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Grappled with #genre at today's John Bookas book club and came up with some ideas for new categories and fresh designs. How do you decide on a book's genre anyway? And how do you depict #dystopia? 🤔

I posted my first website blog 3 years ago! Did you read this lovely book? berliedoherty.com/the-swallows-f… Hilary McKay adele geras Caroline Pitcher Celia Rees Linda Newbery 📚🌳🐝✏️Ⓥ HVC Library Rhyme & Reason Books

Our Y11s officially leave tomorrow and we're waiting to see how many rock up in their tractors, as is the custom hereabouts. And as usual, they've only been here about 5 minutes. #TempusFugit

Year 11s don't get much better than this. I'm going to miss them all but particularly this one. #LeaversDay #SchoolsOut #Year11

After a brief hiaitus following a mix-up with The Great Provider over this library's date of birth, we are back. A bit older than before, but back. Twitter [sic] friends we've missed you.

Excellent day in sunny #Sheffield with a plethora of librarians enjoying Day 1 of the School Library Association (SLA) #LibrariesUnleashed Conference. @patrick_ness was a proper highlight. More learning, hobnobbing, freebies and inspiration tomorrow. Bring it on!

Not so sunny this morning, and beyond frustrating to miss today's first session of School Library Association (SLA) #LibrariesUnleashed in Sheffield because the train is inexplicably cancelled. Cheers, Northern Rail.

No train? No excuse. #NorthernRail.

Well, that was fun! Thanks School Library Association (SLA) and all involved in #LibrariesUnleashed for a brilliant couple of days in Sheffield.

At last there's a collective noun for us: a disreputability of librarians. @patrick_ness School Library Association (SLA)

Just met one of our Y8 keen readers in the corridor. He's been gobbling up Anthony McGowan 's Nicky & Kenny Quartet and has just finished the last one. His 2-word review: "Lark's sad." A cracking series with a very moving conclusion.

I've been hiding away in beautiful Mallorca and reading all 8 books on the Carnegie shortlist. What a feast of wonderful talent. May all the books be shared and loved by young readers.

We'd like to have a #CarnegieMedal quiz for tomorrow's winner announcement party but time is running out. Have any of you ace #Librarians got a 2024 quiz we could borrow? If I get ours done in time I will share it!

my reviews of all Carnegie 8 shortlisteded @ books, and congratulations to @JosephACoelho Nathanael Lessore @nicolakidsbooks @kwamealexander@tiafisher_ @sophiecameron @Hiba Noor Khan @zillahbethell HVC Library berliedoherty.com/carnegie-2024-…

End of year book amnesty going nicely so far. Seeing books we haven't seen for some time...

Oh no there isn't. This happened last summer as well. Where do they go? Is there a black market in pilfered newspaper supplements? #TheGuardian

Posts from this library are getting to be difficult for all sorts of reasons. It once was such a good platform for engaging with other bookfolk and chums but times they are a-changing and it's probably time to go. Will miss it. It's been a blast.