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National Year of Reading - Youth Libraries Group
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For the National Year of Reading, we are sharing a series of short conversations with people who are involved in promoting reading with young people. This could be a programme, resources or a literary event, and we're giving them the opportunity to share what they do and how people can get involved.
In this episode we are joined by Tanja Jennings, who is the joint Northern Ireland Representative on the Youth Libraries Group.
Information about the Carnegies can be found here.
Information about the Members' Fest can be found here.
The Youth Libraries Group recommendations on Bookshop.org can be found here.
And if you are interested in The Youth Library Review or newsletters, you can get more information from ylg.newsletter@gmail.com.
Tanja Jennings write a blog, Good Night to Read, about books and reading which can be found here.