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		<title>A drought stricken billabong&#8230;or an oasis of cool? News from Australian High School Libraries</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Feb 2012 09:05:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we have a guest post from Tracy Dawson, teacher librarian at Parkes High School in New South Wales, Australia. I first visited Tracy&#8217;s library last year while working with the literacy scheme Paint the Town REaD. I was impressed by the vibrant, witty and hip vibe of this rural high school library &#8211;&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=607&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New at Role/Reboot: Matt on Heroism, Masculinity and Elementary School</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Feb 2012 18:06:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You think you know fear? I was only knee-deep in icy seawater, but that was enough. Beside me, a half-dozen anxious Moms formed a loose human chain. We were trying to cordon off a horde of 6-year-olds, cheerfully running amok at the water’s edge. My eyes flicked around the shoreline, trying to keep track of&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=635&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Australian National Year of Reading launches with Paint the Town REaD</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Feb 2012 08:05:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Australia&#8217;s National Year of Reading 2012 was launched today, 14 February, in the capital city, Canberra. My colleagues Barbie and Rhonda of Paint the Town REaD were on hand to celebrate the launch with David Bradbury, MP for Penrith. Paint the Town REaD is an early literacy scheme that inspires Aussies to read, talk, sing,&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=622&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Matt joins Advisory Board of Behind the Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 20:25:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m pleased to announce that I&#8217;ve been appointed to the Advisory Board of Behind the Book, the non-profit organisation which gives students in NYC public schools the chance to learn from published authors and illustrators. Further to my work designing K-12 curriculum for Behind the Book in 2011, I&#8217;ll be supporting them as they build&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=615&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Matt takes on the modern cowboy in TV&#8217;s &#8220;Justified&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 20:02:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I ran workshops for high schoolers at the University of London, I always encouraged the students to discuss gender roles. Whenever possible, I included sessions on Angela Carter, Naomi Wolf&#8217;s The Beauty Myth, and the great Leonora Carrington. This week, I&#8217;ve got a new piece up at the culture and gender site Role/Reboot, discussing&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=597&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>New Zealand Libraries: Quiet Innovation</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jan 2012 21:25:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Over on my Tumblr page there&#8217;s a new post with a brief interview. Corin Haines of Auckland Libraries &#8211; whose Central Library recently hosted to an impromptu gig by alternative cabaret act The Dresden Dolls &#8211; took the time for a quick chat about notions of what libraries, and literacy, can be. See the post&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=592&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Diane Wolkstein &#8211; Storytelling across cultures from Australia to NYC</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Jan 2012 11:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is the universe made of stories? Human beings can&#8217;t keep from telling tales, or listening to them – whether it&#8217;s creation myths or the &#8220;grand narratives&#8221; of science and politics, flights of fantasy or just an answer to the question, &#8220;So what did you do today?&#8221; For more than four decades, one woman has sustained the tradition of&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=568&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Nikky Smedley &#8211; Storytelling for Young Children in 2012</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 20:08:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Nikky Smedley, the performer, storyteller and choreographer best known for her role as the Teletubby Laa Laa, first appeared on my site back in 2010, when she took her children&#8217;s dance show The Tell Woman on tour in the UK. On the eve of my interview with New York&#8217;s official storyteller Diane Wolkstein, Nikky joins&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=576&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Matt reports on NYC Kids&#8217; Food Festival</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 20:16:28 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[You can see my latest community events piece, on New York&#8217;s First Annual Kids&#8217; Food Festival,at http://www.dnainfo.com/20120123/midtown/kids-learn-about-healthy-eating-bryant-park More from NYC soon&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=562&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Matt&#8217;s Review of 2011</title>
		<link>http://matthewfinch.me/2012/01/17/matts-review-of-2011/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Jan 2012 22:03:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[12 months ago, I couldn&#8217;t imagine that 2011 could top a year that included a speech at the House of Commons and two half-marathons, one of them raising funds for the literacy volunteers at Volunteer Reading Help. As it turned out, January 2011 marked the beginning of even more travel and adventures than I&#8217;d expected. Arriving in New York to work&#8230;<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=matthewfinch.me&amp;blog=21331099&amp;post=550&amp;subd=booksadventures&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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