of 10 years to ...
7 January 2019
RfP awards to promote good practice ...
John Burningham, children's author and illustrator, dies aged 82. The illustrator of many loved classics such as Mr Gump ...
The SLA is seeking two board members to help create its strategic vision and direction for the next few years. Board mem ...
This new year I’m looking forward to what ahead of us – last year was an exciting year on many fronts, and I’m kee ...
4 January 2019
An exciting day allowing people to exchange information about how to encourage teenagers in their leisure reading. ...
Congratulations to Chris Riddell on his OBE ...
3 January 2019
Queen Elizabeth's School, Barnet Head of Library Services Location: North London (High Barnet) One of the country's lead ...
An exciting opportunity for British primary and secondary school teachers and education professionals. The Fulbright Dis ...
2 January 2019
