Graham Fairweather
@fairweatherdr.bsky.social
School Librarian in Scotland (He/Him)
Read for Empathy judge.
Opinions my own.
Read for Empathy judge.
Opinions my own.
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🚨New blog
Two Blogs in a week...we spoil you!
Find out more about the SLIF funded "Youth for Equity" project taking place across a number Glasgow school libraries. Students experienced a series of interactive workshops focussed on pressing local social issues.
www.cilips.org.uk/youth-for-eq...
Two Blogs in a week...we spoil you!
Find out more about the SLIF funded "Youth for Equity" project taking place across a number Glasgow school libraries. Students experienced a series of interactive workshops focussed on pressing local social issues.
www.cilips.org.uk/youth-for-eq...
Youth for equity: empowering students through storytelling, creativity, and social justiceCILIPSAccessibility ToolsIncrease TextDecrease TextGrayscaleHigh ContrastNegative ContrastLight BackgroundL...
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May 12, 2025 at 12:36 PM
🚨New blog
Two Blogs in a week...we spoil you!
Find out more about the SLIF funded "Youth for Equity" project taking place across a number Glasgow school libraries. Students experienced a series of interactive workshops focussed on pressing local social issues.
www.cilips.org.uk/youth-for-eq...
Two Blogs in a week...we spoil you!
Find out more about the SLIF funded "Youth for Equity" project taking place across a number Glasgow school libraries. Students experienced a series of interactive workshops focussed on pressing local social issues.
www.cilips.org.uk/youth-for-eq...
I'm biased but I'm quite proud of these booklists... Some of my absolute favourites of the last few years... #RightsRespectingReads
He also includes free Canva templates for his booklists & posters - ready to be adapted to other settings.
What books would you add to these lists?
What books would you add to these lists?
May 6, 2025 at 1:11 PM
I'm biased but I'm quite proud of these booklists... Some of my absolute favourites of the last few years... #RightsRespectingReads
I wrote a wee blog about the Rights Respecting Reads challenge that I developed in my school. It challenges our school community to read brilliant books that promote empathy and put different UNCRC articles in context.
www.cilips.org.uk/slgs-rights-...
www.cilips.org.uk/slgs-rights-...
May 6, 2025 at 1:09 PM
I wrote a wee blog about the Rights Respecting Reads challenge that I developed in my school. It challenges our school community to read brilliant books that promote empathy and put different UNCRC articles in context.
www.cilips.org.uk/slgs-rights-...
www.cilips.org.uk/slgs-rights-...
Love this!
The cover for my next book, WILD JOURNEY! Huge thanks to @joe.lillington for this amazing cover and illustrations inside! And to @theweekjunior for the grand reveal - a first for the magazine and truly an honour for me ❤️❤️❤️
Available to preorder now! geni.us/WildJourney
Available to preorder now! geni.us/WildJourney
March 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Love this!
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Have you signed up for our author event with William Hussey this week? A free event for school and youth librarians. Having just finished his fantastic new book The Boy I Love, we have to say it's not to missed!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slg-scotla...
@whusseyauthor.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slg-scotla...
@whusseyauthor.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Have you signed up for our author event with William Hussey this week? A free event for school and youth librarians. Having just finished his fantastic new book The Boy I Love, we have to say it's not to missed!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slg-scotla...
@whusseyauthor.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slg-scotla...
@whusseyauthor.bsky.social
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SLG Scotland committee member Emma explains how she has been using the new Scottish Book Trust Story Deck resource. Have you requested your free sets yet?
www.readingschools.scot/story-deck
www.readingschools.scot/story-deck
Story Deck is a game changer!
Scottish schools, request your decks here: www.readingschools.scot/story-deck
Scottish schools, request your decks here: www.readingschools.scot/story-deck
February 24, 2025 at 11:59 AM
SLG Scotland committee member Emma explains how she has been using the new Scottish Book Trust Story Deck resource. Have you requested your free sets yet?
www.readingschools.scot/story-deck
www.readingschools.scot/story-deck
Looking forward to this!
Have you signed up for our author event with William Hussey this week? A free event for school and youth librarians. Having just finished his fantastic new book The Boy I Love, we have to say it's not to missed!
