Great to be able to add my voice to the importance of an oracy framework in schools … it really helps to focus it’s implementation into everyday t&l pedagogy Oracy Cambridge Department for Education

Five years…a sketchbook of political drawings.

I cannot wait to talk to the novelist, Okechukwu Nzelu Okechukwu Nzelu, about my award-winning 2013 novel Mr Loverman, broadcast on the BBC this autumn as an 8-part drama adaptation, at this GuardianLive event on September 26th. I absolutely love the adaptation!

Jeffrey Boakye kicking off the first of our #InclusiveLibraries conference in Leeds with a thought provoking keynote speech on celebrating your identity, addressing your history and recognising marginalised narratives #LitinColour British Library National Literacy Trust Penguin Books UK

i have a piece on GCSE English in this volume, asking some questions about what we might consider doing with speaking and listening in a reformed qualification.

Delighted to have contributed a resource for #NationalPoetryDay. Learn the poem How To Cut A Pomegranate by Imtiaz Dharker and think about what counts. #poetry #poetrychallenge

Hearing from 2 deeply skilled and thoughtful Primary English leaders may be just the lift you need at the start of the year. Ambition with strategy! Join us!

As Bham City Council plans to slash library services in a city where 45% of children grow up in poverty, we say it’s time to roar. Here’s a new poem, ‘The Roar’ by Birmingham’s Poet Laureate Jasmine Gardosi ❤️‍🔥 Join the fightback at Birmingham Loves Libraries

A brief life is now a cheap life!

This series features contributions from English Department academics Lucienne Loh, David Oakey and Chris Jones. Link and details⬇️⬇️⬇️

What a day this has been for me! Two blogs & a piece in Oracy Education Commission volume. I’m so grateful to Oracy Cambridge for asking me to contribute this blog on their superb website, giving me the chance to outline 4 key interconnected aspects of Oracy that I think are all vital!

Launching our exchange fellowship between Uni of Birmingham and the Huntington Library. Hear me discuss our collections inc The Barber Institute and Cadbury Research Library in this webinar: tinyurl.com/bdz5w56z. NACBS American Historical Association SHAFR Historians Organization of American Historians

Event: 'Fergusson's Auld Reikie', with Fergusson's poetry by Billy Kay and Scots songs with Karine Polwart, Sarah Hoy, Steve Byrne, and Gary West. November 16th, 7-8:30pm, Reid Concert Hall, University of Edinburgh. Organised by The University of Edinburgh eventbrite.co.uk/e/fergussons-a…..

‘Trespass’: call for submissions from the brilliant Elsewhere Journal will be of interest to place writers Centre for Place Writing English at Manchester Met Manchester Writing School

If you're an English teacher in the situation described here, I'd be interested to hear whether you've already adopted any of these strategies, or any others that have been helpful. Explaining the subject in relat to whole school policies on learning isn't always easy!

JOB OPPORTUNITIES: My wonderful school in Reading is looking for an English teacher (maternity cover) and a librarian - it's a terrific place to work with delightful students and kind, supportive colleagues. Do share with anyone who might be interested: kendrick.reading.sch.uk/page/?title=Va…

BOOK SOON! EMC CPD Online: Starting to Teach A Level English Literature (12.9.24) "Fabulous - loads of useful, practical stuff, very well delivered." Book your place by 8.00am on 10 Sept tinyurl.com/mryz5t3m!

#WorldKidLitMonth #UKLAMember Stephen Dilley recommends The Djinn's Apple by Djamila Morani A gripping YA murder mystery set during Baghdad's 'golden age' which presents the richness of medieval Islamic culture. Beautifully translated from Arabic by Sawad Hussain Neem Tree Press