Two authors discuss their experience doing school visits through the nationwide literacy nonprofit. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishers Weekly | 2024-03-15 04:00:00 UTC ]
Writers say a lack of funding and cuts to libraries mean children from disadvantaged backgrounds are missing out when it comes to school visits, after a new report shows that independent schools are far more likely to have welcomed an author in the past year than state schools. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2019-06-26 04:33:29 UTC ]
Children’s authors have debated the opportunities and perils of school visits on Twitter after writer Maz Evans shared advice for schools. Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2017-07-07 00:00:00 UTC ]
Some public schools now exclude boys from school visits by female authors and it is driving authors crazy. The post Authors Annoyed by Gender-Segregated School Visits appeared first on Publishing Perspectives. Continue reading >> [ Source: Publishing Perspectives | 2015-03-12 00:00:00 UTC ]
Graphic novelist Dave Gibbons is to become the UK’s first comics laureate. Gibbons was appointed at the launch of new charity Comics Literacy Awareness (CLAw) at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival on Friday 17th October, by graphic novelist Scott McCloud. The title of comics laureate... Continue reading >> [ Source: The Bookseller | 2014-10-21 00:00:00 UTC ]