SLANZA Sessions

The crew chat about qualifications, upskilling, and just generally sourcing the gold that is out there for librarians to become even more awesome.

SLANZA Sessions crew chats about the 2024 SLANZA Reading Survey with Kirsty Adam, from James Hargest College What is trending, and what is saying comfortably the same?

We discuss the beginning of the school year with Garin College's Mandy Ditzel, covering everything from hooking kids in, to Girls Own Adventures!

The lovely Lauryn Urquhart joins us to chat about the new Collected magazine (that she slaved over) that has just dropped, containing all sorts of Conference loveliness.

A radio show and podcast to celebrate school libraries and all of the people who inhabit them, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of NZ On Air. This week: AI is coming, and the crew have decided they needed to educate themselves. So, they talk to the awesome Kristy from Wellington Girls College (and Wellington's SLANZA rep) to chat about her AI musings.

The crew talk to the awesome Trena from Tamaki Makaurau about her awesome summer Reading programmes, and the importance that these programs have going forward.

A radio show and podcast to celebrate school libraries and all of the people who inhabit them, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of NZ On Air. This Week: The SLANZA Sessions crew talk to new SLANZA President Leonie Grigsby, who chats about vision, communication, and how SLANZA truly is.

A radio show and podcast to celebrate school libraries and all of the people who inhabit them, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of NZ On Air. Alan Dingley, Sasha and Alan discuss the awesomeness that was the 2024 SLANZA Conference in Christchurch. (Chris just nods along)

A radio show and podcast to celebrate school libraries and all of the people who inhabit them, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of NZ On Air. This week: The team interrogates the darstardly independent bookseller Louise Ward, as she comes clean on her history, how criminally awesome Wardinis is, and how she was sentenced to was to write a book with her husband Gareth.

A radio show and podcast to celebrate school libraries and all of the people who inhabit them, produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of NZ On Air. This week: The mercurial Miriam from Services to Schools at National Library joins the crew in studio. They discuss how public and school libraries have so much in common, that working together is the only way forward.