SLA's Friday Favourites (12/08)

12 August 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

Author-illustrator Raymond Briggs dies age 88

10 August 2022

It is with great sadness that his family confirmed today that Raymond Briggs passed away yesterday morning (Tuesday 9 Au ...

Information Book Award: 'I truly and believe that information books have never been more important.'

5 August 2022

Author and winner of the Award for Outstanding Contribution to Information Books 2021, Anita Ganeri, discusses the impor ...

Cost of living and support staff

5 August 2022

Books That Help

5 August 2022

Author Corner: 'As a writer I am always trying to recapture the magic that I first discovered in libraries'

3 August 2022

Skye McKenna discusses her debut book 'Hedgewitch' and the inspiration behind it in the first post of our brand new blog ...

Reading Well for teens booklist

2 August 2022

Women in Sport Booklist

1 August 2022

SLA Library and Reading Planner

1 August 2022

'Children only become good readers if they read for pleasure at home'

29 July 2022

Heybrook Primary and Nursery School reception teacher, David Battersby, spoke to us about opening a new library in his s ...

Children’s Writing on Nature and Conservation Prize Shortlist Announced

28 July 2022

UNISON's Stars in Our Schools Day is Back!

27 July 2022

Get involved in the annual celebration day for school support staff on Friday 25th November ...

SLA's Friday Favourites (22/07)

22 July 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

2022 Little Rebels Award Winner Announced

22 July 2022

Sarah Hagger-Holt wins Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction, for her "powerful" coming-of-age middle-gra ...

Independent Schools’ Inspectorate’s New Inspection Framework

20 July 2022

Introducing Starting Harry Potter...

15 July 2022

A brand new online hub designed to help children dive further into the magic of reading and listening to stories ...

Joan Lingard

14 July 2022

Educational Doctorate (Ed D) in Creative and Media Education

14 July 2022

School Library Association Scholarship for October 2022 entry ...

Softlink/SLA survey: How do you get the best from eBooks?

13 July 2022

With some schools still reporting a lack of uptake or interest in e-books, we explore some of the issues surrounding e-b ...

SLA champions school libraries at the House of Commons

13 July 2022

As part of the celebrations for the SLA's 85th anniversary, Justin Tomlinson MP hosted a roundtable on the ways that sch ...

CLiPPA Award winner is announced

11 July 2022

The Alligator’s Mouth Award

8 July 2022

SLA's Friday Favourites (08/07)

8 July 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

World Library Congress satellite event

6 July 2022

The Adrien Prize

6 July 2022

In conversation with... Nikki Heath

5 July 2022

The write-up! ...

GSL and Primary School Library Alliance launch new survey into UK primary and secondary school library provision

5 July 2022

Award-winning poet, playwright and author Joseph Coelho announced as new Waterstones Children's Laureate

4 July 2022

Oxford University Press Launch Matter of Fact Report

1 July 2022

Report draws on global insights to explore fact-finding in today’s world ...

Outstanding Winners Announced For The Unique Awards From Teachers

1 July 2022

Small scale study highlights importance of staff knowledge and enticing reading offer

29 June 2022

This new short report from Teresa Cremin and Becky Coles of Tthe Open University looks at data from 1194 children. ...

Response to North Lanarkshire Council decision

29 June 2022

Earlier this week the SLA learned of the decision of North Lanarkshire to cut all 23 posts across the region. ...

Don't miss Cheltenham Festivals Reading Teachers = Reading Pupils Reading for Pleasure Conference

28 June 2022

Tickets on sale now ...

Win Big for Your Library in Bloomsbury's Harry Potter 25th Bundle Prize Draw

27 June 2022

Celebrate 25 years of magic and win a Harry Potter bundle for your library. ...

Bookshop.org offers free school event with Indie Book Awards winner Jason Reynolds

27 June 2022

SLA's Friday Favourites (24/06)

24 June 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

85th Anniversary: Decades of SLA awards

24 June 2022

Chris Routh, long-time judge of the Information Book Award, and Geoff Dubber, past chair the School Librarian of the Yea ...

The differing impacts of COVID - a blog from the Softlink/SLA school libraries survey

23 June 2022

This blog uses the results of the Softlink/SLA survey to uncover the impact of COVID ...

Shortlist for 2022 SLA Information Book Award (IBA) Announced

23 June 2022

In partnership with our sponsors, Hachette Children’s Book Group (HCG), and Peters, who support the award, the we are ...

