I’m so exited to have been invited to run a session talking about the power of reading together and discussing my upcoming book “Unplugged Tots”

In this full-day, in-person conference, we will look at the how storytelling, sharing stories and reading can inform and enrich family learning practice, activities and programmes by exploring themes such as: 

• boosting well-being and relationships by reading together for pleasure 

• optimising learning and engagement by reading together 

• learning maths, science or other subjects through storytelling 

• diffusing difficult situations or talking about challenging topics through storytelling

• dialogic learning and co-creating stories  

• using props and multisensory resources in story building 

• identity and culture formation

• what do stories do: storytelling and cognition 

We will also welcome storytellers and poets to help delegates experience the magic of storytelling and story co-creation first-hand.

The conference includes refreshments, lunch and networking opportunities.

Download the full programme of presentations and workshops

I’ll be with the following speakers and workshop leaders : 

Keynote: Cally Poplak, MD, HarperCollins Children's Books and Farshore on 'The power of reading and being read to'

Speakers: 

Katie Bareham, Doorstep Library
Nicola Wallis, Fitzwilliam Museum
Olivia Richards, The Story Project
Lucy Webber, The Story Museum and Liz Fraser-Betts, The Story Exchange
Nicola Pomery and Mariam de Haan, British Library
Arwenna Davis and Camilla Reid, BookTrust
Gem Smith, Take A Part CIO

Workshops from:

Jeszemma Howl, Fatherhood Institute
Dr Sabine Little, University of Sheffield
Usifu Jalloh, Connection with Wonder
Vanessa Woolf, Connection with Wonder
Emma Leeson, SAPERE
Dr Alastair Daniel, The Story Tent, University of Roehampton
Anna Harriott, Stories in the Dust and Ian Williams, Southampton University