To register your reading group to take part, please complete the form on this page below and return along with the registration fee of ÂŁ10* by Friday 15th March to: Cath Skipper, SLANI Secretary Campbell College, Belmont Road, Belfast. BT4 2ND. Reading Group/School Name Contact Email address * Registration fee covers promotional items such as posters and bookmarks, and also gives access to supplementary materials for shadowing groups and the finale event.
Information about the Award The shortlist was drawn up following a list of nominations from those with school library responsibility that met the following criteria: Published between 1st July 2017 and 30th June 2018 Fiction for the children’s or young adult market, with YA protagonists A debut author (or an established author writing for this audience for the first time) Written in English, or translated in to English for the first time within the time period stated above. Northern Ireland Book Award Shadowing will run throughout April and May, and the winners of the Book Award will be decided by the reading groups taking part. The finale event will be held in June. Schools can take advantage of the Education Authority’s discount and place orders for each of the titles through them using the form below. The pack of 6 books should cost around £30, including servicing. Please return this form to the Education Authority by Friday 8th March in order to allow for books to be ordered and delivered for April. Please contact Janet Compston if you have any queries. There is a NIBA twitter feed which you can follow at @NI_BookAward for updates, EDUCATION LIBRARY SERVICE and you can find our AF1 website here: https://nibookaward.wixsite.com/nibookaward Additional Funding
EDUCATION LIBRARY SERVICE
AF1
Additional Funding
School _________________________________________ Cost Centre Code __________
We wish to purchase stock for the school library through the Education Library Service to a maximum net value of ÂŁ______________.
Source of funding (Please specify) e.g. School funds, PTA etc
We understand that payment will not be requested until the bulk of the stock has been supplied.
Signature ________________________________________(Principal)
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Please return to: Janet Compston Senior Education Librarian Education Authority, Library Headquarters, 1 Markethill Road, Armagh BT60 1NR Email: janet.compston@eani.org.uk