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On Friday afternoon (in the sweltering heat!) our amazing team of student librarians had their well-deserved summer party, with food, games and awards. Thanks to all of them for their invaluable help in the library this year! @Caldew_School

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Well, here's my divvy up of the 45 or so longlisted titles for #Spellbinding25. Meeting early January to shortlist - I'd better get reading!

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@DanSmithAuthor Looking forward to seeing you here in April!

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@scottishbktrust Hello, do you have to be based in Scotland to enter this, or can entrants come from other parts of the UK? Thanks.

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Visiting the iconic Highgate Cemetery today where so many writers and artists are buried. The offerings at the grave of the legendary Douglas Adams made me really quite emotional!

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@The_Globe Shylock. Hands down.

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@PostsOfCats Wendell!

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Our summer term Key Stage 3 reading challenges have now finished! Congratulations to the winning forms from each year group - 7/JSM, 8/SMR and 9/SGS/JNS. Also congratulations to 7/JPW whose book-o-meter won the "most beautifully decorated" award!

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@KatieEHolmes_ This looks really good! I'd love to have more detail, particularly with regards to implementation and reception in the sixth form - we are looking at refreshing our "study skills" offer for Year 12 & 13 next year!

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@GuardianBooks Wonderful news! 👏👏

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A fantastic day out at #Spellbinding2024 meeting authors and lots of readers from other Cumbrian schools. A well-deserved win for Josh Silver from a very strong shortlist!
Thank you so much @CumbriaSLS, can't wait for next year!

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@HDunn_Writer Glory chaser!

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@AuthorFranWong Florence, when I was 21, after reading A Room with a View, and Prince Edward Island is still on my bucket list (Anne of Green Gables, of course!). Hopefully next summer!

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Brilliant conference, and wonderful keynote from @julianaurelius . I met so many wonderful colleagues and authors, and have come back to school full of ideas.
If you look closely at the photo, you can see me on the front right table!

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It was an absolute joy and privilege to step in last minute to do keynote at @uksla conference in Sheffield. One of the warmest audiences I have ever addressed - huge respect for all your work as librarians :-) @guppybooks

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@em_templin1 Derek
Horace
Rupert

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@readsheffield Have loved Georgette Heyer since I was a teen, and they're still my go-to comfort reads!

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Thank you @michaelsheen for these lovely thoughts on school libraries 🙌

#GreatSchoolLibraries

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@lucasjmaxwell No pieces gone missing?

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@AdamRutherford 36 eggs (six boxes instead of six eggs)

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🎇🎇Congratulations to Ava and Hannah in Y11 who are the FIRST EVER pupil librarians at Caldew School to earn the Platinum SLA Pupil Librarian Award! I couldn't give them a real firework display, so we had one on the projector instead! Thanks both for all of your hard work! 🎇🎇