Child Refugee Wins Climate Journalism Award

22 June 2022

A child refugee living in Uganda has won a prestigious global journalism award against competition from some of the most ...

Summer Reading Challenge: Virtual Author Event with Anna James

21 June 2022

Launch this years Summer Reading Challenge at your school with this special webinar ...

London Schools to Receive Free Copies of Amnesty International and Angelina Jolie Child Rights Book

21 June 2022

Launch of Reading is Magic Festival

20 June 2022

Launch of inclusive 2022 festival with a star-studded cast of best-selling authors illustrators and poets ...

Is Your School Fighting Climate Change?

16 June 2022

Join UK schools taking on climate change ...

2022 YOTO Carnegie Greenaway Winners Announced

16 June 2022

Double victory for Katya Balen’s story about off-grid living; and the first win in 50 years for a graphic novel ...

Celebrate International Dot Day on 15th(ish) September!

14 June 2022

Waterstones Children’s Laureate Cressida Cowell MBE Releases Transformative ‘Life-Changing Libraries’ Research Marking End of Tenure In Prestigious Role

8 June 2022

Innovation at Accessit Library

8 June 2022

As part of the lead up to our Weekend Course, headline sponsor Accessit's Jen Winn shares her experience of evaluating a ...

Time's running out to learn more about NCE's new fully funded apprenticeships for Reading Leads and School Library Staff

6 June 2022

Limited places are left on the FREE webinars to find out more ...

Book Clubs in Schools Team Up with Walker Books for Summer Book Club

31 May 2022

Featuring Twitch By M.G. Leonard ...

Jhalak Prize

27 May 2022

Primary School Opens Outdoor Library

25 May 2022

A primary school has created an outdoor library for its pupils thanks to a £1,500 grant from Tesco. ...

Get Immersive with the Gadgeteers!

24 May 2022

StoryTrails and the Summer Reading Challenge help children explore technology and immersive storytelling this summer. ...

Delving Deep into the Memory: Exploiting Our Inner Resources

23 May 2022

Dr Andrew Shenton explores ways to exploit our own memories of successful activities we experienced as students when tea ...

SLA's Friday Favourites (20/05)

20 May 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

2022 IBBY Appeal for Funds to support Books for Ukrainian Children in Poland

19 May 2022

Next Steps for Tackling Fake News and Improving Media Literacy

18 May 2022

SLA Patron and Professor of Media and Education at Bournemouth University Julian McDougall attended a Westminster Forum ...

Insights to an SLS: From Box to Shelf – Creating a New Primary School Library

18 May 2022

Pat Lipinski from Gloucestershire Schools Library Service tells us about one of their recent projects. ...

UK Schools Campaign: University of St Andrews and Walker Books

17 May 2022

Former refugee and author Dina Nayeri has partnered with St Andrews University and Walker Books on an important campaign ...

85th Anniversary: Two decades and more of SLA Publications

17 May 2022

Geoff Dubber, previous Publications Co-ordinator and past SLA Chair, remembers his time managing SLA's Publications ...

Why Children’s Books Shouldn’t Be Sanitized

13 May 2022

Alison Tarrant, Chief Executive of the School Library Association (SLA) stresses why we must stand up against censorship ...

Censorship and Intellectual Freedom in School Libraries

13 May 2022

Joint statement from the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals (CILIP), the CILIP School Librarie ...

Survey by Bookmark charity of Birmingham and Lincolnshire primary schools reveal 10 per cent have no library and more than two thirds had no access to a public library

12 May 2022

Patricia Lockwood Wins Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize 2022 With Debut Novel

12 May 2022

SLA TRUSTEES NEEDED

7 May 2022

Do you want to contribute to the running of the SLA? ...

SLA's Friday Favourites (06/05)

6 May 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

'Black Lives Matter' Novel Wins Trinity Schools Book Award

4 May 2022

Teen readers vote for story about racial injustice, police brutality and hope for the future ...

Tech Entrepreneur sets up online Ukraine school to help refugees arriving in UK

3 May 2022

'I absolutely believe that if a child might experience it, then it is the business of children’s literature to talk about it.'

3 May 2022

In the wake of recent global events, author Nicola Davies discusses how stories can help children explore and deal with ...

The Young Walter Scott Prize 2022 Opens for Entries from Talented Young Writers

29 April 2022

The prestigious Young Walter Scott Prize - a UK-wide historical writing prize for 11-19 year olds, now in its eighth yea ...

