
Eileen Armstrong
@earmstronglib
School librarian, SLE: Literacy, former School Library Association Chair, previous Carnegie Greenaway judge and North East Book Awards organiser
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10-05-2009 11:15:33
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We are so very proud to run the Little Rebels Award for Radical Children’s Fiction alongside Housmans Bookshop - and on behalf of Alliance of Radical Booksellers 🥳🥳🥳AND we’re very proud to announce the 2025 longlist!🥳🥳🥳


.Isabella Tree and Angela Harding win Book of the Year: Children's Non-Fiction (supported by The Week Junior Science+Nature) for Wilding: How to Bring Wildlife Back (Macmillan Children's Books) 📚 “This will stand the test of time”, pronounced one judge #Nibbies #BritishBookAwards


SecEd Podcast: In a new episode, we speak to school #librarians Elizabeth Hutchinson Sarah Pavey Clare Brumpton & Mary-Rose Grieve (co-chair of Great School Libraries) to discuss what makes for excellent #library provision in the secondary school: buff.ly/hFbDpWV #SchoolLibraries



Book post! A magical adventure with a Wish Maker, a sinister stranger and…an ice-cream making business. Sounds fabulous Mikka @ Everything With Words


In the wake of HarperCollinsUK and the National National Literacy Trust's new initiative to promote reading for pleasure, this week BookTok creators recalled their earliest childhood memories of reading 👇 thebookseller.com/news/books-on-…





📢 NEW: Our #ReadingRights report with Waterstones Children's Laureate Frank Cottrell-Boyce is out now! It shares 5 focus areas that will turn the tide on reading inequality and unveils plans for our City of Stories place-based pilot: booktrust.org.uk/about-us/readi… Arts Council England #ACESupported


.Waterstones Children’s Laureate and author Frank Cottrell-Boyce has published his inaugural ‘Reading Rights’ Report with partner BookTrust, on how to end the “indefensible reading inequality” 👇 thebookseller.com/news/indefensi…

The Children's Book Project (Childrens Book Project) has named Lauren Laverne as the charity's first-ever patron 👇 thebookseller.com/news/lauren-la…


Really looking forward to reading this with y7. Huge thanks Usborne Publishing The Reading Agency #ShrapnelBoys


Y9 loved this powerful and personal story of mental illness, disordered eating and friendship. Thank you The Reading Agency Simon & Schuster Children's Books #PiecesofUs




#GiveawayAlert: we are giving away copies of the hilarious, eye-opening, heartwarming #KingofNoting by Nathanael Lessore, shortlisted for Jhalak C&YA Prize. For a chance to win, RT + reply to this tweet by 5 pm tomorrow (UK only). #jhalakprize25 #giveaway #JhalakShowcase
