Last week, as Australia celebrated Book Week, ABC asked its Facebook followers a deceptively simple question: “What did [the library] mean to you growing up?” The question was prompted by something much less celebratory. As the ABC put it, some teachers say that “school libraries are quietly disappearing across the country.” I responded: The StateContinue reading “The Library that made me”
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Bowerbirds!
In May I was invited to be a guest reader at the National Simultaneous Story (NSS) time event held at Kingston Library which is our ‘local’. This was a first! Over the years I’ve participated in many an NSS as audience member, crowd control, and the odd non-speaking, acting role, but being the star attraction!Continue reading “Bowerbirds!”
Jan Richards Consulting 