Elaine Hewlett
@hewlettelaine.bsky.social
Secondary school librarian
Lovely piece on #kidlit and reading today
As is fairly obvious, I love reading, and I'm happy that my son does too. But I don't always love the way we talk about child literacy, nor where the UK media tends to place the blame for those rates' recent, and worrying, fall.
January 4, 2026 at 10:18 PM
Lovely piece on #kidlit and reading today
Unsurprisingly, the only sane advice in this pile of crap article comes from a Librarian
ChatGPT, cooking and Christopher Walken: how parents got their kids to love reading in 2025
ChatGPT, cooking and Christopher Walken: how parents got their kids to love reading in 2025
Fewer children are reading for fun - but parents are trying everything from AI to dramatic voices to keep them engaged
www.theguardian.com
December 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Unsurprisingly, the only sane advice in this pile of crap article comes from a Librarian
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Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
December 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Giveaway!
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
I’m giving one lucky person the chance to pick one shelf of books from our Bertvent bookcase.
Follow and repost by midday on Saturday 27th and I’ll pick someone at random! Which shelf will you choose?
(UK only)
Reposted by Elaine Hewlett
Hamlet: and I, Hamlet, vow to honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and ...
Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet?
Hamlet: yes?
Ghost: not Scrooge?
Hamlet: ... no?
Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..
Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet?
Hamlet: yes?
Ghost: not Scrooge?
Hamlet: ... no?
Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..
December 24, 2025 at 7:28 PM
Hamlet: and I, Hamlet, vow to honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and ...
Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet?
Hamlet: yes?
Ghost: not Scrooge?
Hamlet: ... no?
Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..
Ghost: wait ... did you say Hamlet?
Hamlet: yes?
Ghost: not Scrooge?
Hamlet: ... no?
Ghost (scrolling increasingly desperately through Google calendar) oh shiii..
Love Adam Sharp! Stock up on some exotic insults before the family come round for Xmas
The most brutal way of telling someone they’re a few sandwiches short of a picnic that I’ve heard in French is t’es pas la truite la plus oxygénée de la rivière. It means “you’re not the most oxygenated trout in the river.”
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
* read on for similar insults from around the world (a thread)…
December 20, 2025 at 10:19 AM
Love Adam Sharp! Stock up on some exotic insults before the family come round for Xmas
This is why banning books must be fiercely contested at all times - it's only ever the start of something
Officials in Tennessee aren't just banning books, they're now demanding information on who checked out contested (largely LGBTQ+) books, including names, addresses, and "household composition."
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
A librarian who was given the directive has come forward asking for whistleblower protections.
Tennessee whistleblower says library board chair sought private data as part of state's book purge
A First Amendment expert told The Advocate that there are "huge" legal implications stemming from the situation.
www.advocate.com
December 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM
This is why banning books must be fiercely contested at all times - it's only ever the start of something
Have been in a slight reading slump of late and this just blew me right out of it! Absolutely brilliant YA folk horror by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. A creepy, dark tale about folklore, nature and what people will do to survive. A must-read!
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #schoollibraries
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #schoollibraries
November 25, 2025 at 5:31 PM
Have been in a slight reading slump of late and this just blew me right out of it! Absolutely brilliant YA folk horror by @darrensimpson44.bsky.social. A creepy, dark tale about folklore, nature and what people will do to survive. A must-read!
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #schoollibraries
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #schoollibraries
Library lesson with Yr7 on immigration to support curriculum text (Refugee Boy). We introduced them to Front Desk by @kellyyang.bsky.social and it was the most sublime lesson! Read Ch1 to them, discussed it and they loved it so much! Reservations out the door 🥰 So nice when lessons really land!
November 12, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Library lesson with Yr7 on immigration to support curriculum text (Refugee Boy). We introduced them to Front Desk by @kellyyang.bsky.social and it was the most sublime lesson! Read Ch1 to them, discussed it and they loved it so much! Reservations out the door 🥰 So nice when lessons really land!
