{"id":3659,"date":"2024-02-27T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2024-02-27T09:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/?p=3659"},"modified":"2024-03-22T13:04:10","modified_gmt":"2024-03-22T13:04:10","slug":"the-library-young-team-session-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/gccschoollibraries\/2024\/02\/27\/the-library-young-team-session-1\/","title":{"rendered":"The Library Young Team &#8211; Session 1"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Bannerman High School is among 10 secondary schools across Glasgow City Council and Renfrewshire to take part in a project co-run with Renfrewshire School Libraries. The project is called <strong>&#8220;The Library Young Team&#8221;<\/strong> and it is supported by the <strong>Scottish Government School Library Improvement Fund<\/strong>. It will see three thought-provoking authors visit the participating schools to talk to S3\/4\/5 pupils about topics as gang culture, crime, toxic masculinity, and ways out of these suffocating environments &#8211; as well as share some of their writing journeys.<\/p>\n<p>For the first session of this project, it was great to have<strong> Brian Conaghan<\/strong> at Bannerman High School introducing his book &#8220;Treacle Town&#8221; to a crowd of S6 pupils, talking about gang culture in Scotland but also giving writing advice to senior pupils working on their English portfolio. The project will see Alan Bissett and Graeme Armstrong visiting the school in the next couple of months.<\/p>\n<p>\/<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090809\/GGsZvhLWQAAphg1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3660 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090809\/GGsZvhLWQAAphg1.jpg\" alt=\"poster\" width=\"481\" height=\"680\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090809\/GGsZvhLWQAAphg1.jpg 481w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090809\/GGsZvhLWQAAphg1-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 481px) 100vw, 481px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090811\/GGy2SRHWQAAKtax.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-3661 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090811\/GGy2SRHWQAAKtax.jpg\" alt=\"brian conaghan at the school assembly\" width=\"1024\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090811\/GGy2SRHWQAAKtax.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090811\/GGy2SRHWQAAKtax-300x240.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090811\/GGy2SRHWQAAKtax-768x614.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/gc\/public\/gccschoollibraries\/uploads\/sites\/10968\/2024\/02\/27090811\/GGy2SRHWQAAKtax-624x499.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This Project is supported by the Scottish Government School Library Improvement Fund.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bannerman High School is among 10 secondary schools across Glasgow City Council and Renfrewshire to take part in a project co-run with Renfrewshire School Libraries. 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