This conference will focus on inspiring students to read for pleasure, reflecting diversity in reading choices, creative writing, visual literacy, poetry and reading strategies that raise attainment. Throughout the day there will be opportunities to share good practice.
All conference sessions take place at the Guardian starting at 9.15am and finishing at 3.30pm. Delegates will then get the opportunity to visit the Writing: Making Your Mark exhibition at the British Library at 4pm.
The event will be chaired by the Guardian’s Children’s books editor Julia Eccleshare.
Piers Torday, author of The Last Wild Trilogy, There May Be a Castle and The Lost Magician, will discuss the value of sharing stories and the power of childhood reading and writing for pleasure.
There will be sessions and workshops on successful and practical classroom reading for pleasure strategies and engaging students with a diverse range of authors and texts from the British Library Learning, the English and Media Centre, Gautam Malkani, Harry Venning and teachers and educators.
The conference will explore:
Ideas for promoting enjoyment and engagement in reading.
Raising attainment in reading and writing.
Strategies to include a diverse range of voices and texts in the classroom.
The writing process and what makes a good book.
Different forms and genres of writing.
Creative writing inspired by reading for pleasure.
Visual literacy.
Reading poetry for pleasure.
Working with organisations that promote a love of reading.
Being creative with books.
Sharing good practice.
The conference costs £120 plus VAT (£144) which includes lunch, resources and optional visit to Writing: Making Your Mark exhibition at the British Library at 4pm (normally £14).
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Feedback from previous Reading for pleasure conferences
Reading for pleasure, secondary teachers and librarians - 5 July 2018
Outstanding in every way. Feeling excited and inspired.
Brilliant to be able to network with other librarians. Appreciate having the time and direction.
So many ideas. A variety of tasks. A great lunch. Brilliant to have theory, ideas, discussion and then apply it to the voices and stories from the BL exhibition.
Very useful, plenty of ideas to adapt and utilise.
It’s been so inspiring and moving. Thank you!
Reading for pleasure, primary teachers and librarians - 28 March 2019
The best one yet.
Inspirational day, thank you - lots of ideas to take back to the classroom.
Amazing - inspiring and practical. Really good ideas for how to teach storytelling.
First time here and feel privileged to have been a part of it.
I feel equipped with new ideas and strategies which I can present to the head and bring in the importance of reading for pleasure.
