The Readers Cup competition will be held Thursday, May 22, 2014, at the Canadian International School, Lakeside campus. The list of books won’t be announced until Red Dot voting is…
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AFCC Author Visits via Closetful of Books — Denise Tan
Denise Tan, formerly of Bookaburra, has started her own business called Closetful of Books. She’s arranging authors visits to schools for the upcoming AFCC (Asian Festival of Children’s Literature) in…
Minutes of last meeting: Feb. 6, 2014
Click here to read the minutes of the general meeting on February 6, 2014, at Tanglin Trust School in the junior library. Jacqui Makselon gave a detailed presentation on their…
Minutes of the last meeting: December 5, 2013
Click here to read the minutes of the general meeting on December 5, 2013. The Canadian school librarians put on a generous spread of Christmas goodies. Many thanks! The next…
New Red Dot 2013-2014 website up and running
www.reddotawards.com now points to a new 2013-2014 website. The Goodreads Groups — one per category — are set up as well. All the links are via the Google Site. You…
Red Dot Shortlists 2013-2014 — DONE!
Sorry for the delay. Getting four balanced baskets of books takes longer than you think. For now the lists are only on Goodreads shelves. The website will come later. EARLY…
Singapore Writers Festival / Words Go Round
Singapore Writers Festival is on this coming week – with mainly authors for adults. Words Go Round – an annual event where author events are organized for students. Note: …
From Holly Thompson: free guide to her latest verse novel, The Language Inside
Hello Librarians, I’m happy to announce the Discussion, Writing, Activity and Service Guide for my YA verse novel The Language Inside (Delacorte/Random House 2013). You can download this extensive Guide HERE. Created for classrooms, book…
Red Dot Longlist – give us your comments by end of day Monday
The Red Dot longlist spreadsheet was made public on Sep. 2 (see previous blog post) and several of us have added our comments. I had hoped to close the document…
GAFE: Google Apps for Education – @SAS – this Saturday & Sunday
I don’t know how many of you are going to the Google Apps conference this weekend at SAS (I think there’s still space, if you’re interested). I went last…