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Running my first Chatterbooks session
With Clonclyfrau/Chatterbooks just launching in Wales, Erica Neck tells us about running her first Chatterbooks session for the Mountain Ash Chatterbooks Group: Read more »
How reading and running a reading group changed my life
Nominated by Judith Robinson and Maz Iqbal from Kirklees Libraries, Shaun Allison, won an Outstanding Learner of the Year for the Yorkshire and Humber region at this year’s Adult Learners’ Week Awards for the huge progress that he’s made since joining a reading group at Huddersfield Library in 2008. Shaun tells us about how he runs the group and how reading has changed his life: Read more »
Engaging children with disabilities
Kerry Brookes, Children’s Librarian for West Sussex Libraries, tells us about a Chatterbooks project she ran in Chichester aimed at children with disabilities: Read more »
Engaging children in reading
Josie Watson from Essex Libraries tells us about one of the many children’s reading groups they run – this one takes place at Basildon Library: Read more »
Engaging young people in a Manga Reading Group
Josie Watson from Essex Libraries tells us about how they are going about engaging young people with reading and libraries in Harlow: Harlow Library has been successfully running reading groups for a number of years, but began to realise that we were not reaching our local teenagers, which is why we decided to start running a Manga Reading Group. Read more »