TSL EDI Special Edition Explore equality, diversity and inclusivity in the children's publishing landscape with this special edition of The School Librarian, journal of the School Library Association.

We are proud to release a special digital edition of #TSL, exploring Equality, Diversity and Inclusion in #schoollibraries & children's books. Sponsored by @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social, the release coincides with the 2025 #LitInColour (Incomplete) Book Lists 👉 bit.ly/47gFILA 📚 #kidlituk #uksla

Gah! It’s Sathnam Sanghera. I’m so excited to hear him speak. #LitInColour

I’m speaking at the Lit In Colour Teachers’ Conference at the British Library today - currently listening to Farrah Serroukh on reader identity. How would you finish that sentence? What does that tell you? How would a young person finish that sentence? #LitInColour

I'm all geared up to teach 'Boys Don't Cry' by @malorieblackman.bsky.social at GCSE after attending tonight's #LitInColour online session.
We have an exciting two years ahead!

Revealed: The most and least popular GCSE English lit texts Schools need support to break away from An Inspector Calls to cover texts by authors from more diverse backgrounds, say experts

How can we support schools to teach new texts in GCSE English Lit? 📚

Dr Velda Elliott discusses the #LitinColour scheme, which found adding texts by authors of colour increased engagement in the classroom, in this new article from @tesmagazine.bsky.social:

www.tes.com/magazine/new...

Have you seen the great resources and report by @penguinbooksusa.bsky.social about #LitinColour? Really great to share with your English Department and use yourselves. www.penguin.co.uk/about/social... #diversebooks

6+7 are ones I loved and which the 7yo will be encountering in due course. #LitInColour is for everyone.

Okay, World Book Day #LitInColour suggestions.
1) Rocket from Nathon Bryon and Dapo Adeola.
2) Omar from Zanib Mian's Planet Omar series.
3) Sam Wu from Kevin and Katie Tsang's Sam Wu is not afraid of... series (and if you have 7-10s, they need to read these/ have them read to them) 1/n

A pink and blue graphic featuring the cover of The (Incomplete) Lit In Colour Play List 2024 catalogue and text reading: "The 2024 (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play List is here! Be in with a chance of winning ALL 60 plays in the 2024 Play List"

There’s still time to enter our #LitinColour competition!

Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List. 📚

Closing this Saturday! bit.ly/4fnOFEh

‘Canon in colour’: Contextual Knowledge of Race and Empire as Powerful Knowledge This paper uses the concept of powerful knowledge to consider the teaching of canonical literature in the secondary English classroom. Drawing on Muller and Young’s definition of powerful knowledge...

Really pleased to have this out (open access!) about the importance of race and empire as powerful knowledge in relation to teaching 19th century texts. And what else can you call it but #canonincolour? #LitInColour

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Book covers for Lit in Colour plays

Got a favourite play by an author of colour?

Tell us about it for a chance to win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour books! 📚

Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh

A pink and blue graphic featuring the cover of The (Incomplete) Lit In Colour Play List 2024 catalogue and text reading: "The 2024 (Incomplete) Lit in Colour Play List is here! Be in with a chance of winning ALL 60 plays in the 2024 Play List"

Win a bundle of 60 #LitinColour plays! 📚

Tell us about a play you’d like to see in the 2025 list and you could win all 60 plays in the 2024 #LitinColour Play List.

Enter here 👉 bit.ly/4fnOFEh

(Here’s the list of plays you could win!) bit.ly/40iRAJU

With 180+ others, we're proud signatories of Penguin's open letter urging gov't to consider our #LitInColour Pioneers Pilot findings (published with Penguin Books UK, Pearson Edexcel, and @ox.ac.uk) and commit to diversifying the English Literature curriculum 👇
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...

Screenshot of the link to the Lit In Colour 2022 list with cover images of 6 books for primary-aged children with protagonists of colour

See here for The (Incomplete) Lit in Colour book lists: supporting inclusive reading in schools. Ace work from #LitInColour, a collaboration between Penguin & Runnymede Trust @runnymede.bsky.social
You can search by age
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...

#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum

See here for the (incomplete) Lit in Colour book lists: supporting inclusive reading in schools. Absolutely ace work from #LitInColour, a collaboration between Penguin Random House & Runnymede Trust @runnymede.bsky.social
www.penguin.co.uk/lit-in-colou...
#InclusiveLibraries #DecolonisetheCurriculum

#LitinColour excellent initiative by Penguin House and partners including @RunnymedeTrust to 'widen' as opposed to decolonise the primary and secondary school curriculum

46% of schools have no Black or Asian, minority ethnic teachers. ...