Pop-Up Library

The Pop-Up Library stall is back in lieu of the library space being used throughout the exam period. Here, pupils can browse handpicked goodies selected by the Librarian, request specific titles, or return their books. Our Pupil Library Committee members will be helping at the stall too, we couldn’t run it without them.

Challenges and Contests

We’ll also continue to promote our range of challenges and contests, including Bookopoly, Ask Me What I’m Reading, and our Heartstopper colouring contest to celebrate the series release on Netflix.

The deadline for the Heartstopper colouring contest is Friday, May 20^th. One submission per pupil and each submission will be included into the prize draw where there are three Heartstopper prizes up for grabs. All submissions will also be included into the monthly School Library prize draw. There are even more ways to be included into the monthly prize draw, including returning a completed book review or Shelf Shouter, completing a genre on the Bookopoly board, or submitting a completed Ask me What I’m Reading sheet.

 

April/May Booklists

May 22 Booklists – Book Trust

Best new Children’s Books – Toppsta

Bookbug’s Books of the Month – Scottish Book Trust

Books of the Month – Love Reading 4 Kids

April Roundup – Love Reading

Book of the Month – Scholastic

Books of the Month – Waterstones

Children’s Book Roundup – Guardian

 

Upcoming Events (May)

National Share a Story Month

International Young Adult Literature Month

Local and Community History Month

1^st – 7^th: The FOLD (Festival of Literary Diversity) (Brampton, ON, Canada)

2^nd – 8^th: Children’s Book Week

3^rd – 8^th: Stratford Literary Festival (Stratford-upon-Avon, England)

4^th: Star Wars Day

6^th – 8^th: Ullapool Book Festival (Ullapool, Scotland)

6^th – 8^th: Cromarty Crime and Thrillers Weekend (Cromarty, Scotland)

6^th – 22^nd: Aye Write (Glasgow, Scotland)

7^th – 8^th: Bay Area Book Festival (Berkeley, CA, USA)

10^th – 22^nd: The Chalfont St Giles and Jordans Literary Festival (Chalfont Saint Giles, England)

11^th-14^th: PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature (New York, NY, USA)

12^th: National Limerick Day

13^th-15^th: Boswell Book Festival (Cumnock, Scotland)

13^th – 15^th: Franschhoek Literary Festival (Franschhoek, South Africa)

13^th– 29^th: Norfolk and Norwich Festival (Norwich, England)

16^th – 22^nd: Sydney Writers’ Festival (Sydney, Australia)

17^th: International Day Against Homophobia, Transphobia and Biphobia

20^th– 28^th: Derby Book Festival (Derby, England)

21^st: World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development

21^st: Neurodiversity Celebration Week

21^st – TBC: San Antonio Book Festival (San Antonio, TX, USA)

21^st – 22^nd: The Northern YA Literary Festival (Preston, England)

26^th: Dracula Day

26^th – Jun 5^th: Hay Festival (Hay-on-Wye, Wales)

27^th – 29^th: Calabash International Literary Festival (Treasure Beach, Jamacia)

TBC: Open the Door Festival at the Women’s Library (Glasgow, Scotland)

 

Literary Awards & Prizes

Winners

 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Children’s Book of the Year

Shortlists

Branford Boase Award

English Association 4-11 Picture Book Award

Jhalak Prize

Women’s Prize

Longlists

SLA Information Book Awards

 

Literature & Culture News:

 Press & websites

BBC

Book Riot

Buzzfeed

Epic Reads

The Evening Standard

The Globe and Mail

The Guardian

Huffpost

The New York Times

The Scotsman

The Telegraph

The Times

Times of India

 

Interesting articles   

Charlotte Brontë early Book of Rhymes sold for £1m – BBC

A Gallery of Fantastical Alchemical Drawings – Open Culture

The Library of Esoterica: Taschen’s Visual History of Tarot, Astrology & Witchcraft – Open Culture

The Literary Film and TV you need to steam in May – Literary Hub

The New York Public Library provides free online access to banned books – Open Culture