NEWS
Little Rebels win for Boy, Everywhere
A.M DASSU’s Boy, Everywhere has won the Little Rebels Book Award 2021. The story of a Syrian refugee who crosses contents to escape conflict impressed judges, with Darren Chetty, saying: “Boy, Everywhere is everything that I look for in a Little Rebels book – it’s politically interesting, it’s timely, but first and foremost it’s beautifully writ- ten. Often with political books we forget that aspect… that the writing itself needs to sing and it really does in this book.”
Waiting list for
Regathering event CILIPS Autumn Regathering takes place next month, giving members in Scotland a chance to meet up and re-connect in person with colleagues.
Taking place in Dundee on 26 October, the one-day Regathering is the first major in-person event from CILIPS in almost two years. It features a number of talks, sessions and workshops looking at topics including AI, information literacy and sus- tainability. And Although the event is sold out, there is a waiting list for anyone who has missed out on tickets. Visit
https://bit.ly/3tAbRZa to join the waiting list.
Join the climate conversation
LIBRARIES, galleries and museums in Scotland will be working to bring the public into conversations about the environment ahead of November’s COP26 Conference. The UN Climate Change Conference will take place in Glasgow from 31 October and will bring together world leaders and climate change experts and scientists. The aim is to develop a global plan to reduce the impact of man-made emissions on the climate. In the run up to the conference Museums Galleries Scotland, Historic Environment Scotland and Scottish Libraries Information Council (SLIC) have joined forces to launch #COP26Conversatations. The aim is to give members of the public a chance to be part of local solutions through organisations such as libraries and museums. Grants of up to £1,000 will be made to projects across Scotland.
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Be part of history – become a Carnegie and Kate Greenaway Judge
THE CILIP Carnegie and Kate Green- away Medals are on the lookout for passionate librarians to join the judg- ing panel of the UK’s oldest and most prestigious children’s book awards. CILIP’s Youth Libraries Groups (YLG) in the South East, South West, North East, North West, and Yorkshire & Humberside, each have a vacancy for a judge to join the panel for the 2022 awards. Being a judge requires a passion for children’s books and reading, and has been described by many former judges as the “highlight of their careers”. Each year hundreds of books are nominated for the awards, and judges have the task of selecting winners. The awards are recognised as one of the most prestigious in UK children’s publishing and they reward both storytelling and illustration. If selected, judges will serve on the panel for two years, working with colleagues from across the country. Applicants should be current CILIP members and be prepared to join the YLG, which is free to all CILIP members. Judging criteria has been revamped in
recent years to ensure a more represen- tative and inclusive process. As part of the drive to improve diversity there are also moves to encourage under-represented members of the library profession to join the judging panel. As a result of those aims, CILIP is offering free membership of Youth Libraries Group to applicants from BAME backgrounds for the two years of their tenure.
Being part of the CKG Judging Panel also provides great opportunities for CPD and other benefits, including:
l Training and support to assess out- standing writing and illustration
l Networking with authors, illustrators, publishers and library professionals
l Free books delivered to your door.
Experience of working with children and children’s books is key – as is the capacity to participate fully in judging and the wider award processes. Applications for the judging panel close on 1 October, and anyone interested in applying should visit
https://informationprofessionaljobs.com or con- tact
Chair.CKG@
cilip.org.uk.
Celebrate World Kid Lit Month
SEPTEMBER is World Kid Lit Month, a celebration of world literature and poetry aimed at young people. This year’s celebration comes off the back of lockdowns with travel to many places still restricted, and organisers are using it as an opportunity for young people to explore the world through reading. There is a range of resources to help teachers, librarians and booksellers take part. The aim of World Kid Lit Month is to spread awareness of world literature through books that have been translated into English. Readers are being asked to share their experiences on social media using #WorldKidLitMonth, #ReadTheWorld, #DiverseBooks,
and #GlobalCitizens
hashtags. There is even a #TranslateThis hashtag, to suggest forgotten classics that could be translated.
A series of blog posts are being added to the website throughout the month, with the first coming from US bookseller Anneke Forzani, who says: “Reading can transport us around the world, to a differ- ent time period, or even into a fantastical landscape. This is the magic of literature. However, when we only expose ourselves to books written in our language or pub- lished in our country, we unknowingly put a limit on that magic.” Read the full blog at
https://bit.ly/3jOia7W,
and find out how to take part at https://
worldkidlit.wordpress.com.
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