IFLA School Libraries Section 2022 Midyear Meeting

29 April 2022

A report for Darryl Toerien on the IFLA School Libraries Section, which was supported by SLA, and attended by Ali Kenned ...

New Government Commissioned Family Review

28 April 2022

The Children's Commissioner wants to hear from children and their families ...

How new leadership training can help you to develop and embed reading in school

26 April 2022

Gareth Alcott from the National College of Education explains how they're supporting reading and launches training for r ...

SLA's Friday Favourites (15/04)

15 April 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

SLA supports the midyear meeting of the School Libraries Section of IFLA

14 April 2022

We're delighted to support this meeting of international colleagues ...

David McKee

8 April 2022

Richard Gerver in conversation with... Jonathan Douglas

6 April 2022

The write-up! ...

SLA's Friday Favourites (01/04)

1 April 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

Farshore Insights from 2021 revealed

30 March 2022

Every year Farshore (previously Egmont) release insights into the publishing market and some research they've carried ou ...

New report on pupil learning loss from the pandemic published by the Department for Education

28 March 2022

The Department for Education (DfE) has published a new report on the extent of pandemic learning loss among pupils in En ...

The Reading Agency partners with Science Museum Group for innovation themed Summer Reading Challenge

25 March 2022

IBBY Announces Winners of the 2022 Hans Christian Andersen Award

21 March 2022

Junko Yokota, President of the 2022 IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Award Jury announces the winners of the 2022 Hans Chris ...

Stratford Salariya Picture Book Prize Winner Announced

16 March 2022

Katarina Dragoslavic has won the 2022 Stratford Salariya Children’s Picture Book Prize, for her book The Little Hungry ...

Published evidence of impact of reading on attainment

14 March 2022

'Having credible book recommendations is vital for parents'

14 March 2022

Vivek Govil, Managing Director, UK Education and Education Services at Oxford University Press discusses new research sh ...

SLA launches report on the impact of Covid-19 on school libraries and staff

10 March 2022

Statement in response to the Education Commission of Southwark Archdiocese decision regarding an author visit

9 March 2022

Funding for your school library

9 March 2022

Forward into the future - our new five year strategy

8 March 2022

In this blog, Sue Bastone, Chair of the Trustees, discusses our strategy and our plans for the future. ...

Borders Book Festival Returns to Harmony Garden With Live Events in June

8 March 2022

New Research Shows Gender Bias in the KS3 English Curriculum

7 March 2022

Research was released as part of the #EndSexismInSchools campaign ...

SLA's Friday Favourites (04/03)

4 March 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

Invented by Animals & The Last Bear take top prizes at 2022 Blue Peter Book Awards

4 March 2022

Children's author and illustrator Shirley Hughes dies

2 March 2022

Ukraine News

25 February 2022

Tina Fey to judge the inaugural Global Young Journalist Awards

22 February 2022

Jan Pienkowski, illustrator of Meg and Mog books, dies at 85

21 February 2022

SLA's Friday Favourites (18/02)

18 February 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

5 things you should know about School Library Services

10 February 2022

Schools Library Services (SLSs) across the country exist to help schools. In this new blog series we uncover more around ...

FREE author visit to your UK school!

8 February 2022

Celebrate World Book Day with live, online performances from children's writers

7 February 2022

Live performances for primary school children from Michael Rosen and Catherine Rayner ...

SLA's Friday Favourites (04/02)

4 February 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators announces the 12 writers featured in its seventh anthology: Undiscovered Voices 2022

1 February 2022

The free-to-view anthology has proven a successful path to publication for many writers since its first edition in 2008. ...

Read for Empathy 2022

26 January 2022

ReadingZone launches World Book Day picture book competition

24 January 2022

It's our 85th birthday!

23 January 2022

Celebrate 85 years of the SLA with our biggest giveaway yet ...

SLA's Friday Favourites (21/01)

21 January 2022

Reading recommendations we think you'll love. ...

New research from Oxford University Press reveals the vital role language plays for pupils when it comes to self-expression and wellbeing

18 January 2022

Over 8,000 children across the UK were surveyed revealing ‘anxiety’ as Children’s Word Of The Year ...

Enter the multilingual poetry competition that celebrates cultural diversity

18 January 2022

‘Racism, prejudice, extreme views and dangerous leaders are not a thing of the past’

17 January 2022

With Holocaust Memorial Day coming up at the end of this month, author Liz Kessler discusses the importance of books in ...

2022 Excelsior Award shortlists announced

14 January 2022

The UK book award for graphic novels and manga where teenagers decide the winner ...