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slg-scotla...
@whusseyauthor.bsky.social
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/slg-scotla...
@whusseyauthor.bsky.social
February 24, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Looking forward to this!
Can’t stress just how good this #ReadForEmpathy collection is. Delighted to start using it in the library today and to finally reveal the titles!
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
February 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Can’t stress just how good this #ReadForEmpathy collection is. Delighted to start using it in the library today and to finally reveal the titles!
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
Getting excited in the library for the release of the #ReadForEmpathy 2025 collection tomorrow 👀
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Getting excited in the library for the release of the #ReadForEmpathy 2025 collection tomorrow 👀
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
@empathylabuk.bsky.social
Ohhh that is a cracking line up for the Carnegie Medal this year @carnegiemedals.bsky.social.
Particular congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social, @alastairc.com and Brian Conaghan whose books all fly off the shelves in my library after fantastic author visits. 🤩
Particular congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social, @alastairc.com and Brian Conaghan whose books all fly off the shelves in my library after fantastic author visits. 🤩
February 12, 2025 at 10:32 AM
Ohhh that is a cracking line up for the Carnegie Medal this year @carnegiemedals.bsky.social.
Particular congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social, @alastairc.com and Brian Conaghan whose books all fly off the shelves in my library after fantastic author visits. 🤩
Particular congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social, @alastairc.com and Brian Conaghan whose books all fly off the shelves in my library after fantastic author visits. 🤩
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Reading for pleasure: “My main piece of advice: get reading, share your joy & give children the autonomy to start wherever they feel comfortable – without judgement – you just never know where this will take them.” @fairweatherdr.bsky.social, via HMC: www.hmc.org.uk/blog-posts/t...
The books we read shape the people we become - HMC (The Heads' Conference)
This Term, we became the first independent school in Scotland to achieve Gold in Scottish Book Trust’s national ‘Reading Schools’ programme. This...
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December 2, 2024 at 5:31 PM
Reading for pleasure: “My main piece of advice: get reading, share your joy & give children the autonomy to start wherever they feel comfortable – without judgement – you just never know where this will take them.” @fairweatherdr.bsky.social, via HMC: www.hmc.org.uk/blog-posts/t...
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"…the chance to step into someone else’s shoes & see the world through other lenses, to learn about new cultures & gain a truer sense of self." @fairweatherdr.bsky.social, Senior School Librarian, The High School of Glasgow, via HMC: www.hmc.org.uk/blog-posts/t... 2/2
The books we read shape the people we become - HMC (The Heads' Conference)
This Term, we became the first independent school in Scotland to achieve Gold in Scottish Book Trust’s national ‘Reading Schools’ programme. This...
www.hmc.org.uk
December 2, 2024 at 5:29 PM
"…the chance to step into someone else’s shoes & see the world through other lenses, to learn about new cultures & gain a truer sense of self." @fairweatherdr.bsky.social, Senior School Librarian, The High School of Glasgow, via HMC: www.hmc.org.uk/blog-posts/t... 2/2
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“Reading for pleasure is a critical skill for all of us, & is vital for children & young people. Building a daily reading habit has so many benefits beyond the obvious improvements in literacy, with benefits such as fostering feelings of ease, happiness & confidence…" @fairweatherdr.bsky.social 1/2
December 2, 2024 at 5:25 PM
“Reading for pleasure is a critical skill for all of us, & is vital for children & young people. Building a daily reading habit has so many benefits beyond the obvious improvements in literacy, with benefits such as fostering feelings of ease, happiness & confidence…" @fairweatherdr.bsky.social 1/2
This is so disappointing to read. But it’s also been evident this year when browsing the shelves in bookshops. Come on publishers! Inclusion and diversity cannot be trends - they are permanent principles! Books are for everyone.
🔊 Our 7th annual #ReflectingRealities report is out now! This year’s report shows a significant drop in the presence of racially minoritised characters in books published for children in 2023 in the UK.
November 29, 2024 at 3:24 PM
This is so disappointing to read. But it’s also been evident this year when browsing the shelves in bookshops. Come on publishers! Inclusion and diversity cannot be trends - they are permanent principles! Books are for everyone.
