#70 Specialist Subject: Literature

Most English Departments in most schools will at some point ask pupils to write in some depth about a text of their choice. This may be a novel, a non-fiction text, poetry or short stories.
Several years ago, I set a blog ‘database’ of texts, which contained reviews, plot outline (no spoiler!), author details and links [...]

#46 Web Content: Reading

Whatever tool you’re using to get your message across on the web, your actual content is, or should be, king. So what to link to? Author and book sites are the most obvious place to start, some starting points listed below.
Authors
Achuka
Bloomsbury
Booktrusted
Fairrosa
Google Directory
Jubilee Books
Random House
Scholastic
Strongest Links
Teen Reads
The Wee Web
The Word [...]

#32 Just Books?

 

Are books the most important resource in your library? Probably.
However, there are other resources which can foster an interest in books, improve pupils’ attention spans and generally increase their awareness of the power of stories and information.
Audio books are accessible and great fun. They are expensive, but can open the world of the word and [...]