Youth Libraries Group Conference 2024: CILIPS sponsored place!
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After a year of successful virtual mini-conferences in 2023, Youth Libraries Group return to an in-person conference in the beautiful Doubletree Hotel in the heart of Glasgow on Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th September 2024.
Early bird pricing closes on the 30th of June, but we’re pleased to share that CILIPS are offering one full sponsored place to YLG Conference! Applicants must submit a response to the form below, including a short paragraph of no more than 100 words about why attendance to the conference would be beneficial to your career, and agreeing to write a short blog post for the CILIPS website or contribute to the CILIPS podcast, sharing their reflections on the conference.
Please click here to access the sponsorship form. Deadline for the CILIPS sponsored place is Friday 14th June at 4pm.
Take a look at the programme below!
Saturday 28th September 2024
9:30-10:00 Registration and refreshments
10:00-10:15 Welcome from YLG Chair Jennifer Horan
10:15-11:00 Nicola Morgan
11:00-12:00 Boys Will Be Boys panel with Alan Bissett, Brian Conaghan, Margaret McDonald and Josh Silver
12:00-12:45 Black and Irish panel: Briana Fitzsimons and Leon Diop. Chaired by Matthew Parkinson-Bennett
12:45-14:00 Lunch and exhibition time
14:00-15:00 Breakout Sessions
A) Edinburgh School Libraries: Bibliotherapy
B) University of Glasgow: Mediator Toolkits
C) Lauren Lockhart: Inclusive Storytelling (Down Syndrome)
D) Every Cherry15:00-15:45 Publishers’ Carousel!
15:45-16:15 Tea break sponsored by Andersen Press
16:15-17:00 Funny Fiction with Pamela Butchart, Martin Stewart and others TBC
17:00-17:15 “Keep the Heid and Read”
17:15-17:30 Closing Remarks
17:30 Exhibition open
19:00 The Gruffalo drinks reception, sponsored by Macmillan
19:20 Dinner address with Simon Lamb
19:30 Dinner
20:30 Awards Presentation
21:00 After dinner speaker: Fatima Whitbread
Sunday 29th September 2024
8:00-8:45 Breakfast sessions:
A) Amy McKay and Jake Hope
B) Steve McCarthy
8:45-9:15 Tea break with Catherine Doyle, sponsored by Bloomsbury
9:15- 10:15 Sarah Crossan
10:15-11:15 Laureates in conversation
11:15-12:00
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