GETTING GLASGOW READING

KAREN CUNNINGHAM

HEAD OF GLASGOW LIBRARIES

Gallus Glaswegian

What’s in a name?GlasgwegianParticipationLibrary basedProfile local writersLiteracy

The Festival Experience

The MitchellBrandingCafé barBookshopBorrowingGreen room

SCHOOLS PROGRAMME

• Free transport - Class Connections• Over 13,000 Children• Over 130 weekday sessions from nursery

to secondary school.• Books to Go • Poetry Slam• Groups from over 180 schools, homework

clubs and family centres attended. • 68% from SIP areas

Poetry Slam

6 Glasgow schools4 Local authorities700 children

Audience Growth

•2005 - 15,000 participants•2009 – 28,000 participants• A further 10,000 people came to the

Mitchell to browse and buy in the bookshop use the festival café and soak up the atmosphere

Over 60,000 People Took Part

Main Programme

28,000

School's Programme

13,000

City-Wide Read 20,000

From pre-fives to over 70’s all age groups took part

aged 31-50

39.2%

aged 16-30

16.9%

aged over 51

44%

Adult Non Fiction (9.7% Increase)

500,000

520,000

540,000

560,000

580,000

600,000

Adult Non Fiction 528,822 580,173

2008 2009

68% of children/young people participating in the education programme came from socially disadvantaged areas.

GET GLASGOW READING

“Give your kid a better chance”

Our kids aren’t bad, they just need a bit more support

Great Books to Read Aloud

Read Together

Bounce and RhymeToddlers TalesStory TimesNursery visitsWeb site

Enough books

Junior Fiction (9.6% Increase)

480,000

490,000500,000

510,000520,000

530,000540,000

550,000560,000

570,000

Junior Fiction 508,797 557,485

2008 2009

Services for schools

StorytellingEducation VisitsReading ChallengeICT VisitsFiction VisitsLibrary Tours

Anne Frank Exhibition

History of Glasgow Bus Tour

Welcome and IntroductionBurnsMitchell LibraryScots WordPoemScots Language QuizPoemChildren’s songs and poems

Scots Wha Hae• Welcome• Mitchell Library• Patron saints• Flag• Other Scottish Symbols• Famous Battles• Quiz

From knife crime City to Reading City