Jenny Hawke
@jennyhawke.bsky.social
Children’s Librarian and Chair of CILIP YLG National Committee
It was a delight to meet Laura Henry Allain today who ran a fantastic event at Beckenham Library. Brilliant to be with so many families celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth. Thanks so much Laura!
October 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
It was a delight to meet Laura Henry Allain today who ran a fantastic event at Beckenham Library. Brilliant to be with so many families celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth. Thanks so much Laura!
Two brilliant author events over the past couple of days. Yesterday with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social who ran a wonderful Storytime & today with Christopher Edge who was amazing with Years 5 & 6!
October 9, 2025 at 6:04 PM
Two brilliant author events over the past couple of days. Yesterday with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social who ran a wonderful Storytime & today with Christopher Edge who was amazing with Years 5 & 6!
EARLY BIRD PRICE ENDS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT: BOOK NOW!! Join the @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social
on Saturday 6th September at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for our annual conference, sponsored by Askews and Holt and Hachette Children’s Group.
Book your place here: cilip.org.uk/event/YLG_2025
on Saturday 6th September at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for our annual conference, sponsored by Askews and Holt and Hachette Children’s Group.
Book your place here: cilip.org.uk/event/YLG_2025
July 31, 2025 at 6:01 PM
EARLY BIRD PRICE ENDS TONIGHT AT MIDNIGHT: BOOK NOW!! Join the @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social
on Saturday 6th September at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for our annual conference, sponsored by Askews and Holt and Hachette Children’s Group.
Book your place here: cilip.org.uk/event/YLG_2025
on Saturday 6th September at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for our annual conference, sponsored by Askews and Holt and Hachette Children’s Group.
Book your place here: cilip.org.uk/event/YLG_2025
Join the @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social
on Saturday 6th September at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for our annual conference, sponsored by Askews and Holt and Hachette Children’s Group.
Early bird ticket prices are available until 31st July 2025.
Book your place here: cilip.org.uk/event/YLG_2025
on Saturday 6th September at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for our annual conference, sponsored by Askews and Holt and Hachette Children’s Group.
Early bird ticket prices are available until 31st July 2025.
Book your place here: cilip.org.uk/event/YLG_2025
July 26, 2025 at 5:48 PM
Join the @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social
on Saturday 6th September at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for our annual conference, sponsored by Askews and Holt and Hachette Children’s Group.
Early bird ticket prices are available until 31st July 2025.
Book your place here: cilip.org.uk/event/YLG_2025
on Saturday 6th September at The Grand Hotel in Eastbourne for our annual conference, sponsored by Askews and Holt and Hachette Children’s Group.
Early bird ticket prices are available until 31st July 2025.
Book your place here: cilip.org.uk/event/YLG_2025
So exciting to be at the reopening of West Wickham Library today. Loads of people came along to see the newly renovated library. @peterbently.bsky.social ran a wonderful Storytime & we were joined by some other children’s authors & illustrators! Fantastic day! @marcelafwrites.bsky.social
June 27, 2025 at 7:21 PM
So exciting to be at the reopening of West Wickham Library today. Loads of people came along to see the newly renovated library. @peterbently.bsky.social ran a wonderful Storytime & we were joined by some other children’s authors & illustrators! Fantastic day! @marcelafwrites.bsky.social
It’s fantastic to see the winners of the Carnegie Medals announced today at the #Carnegies2025 awards ceremony. Huge congratulations to the winners, shortlistees and the judges from CILIP Youth Libraries Group!
June 19, 2025 at 8:03 PM
It’s fantastic to see the winners of the Carnegie Medals announced today at the #Carnegies2025 awards ceremony. Huge congratulations to the winners, shortlistees and the judges from CILIP Youth Libraries Group!
Great to see #GLLLiteraryFoundation author Olivia Wakeford at @andersenpress.bsky.social tonight for the @philearle.bsky.social Klaus Flugge salon event. Such a brilliant evening with Caroline Nolan!
June 17, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Great to see #GLLLiteraryFoundation author Olivia Wakeford at @andersenpress.bsky.social tonight for the @philearle.bsky.social Klaus Flugge salon event. Such a brilliant evening with Caroline Nolan!
Happy #EmpathyDay all! Here’s my Empathy Post! @empathylabuk.bsky.social
June 12, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Happy #EmpathyDay all! Here’s my Empathy Post! @empathylabuk.bsky.social
Two fantastic class visits with #GLLLiteraryFoundation author @adeolasokunbi, today, part of the #EmpathyDayFestival! Thank you Adeola! @empathylabuk.bsky.social @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
June 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Two fantastic class visits with #GLLLiteraryFoundation author @adeolasokunbi, today, part of the #EmpathyDayFestival! Thank you Adeola! @empathylabuk.bsky.social @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
Just got home, read this on the bus chuckling almost all the way home! Love this Nathanael Lessore! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
May 30, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Just got home, read this on the bus chuckling almost all the way home! Love this Nathanael Lessore! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
We had a fantastic YLGSE training day today at Westgate Library in Oxford. It was great to share best practice in neurodiverse collection development and sensory Storytimes. Totally inspiring and affirming keynote speech from wonderful author Rashmi Sirdehpande! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
May 17, 2025 at 7:55 PM
We had a fantastic YLGSE training day today at Westgate Library in Oxford. It was great to share best practice in neurodiverse collection development and sensory Storytimes. Totally inspiring and affirming keynote speech from wonderful author Rashmi Sirdehpande! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
Enormous thanks to @ylglondon.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at their Teen Training Day today. Myself & colleague Caroline talked about ideas on running teen reading groups. Great to hear keynote speaker & #GLLLiteraryFoundation supported author Nathanael Lessore talk before me. Brill morning!
