2021

2020

  • Oct 2020: Podcast (United Kingdom) – from Page to Practice – discussion of Jamie Thom’s book “Quiet”
  • Aug 2020: Springshare Springy Camp (online presentation) – Libguides Beyond the Library
  • Mar 2020: Education Research Reading Room Podcast (Australian) – Online Learning a Teacher Librarian’s Perspective
  • Jan 2020: WABLabs, Beijing China – Teacher Workshop – Integrating literature into the curriculum

2019

  • Sep 2019: NEEV Literature Festival, Bangalore, India. Part of the panel of judges for the annual Neev Children’s Literature award.  
    • Workshop – Books & Beyond – Inquiry meets storytelling to build bridges using the UN Global Goals.

Books & Beyond: Inquiry meets Storytelling to build bridges using the UN Global Goals — led a (90 min) workshop, together with Katie Day, at the Neev Literature Festival: Taking Children’s Literature Seriously: Bangalore, India, September 20-21, 2019.

  • Mar 2019: Workshop at EARCOS librarian workshop (Taipei, Taiwan) – Pimp my (lib)Guide

2018

  • Sep 2018: NEEV Literature Festival, Bangalore, India. Part of the panel of judges for the annual Neev Children’s Literature award.
    • Presentation – What when a child won’t read.
    • Workshop – Using Empathy Mapping with Picture Books.
  • Feb 2018: ECIS Library conference, Chennai, India – Converting reluctant readers through social belonging
  • Jan 2018: 21st Century Learning, Hong Kong, China – Combining the digital and physical to Blokes with Books

2017

  • Dec 2017: Asia-Pacific International Schools Conference 2017, (Hong Kong) Workshop: Blokes with books – can social belonging impact on reading motivation and skill for young boys?
  • Oct 2017: Academic Honesty, presentation and workshops for teachers in Grades 1-3; 4-6; and secondary (Singapore)
  • Sep 2017: NEEV Literature Festival, Bangalore, India Part of the panel of judges for the inaugural Neev Children’s Literature award –
    • Kindergarten workshop; Presentation on classroom libraries to teachers;
    • panel co-moderator Trends and Traditions in Literature; 
    • presentation to participants – “Read to Grow, Grow to Read”
  • May 2017: Asian Festival of Children’s Content, Singapore – Blokes with Books, communal reading
  • Feb 2017: Librarian Knowledge Sharing Workshop, UWCSEA-East, Singapore, Presentation: Blokes with Books – social belonging for reluctant readers

2015

  • May 2015: Multilingualism Conference UWCSEA-East Singapore – Presentation: Chasing the Chinese Dragon
  • Feb 2015: Librarian’s Knowledge Sharing Workshop, Shrewsbury International School, Bangkok, Presentation: Information Literacy – Beyond Search and Cite.

2014