Imogen
@imogenm16.bsky.social
Year 6 Teacher, English Lead, OU/UKLA Teachers' Reading Group Leader based in Oxfordshire. CLiPPA judge 2024. Passionate about reading for pleasure! 📚
THANK YOU to @justimaginecentre.bsky.social who have donated these wonderful books to our primary school library! We are so grateful.
More photos to come of them in their new booky habitat!
@jobowers.bsky.social
More photos to come of them in their new booky habitat!
@jobowers.bsky.social
November 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
THANK YOU to @justimaginecentre.bsky.social who have donated these wonderful books to our primary school library! We are so grateful.
More photos to come of them in their new booky habitat!
@jobowers.bsky.social
More photos to come of them in their new booky habitat!
@jobowers.bsky.social
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#UKLALucky13 Discover #WildJourney by A.M. Dassu, a gorgeous, linked collection of contemporary adventure stories, set across the world and inspired by the migratory flight of starlings. Stunningly illustrated in 🟧 & ⬛️ by Joe Lillington. RT to win a signed copy!
November 13, 2025 at 6:58 AM
#UKLALucky13 Discover #WildJourney by A.M. Dassu, a gorgeous, linked collection of contemporary adventure stories, set across the world and inspired by the migratory flight of starlings. Stunningly illustrated in 🟧 & ⬛️ by Joe Lillington. RT to win a signed copy!
Oxfordshire-based school staff!
Chris is running a Teachers Reading Group again this year (without me as I am on maternity leave!). It's a wonderful group and Chris is so knowledgeable. Details below - please share!
@openuni-rfp.bsky.social
@debbiethomas.bsky.social
@kashleyenglish.bsky.social
Chris is running a Teachers Reading Group again this year (without me as I am on maternity leave!). It's a wonderful group and Chris is so knowledgeable. Details below - please share!
@openuni-rfp.bsky.social
@debbiethomas.bsky.social
@kashleyenglish.bsky.social
September 4, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Oxfordshire-based school staff!
Chris is running a Teachers Reading Group again this year (without me as I am on maternity leave!). It's a wonderful group and Chris is so knowledgeable. Details below - please share!
@openuni-rfp.bsky.social
@debbiethomas.bsky.social
@kashleyenglish.bsky.social
Chris is running a Teachers Reading Group again this year (without me as I am on maternity leave!). It's a wonderful group and Chris is so knowledgeable. Details below - please share!
@openuni-rfp.bsky.social
@debbiethomas.bsky.social
@kashleyenglish.bsky.social
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From Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds is a story of survival, teenage passions and an invisible enemy. What should be a relaxing weekend away from the city turns nightmarish when Xavier and his family wake up to find themselves trapped inside a dome. UKLA members RP for a chance to win #lucky13th
July 13, 2025 at 7:00 AM
From Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds is a story of survival, teenage passions and an invisible enemy. What should be a relaxing weekend away from the city turns nightmarish when Xavier and his family wake up to find themselves trapped inside a dome. UKLA members RP for a chance to win #lucky13th
This will be amazing! Gina Kaminski is my hero!
An update about the upcoming @uklitassociation.bsky.social Book Blether session next Thursday: Craig Barr Green, winner of the 3-6+ category and author of ‘Gina Kaminski Saves the Wolf’ will be joining too! Sign up at: bit.ly/45QRg7Z
July 4, 2025 at 5:11 AM
This will be amazing! Gina Kaminski is my hero!
@mattobin.bsky.social
Hi Mat,
We have loved shadowing the Klaus Flugge prize this year! I have emailed you our photos from across the six classes but our winners were: Slug Life (2 classes), The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods (2 classes), The Cat Who Couldn't Be Bothered and The Christmas Mouse.
Hi Mat,
We have loved shadowing the Klaus Flugge prize this year! I have emailed you our photos from across the six classes but our winners were: Slug Life (2 classes), The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods (2 classes), The Cat Who Couldn't Be Bothered and The Christmas Mouse.
June 24, 2025 at 7:18 PM
@mattobin.bsky.social
Hi Mat,
We have loved shadowing the Klaus Flugge prize this year! I have emailed you our photos from across the six classes but our winners were: Slug Life (2 classes), The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods (2 classes), The Cat Who Couldn't Be Bothered and The Christmas Mouse.
Hi Mat,
We have loved shadowing the Klaus Flugge prize this year! I have emailed you our photos from across the six classes but our winners were: Slug Life (2 classes), The Cafe at the Edge of the Woods (2 classes), The Cat Who Couldn't Be Bothered and The Christmas Mouse.
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NEW in the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling ‘Unknown Adventurer’ series! 3 signed copies of THE LOST BOOK OF UNDERSEA ADVENTURE! By Teddy Keen are the UKLA Lucky 13th prizes for June. UKLA Members just RP to be in with a chance to win.