May 16, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Enormous thanks to @ylglondon.bsky.social for inviting me to speak at their Teen Training Day today. Myself & colleague Caroline talked about ideas on running teen reading groups. Great to hear keynote speaker & #GLLLiteraryFoundation supported author Nathanael Lessore talk before me. Brill morning!
Lovely #Carnegies2025 shadowing session today with #Chatterbooks. Took up Yu Rong’s challenge & made three dimensional kite pictures! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
May 15, 2025 at 5:55 PM
Lovely #Carnegies2025 shadowing session today with #Chatterbooks. Took up Yu Rong’s challenge & made three dimensional kite pictures! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
So proud of Alex Falase Koya, one of our fantastic #GLLLiteraryFoundation authors appearing at #StoriesByTheLake yesterday. Alex’s event was such good fun including a reading, quiz & a drawing activity. Enjoyed by all! @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
May 11, 2025 at 7:45 AM
So proud of Alex Falase Koya, one of our fantastic #GLLLiteraryFoundation authors appearing at #StoriesByTheLake yesterday. Alex’s event was such good fun including a reading, quiz & a drawing activity. Enjoyed by all! @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social
Such a brilliant day promoting Bromley Libraries and the GLL Literary Foundation at the #BooksInTheParkFestival in Beckenham Place Park. Thanks to @booksinthepark.bsky.social for a great event! Loved watching #GLF25 author Jack Meggitt Phillips do his thing! He was so funny!
April 26, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Such a brilliant day promoting Bromley Libraries and the GLL Literary Foundation at the #BooksInTheParkFestival in Beckenham Place Park. Thanks to @booksinthepark.bsky.social for a great event! Loved watching #GLF25 author Jack Meggitt Phillips do his thing! He was so funny!
Brilliant to catch up with Margaret Bateson-Hill today when she ran a fantastic event at my library!
April 14, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Brilliant to catch up with Margaret Bateson-Hill today when she ran a fantastic event at my library!
Revealed the #Carnegie2025 Medal for Illustration Shortlist today in our #Chatterbooks Shadowing Group! Great excitement! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
April 10, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Revealed the #Carnegie2025 Medal for Illustration Shortlist today in our #Chatterbooks Shadowing Group! Great excitement! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
Brilliant event today with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social thank you so much Fiona and wonderful Little Lion Girl masks!! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Brilliant event today with @fionawoodcock.bsky.social thank you so much Fiona and wonderful Little Lion Girl masks!! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
Two brilliant creative writing sessions with @pennychrimes.bsky.social today! Huge thanks Penny, enjoyed by all! Lots about cake too!! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Two brilliant creative writing sessions with @pennychrimes.bsky.social today! Huge thanks Penny, enjoyed by all! Lots about cake too!! @cilip-ylgse.bsky.social
Great article! Just seen a copy of the book in the window of Village Books in Dulwich! Thrilled that Olivia is part of the GLL Literary Foundation. My Dog is a fantastic book! #GLF25 for more info on the Foundation see: www.better.org.uk/library/gll-...
March 29, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Great article! Just seen a copy of the book in the window of Village Books in Dulwich! Thrilled that Olivia is part of the GLL Literary Foundation. My Dog is a fantastic book! #GLF25 for more info on the Foundation see: www.better.org.uk/library/gll-...
Fantastic @ylglondon.bsky.social Unconference today at Balham Library with a brilliant talk from @darrenchetty.bsky.social about his and Karen Sands O’Connor’s book Beyond the Secret Garden. Great breakout sessions too. Thanks to all the organisers!
March 16, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Fantastic @ylglondon.bsky.social Unconference today at Balham Library with a brilliant talk from @darrenchetty.bsky.social about his and Karen Sands O’Connor’s book Beyond the Secret Garden. Great breakout sessions too. Thanks to all the organisers!
Excellent article in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social about the GLL Literary Foundation featuring Caroline Nolan, Literary Foundation Champion for Bromley and Alex Falase Koya one of the fantastic Literary Foundation supported authors! booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/bett...
March 15, 2025 at 2:54 PM
Excellent article in @booksforkeeps.bsky.social about the GLL Literary Foundation featuring Caroline Nolan, Literary Foundation Champion for Bromley and Alex Falase Koya one of the fantastic Literary Foundation supported authors! booksforkeeps.co.uk/article/bett...
Very happy to have met @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social today at the London Book Fair, absolutely love their podcast and they gave me a badge!!
March 11, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Very happy to have met @mostlybooktalk.bsky.social today at the London Book Fair, absolutely love their podcast and they gave me a badge!!
Two amazing #Carnegies2025 shortlists announced today! Enormous congratulations to all the authors and illustrators and of course to the fantastic Youth Libraries Group judges!! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social
March 11, 2025 at 7:44 PM
Two amazing #Carnegies2025 shortlists announced today! Enormous congratulations to all the authors and illustrators and of course to the fantastic Youth Libraries Group judges!! @carnegiemedals.bsky.social @cilip.bsky.social
#Freetoread One of my favourite books to read out loud is Never Show A T-Rex A Book by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Diane Ewen. It’s very funny but also shows how amazing books can be! Find a comfy corner and dive in! @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social
March 6, 2025 at 1:08 PM
#Freetoread One of my favourite books to read out loud is Never Show A T-Rex A Book by Rashmi Sirdeshpande and Diane Ewen. It’s very funny but also shows how amazing books can be! Find a comfy corner and dive in! @worldbookdayuk.bsky.social