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April 25, 2023

Children’s Rights to Read

IRA The Children’s Rights to Read initiative, founded on 10 fundamental rights every child deserves, was developed to ensure that every child, everywhere, has access to the education, opportunities, and resources
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
April 24, 2023

Access to Books Makes All the Difference

Expert literacy consultant Sharon Callen chats to Ted Ega, prolific singer, songwriter and lover of Australian characters and their stories, about how access to quality literature made a huge difference
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
February 22, 2023

Suffolk library service praised for mental health support

BBC News 16 February 2023 A county library service has been credited with saving the NHS more than half a million pounds a year in mental health care. Forty-five public libraries in
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
November 28, 2022

Mindfulness books for children are a runaway publishing trend

The Guardian by Amelia Hill 14 November 2022 Industry reports sales of titles for under-10s addressing emotions up almost 40%, driven by demand from young people. ...Nielsen Bookscan data on children’s books
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
October 22, 2022

Children’s Week

Children’s Week is an annual event celebrated in Australia held around the fourth Wednesday in October. In 1996 it was decided to adopt a permanent theme: “A Caring World Shares”
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
October 9, 2022

‘People need to tell stories’: Lviv holds literary festival in defiance of war

Writers at annual book event in Ukrainian city say storytelling and art have helped many endure violence. The Guardian Sunday 9 October 2022 by Emma Graham-Harrison and Charlotte Higgins in Lviv Read
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
September 2, 2022

New episode from the 2022 symposium

The next presentation in the 2022 Literature Symposium is now available for you to view! This presentation features Anna Burkey from Australia Reads. You can watch the presentation by clicking this
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
May 3, 2022

Why we must urgently rescue arts education now

AARE blog, Arts in Education, Robyn Ewing Australian governments have taken a limited view of the Arts, artists and the imperative of quality arts education for our children and young people
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
April 21, 2022

Libraries around the world are helping safeguard Ukrainian books and culture

The Conversation April 10, 2022 By Ksenya Kiebuzinski Librarians and libraries across the world play a role in preserving and sharing Ukraine’s cultural history. They acquire western observations about Ukraine or
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Foundation for Learning and Literacy
March 7, 2022

International Women’s Day

UN Women Australia website Australia’s first International Women’s Day was held in 1928 in Sydney. Organised by the Militant Women’s Movement, women called for equal pay for equal work, an 8
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