kate murphy

Librarian at The Dorcan Academy, Coordinator Swindon Youth Festival of Literature, lover of books, dogs & tea. There is always time for tea. All opinions my own

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

Look at that! Just look at it! What a cracking line up for the 17th Swindon Youth Festival of Literature.

[kate murphy @katem151]

Well this is a once in a lifetime kind of thing! The festival team are on the cover of a magazine… it’s not Vogue but in the librarian world it’s a BIG deal 😀 I’m the one driving the train in case you can’t spot me! ❤️📚❤️

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

We are very very very very excited to announce that the Swindon Youth Festival of Literature will be BACK this year for another week of creative madness -
11th-15th November watch this space for the announcements of who is coming to visit us in Swindon this year ♥️📚♥️

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

Librarians on tour! Fabulous evening celebrating @MrSteveAntony 10 years of magic and the launch of Rainbowsaurus. Lovely to bump into @jonesgarethp and Nick Sharrat too oh and…AND Steve has dedicated the next @uksla magazine to us!

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

What a fantastic first day of our Festival at the @WyvernTheatre with the inspirational Jacqueline Wilson. Thank you so much @JackyWilsonHQ! What an icon you are to so many! ❤️📚❤️📚

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

Fabulous morning at @SwindonLibrary Central Library with @MrSteveAntony who judged our Illustration Competition. Huge congratulations to our winners and thanks to Steve who had a very difficult task choosing the winners from all that incredible art!

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

The Swindon Youth Festival of Literature: 16 Years of Fostering Reading for Pleasure. https://t.co/CdYM9YA5Aq

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

An exhibition of the winning entries of the Illustration Competition is running at a Central Library Swindon from now until 1st November. Thank you @SwindonLibrary and thank you to @MrSteveAntony who will be choosing the overall winners very soon! Pop along and have look!

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

Writers, Poets and Artists of Swindon! We have launched our 3 competitions…Speak to your school librarian for all the details. Huge thanks to our fabulous judges @HLDennisauthor @ashdpoet and @MrSteveAntony
And to our sponsors @BowerBailey
@bertsbooks
@WHSmith

[kate murphy @katem151]

Loved this book. Can’t wait to have it on my library shelves’

[kate murphy @katem151]

@HelenEmerySLA @uksla @KingEddiesLRC 2 years?! Feels like you’ve been there forever 💕

[School Library Association @uksla]

"It was really friendly, warm and I felt so inspired." 🤩

We loved chatting to Kate Murphy, part of the @SwindonYFL team who won this year's SLA Community Award!

📺 Watch below to hear how easy the application process was, and why the awards ceremony was worth attending. ⤵️

[kate murphy @katem151]

Was lucky enough to read an advanced copy of this fab book. Loved it!

[kate murphy @katem151]

@BooksBuzzing18 Thank you!

[kate murphy @katem151]

I’m very proud to be the coordinator of this Festival and work with such an amazing bunch of people 🥳

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

We might cry! Absolute honour to receive this award from @uksla - such an inspirational shortlist. Congratulations to the fabulous team of Swindon Secondary Librarians! ❤️

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

We have a sparkly new website! Here have a look... https://t.co/4zuXzKsIDy
If you are thinking of taking on the mammoth task of launching a new website then we highly recommend Nick Zenonos, the web designer at Mitchell Digital https://t.co/gIl10uCbNq

[School Library Association @uksla]

⭐️Today we’re proudly spotlighting one of our 2023 Community Award finalists!

@SwindonYFL enables thousands of students to be inspired by wonderful and diverse authors and performers.

👉🏼 Read more about the festival here: https://t.co/EvdtVZsjZ1

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

So... our Festival has been shortlisted for the @uksla 2023 Community Award! The team at SYFL are completely thrilled and very pleased to be on a shortlist with such great projects ✨

[kate murphy @katem151]

@JoffreWhite @fortislibbie @TanyaEfthymiou @jonnybid @ChristiGabbitas @narrator_ella @FromeCollege @HuntingRavenBks Fabulous cover and as you know I loved it. Such a different story from anything else out there. Good luck with the launch!

[SwindonYFL @SwindonYFL]

That’s not just any line up… that’s the 2023 Swindon Youth Festival of Literature line up!