2022 Readers' advisory seminar 17 March online

The focus of the seminar this year is the fantasy genre and technical skills.

All the seminar is on the one video. There is no video of the breakout room sessions.

Seminar program

9.30 - 9.40

9.40 - 10.40 Alex Brown - Fantasy trends including young adult titles

Alex Brown is a librarian, local historian, author and writer, and an Ignyte Award winning critic. Much of their writing covers Black history, librarianship, YA, and speculative fiction.

For more information about the work of Alex please see their website.

You can see the slides for their presentation here

10.45 - 11.30 Allison from Galaxy Bookshop talking about fantasy trends and topics.

Allison's presentation

11.30 - 11.45 Morning Tea

11.45 - 12.15 5 minute talks

12.15 - 12.30 Breakout session for morning talks & RA tools

Breakout groups to be moderated and questions provided

12.30 - 1.30 Lunch

1.30 - 2.30 Declan Miller from Stick Mob on graphic novels. This is a from a partnership including the Indigenous Literacy Foundation.

2.30 - 2.45 Breakout session

Breakout groups to be moderated and questions provided

2.45 - 3.00pm seeking new volunteers for the steering committee to plan 1 - 3 meetings a year and a seminar. You can volunteer for one year. We will need new volunteers because otherwise there will be no 2023 seminar. It takes 1 - 4 hours a month (but varies each month). Must be able to reply to emails.

Wrap Up and Thank You!

Zoom Poll and (slightly)longer evaluation