A picture of a rather dilapidated copy of "The picture of Dorian Gray" There is visible water damage to the cover and the plastic cover is yellowing. Obviously, not evident from the picture but there is a truly foul musty smell emanating from it!

Last week, a gentleman returned this rather dilapidated copy of this famous book to us after 50 years. He had found it in his attic!
Presumably this means there is a pristine copy somewhere in our libraries....

Just booked my ticket for the @englishassociation.bsky.social conference, Senate House, June 13th. A core of us from the @openingdoors.bsky.social team will be on our stall over breaktimes, flying the flag for rich, creative English for all 📖✏️🧞‍♀️🧚🕵️‍♀️🧛‍♂️

My best known poem. Feel free to use/share! #EduSky #BookSky #BackToSchool @openingdoors.bsky.social @marymyatt.bsky.social @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social ⬇️

#CapeCod #Poetry #Painting #Spring

It is morning, and again
I am the lucky person to be in it

Mary Oliver

🎨 Kaoru Yamada

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👇See you there!

Top class event and I’m proud to be supporting and sponsoring it!
@englishassociation.bsky.social 👇

What We Lose When Reading Becomes Smaller When reading is reduced to skills, children lose the chance to think deeply. A classroom moment about what reading is and what we risk losing.

A fabulous blog on reading: danapalubiak.substack.com/p/what-we-lo...

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Thanks Kew Green for your response!
It’s the final session in a series of insets, a great way to embed a richer curriculum! We have all enjoyed it!
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I think when I’m hobbling around without my own teeth and original knees I’ll still be buying #joetoddstanton books. His latest is a wonderful story told in his own incredible illustrative style. My favourite? Quite possibly. #picturebooks #thelostrobot #teaching

The text at the beginning of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

I had no expectations for Dicken’s Great Expectations, but after less than 100 pages in I gotta admit that I’m hooked. I would’ve never picked this up if it wasn’t on my list of “classics everyone should read”.

And that’s exactly why I’m doing this.

Playwright Alan Bennett: ‘I have a fear of books’ Now publishing his fourth collection of diaries, the 91-year-old legend of British letters talks about shyness, ‘feeling every minute’ of his age and the surprise of finding love

"When I sit down and write something, I feel I’ve got somewhere. I feel better after doing it. Also, Rupert says I’m intolerable if I’m not working so if I wasn’t writing it would drive him insane." - lovely interview with Alan Bennett by @emmavj.bsky.social:

‘As spring arrives, there are reasons to feel optimistic about the future of English, but at the same time, some longer-standing features of the subject remain worth reflecting on,’ says NATE Director, @thecockerill.bsky.social, in our March updates.

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Enjoy! Hope they all like ‘Opening Doors’ 😀🤣

Day 2 at London Book Fair with @publishingwales.bsky.social ✨

One thing that our secondary school librarian said to me a while ago is that she's seeing a sharp reduction in the number of children that have a library card, despite primary schools pushing reading & doing library visits.

picture of student's end-of-unit reflection

"My interpretation with King Lear over the course of the unit has changed, but in a way that has allowed me to grow overall."

I love seeing students getting used to the idea of an evolving interpretation being a good thing 😎

This - from our very own @bobeaglestone.bsky.social ⬇️

3 Big Reasons Software Companies Need English Majors — Dear English Major I’m not the only English major working in tech at HubSpot. I could see a lot of English majors taking the same path as me. The tech industry needs people who can fulfill three important business needs...

English degrees - dispelling the myths about employability. www.dearenglishmajor.com/blog/3-big-r...

Thanks!

Overheard on a watercolour Saltmarsh

Another hub is opening led by @thinktalkleah.bsky.social via Inspire Partnership @ipatedu.bsky.social at Blackfield Primary, Southampton. It's open to all. Thanks Inspire!

Let me know if you would like a hub opened in your area.

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Queen of Comedy With Book Day approaching prolific author Jeanne Willis is getting her bag ready for in person and online visits.

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Wow. Thanks Joshua.
Spine tingling ending and showing how varied your poetry can be. 😃

Look at that for perception! I love the use of the word 'globe' to be really specific.

Illustration by Vicky Cox from ‘Opening Doors to Quality Writing 6-9’
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Terrific 👇
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One week now till publication on March 5th (World Book Day) and I’m delighted that this book has been chosen by @SchoolReading as their fiction book of the month. Huge thanks,& also to Scallywag Press & illustrator Bethan Welby. schoolreadinglist.co.uk/new-book-rel...