Youth Libraries Group

SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS

YLG Conference Resources 2007

Here is a collection of presentations and resources relating to our 2007 conference "Shout, whisper & sing".

Meet the author - Garth Nix - Website

Kids! @ Your Library: reaching out to children and young people in the USA - Ellen Fader - PowerPoint Presentation 1,156KB

http://www.ala.org/ala/alsc/projectspartners/Kidsyourlibrary.htm - Kids @ Your Library Website

Meet the author - Joanne Harris - Website

There's no such thing as a silent reader: families and readership development - Lindsey Fraser - Website

Meet the author - Mary Hoffman - Website

Using TRF for an advocacy strategy that really works - Tricia Kings - Website

Getting the marketing message right for teenagers and young adults - Anne Louise Anglim - Website

Making young people's voices heard: the Plymouth Book Bars experience - Julia Hale - Website

Carnegie stories: making a difference to young readers:

Kevin Crossley Holland - Website
Berlie Doherty - Website
Beverley Naidoo - Website

Meet the author - Jenny Nimmo - Website

New voices: meet three exciting new writers for children and young people:

Sharon Dogar - Website
Linda Buckley-Archer - Website
Derek Landy - Website

The power in the pencil: celebrating outstanding illustration in books for children and young people:

Anthony Browne - Website
Helen Cooper - Website
Chris Riddell - Website

Presentation of the 2007 CILIP Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Medals - Website

Acceptance speech of Meg Rosoff 2007 Carnegie Medal winner - Word Document

Invisible no more: how we can create powerful advocacy strategies for children's libraries - Miranda McKearney - PowerPoint Presentation 2,996KB

Meet the author - David Gilman - Website

Shouting for the right to read: how libraries can change the lives of Looked After Children - Viv Griffiths - PowerPoint Presentation 1,530KB

Shout, Whisper and Sing - The Children's Laureate - Website

Updated: 07 October 2007