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Apologies for any cross-posting READ THE PAST: WRITE THE FUTURE There are still a few places left on the following FREE events To find out more and to book your free place on any of these events, please contact Caroline Downie: email [log in to unmask] or phone 0776 505 7031. Full-day seminars Delegates will explore how to use literature to draw children and young people, especially the hard-to-reach, into their collections. We will look at how to use literature-based activities to find an audience, engage with the local community and volunteers, and to raise the profile of museum and archive services in this area of work. There will also be plenty of time for networking with colleagues from within and outside the sector. Wednesday 12 January 2011, Hamilton House Conference Centre, London 9.15 – 17.00 ‘Read the Past: Write the Future’ Speakers will include Tricia Kings from the highly successful Young Cultural Creators project, Miranda McKearney, Chief Executive of the Reading Agency, and Jonathan Douglas of the National Literacy Trust, while witness session will feature a series of best-practice case studies, including: · working with adolescents with mental health problems at the Museum of London · working with early years children and families at the Fitzwilliam Museum · working with looked after children at the East Sussex County Records Office · an author’s experience of working with young people in museums and archives, with Nicola Davies Thursday 20 January 2011, The Public, West Bromwich 9.15 – 17.00 ‘Read the Past: Write the Future’ Speakers will include Tricia Kings from the highly successful Young Cultural Creators project, Miranda McKearney, Chief Executive of the Reading Agency, and Prue Goodwin, lecturer in literacy and children’s books, while witness session will feature a series of best-practice case studies, including: · using ICT to engage with young people and literature · poetry initiatives in the West Midlands · an author’s experience of working with young people in museums and archives, with Celia Rees · working with children and young people at the Harris Museum & Art Gallery Twilight session This session will provide a relaxed atmosphere in which to learn more about the world of children’s publishing and children’s literature, meet some authors and network over a glass of wine. Tuesday 25 January 2011, Random House, London 18.00 – 20.00 Meet Jonathan Stroud (shortlisted for the Costa Children's Book Prize) and Candy Goulay (longlisted for the Carnegie Medal) To find out more and to book your free place on any of these events, please contact Caroline Downie: email [log in to unmask] or phone 0776 505 7031. Sarah Wilkie [log in to unmask] 07944 198812 www.sarahwilkieconsulting.co.uk + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + GEM list: Contact the list owner for assistance at [log in to unmask] For information about joining, leaving and suspending mail (eg during a holiday) see the list website at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=GEM + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +