BfK News: September 2012
EVENTS
Conference to champion public library services
Authors Philip Ardagh and Bali Rai will be joining the line up at the Speak Up For Libraries conference in London on Saturday 10 November 2012 to champion public library services and library staff. The day-long event will pull together library campaigners and supporters from across the UK and give them the opportunity to build on their existing campaigning skills and tactics, share ideas and strategies, and focus on a way forward to make their local campaign as effective as possible, with the goal of ensuring library services are supported, protected and preserved now and in the future. The day-long conference is on Saturday 10 November 2012 in central London. For full further details on the programme for the day and how to attend, visit www.speakupforlibraries.org/conference.asp“>www.speakupforlibraries.org/conference.asp
Seeing the World Differently: A celebration of reading and dyslexia
Thu 11 Oct 2012, 7:00pm, Free Word Centre, London
To celebrate Dyslexia Awareness Week, join award-winning author Sally Gardner, Times children’s book critic, Amanda Craig and Booktrust’s books and disability consultant, Alexandra Strick for a fascinating discussion around Sally’s latest novel Maggot Moon and how Hot Key Books are using new technology to open up conversations about dyslexia. This event will showcase the Maggot Moon Multi-touch iBook version, built using dyslexia friendly fonts and backgrounds, featuring video interviews with Sally and dyslexia examples aiming to show people what it’s like to see the world as a dyslexic and how this can better inform our understanding of dyslexia.
Further information: www.freewordonline.com/events/detail/seeing-the-world-differently”>http://freewordonline.com/events/detail/seeing-the-world-differently
AWARDS
The 2012 Roald Dahl Funny Prize shortlists are:
The Funniest Book for Children Aged Six and Under:
The Baby that Roared by Simon Puttock, ill. Nadia Shireen (Nosy Crow)
My Big Shouting Day by Rebecca Patterson (Jonathan Cape)
Oh No, George! by Chris Haughton (Walker)
The Pirates Next Door by Jonny Duddle (Templar)
Stuck by Oliver Jeffers (HarperCollins)
The Worst Princess by Anna Kemp, ill. Sara Ogilvie (Simon & Schuster)
The Funniest Book for Children Aged Seven to Fourteen:
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Flies Again by Frank Cottrell Boyce, ill. Joe Berger (Macmillan)
Dark Lord: Teenage Years by Jamie Thomson, ill. Freya Hartas (Orchard)
The Dragonsitter by Josh Lacey, ill. Garry Parsons (Andersen Press)
Gangsta Granny by David Walliams, ill. Tony Ross (HarperCollins)
Goblins by Philip Reeve, ill. Dave Semple (Marion Lloyd Books)
Socks are Not Enough by Mark Lowery (Scholastic)
The judges for the 2012 Funny Prize were poet Michael Rosen; comedian Mel Giedroyc; journalist Lucy Mangan; author, illustrator Liz Pichon; and illustrator and author Ed Vere.
