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Calling School Librarians: Wellington College Prep is looking for an experienced and qualified School Librarian. Closing date 28th January. Find out more here: sla.org.uk/Public/Job-ads/Li…
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Presenting our Foyles Book of the Year 2024 shortlist: whittled down from the past year of bookish excellence—a bookshelf full of essential reading, from established writers and new voices alike, defining this year in books. Behold the shortlistees… bit.ly/47yzdl6
ALT Eight books (left to right: James, Butter, A History of the World in 47 Borders, The Empusium, Want, Intermezzo, The World to Come, Starminster) against a gold background with text above reading 'FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR SHORTLIST'
‘I love the whole atmosphere and can spend hours browsing’: how did bookshops suddenly become cool? theguardian.com/books/2024/o…
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Visit your local bookshop tomorrow and celebrate all the ways they make a difference to our local communities.
🎨: @sophyhenn
#BookshopDay
ALT Orange banner with beautiful artwork by Sophy Henn featuring a bookshop, hardware store, toy shop, clothes shop and patisserie. The text says: Bookshop Day Saturday 12 October Choose Bookshops Local jobs, Local economy, Local community, Real passion, Real people, Real conversations, Proper service, Proper gifts (and taxes paid!) @booksaremybag #BookshopDay
I'm really excited to hear these talks today. A whole strand on #readingforpleasure and lots of brilliant authors visiting us today!
We are excited to be at The Festival of Education at @WellingtonUK tomorrow, Hosting a programme of talks on The Power of Books and the Importance of #ReadingforPleasure.
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@EducationFest #EducationFest
Brilliant news! A fantastic choice. Many congratulations to @frankcottrell_b
We're over the moon that SLA Patron, @frankcottrell_b, has been named the Waterstones #ChildrensLaureate 2024-2026! 🌟
We're pleased to hear Frank's plans to address inequality through the transformative power of books and reading.
Congratulations! 👏🏼
#ReadingRights
Reading libraries - public libraries offer so much and are a lifeline for so many people. Insightful and fascinating article on Battle Library. ‘If there’s nowhere else to go, this is where they come’: how Britain’s libraries provide much more than books theguardian.com/news/article…
Looking forward to welcoming @DanFreedman99 to talk to our Y9 Wheeler Programme students. They have their copies of #Unstoppable and we're looking forward to hearing their insights into the book and questions for Dan. It was so enjoyable last year - we're doing it again!
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🎉 Congratulations to the 2024 Winners of the Yoto Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals @CarnegieMedals: @StoryBreathing, @JospehACoelho and @tiafisher_! #YotoCarnegies24
Read the press release: yotocarnegies.co.uk/2024-win…
ALT Image of The Boy Lost in the Maze, The Tree and the River and Crossing the Line, the 2024 Yoto Carnegie winners
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Did you see our #YABookPrize shortlist announcement last week?
Let us know in the comments how many you've read 👇
We are SO excited to reveal our incredible #YABookPrize shortlist 🤩
“This year’s shortlist truly encapsulates the joy of Young Adult fiction and the astounding talent here in the UK and Ireland."
See the thread below to meet our shortlist 👇
ALT The stack of the 10 YA Book Prize shortlisted books on a white backdrop with red, blue and yellow shapes surrounding the border and the blue YA Book Prize logo.
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Announcing the 29th winner of the #WomensPrize for Fiction – @V_V_G with her novel Brotherless Night. Congratulations Sugi!
With thanks to our sponsors @Audible_UK and @BaileysOfficial
#WomensPrize
Love this! Perfect introduction to the shortlisted books before the winner announcement today.
Mum and I have filmed our @WomensPrize for Fiction Shortlist Ranking & Winner Predictions video, which you can see here youtu.be/xnrTI7KGjxo
Wonderful talk by @richardgerver at the start of @uksla Conference day 2 in Sheffield. #SLASheffield #schoollibraries #librariesunleashed
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Looking forward to more thought-provoking talks and sharing ideas with fellow school librarians in Sheffield today. Yesterday was excellent. Ideas for promoting reading, discussion of AI, @PatrickNess5 and @nicolamorgan #librariesunleashed #uksla @uksla
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Why fiction from Korea and Japan has become so popular with English-language readers.
thebookerprizes.com/the-book…
Looking forward to our Community Book Club discussion of these two brilliant novels this evening in the library. @Welly_Community #bookclubs
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“Librarians share the best ways to rediscover reading, make it a regular habit – and their tips for the most unputdownable books” theguardian.com/lifeandstyle…
