Fi Johnston

Mostly reading and making. Watching/doing cycling 🚴. She/her (playing in libraries 📚, zinemaking resources are GO @ !)

[Mrs Baird 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉 @StNiniansLib]

Well done to the Ms H's S1 class today making their #Zines - lots of focus and lots of great ideas. By the end of this project we will have over 300 new stories in the library that other pupils can borrow and learn from. #zinepower

[Fi Johnston @PonyStayedGold]

Nothing in this world makes me happier! (maybe puppies. and accessible healthcare. but you get the idea)

[Forfar Academy Library @ForAcadLib]

This week at Creative Writing & Comic Club: tiny zines! 📄🖊️
Thanks to @PonyStayedGold for the brilliant instructions! 📄 🖊️

[Fi Johnston @PonyStayedGold]

@StNiniansLib @LibrariesNL Always living that Zine Dream

[Fi Johnston @PonyStayedGold]

Started Book Week Scotland with a *tiny* bang - set up for Tiny Zines at Bellshill Library.

Cardboard shelves ✔️
Chaos piles of stuff to collage etc ✔️
Sheets of A4 paper aka potential tiny zine dreams ✔️

#BookWeekScotland #TinyZines @LibrariesNL

[Fi Johnston @PonyStayedGold]

Deborah’s collage-in-progress in a Tiny Zine dedicated to her favourite colour ❤️🍎🎈🚗🎸🌹

[lindsay littleson @ljlittleson]

As @frankcottrell_b says in the article, the solution is in our hands. Stop closing libraries. Retain school librarians and employ many more. Fund author visits to schools. Publishers, stop throwing cash at celebrities and focus instead on engaging young readers. We can fix this.

[Mrs Baird 📚🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🐉 @StNiniansLib]

Sad results but there are things we can do. Make time at home, use libraries, give books as gifts, talk to professionals, make reading fun, teach reading skills early & well, surround young people with books they want to read. It's a fight worth winning https://t.co/p0pyMyD1R3

[Reactor Magazine @reactormag]

Nessie isn't just a creature of mystery and menace–she can also be the star of heartwarming family films! Some romance, some drama, and a professor so down on his luck he has to teach - gasp - freshmen! It's Loch Ness (1996)!

https://t.co/rUbsXZyS4E

[Fi Johnston @PonyStayedGold]

It’s me, hi, I’m the frogling, it’s me! 🐸 📚

[North Lanarkshire Libraries @LibrariesNL]

Have you spotted any library staff members getting in the Halloween spirit today? There are a few! Happy Halloween!

[Fi Johnston @PonyStayedGold]

@StNiniansLib @BookWeekScot

[Alan Wylie @wylie_alan]

Israeli Damage to Archives, Libraries, and Museums in Gaza, October 2023–January 2024
https://t.co/82OC6cCqn2
Includes information on the library workers and archivists murdered by the Israeli State.
We mourn their deaths 😞✊️
#libraries
#protectlibraryworkers
#Gaza

[The Diverse Book Awards @The_DBAwards]

The Diverse Book Awards 2024 Winners! What a foursome!

#TheDBAwards
#thediversebookawards

[BookTrust @Booktrust]

🎉 Our brand new #GreatBooksGuide is here!

Featuring 100 fantastic children's books from the past year for 4-11 year olds (plus a few bonuses too), we hope it will help you find the book a child wants to read.

Explore it here 👇

https://t.co/wSimgliW2J

[Glasgow Libraries @GlasgowLib]

Did you know? #localhistory and #familyhistory sessions are available at the Mitchell Library and in community libraries. Read our new blog for details: https://t.co/PW7lpX3tu1

[CILIPScotland @CILIPScotland]

CILIPS have made the decision to step back from X.

⭐️Find our other platforms here: https://t.co/MjIruLkF44

⭐️Read the full statement here: https://t.co/BNYMxT1WUN

[edutopia @edutopia]

From @borywrites: Many Black educators agree that too often today’s best-selling novels offer a limited, even cramped, perspective.

Here are some alternatives to consider, recommended by English and literacy teacher @heymrsbond, librarian @Boss_Librarian, and others:

🧵1/11

[JoanEardleyOfficial @THEJoanEardley]

Joan’s Eardley’s rarely seen Two Children with Graffiti, a small gouache painting, is currently on display @womenslibrary as part of the free exhibition, Kate Downie: Conversations with Joan (until 25 January).
The work is on loan from the Eardley family.

#joaneardley

[Libraries in Leeds @Libs_in_Leeds]

Who thought you had to be quiet in a library??! Coming soon @LS18Rocks @leedslibraries 🎸FREE taster music workshops & performances for musicians aged 7-17 yrs at Leeds Central Library on Sat 9th Nov. #livemusic #familyfun https://t.co/7tll2Arw7w

[Andrew Joseph White 🏴🏳️‍⚧️ @AJWhiteAuthor]

“hey andrew how does it feel to finally announce the HFWU movie” idk actually, the a/c is out in my car and I can’t focus on anything until my fifteen year old ford focus stops being an oven

[Kalina Newman @KalinaNewman]

Can confirm this production was @IATSE union-made!