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Join us online for three exciting mini conferences showcasing the wonderful world of the Youth Libraries Group.

This year our virtual events will be held on the following Sunday afternoons: 

• 25th June 2023
• 24th September 2023
• 17th December 2023

Each YLG Short will feature three afternoon sessions based on a theme of either Accessibility, Engaging Readers and Diversity, plus a fun evening social session.

Programme

Sunday 17th December:  Diversity 

14:00-15:00  Carnegies judge Phyllis Ramage discusses Black representation in literature

15:00-16:00   Otter-Barry Books panel featuring Na'ima B Roberts and Nadine Kadaan (creators of A Child Like You)
Jackie Morris and Cathy Fisher (creators of The Panda’s Child), chaired by YLG South West's Kelly Greenwood.

16:00-17:00  All-Inclusive Book Awards panel with Fen Coles from Little Rebels Award, Abiola Bello from The Diverse Book
Awards and Elle McNicoll, creator of The Adrien Prize, chaired by YLG London's Zoey Dixon.

19:00-20:00   YLG Christmas Party and Awards Ceremony

Please note this programme may be subject to change.

PREVIOUS YLG SHORTS

Prior to this event we also ran two other YLG Short sessions, one in June and one in September. The programme for these was as follows. Access to the recordings of these sessions is included in the full programme ticket for the next YLG Short:

June's YLG Short: Accessibility 

Barrington Stoke panel with Katya Balen, Keith Gray and Jenny Pearson, chaired by Chair of YLG Wales Alison King

SLA’s School Librarian of the Year 2022 Derek France talks about supporting neurodiverse users in our libraries.

YLG London’s Isadore George discusses SEN provision in libraries.

Celebrate the Carnegies 2023 with an interview with Chair of Judges Janet Noble and Carnegie Medal for Writing winner Manon Steffan Ros

September's YLG Short: Engaging Readers

YLG Scotland's finest Donna Baird discusses picture books for older readers.

Angela Foster from Stockton Libraries talks about engaging readers of all ages

The Queen of British YA Holly Bourne discusses her latest book You Could Be So Pretty with YLG's Cassie Kemp

Next year we will return to an in-person conference in Glasgow on 28th-29th September 2024.

Pricing

All tickets will include access to the virtual exhibition. 

*Prices shown are inclusive of VAT. 

The afternoon events will be recorded and the recordings will be made available to delegates as soon as possible after the event.

If a full programme ticket is purchased after Short 1 or 2 has happened access to the earlier Shorts recordings will be available to delegates.

If you have any questions about the YLG Shorts or the future conference, please contact Maura Farrelly (Conference Manager) or Cassie Kemp (Conference Secretary) on events.ylg@cilip.org.uk