Events Calendar
- 8 – 12 September 2010
IBBY Congress 2010 - Spain
"The Strength of Minorities"
32nd IBBY World Congress, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
- 24 September 2010
Chatterbooks for Schools
A one-day course for teaching and non-teaching staff wishing to set up Chatterbooks in their school. It covers how to set up and run a group, and how to make the most of the Chatterbooks experience and offer, to develop children as enthusiastic and successful readers, and at the same time to meet key agendas, including literacy, attainment, and community cohesion, in your School Improvement Plan.
Venue: Newcastle Library, Charles Avison Building, 33 New Bridge Street, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AX
Places cost £195 per person and £175 for each subsequent delegate from the same authority.
For more information call Jenny Warner on 020 7324 2545 or email jenny.warner@readingagency.org.uk
- 27 September – 1 October 2010
IASL Annual Conference
Diversity; Challenge; Resilience:
School Libraries in Action
International Association of School Librarianship Annual Conference
Brisbane, Australia
- 4 October 2010
International School Library Day
This year we are encouraging all our members to celebrate International School Library Day on 4 October 2010 in the UK, part of the worldwide International School Library Month initiative by IASL. The theme for this year is "Diversity Challenge Resilience: School Libraries Have it All".
- 7 October 2010
National Poetry Day
National Poetry Day 2010 will be on Thursday October 7th and the theme will be HOME. This is a nationwide celebration of poetry past, present and future across the UK.
- 12 October 2010
SLA Members' Day
Autumn Members' Day - Focus On Short Stories
Browns Books for Students, Preston, 09:30 to 15:30.
- 3 March 2011
World Book Day (UK & RoI)
World Book Day is the biggest annual celebration of books and reading in the UK and Ireland.
- 17 – 19 March 2011
The Education Show
Annual educational resources exhibition.
Venue: NEC, Birmingham
- 24 – 25 June 2011
SLA Weekend Course 2011
SLA annual residential training course - "Libraries Give Us Power"
Venue: Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre, Bedfordshire
- 25 June 2011
SLA A.G.M.
Annual General Meeting of the School Library Association
Venue: Wyboston Lakes Conference Centre, Bedfordshire, 09:15.
