If you know any English/Drama teachers who are looking for a job from January onwards then do share this advert with them - a great opportunity to work in a wonderful, happy school in Reading within two friendly and supportive departments! www.kendrick.reading.sch.uk/page/?title=...

Applications for NEU Sponsored Teacher Places at the 2026 UKLA International Conference are now open! Are you a member of UKLA and NEU? You could win a Sponsored Place at our 2026 Conference at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow! Visit our website to find out more and apply now! buff.ly/kwmpVKj

October's #lucky13th is Roar - an empowering novel-in-verse of resistance and finding your voice, inspired by Sampat Pal and the Pink Sari Gang, from the multi-award-winning author of Run, Rebel and The Crossing, Manjeet Mann. #uklamembers RT to win a copy! #ThisIsHowIRoar

Today is #NationalPoetryDay but also exactly one year since my lovely mum Dr Sally Dilley died, so here are two of my favourite poems about mothers, shared with great love and gratitude.

Lovely to be at the announcement ceremony and thrilled to have three in common with the judges from this exceptional longlist - well done to all the shortlisted authors and special hurrahs for Flashlight, The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny, and The Land in Winter!

Very excited to be en route to the @southbankcentre.bsky.social for the live Booker Prize shortlist announcement! My top 6 were: Endling Flashlight The Loneliness of Sonia and Sunny Seascraper Love Forms The Land in Winter But lots of other strong contenders too!

So much fun researching a course. These for Bringing the Fiction Effect into Classrooms on 6/11 with me & @stephenjdilley.bsky.social . Cogsci suggests exploratory approaches best for English if we want learning to exploit how literature acts on the mind www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/e84d...

So incredibly proud of these incredible longlists (particularly the 11-14+ list which once again formed the bulk of the last few months' reading) and looking forward to working with our amazing teacher judges in Glasgow as they read and share these books with their classes!

#UKLALucky13th Discover the must-read narrative verse YA novel, Not Going to Plan by previous UKLA winner, Tia Fisher. An often hilarious, yet profoundly moving and beautiful novel that captures teenagehood, its pressures and its complexities. Members, RP for a chance to win 1/3 copies

Happy publication day @nmgarrard.bsky.social - ON THE EDGE is an absolutely terrific YA/adult crossover novel and a perfect summer read. I had the privilege of reviewing it a couple of months ago for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social here: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Written by UKLA Award winner, Nicola Garrard, On the Edge follows Rhys and his brothers, struggling to get by in an off-season tourist resort. When their home is threatened, Rhys resorts to drastic measures to protect his family. Members, repost to be in with a chance to win #lucky13th

I was blown away by this review. All I set out to do when I wrote NOT GOING TO PLAn! Thank you, @stephenjdilley 😊 @hotkeybooks.bsky.social

Absolutely delighted with this purchase yesterday - copies still available for a generously discounted price from the Pallant House Gallery bookshop in Chichester!

Only predicted three this year - so am delighted for Seascraper, Love Forms and The Land in Winter. Have read five others (Universality, Audition, The South, The Rest of Our Lives and Flesh) and am looking forward to exploring the final five! @thebookerprizes.com thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-l...

I'm looking forward to @thebookerprizes.com longlist announcement next week - here are my predictions, all books I have read and loved. Last year I managed a personal best of six correct predictions but I will be delighted to see any of these on the list!

A superb guest blog for @engmediacentre.bsky.social by Stephen Dilley, one of the 2024/5 EMC Associate Teachers. This is what A Level Lit can be - it’s what the subject discipline is all about, allowing authentic response to flourish, producing stunning writing! englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/developin…

I really enjoyed writing this blog about our brilliant Year 12 students' work on their NEA text, Brotherless Night by @sugi.bsky.social - their responses to the novel have been so powerful and it's been a lovely culmination of my work with @engmediacentre.bsky.social this year.

24/25 EMC Associate Teacher, @stephenjdilley.bsky.social has written this fascinating blog. Read it to see what happens when students respond to reading drawing on their own ideas www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/develop...

From Kenneth Oppel, Best of All Worlds is a story of survival, teenage passions and an invisible enemy. What should be a relaxing weekend away from the city turns nightmarish when Xavier and his family wake up to find themselves trapped inside a dome. UKLA members RP for a chance to win #lucky13th

Such a wonderful evening and a real honour to attend! The EMC is such a force for good in the world of English teaching.

Congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social on a well-deserved double win at last night’s Book Awards ceremony - it was a huge honour to announce the Shadowers’ Choice award and to hear your very moving words about what this award means.

Delighted to be back in Liverpool for the @uklitassociation.bsky.social International Conference - tomorrow I’m looking forward to leading a workshop on Poems, Pictures and Power, and meeting so many of our wonderful shortlisted authors at the book awards ceremony!

Absolutely overjoyed for @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social - this tender, devastating and redemptive story is probably the best YA novel I have ever read, and one that every teenager and adult should read. My Year 11 students have loved it so it is such a worthy winner!

