40 primary teachers, librarians and educationalists attended our recent Reading for pleasure conference with the British Library. Chaired by Guardian Children’s books editor Julia Eccleshare, there were talks by Konnie Huq, James Clements, Cathy Spence from Great Malvern Primary School and Ben Lyttleton, and workshops delivered by Sally Kindberg, NewsWise and The National Literacy Trust. Delegates also took part in activities in the British Library’s Marvellous and Mischievous: Literature’s Young Rebels exhibition.

50 secondary teachers, librarians and educationalists attended the Guardian Education Centre and British Library’s latest Reading for pleasure conference. Chaired by Guardian Children’s books editor Julia Eccleshare, there were talks from Piers Torday and Non Pratt, and good practice workshops from the English and Media Centre, BookTrust, British Library, cartoonist Harry Venning and Deputy Headteacher Mark Warner. Delegates also had an opportunity to visit the Writing: Marking Your Mark exhibition.

40 primary teachers, librarians and educationalists attended our recent Reading for pleasure conference. Chaired by Guardian Children’s books editor Julia Eccleshare, there were talks and good practice workshops from Candy Gourlay, Catherine Millar, Gary Northfield and Prue Goodwin, The National Literacy Trust and NewsWise.

40 primary teachers, librarians and educationalists attended our recent Reading for pleasure conference. Chaired by Julia Eccleshare, there were talks from Benji Davies, Andy Young and Joseph Coelho. There were good practice workshops led by Jim Sells (NLT), Emily Drabble (BookTrust), Charlotte Hacking (CLPE), NewsWise, and Simon Mole.

60 teachers, librarians, and educationalists attended the Guardian Education Centre and British Library’s latest Reading for pleasure conference. Chaired by Julia Eccleshare, delegates had talks from authors John Agard and Patrice Lawrence. There were sessions and good practice workshops from Andrew McCallum, Galia Admoni, The National Literacy Trust, Matt Finch, Lucas Maxwell and Claire Armitstead. Delegates also visited the Windrush: Songs in a Strange Land exhibition.

45 primary teachers, librarians and educationalists attended our recent Reading for pleasure conference. Chaired by Julia Eccleshare and Claire Armitstead there were talks from Francesca Simon, Emma Carroll and Prue Goodwin. There were good practice workshops led by Catherine Millar, Sally Kindberg, The National Literacy Trust and Simon Mole

75 teachers, librarians and educationalists attended the Guardian Education Centre’s latest Reading for pleasure conference on Friday 24 November with the British Library. Chaired by Julia Eccleshare, delegates had talks from authors Nick Mohammed and Maz Evans, educationalist James Clements and senior teacher Catherine Millar. There were good practice workshops from CLPE, BookTrust and the British Library learning team. The afternoon session took place at the Library and included a visit to the Harry Potter: A History of Magic exhibition.

The Guardian Education Centre conference for primary school teachers and librarians explored strategies to engage young people with reading, putting books at the heart of learning. The conference was chaired by Guardian children’s books editor Julia Eccleshare.