If you are feeling sad and hopeless that is completely understandable, but it's also a luxury we can't afford right now. Here's a list of some great organisations helping on the ground, just as a handy guide:

Post-flu reading 💕

NEW!! CUPElementsP&BC title out today and free to download until 12th Dec! Sarah Mygind Young Adult Literature -- see doi.org/10.1017/978110…

Breaking my X hiatus to promote the always-important CLPE report; a monumental effort by Farrah Serroukh, which charts improvements but also shows that there is so much more to be done. With everything that's going on in the world, representation in books feels more vital than ever

Super excited that Ross is starting his PhD this month; so looking forward to working with him, Sarah, and Christina.

I don't know who had more fun at our field trip to Moat Brae, the Children's Literature and Literacies MEd and CLMC students or the lecturers 😁✨

RT: SPONSORED TICKET
Thanks to the generosity of one of our Board, we've a free conference ticket available for someone to whom cost is a barrier. If that's you, email: LeafJournal(at)bathspa.ac.uk by 4th Oct and we'll pull a name from the hat tinyurl.com/2jbsxec9

This excellent sounding CLMC student led symposium is online and free for anyone interested in cutting-edge research related to children and young people's literature, media, and culture!

The 'On Writing for Young People: Conference 2023' (9th-10th Nov, online) looks like it's going to be a fantastic day of keynote speakers, workshops & presentations! #OnWriting2023 #CreativeWriting  tinyurl.com/2jbsxec9

Welcome, Children's Literature and Literacies MEd class of 2023/24: we are so looking forward to meeting you all this week! 🙌🏾📚📷

I believe EVERY CHILD can be a reader, but they need our help & support to do it. They need properly funded schools & libraries, access to the widest possible range of books, free choice in their reading matter & the right to read for pure pleasure.
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What a fantastic day at the festival yesterday seeing The Lost Lending Library, Nadia Shireen & Rob Biddulph's epic draw-off, and chairing a conversation with the wonderful Nadine Kaadan and Harry Woodgate {they/them} 🐝. Huge thanks to the brilliant Edinburgh International Book Festival for just being so brilliant 💜

I loved this fascinating and expansive conversation. We covered everything from colonisation to hidden London rivers to magical powers to the value of taking your time to research/write to Tipu's Tiger to the importance of reading, writing, and seeing yourself in books + more! 💜

This was such a fun, interesting, and insightful conversation. I totally recommend all of the books. Thanks to the brilliant authors and the excellent schools audience! 💜

I'm so excited to be part of the conversation with SF Said, at the one festival I always dreamt of being part of, Edinburgh International Book Festival. Tyger is almost a future-set sister to #CityOfStolenMagic , so this will be wonderful, especially as it's chaired by the brilliant Dr Melanie Ramdarshan Bold