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All Clued Up
Five library reading group teams are discovering hidden and forgotten writers. They are blogging about the hidden gems they are discovering and there have even been some new Jane Austen finds. Help them solve the puzzles at Reading Detectives. Or follow Reading Detectives on Twitter. Run with the BBC and the Arts Council.
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SLSs invited to join Chatterbooks
In a move to get more children reading more we are expanding Chatterbooks into schools. Chatterbooks is a flexible reading groups programe that is great for free reading time in schools and extended schools services particularly when supported by the local Schools Library Service and / or Public Library Service. From September 2009, SLSs and PLSs will be able to add Chatterbooks to their schools' offer. From January 2010 we'll be offering Chatterbooks to schools who are not lucky enough to be supported by their schools or public library service. Read more or buy Chatterbooks resources. Discounts available for bulk orders.
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Six Book Challenge 2010
Six Book Challenge 2010 is back. In 2009 nearly 9,000 people took up the Challenge in libraries, colleges, adult education, prisons and workplaces. We will shortly be launching the 2010 Challenge so if you work with adults who want to improve their confidence in reading visit Six Book Challenge for more information or buy resources from early September.
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Summer Reading Challenge conference
Thank you very much to all of you who have put so much energy into running Quest Seekers.
Ten years into the Summer Reading Challenge we are looking at how it can be used strategically within local authorities and are running a conference aimed at senior librarians and strategic education advisers. Speakers include Estelle Morris, Michael Rosen, Paul Collard, chief executive of Creativity, Culture and Education and John Harris director of children's services in Herts, plus a UKLA team of researchers who will report on research into the impact schools perceive the challenge to have on children's reading. The Summer Reading Challenge conference is on 13 November 2009.
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HeadSpace
HeadSpace puts young people right at the centre of designing their spaces in libraries, deciding what goes into those spaces and in running activities as volunteers. And we now also have new HeadSpace badges, t-shirts and bookmarks available from the Shop for members of the Headspace network.
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Libraries can sign up to the HeadSpace separately or as part of Participate, our library change programme for work with young people. We're recruiting for the next Participate cohort now. For more details see the Participate website.
"If you want to get young people into libraries then you need to get us in and get our views, not the adults' views."
Alex Pendlebury, volunteer member of Warrington Youth Council for Libraries, part of the NW pilot for Participate |
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MyVoice - write or wrong?
We are very excited to be running a new project for aspiring young writers aged between 13 and 19. MyVoice offers bursaries for young people who would like to be mentored by a professional writer (for free) and who are interested in writing about global issues. It is supporting the government's prevent agenda and is a partnership project with Creativity, Culture and Education, funded by Communities and Local Government. Applications forms at www.myvoicewriteorwrong.org
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Booktime
We are working with Booktrust to support the national Booktime project which gives a book pack to every child in the first term they attend school. Through our partnership, and thanks to DCSF support, 147 English library authorities and SLSs have signed up to receive free library resource packs for their branches.
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Reading for Life
Reading for Life grew out of the National Year of Reading and promotes the benefits of reading. We are leading it in partnership with Booktrust. The next Reading for Life promotion is sponsored by Marmite and linked to 'love it or hate it' slogan, stressing the power and benefits of reading. Look out for some zany advertising. www.readingforlife.org.uk
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Autumn training courses
We have a packed programme of autumn training dates that we are taking bookings for now.
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Making Reading Count: how reading can support local authority priorities and targets, running on 22 October in Birmingham
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Championing Reading - involving volunteers in reading groups: will equip reader development librarians and others responsible for reading groups to work with volunteers to reach new readers, and increase capacity, reach and impact, running on 5 November in London and 11 February 2010 in York.
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Chatterbooks: for librarians new to Chatterbooks and those that want a refresher course, running on 19 November in London
For more information and to book a place visit our training pages.
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