NEW in the critically acclaimed and internationally bestselling ‘Unknown Adventurer’ series! 3 signed copies of THE LOST BOOK OF UNDERSEA ADVENTURE! By Teddy Keen are the UKLA Lucky 13th prizes for June. UKLA Members just RP to be in with a chance to win. ‪@quartokids.bsky.social‬

On Wednesday we were thrilled to welcome over 60 teachers and a fantastic panel of presenters to our office for our annual Summer Conference. It was a truly inspiring day of talks, workshops and collaboration! @darrenchetty.bsky.social @teresacremin.bsky.social @stephenjdilley.bsky.social

Brilliantly deserving winners - I didn’t quite finish either shortlist but these were my favourites of those I did manage to read!

Agatha Christie Anthony Trollope Barbara Pym Jane Austen Elizabeth Strout CS Lewis Marilynne Robinson Kazuo Ishiguro Wilkie Collins Hilary McKay

It was such a privilege to be part of this conference and I was hugely inspired by the other speakers and the wonderful contributions of all the teachers - a powerful reminder that, as @andrewemc.bsky.social put it, “the good stuff works”!

We've had such a wonderful time today at our English and Inclusion Teacher Conference! Thank you to the speakers who all gave such vibrant and interesting talks, and of course all the lovely teachers who attended! @teresacremin.bsky.social @darrenchetty.bsky.social @stephenjdilley.bsky.social

ENGLISH AND INCLUSION CONFERENCE Can't wait to host these great people at our centre on June 11. Bookings close 2 days before. Part of our 2-for-1 offer so not many slots left if you haven't yet booked @teresacremin.bsky.social @darrenchetty.bsky.social www.englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/4536...

Congratulations to you all - such impressive submissions and it will be wonderful to see you all at the conference next month!

Publishing in the 80th anniversary year of the end of WWII, Shrapnel Boys is an explosive new novel about the friendship and courage of a group of young boys living through the war, from award-winning author Jenny Pearson UKLA members – RP to win a signed copy!

Being an EMC Associate Teacher has been a real career highlight - I've learned a huge amount through discussions with the other Associate Teachers and the brilliant EMC team, and enjoyed putting more of their approaches into practice in my classroom. Do apply if interested!

I really enjoyed @andrewemc.bsky.social's blog on the 'fiction effect' so am looking forward to collaborating on this webinar next term! www.englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/bringin....

So much passion for children’s and YA books from our brilliant UKLA Book Awards final panel in Liverpool Central Library today: the winners have been decided and will be announced at the international conference in June! @uklitassociation.bsky.social @lyndajgraham.bsky.social @lockwoodcm.bsky.social

We're planning a 'fiction effect' webinar for next Autumn, with input from @stephenjdilley.bsky.social, possible the most prolific reader of YA in all of secondary!

As someone who has been known to take a book to the supermarket in case there is a long queue for the check-out, this feels fair enough… #BYOB

Brilliant trip to see #PlayingShakespeare Macbeth at the Globe today with all of Y11 - all the more enjoyable because one of our students had won the competition to rewrite the Porter's speech for a modern teenage audience, with great jokes about social media addicts, fake activists and AI cheats!

Thank you @aislingwalters.bsky.social for sharing your research on preservice secondary English teachers' writing journeys at our @uklitassociation.bsky.social secondary network yesterday - so incredibly illuminating and insightful! @lyndajgraham.bsky.social onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

There's just one week until the deadlines for the UKLA Literacy School of the Year and Our Class Loves This Book Awards! Both look to celebrate the best of literacy teaching in the UK. Think your school deserves this recognition? Visit our website to find out more and apply: buff.ly/3qJ7o0v

There's still plenty of time to apply to the UKLA Our Class Loves This Book Award! If you have read any of the UKLA Book Awards 2024 Shortlisted titles with you class, then this is a fantastic opportunity to celebrate that! Find out more and apply here: buff.ly/BCsz4r4

Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors! It was such a joy to be involved with selecting these lists alongside so many amazing teacher judges from Liverpool and beyond! UKLA members - don't forget you can sign up to shadow a shortlist by contacting @lyndajgraham.bsky.social!

It's here... The UKLA Book Awards 2025 Shortlist is now live! With so many powerful titles, this year's selection truly highlights the best of contemporary children's writing! Find out more here: buff.ly/KJtPJH0 #childrensbookawards #bookawards

I really enjoyed reviewing @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social's Pocket Shakespeare - an enticing introduction to the power of Shakespeare's language, with great illustrations by Chris Riddell. justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

Proofing summer course programme + delighted by this comment on a previous Xmas Carol course. It reflects the feeling of many Eng teachers 'Surrounded by a profession obsessed with recall, it is so valuable to refocus on thought and engagement in our subject.' englishandmedia.co.uk/courses/56c8...

I'm hugely excited and honoured to be leading a workshop on class reading for inclusion at this conference alongside such an incredible line-up of speakers - do join us if you can!

A really fantastic way to spend an afternoon. So many rich and thoughtful discussions. The ❤️ for current children's literature was palpable!

A lovely afternoon of bookish discussion with the UKLA shortlisting group. Some brilliant books getting some well-deserved recognition - 6 books for each category is so hard!

Thank you Ruth Slater, our brilliant @ljmuofficial.bsky.social host, and 80+ teacher judges & group leaders UKLA Book Awards25.