Starting the holidays with a quick bit of CLPL at #SLGConf23 , looking at diversity and inclusion in school libraries. Food for thought for the new term.

Dr Helen Limon at #SLGConf23 thanks librarians for offering places of illumination and safety. Dr Carol Webb is presenting the session called Children's Journeys into Reading and Literacy. #WOW23

Very excited to be speaking today the #SLGCONF23 on #empathy and #dungeonsanddragons !

Guess who came to dinner? Some of the best independent publishing companies in the UK came to #SLGConf23 to give us a glimpse of the diverse and inclusive book of their catalogues. Blown away -Otter-Barry Books, Owlet Press, Neem-tree Press. Thank you. #WOW23

Enjoying catching up this morning with the recent CILIP SLG online conference. Great programme of speakers with plenty food for thought, ideas to try and books to buy! #SLGConf23 Keith Grammar School LRC

Great to speak in a keynote session at the CILIP SLG conference today! A pleasure to chat with Sarah Mears & Jo Cotterill, & to be able to showcase work from across The High School of Glasgow & my library with an empathy focus! #SLGConf23 #EmpathyDay EmpathyLabUK

Thrilled to be a part of the CILIP SLG Conference later today talking all things Diverse Libraries! #SLGConf23

Now Ian Morris 🐀 is basically drawing what I look like before I've had breakfast!

CILIP SLG #SLGConf23

@LizKezzler being interviewed by Caroline Roche at #SLGConf23 #WOW23 about the new book Codename Kingfisher

Wonderful presentation from Just Like Us at the CILIP SLG #SLGConf23 on the importance of diverse & inclusive resources in school libraries & the #library as a safe space. Also very excited that Simon James Green is joining us tomorrow to discuss Boy Like Me, pictured here!

That’s a wrap #SLGConf23 ! It never ceases to amaze me that, in this often bleak world, there are librarians, authors, illustrators & publishers who volunteer their time to ensure that kids can find the right book at the right time. Diverse, inclusive & agents for change indeed!❤️

We'll be attending the #SLGConf23 tomorrow, celebrating #SchoolLibraries as places of diversity and agents for change!

We hope to see some of you there; look out for Georgia Davis from Exact Editions, we'd love to connect!

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Meet Magnus Winston Trunchball - The #SLGconf23 ogre courtesy of Ian Morris 🐀

Crazy poetry session at the #slgconf23 with Alex Wharton, Mama G, Philip Ardagh and @ianmorris78 !

Libraries are centres for #wellbeing and #SafeSpace ❤️ #SLGConf23

Delighted to join a panel yesterday for #SLGConf23 CILIP SLG Annie Everall OBE to talk about my new MG book, A Boy From Baghdad Green Bean Books . Lovely comments in the Chatbox from delegates about this little known story of exile in the Middle East Barbara Band Inclusive Books for Children The Jewish Chronicle

I got to interview the inspirational Holly Bourne for our #SLGConf23 - I know it looks like I’m winking weirdly at her but this is just what I look like when confronted with a literary hero, ok?! If you haven’t read You Could Be So Pretty yet do it, it’s life changing!

and Reading is Activism! 😍 SLGConf23

That's the @cilipslg AGM done plus an inspiring talk from Nicholas Poole. Have managed to grab something to eat & I'm back with my G&T ready for the #slgconf23 evening entertainment! Bring it on ....

For those that attended my #SLGConf23 seminar today, this is Ayesha that I mentioned! Ayesha- bookseller of inclusive books is an invaluable source of information for diversity in school libraries of any age!