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Striving Towards Anti-racist Research in Youth Literature ⭐️ Please read:

[STARYL @STARYLcommittee]

Whether you are a working in academia, industry, community spaces or are aspiring to enter any of these areas, REIYL is about building networks that connect people with all different kinds of expertise - you can attend in person in the awesome city of Glasgow or online!

[Researchers Exploring Inclusive Youth Literature @REIYL_Community]

NEW DEADLINE: 13th July! Are you an author, artist, librarian, publisher, book-seller, researcher, or activist working in youth lit? Then we want to hear from you!!! REIYL welcomes academics, creative practitioners, and everyone working in the spaces between. 📚🤓🖌️✊🎓🛝

[Emma Joy Reay @EmmaJoyReay]

Have you signed up for REIYL 2022 yet?? Also, did you know that the Friday is an online event that you can join via CrowdCast - have a look at this incredible line up!

[Researchers Exploring Inclusive Youth Literature @REIYL_Community]

We are thrilled to announce our speaker line-up for REIYL 2022! 🧵
Our opening panel on 11/08 will be:
- Prof. Carole Boston Weatherford @poetweatherford
- Cheryl and Wade Hudson @JustUsBooks
- Leila Rasheed @LeilaR
- Maisie Chan @MaisieWrites
- Danielle Jawando @simonkids_UK

[Emma Joy Reay @EmmaJoyReay]

Are you interested in exploring inclusive youth literature from the perspective of recovery and restoration? Then head over to https://t.co/DrmCsWYAh4 and check out the new CFP!!!

[Researchers Exploring Inclusive Youth Literature @REIYL_Community]

We're back!! REIYL 2022 is happening in Glasgow, Scotland, 11-13 August! The cfp is available at https://t.co/zVdEXhS2kX! Abstracts due 1 July! Join us for phenomenal conversations, presentations and keynotes!!

[STARYL @STARYLcommittee]

DEADLINE extended for REIYL Lite until tonight at midnight (BST)! It's a really short and straightforward application! Don't miss out on this brilliant opportunity for knowledge sharing, and please let your BIPOC emerging academics and publishers know about it too!

[Researchers Exploring Inclusive Youth Literature @REIYL_Community]

We've extended the deadline until midnight (BST) 4th April (tonight!). Fill out an application here https://t.co/339jSEBCOe to be part of REIYL Lite, and learn with and from an incredible panel of experts working in academia and publishing!

[Emma Joy Reay @EmmaJoyReay]

Returning to Twitter solely to say LOOK at what the amazing, hardworking @REIYL_Community team has put together!!! Please do share with your BIPOC friends and colleagues in academia / publishing - there is such a wealth of knowledge and expertise (and love!) shaping these events!

[STARYL @STARYLcommittee]

Hi friends of STARYL! We just wanted to let you know about this amazing opportunity to be guided by some inspiring experts working in academia and in the publishing industry. If you're a new BIPOC scholar or publisher, you can apply here https://t.co/xsrx1DwTfj!

[Researchers Exploring Inclusive Youth Literature @REIYL_Community]

📢 APPLICATIONS ARE OPEN for REIYL Lite! 🎉 Go to https://t.co/339jSEBCOe and complete a short form to join 'Safe Passage and Self-Care: Navigating Academia and Publishing for BIPOC New Researchers and New Professionals' with @_KnightsOf @DarkLiterata @RodriguezSoniaA & @faye_bi

[Emma Joy Reay @EmmaJoyReay]

This line up is so incredible! Please share it far and wide so that it can reach the right people 💚 17th - 18th Nov, online, 6-9pm GMT: Navigating academia and publishing for BIPOC new researchers & professionals.
@REIYL_Community doing amazing things as always.

[Researchers Exploring Inclusive Youth Literature @REIYL_Community]

We know it's been a while but we've got some new programmes on the horizon 🥳 First up is REIYL Lite 2021! See the flyer below for more information and applications are open here https://t.co/5R5EMOkS8j See you all soon!

[CLPE @clpe1]

Our new #ReflectingRealities report has just been released, showing an increase in children’s books featuring a minority ethnic character - from 10% in 2019 to 15% in 2020.

The report can be viewed in full here:
https://t.co/jTFgX3fOMn

[STARYL @STARYLcommittee]

Happening in 10 minutes!

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And just like that...tonight at 7pm BST is STARYL's final event! What a way to end the year - a keynote by @CurriculumBlack! Join us to hear from the incredible Lavinya Stennett, to celebrate with us, and to learn more about how we plan to share out our resistance archive!

[STARYL @STARYLcommittee]

And just like that...tonight at 7pm BST is STARYL's final event! What a way to end the year - a keynote by @CurriculumBlack! Join us to hear from the incredible Lavinya Stennett, to celebrate with us, and to learn more about how we plan to share out our resistance archive!

[STARYL @STARYLcommittee]

Legendborn, by @tracydeonn
How Europe Underdeveloped Africa, Walter Rodney
Girl, by Kenya Hunt
Pet, Akwaeke Emezi
Thank you to everyone who came!

[STARYL @STARYLcommittee]

Wow, we had such a fascinating, cool selection of books shared at our BYOB today! For those interested, here is a thread of the STARYL community's reading recommendations:
Sawbones, by Catherine Johnson (thanks Aishwarya!)
Cinderella is Dead, by @KalynnBayron (thanks Lisa!)

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The Black Flamingo, Dean Atta
The Crossover, Kwame Alexander
The Golden Age, Kenneth Grahame (thanks Arun!)
Mommy's Khimar, Jamilah Thompkins-Bigelow (thanks Sarah!)
The Disordered Cosmos, Chanda Prescod-Weinstein
Dear Science, Katherine McKittrick (thanks Adriana!)

[Emma Joy Reay @EmmaJoyReay]

Ready with my BYOB and BYOC (bring your own book and bring your own cat)

[Matthew Courtney @mattheweduk]

What an amazing line up for the @STARYLcommittee roundtable discussion, part of their end-of-the-year colloquium 👏👏 @aimeefelone @storyriver @kenwilsonmax

[STARYL @STARYLcommittee]

We have 144 sign ups for our panel this evening 😱😁 starting in 15 minutes! Any problems with Zoom links - drop us an email [email protected]. See you soon!

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Spotlight on our mid-week panel: on June 16th, 7pm BST, STARYL's 'Archives as Sites of Radical Resistance' colloquium will be hosting a conversation between Farrah Serroukh (@storyriver), Aimée Felone (@aimeefelone), and Ken Wilson-Max (@kenwilsonmax)!

[Ken Wilson-Max @kenwilsonmax]

So this is happening this evening. Grab a glass of whatever makes you chill and join us. @GPI_Archive @scoop_the_mag #archives #CommunityEngagement #publishing