@quartokids.bsky.social
@quartokids.bsky.social
June 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
NEW in the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling ‘Unknown Adventurer’ series! 3 signed copies of THE LOST BOOK OF UNDERSEA ADVENTURE! By Teddy Keen are the UKLA Lucky 13th prizes for June. UKLA Members just RP to be in with a chance to win.
@quartokids.bsky.social
@quartokids.bsky.social
Tonight I am off to an amazing local restaurant who have started a book club where they cook a three course meal from a recipe book and then you can buy the book from the local bookshop. Food and books! The dream! 🤩
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@teresacremin.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@teresacremin.bsky.social
May 6, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Tonight I am off to an amazing local restaurant who have started a book club where they cook a three course meal from a recipe book and then you can buy the book from the local bookshop. Food and books! The dream! 🤩
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@teresacremin.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@teresacremin.bsky.social
Finished The Wrong Shoes ahead of our Staff Book Club next week. Gritty, emotive and relatable for young people today, I can understand why it has been nominated for so many awards. I will read it to my Year 6 class next term. Thank you to Tom Percival for this important read!
May 5, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Finished The Wrong Shoes ahead of our Staff Book Club next week. Gritty, emotive and relatable for young people today, I can understand why it has been nominated for so many awards. I will read it to my Year 6 class next term. Thank you to Tom Percival for this important read!
Thank you @uklitassociation.bsky.social for my copy of Michael Rosen's Pocket Shakespeare! Perfect for my Year 6s. This year we have already studied Macbeth, Henry V and Romeo and Juliet! 🎭
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to reading an extract tomorrow to my class!
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to reading an extract tomorrow to my class!
May 5, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Thank you @uklitassociation.bsky.social for my copy of Michael Rosen's Pocket Shakespeare! Perfect for my Year 6s. This year we have already studied Macbeth, Henry V and Romeo and Juliet! 🎭
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to reading an extract tomorrow to my class!
@michaelrosenyes.bsky.social - I'm looking forward to reading an extract tomorrow to my class!
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Look what's happening on the 29th of April. And you are all invited. Register here: vimeo.com/event/492988...
April 19, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Look what's happening on the 29th of April. And you are all invited. Register here: vimeo.com/event/492988...
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Explore Shakespeare’s best bits: love & heartbreak, magic & superstition, jealousy, beauty, insults & one-liners in this celebration of the Bard. With @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social as your guide, and illustrations from Chris Riddell. UKLA members RP to win 5 books + signed prints from Walker Books
April 13, 2025 at 7:01 AM
Explore Shakespeare’s best bits: love & heartbreak, magic & superstition, jealousy, beauty, insults & one-liners in this celebration of the Bard. With @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social as your guide, and illustrations from Chris Riddell. UKLA members RP to win 5 books + signed prints from Walker Books
Thank you Anthony McGowan and @uklitassociation.bsky.social for my treat! This was waiting for me when I got back last night after a few days away. I can't wait to read it!
April 11, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Thank you Anthony McGowan and @uklitassociation.bsky.social for my treat! This was waiting for me when I got back last night after a few days away. I can't wait to read it!
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The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
April 6, 2025 at 2:38 PM
The Easter holidays are here, so I have a copy of Primary Reading Simplified to give away.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
Just **repost** this post to have a chance to win.
The winner will be selected 19th April.
Walking into my local bookshop and, to my complete surprise, seeing an advanced copy of The First Year was a very good start to my Easter holidays! What's everyone else reading at the moment?
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@lyndajgraham.bsky.social
@mattobin.bsky.social
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@lyndajgraham.bsky.social
@mattobin.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Walking into my local bookshop and, to my complete surprise, seeing an advanced copy of The First Year was a very good start to my Easter holidays! What's everyone else reading at the moment?
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@lyndajgraham.bsky.social
@mattobin.bsky.social
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@lyndajgraham.bsky.social
@mattobin.bsky.social
Today's the day! UKLA members: come along and blether about poetry with us this evening! The sign up link is below.
Please spread the word 📣
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@jonnybid.bsky.social
@mrsbaker6.bsky.social
@rcharlesworth.bsky.social
@gluestickgal.bsky.social
@teresacremin.bsky.social
Please spread the word 📣
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@jonnybid.bsky.social
@mrsbaker6.bsky.social
@rcharlesworth.bsky.social
@gluestickgal.bsky.social
@teresacremin.bsky.social
Our next UKLA Book Blether is coming up on March 20th! Join in to share and discover fantastic children's texts - this month's theme is poetry. Sign up here: buff.ly/IDCVdvZ
March 20, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Today's the day! UKLA members: come along and blether about poetry with us this evening! The sign up link is below.
Please spread the word 📣
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@jonnybid.bsky.social
@mrsbaker6.bsky.social
@rcharlesworth.bsky.social
@gluestickgal.bsky.social
@teresacremin.bsky.social
Please spread the word 📣
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@jonnybid.bsky.social
@mrsbaker6.bsky.social
@rcharlesworth.bsky.social
@gluestickgal.bsky.social
@teresacremin.bsky.social
What a brilliant shortlist!
