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Literature & Performing Arts Festival

Literature & Performing Arts Festival. 19 th – 23 rd May 2014. What happens next week…?. You should receive your invitations for your allocated sessions this week (in registers). Most people will have at least one of their options.

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Literature & Performing Arts Festival

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  1. Literature & Performing Arts Festival 19th – 23rd May 2014

  2. What happens next week…? • You should receive your invitations for your allocated sessions this week (in registers). • Most people will have at least one of their options. • If you only gave us one or two choices we may not have been able to fit you in. See one of us to see if we have any available slots at the end of this week. • Go to the room on your invitations, at the specified time. • You may also be attending sessions delivered by the 1623 Theatre Company. • Your teachers will be aware of your absence in advance. • There will be books available to buy at the Bali Rai and Meg Rosoff session so bring some money with you on the day. • Any queries – see one of us.

  3. Why do we read?

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  5. So these are all the accepted and established explanations for why reading is good for us but…

  6. Why do other people read?

  7. We decided to go a bit further afield and ask some well known faces via the wonders of Twitter. Here’s who we asked…

  8. …and this is what they said…

  9. Why do you read?

  10. Video of staff and students

  11. But what about people who haven’t had the opportunities in life that we have?

  12. Worldwide efforts to improve literacy and reduce poverty

  13. The Book Bus Project, Zambia

  14. Read International in Tanzania

  15. Reading Stars UK

  16. Use it, don’t lose it…

  17. What are you going to read?

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