After a busy month and a half following the Spring break, the School Library is now currently closed throughout May to accommodate exams. Here is a recap of what we got up to over the past few weeks.<\/p>\n
Spring Edition of Swatch Magazine<\/a>: Our Spring issue of Swatch, the Glasgow School Libraries\u2019 eMagazine is out now! It\u2019s loaded with tons of goodies such as an \u2018Egg-cellent\u2019 origami gift box craft, a (very) badly drawn book cover quiz, loads of booklists, and an interview with yours truly about all the things we do at Shawlands Academy School Library. It also features interviews with our three shortlist YA-ldi Book Award authors, Maisie Chan, Ann Sei Lin, and Victoria Williamson.<\/p>\n Display<\/a>: Members of our Pupil Library Committee are always very on the ball with our monthly displays, drawing inspiration from our literary and cultural calendar. Over March, they\u2019ve featured books to promote a wide range of events such as International Women\u2019s Day \/ Women\u2019s History Month<\/a> (March 8th<\/sup>), Neurodiversity Celebration Week<\/a> (March 13th<\/sup>), Anti-Racism Day<\/a> (March 20th<\/sup>), Ramadan (March 22nd<\/sup>), and Trans Day of Visibility (March 31st<\/sup>),<\/p>\n Creative Writing Workshop with Victoria Williamson<\/a>: Author Victoria Williamson hosted a workshop with Shawlands Academy Creative Writing group during a Friday lunchtime session. Victoria chatted about the foundations of storytelling and offered some excellent tips and fun activities.<\/p>\n Spring Quiz<\/strong>: Our senior quiz leaders hosted their final quiz in the library before study leave. A big thank you to \u201cB\u201d and \u201cI\u201d for their dedication and enthusiasm in creating, promoting, and delivering our seasonal quizzes this year. They\u2019ve been more popular than ever and it\u2019s all down to their hard work and effort.<\/p>\n Nowruz<\/a>: Another member of our Pupil Library Committee created and hosted Shawlands Academy\u2019s first Nowruz, which is Persian New Year. Pupils learned about Nowruz, Persian traditions, and participated in a goldfish hunt around the library. We also \u2018jumped over the fire\u2019 to bring in the new year.<\/p>\n Literary Egg Hunt<\/a>: For Easter, we invited pupils to search for the \u2018golden eggs\u2019 hidden in amongst the books. Pupils were tasked to find the eggs based on literary clues to get their prize.<\/p>\n Eid Crafternoon<\/a>: Lastly, another member of Pupil Library Committee hosted and delivered a paper lantern activity as part of Eid celebrations.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Trending: May Booklists<\/strong><\/p>\n Best New Children\u2019s Books – Topptsa<\/a><\/p>\n Bookbug\u2019s Book of the Month \u2013 Scottish Book Trust<\/a><\/p>\n Books of the Month \u2013 Love Reading For Kids<\/a><\/p>\n Books of the Month \u2013 Scholastic<\/a><\/p>\n Books of the Month – Waterstones<\/a><\/p>\n Children\u2019s Books Roundup \u2013 Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n New Releases \u2013 Epic Reads<\/a><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n Literary and Cultural Events – March<\/strong><\/p>\n 5th<\/sup> \u2013 6th<\/sup>: Ullapool Book Festival<\/a> (Ross-shire, Highlands, Scotland)<\/p>\n 12th<\/sup> \u2013 14th<\/sup>: Boswell Book Festival<\/a> (Dumfries, Ayrshire, Scotland)<\/p>\n 19th<\/sup> \u2013 28th<\/sup>: Aye Write Glasgow\u2019s Book Festival<\/a> (Glasgow, Scotland)<\/p>\n 15th \u2013 2nd<\/sup> April Glasgow International Film Festival<\/a> (Glasgow, Scotland)<\/p>\n 25th<\/sup> \u2013 4th<\/sup> June: Hay Festival<\/a> (Hay-on-Wye, Wales)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Awards<\/p>\n Information Book Award Longlist<\/a><\/p>\n Branford Boase Award Shortlist<\/a><\/p>\n Women\u2019s Prize for Fiction Shortlist<\/a><\/p>\n Jhalak Prize Shortlist<\/a><\/p>\n Waterstone\u2019s Children\u2019s Book Award\u00a0Winner<\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Book Buzz<\/strong><\/p>\n BBC<\/a><\/p>\n Book Riot<\/a><\/p>\n Buzzfeed<\/a><\/p>\n Epic Reads<\/a><\/p>\n The Evening Standard<\/a><\/p>\n The Globe and Mail<\/a><\/p>\n The Guardian<\/a><\/p>\n Huffpost<\/a><\/p>\n The New York Times<\/a><\/p>\n The Scotsman<\/a><\/p>\n