It’s deadly to be a woman in this world, especially one who likes to think for herself. Would you survive? Two sisters. One heir. A twist of fate. Imprisonment or marriage? How will they save themselves? Serina was born for a life in the palace as the wife of the next heir. Nomi was born…
Category: TL Things
Book-sell blurb: Red Queen
Imagine living in a world where the colour of your blood decides how much power you’re allowed to have, until one day, you realise that your Red blood is just as powerful, if not more so than that of the Silvers… Mare is a red blood in a world made for silver bloods. Silvers have…
Book-sell blurb: The Extraordinaries
Ever wondered what it would be like to live in a world with real-life superheroes? Would you ever want to meet them or maybe even write stories about them? Nick not only idealises Shadow Star, but he also writes fanfic dedicated to his favourite superhero. After a chance encounter with Shadow Star, Nick decides that…
Book-sell blurbs for YA
I have recently been trying to think of ways I can help overworked, time-poor, teacher librarians (TLs), particularly those with smaller teams or working by themselves. In a conversation with one of my TL colleagues, she got me thinking about how time-consuming and difficult it is for one person to read ALL THE BOOKS (not…
Identifying reading identities
Ever wondered how I’ve been identifying reading identities in young people? In this blog post, I step you through my process and the tool I used!
Book review: See you on Venus
I visited my old workplace recently and I got to talking with my lovely library ladies about new books that had come in over the past year. I didn’t realise how much I missed buying for a school library collection! So, I have decided to help them out a little by reading some of the…
Brisbane Study Visit Wrap-up
Today we wrapped up our Brisbane Study Visit so I thought I’d share my 5 key takeaways!
Creating a hanging indent in WordPress
Ever wondered how to create a hanging indent for your references in WordPress? I wrote a blog post with steps for how to do this – let me know how you go!
Opinion: Softlink 2022 Report
The 2022 Softlink report has been released! Each year, Softlink invites school libraries and Teacher Librarians (TLs) around Australia and New Zealand to respond to their annual survey. Each year, Softlink produces a report with their findings. I’ve had a good look at the 2022 report and thought it might be fun to draw out…
Tools for Content Creation
There are so many tools available for digital content creation; it can be very overwhelming! I thought I’d give a quick rundown of the tools I use to create content for blogs, Instagram, YouTube and Spotify. “Free” Content By now we should all know about Creative Commons Licensing and what images we CAN and CANNOT…
The Lifting Librarian 