This September marks an exciting first for schools and libraries around the world: the launch of the World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award. Designed to celebrate creativity, global citizenship, and the joy of reading, the award invites children and young people to showcase their reading journeys through imaginative presentations and displays. What’s It All About?Continue reading “The World Kid Lit Reading Challenge Award”
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Carnegies: A Joyful Celebration of Children’s Literature
On Thursday 19 June 2025, I had the immense pleasure of attending The Carnegies once again—an event that continues to be a highlight of the literary calendar for me, both personally and professionally. Held at the beautiful Cambridge Theatre, home of Matilda The Musical, the ceremony was buzzing with excitement, with over 600 young peopleContinue reading “Carnegies: A Joyful Celebration of Children’s Literature”
Libraries Change Lives Campaign: School Libraries build stronger communities
This week is Libraries Change Lives week which brings librarians and the next parliamentarians together to deliver a strong message about the positive impact services are having on individuals and communities – from lifelong learning and education to health and wellbeing; from supporting sustainable economic growth to helping develop digital literacies. CILIP School Libraries GroupContinue reading “Libraries Change Lives Campaign: School Libraries build stronger communities”
Running a Comic-Con event for World Book Day
Alice Leggatt (SLG Committee Member), Oaks Park High School This blog acknowledges the generosity of Lucas Maxwell (Glenthorne School), whose own blog, alongside his work on running Dungeons and Dragons in secondary schools, were a huge inspiration and help as I planned our events The theme for this year’s World Book Day was ‘Read YourContinue reading “Running a Comic-Con event for World Book Day”
Censorship webinars – free training
Have you had a chance to catch up with the excellent set of free webinars that SLG conducted last year, in conjunction with the School Library Association? Members of either of these can access the webinars for free. For CILIP members, simply sign in to the CILIP website, and then come back to these pagesContinue reading “Censorship webinars – free training”
Guest Blog – EmpathyLab
The empathy year by Sarah Mears As we enter 2024, imagine how different this year would be if empathy was placed front and centre in all our actions and interactions with others. EmpathyLab is a charitable social enterprise collaborating with schools and libraries and those living and working with children and young people. Our vision isContinue reading “Guest Blog – EmpathyLab”
99 Conference Moments …
99 Conference Moments … Inspired by John Dougherty, Steve Cole & Jo Cotterill at the SLG StoryFest, here are 99 reasons to celebrate the School Library Conference! Always bright and sunny, somebody kind, keeping us all on track and so with that in mind, we have all got 99 reasons to thank Annie, Our Conference organiser,Continue reading “99 Conference Moments …”