17th February 2022
It’s easy to think that storytelling is just what the word says: telling a story. But since working at Read … Read More
Filed under: Read for Good in Hospitals Tagged with: Appeal, books, Donations, Hospital, Hospital School, hospital teacher, play team, Radio 4 Appeal, reading, stories, storyteller
7th June 2021
Tales from the IPad Back in January 2020, I visited four children’s hospitals in the space of eight days, in … Read More
Filed under: Read for Good in Hospitals Tagged with: Hospital School, hospitals, patients, stories, story, storyteller, storytelling
27th June 2018
The Trust was set up by the childrens’ and young adults’ author Siobhan Dowd, who in the last days of … Read More
Filed under: Friends of Readathon, Trust Fund Tagged with: author, books, funding, grants, Hospital, Hospital School, Readathon, storytelling
19th April 2018
As part of our World Book Day celebrations, we held a 24 hour Readathon and library sleepover in the Learning … Read More
Filed under: Schools running a Readathon Tagged with: books, Hospital School, Librarians, library, Readathon, reading, sponsored read
8th February 2018
From the world’s biggest coke-mentos demonstration to the largest number of people dressed as Smurfs, mass participation events are all … Read More
Filed under: Sponsored read Tagged with: author, books, Hospital School, librarian, Librarians, primary school, Readathon, sponsored read
11th December 2017
I’ve always been a big fan of Christmas – the twinkly lights, mince pies, mulled wine and hours watching films … Read More
Filed under: Staff Tagged with: author, books, Hospital, Hospital School, reading, storyteller
15th November 2017
The Read for Good bookcase has been on the Children’s Ward for four years and is enjoyed and appreciated by … Read More
Filed under: Read for Good in Hospitals, Storytellers Tagged with: books, Hospital, Hospital School, storyteller, storytelling
3rd February 2017
Me – “Can you see what it says on the back of my t-shirt?” Child – “I’m a Readathon Storyteller” … Read More
Filed under: Storytellers Tagged with: author, books, Hospital, Hospital School, librarian, Librarians, library, literature, reading, sponsored read, storyteller, storytelling
8th June 2016
Readathon sessions are going from strength to strength at Hull Royal Infirmary. Every six weeks I take my stories and … Read More
Filed under: Storytellers Tagged with: author, books, Hospital, Hospital School, reading, storyteller, storytelling
31st March 2016
What a Readathon Superfan says to her favourite Readathon Author Ambassador at QMC Nottingham: Welcome to this joint blog, … Read More
Filed under: Readathon in Residence Tagged with: andy cope, author, Hospital, Hospital School, Nottingham, QMC, Readathon, Readathon in Residence, Spy Cats, Spy Dogs, Spy Pups