It's here... The UKLA Book Awards 2025 Shortlist is now live! With so many powerful titles, this year's selection truly highlights the best of contemporary children's writing! Find out more here: buff.ly/KJtPJH0
#childrensbookawards #bookawards
#childrensbookawards #bookawards
March 18, 2025 at 8:33 AM
What a brilliant shortlist!
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Published today, five lucky UKLA members can retweet to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of #TheBeck by Carnegie Medal winner Anthony McGowan, a hilarious and heartwarming tale of one boy's quest to save the beck that runs through his granddad's garden.@barringtonstoke.bsky.social
March 13, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Published today, five lucky UKLA members can retweet to be in with a chance of winning a signed copy of #TheBeck by Carnegie Medal winner Anthony McGowan, a hilarious and heartwarming tale of one boy's quest to save the beck that runs through his granddad's garden.@barringtonstoke.bsky.social
We would love to see you there! We will be chatting all things poetry ranging from resources, awards, verse novels and anthologies.
Our next UKLA Book Blether is coming up on March 20th! Join in to share and discover fantastic children's texts - this month's theme is poetry. Sign up here: buff.ly/IDCVdvZ
March 11, 2025 at 9:35 PM
We would love to see you there! We will be chatting all things poetry ranging from resources, awards, verse novels and anthologies.
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Happy World Book Day! As children around the world celebrate their love of reading, it is vitally important to make sure that they're all able to read books in which they see themselves represented. We've put together a list of books that do just that:
World Book Day Reading Suggestions - UK Literacy Association
To mark World Book Day this year, at UKLA we thought it would be the perfect opportunity to share a reading list that has
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March 6, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Happy World Book Day! As children around the world celebrate their love of reading, it is vitally important to make sure that they're all able to read books in which they see themselves represented. We've put together a list of books that do just that:
Another Kate DiCamillo book read in one sitting! She has such a way with storytelling that you can't put her books down. 🦜
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@mrsbaker6.bsky.social
Have you read The Hotel Balzaar?
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@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@mrsbaker6.bsky.social
Have you read The Hotel Balzaar?
March 2, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Another Kate DiCamillo book read in one sitting! She has such a way with storytelling that you can't put her books down. 🦜
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@mrsbaker6.bsky.social
Have you read The Hotel Balzaar?
@anitaranih.bsky.social
@vikkivarley.bsky.social
@mrsbaker6.bsky.social
Have you read The Hotel Balzaar?
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now with working link to register for this public seminar in Oxford 💜 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
am giving a public seminar at Oxford department of education on may 12 - all welcome, details here 💜
www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/the-wh...
www.education.ox.ac.uk/event/the-wh...
February 28, 2025 at 6:11 AM
now with working link to register for this public seminar in Oxford 💜 forms.office.com/pages/respon...
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Have you heard about the UKLA Literacy School of the Year Award? Sponsored by Hays Education, it celebrates the best of literacy teaching and learning in the UK. Join us for an informational webinar on March 4th and find out how you can get involved: https://buff.ly/4hQqbF1
February 24, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Have you heard about the UKLA Literacy School of the Year Award? Sponsored by Hays Education, it celebrates the best of literacy teaching and learning in the UK. Join us for an informational webinar on March 4th and find out how you can get involved: https://buff.ly/4hQqbF1
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✨📢HALF-TERM GIVEAWAY!!!📢✨
We're gifting a bundle of THREE Bloomsbury Education books to one lucky winner!📚
To enter, simply:
💙Like, repost & follow!
UK only, participants must be 18+. Giveaway ends 23/02/25 at 11PM, & winner will be contacted via DM✉️
Terms and conditions apply: bit.ly/3BXvNxL
We're gifting a bundle of THREE Bloomsbury Education books to one lucky winner!📚
To enter, simply:
💙Like, repost & follow!
UK only, participants must be 18+. Giveaway ends 23/02/25 at 11PM, & winner will be contacted via DM✉️
Terms and conditions apply: bit.ly/3BXvNxL
February 18, 2025 at 10:29 AM
✨📢HALF-TERM GIVEAWAY!!!📢✨
We're gifting a bundle of THREE Bloomsbury Education books to one lucky winner!📚
To enter, simply:
💙Like, repost & follow!
UK only, participants must be 18+. Giveaway ends 23/02/25 at 11PM, & winner will be contacted via DM✉️
Terms and conditions apply: bit.ly/3BXvNxL
We're gifting a bundle of THREE Bloomsbury Education books to one lucky winner!📚
To enter, simply:
💙Like, repost & follow!
UK only, participants must be 18+. Giveaway ends 23/02/25 at 11PM, & winner will be contacted via DM✉️
Terms and conditions apply: bit.ly/3BXvNxL