CILIPS SLG have joined the good place. Where are our Scottish library pals at?
To be honest… all library/bookish pals are welcome… on account of us being super friendly 🏴 📚 👀
@slgscotland.bsky.social
To be honest… all library/bookish pals are welcome… on account of us being super friendly 🏴 📚 👀
@slgscotland.bsky.social
Have you signed up for our fun and friendly Christmas quiz yet? tinyurl.com/2njza887
November 28, 2024 at 6:52 PM
CILIPS SLG have joined the good place. Where are our Scottish library pals at?
To be honest… all library/bookish pals are welcome… on account of us being super friendly 🏴 📚 👀
@slgscotland.bsky.social
To be honest… all library/bookish pals are welcome… on account of us being super friendly 🏴 📚 👀
@slgscotland.bsky.social
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Have you signed up for our fun and friendly Christmas quiz yet? tinyurl.com/2njza887
November 28, 2024 at 5:07 PM
Have you signed up for our fun and friendly Christmas quiz yet? tinyurl.com/2njza887
The sign of a great #AuthorsLive is when a single class takes out your entire (sizeable) collection of the books at the end of the session! 🤩 @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social smashed it!
#ReadingSchools
#ReadingSchools
I am just through the door after a busy day in Kingswinford doing school visit. Left at 8am this morning and haven't had a minute to shout about the amazing Authors Live team and Scottish Booktrust.
My episode is now live!! All about AKOS, Keedie and being a writer!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
My episode is now live!! All about AKOS, Keedie and being a writer!
www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...
Authors Live - Elle McNicoll
Author of A Kind of Spark, Elle McNicoll talks about its prequel, Keedie.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 28, 2024 at 12:00 PM
The sign of a great #AuthorsLive is when a single class takes out your entire (sizeable) collection of the books at the end of the session! 🤩 @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social smashed it!
#ReadingSchools
#ReadingSchools
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As the UK School Librarians starter pack has grown, I thought I would repost. For those with school library experience working in the UK. Let me know if you have school library connections and would like to be added
go.bsky.app/5zhmETr
go.bsky.app/5zhmETr
November 17, 2024 at 3:52 PM
As the UK School Librarians starter pack has grown, I thought I would repost. For those with school library experience working in the UK. Let me know if you have school library connections and would like to be added
go.bsky.app/5zhmETr
go.bsky.app/5zhmETr
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Extremely grim to see a major publisher do this, though not really surprising given who owns them
“To call this bleak is an understatement.” HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
HarperCollins is selling their authors’ work to AI tech.
On Friday, author Daniel Kibblesmith posted a series of screenshots on Bluesky in order to share a concerning email he received from the agency who’d repped him on his children’s book S…
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November 18, 2024 at 9:12 PM
Extremely grim to see a major publisher do this, though not really surprising given who owns them
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Hello! Reposting a thread of starter packs to help anyone spending their Sunday trying to find UK children’s book people. Most are being updated so if you checked them before, you may find new additions. #kidlitUK
These two are (mainly) UK children's authors
go.bsky.app/GLnmxCv
go.bsky.app/3hvsJPY
These two are (mainly) UK children's authors
go.bsky.app/GLnmxCv
go.bsky.app/3hvsJPY
November 17, 2024 at 9:01 AM
Hello! Reposting a thread of starter packs to help anyone spending their Sunday trying to find UK children’s book people. Most are being updated so if you checked them before, you may find new additions. #kidlitUK
These two are (mainly) UK children's authors
go.bsky.app/GLnmxCv
go.bsky.app/3hvsJPY
These two are (mainly) UK children's authors
go.bsky.app/GLnmxCv
go.bsky.app/3hvsJPY
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Have to say though, I met far too many librarians and teachers at YALC today who are having to fight for LGBTQ+ books in their schools. That’s here, in the UK. I’m glad they’re fighting, but they shouldn’t have to. 😕
November 17, 2024 at 8:19 PM
Have to say though, I met far too many librarians and teachers at YALC today who are having to fight for LGBTQ+ books in their schools. That’s here, in the UK. I’m glad they’re fighting, but they shouldn’t have to. 😕