Libraries and schools need free author visits, so I set up YA Shot

Cuts to library funding in schools and community mean author visits are a luxury that only some can afford, that’s why author Alexia Casale founded the YA Shot festival and programme to partner libraries and schools for author visits – here’s how your library system can apply to be part of YA Shot Want to know what it’s like to be an author? Want to know more about how to get published and where ideas come from? Want to support your local libraries and see schools across your area get a chance to meet top authors from around the country?From Monday 25 January, your library system can apply to be part of a free programme that partners local libraries and schools for visits by young adult and children’s authors. Each year, the scheme goes to a different area of the country, whether that’s a London borough, another city or an area like ‘South Bucks’. If you want to see the scheme happen in your area, please go to your local library and tell them about it and encourage them to get their “library system” (ie the local group of libraries they’re part of for government purposes) to apply. You can help even more by writing a few sentences for your library about why you’d love your school and local library to be part of the programme. Related: Why I'm fighting to get teenagers into libraries Related: Join the Guardian children's books site as a group Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

[ The Guardian | 2016-01-25 00:00:00 UTC ]
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Cuts to library funding in schools and community mean author visits are a luxury that only some can afford, that’s why author Alexia Casale founded the YA Shot festival and programme to partner libraries and schools for author visits – here’s how your library system can apply to be part of YA... Continue reading at The Guardian

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