They'll literally do anything other than put libraries AND LIBRARIANS in schools
If you want kids to read:
-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy
Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
-Reopen the closed libraries
-Give them free books
-Sponsor author visits in schools with high % pupil premium or FSM students
-Work on adult literacy
Then Y8s will have a chance of passing this test
www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Bridget Phillipson ‘ready to take on unions’ over year 8 reading tests
Education secretary says mandatory test needed to tackle ‘shocking outcomes’ for many working-class children
www.theguardian.com
November 1, 2025 at 6:53 PM
They'll literally do anything other than put libraries AND LIBRARIANS in schools
Reposted by Elaine Hewlett
Reposted by Elaine Hewlett
An old video for the spookiest night of the year: the day Nevada became the 36th state.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwDqRXec4s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwDqRXec4s
Every Haunted House Movie
YouTube video by Alasdair Beckett-King
www.youtube.com
October 31, 2025 at 10:56 AM
An old video for the spookiest night of the year: the day Nevada became the 36th state.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwDqRXec4s
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIwDqRXec4s
October 30, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
October 20, 2025 at 9:44 PM
If you want to push back against tech's encroachment into every corner of our lives, you have to read books. They're eager to create a future in which most people are illiterate and hooked on slop, a world without imagination or knowledge. Reading is resistance.
Reposted by Elaine Hewlett
What you think your brain is supposed to do
October 2, 2025 at 5:10 PM
What you think your brain is supposed to do
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We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
October 1, 2025 at 2:38 PM
We are thrilled to announce that our NEW Large Language Model will be released on 11.18.25.
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Just finished this pleasant little page-turner. Bridgerton with wands. A nice romantasy for the YA market! 📚👍
#books #reading #yalit #kidslit ##schoollibraries
#books #reading #yalit #kidslit ##schoollibraries
September 27, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Just finished this pleasant little page-turner. Bridgerton with wands. A nice romantasy for the YA market! 📚👍
#books #reading #yalit #kidslit ##schoollibraries
#books #reading #yalit #kidslit ##schoollibraries
Had the absolute joy of a visit from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social today and she was just fantastic! Lots of eager Yr7s will be devouring her new book tonight! #kidslit #reading #authors #schoollibraries
September 23, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Had the absolute joy of a visit from @ellemcnicoll.bsky.social today and she was just fantastic! Lots of eager Yr7s will be devouring her new book tonight! #kidslit #reading #authors #schoollibraries
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Also great! "That's why I think we should fund libraries more. It's not just because they're a great resource, it's because I don't wanna know what librarians will do if we don't give them a place to go."
September 16, 2025 at 5:32 AM
Also great! "That's why I think we should fund libraries more. It's not just because they're a great resource, it's because I don't wanna know what librarians will do if we don't give them a place to go."
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IT'S A WRAP! Or nearly....
Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁
To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁
To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
September 13, 2025 at 6:29 PM
IT'S A WRAP! Or nearly....
Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁
To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
Any more entries to win a signed copy of my new YA verse novel, NOT GOING TO PLAN? 🔥🥳🎁
To enter, post a comment with the name of your UK secondary school or library and postcode, then like, share, follow. ❤❤❤❤ I’ll draw a winner noon TOMORROW, 14th September 25. 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻☘
Absolutely brilliant conclusion to this trilogy. Adeyemi really expands the world and has created some great new villains. This series is such a fresh take on YA fantasy!
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #books #schoollibraries #reading
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #books #schoollibraries #reading
September 13, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Absolutely brilliant conclusion to this trilogy. Adeyemi really expands the world and has created some great new villains. This series is such a fresh take on YA fantasy!
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #books #schoollibraries #reading
📚👍 #yalit #kidslit #books #schoollibraries #reading
Bestest husband @slothlydad.bsky.social got me a present! Have been coveting this for some time... #books #reading
September 12, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Bestest husband @slothlydad.bsky.social got me a present! Have been coveting this for some time... #books #reading
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Reposted by Elaine Hewlett
And, of course, it’s the 28th anniversary of the greatest of all newspaper corrections (with apologies to @seamas.bsky.social who traditionally posts this, but it’s 10.39, and I can only wait so long)
August 31, 2025 at 9:39 AM
And, of course, it’s the 28th anniversary of the greatest of all newspaper corrections (with apologies to @seamas.bsky.social who traditionally posts this, but it’s 10.39, and I can only wait so long)