SLANZA Sessions

Welcome Library lovers to SLANZA SESSIONS, a radio show and podcast to celebrate school libraries, and all of the people who inhabit them. Local Manawatū school librarians Alan Dingley, Sasha Eastwood and Chris Auer, will be bringing you interviews, reviews, views and more. We want to share our love of books for youth and young people, and our passion for school libraries. We will be asking questions and seeking answers about how we can all ensure the School Library maintains its valuable place in the NZ literacy and education landscape.

SLANZA Sessions Episode 44 - Tamaki Makaurau

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

11-12
31:45

SLANZA Sessions Episode 43 - SLANZA President Leonie Grisby

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.

10-22
31:00

SLANZA Sessions Episode 42 - POST CONFERENCE 2024

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)

10-08
32:02

SLANZA Sessions Episode 41 - BOOKSTORE DETECTIVES

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.

09-24
32:06

SLANZA Sessions Episode 40 - PUBLIC SCHOOL LIBRARIES COLLABS

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.

09-10
32:18

SLANZA Sessions Episode 39 - Catherine McLoughlan Pengiun Publishing

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: After Penguin Random House's success at the Children and Young People's Book Awards, the crew chat to Catherine O'Loughlan, children's publisher at Penguin Random House. They ask about what it takes for publishers to help authors find their voice, and put great books in the hands of all of our tamariki.

08-27
31:52

SLANZA Sessions Episode 38 - Swapna Haddow

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. Swapna Haddow is this week's guest, and we are all incredibly excited about her new book 'And then...' being used for Aotearoa National Library Week's Story Walk!

08-06
32:20

SLANZA Sessions Episode 37 - What Book Nextcom

'The crew speak to Adele Broadbent. Bookseller, author, and book reviewer whose wonderful site 'What book next?' is a goldmine for students, librarians, teachers, and parents alike!'

07-30
32:04

SLANZA Sessions Episode 36 - NZ Childrens and YA Book Awards

As always, the finalists for the New Zealand Children's and Young People's Book Awards bring great excitement. The team discuss the amazing entries, and even take a cheeky punt at some of the favorites as potential winners.

07-16
31:37

Episode 35 - MATARIKI

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. It's Matariki and the crew decide to be a bit reflective and thankful. They talk about Matariki books, and awesome things that have transpired this year, and the excitement of conference still to come.

07-02
31:58

SLANZA Sessions Episode 34 - Sapling

The Sapling is one of New Zealand's best book review sites for Libarians and book readers everywhere. The Crew chat to tow of the awesome Sapling staff to get the download on how they do it all. Produced by Manawatū People's Radio with the support of NZ On Air.

06-25
31:50

Episode 33 - READ NZ w/ Simie Simpson

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. Our passionate podcasters korero with Simie Simpson from ReadNZ about the amazing mahi they undertake around Aotearia, including Writers In Schools, and other awesome projects.

06-04
30:41

Episode 32 - SLANZA 2024 CONFERENCE

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. It's all go in preparation for the Slanza National conference in Christchurch later this year. We chat to Isabel Milward, one of the awesome organizing committee about all of the exceptional tasty treats on offer.

05-21
31:26

Episode 31 - Megan Daley

We have the incomparable Megan Daley on the show. Australian School Librarian of the year, podcaster, mom, author, and Bee lover in general. We talk Libraries, books, and podcasting!

05-07
32:06

SLANZA Sessions 24-04-2024 Episode 30 - Zac McCallum

The Crew chat with the awesome Zac McCallum, covering the SLANZA Reading Lists and his Storylines work, as well as the ups and downs of being a modern school librarian.

04-24
31:07

SLANZA Sessions 10-04-2024 Episode 29 - National Library Survey

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 chat with Miriam from National libraries about the results from the 2023 School Libraries survey. They touch on everything from pay equity to job satisfaction.

04-09
32:04

SLANZA Sessions 27-03-2024 Episode 28 - 2023 SLANZA Reading Survey

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 our passionate podcasters mull over the SLANZA Schools top books of 2023 survey, and chat about litserv nominations for books that are in your head, or in your heart.

03-26
32:14

SLANZA Sessions 20-03-2024 Episode 27 - Creating School-wide Reading Cultures

The Crew are joined by the awesome Tracy Greenwood from National Library to talk about creating school-wide reading cultures, and modeling Reading for Pleasure.

03-19
32:09

SLANZA Sessions 06-03-2024 Episode 26 - LIT QUIZ

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.

03-05
31:57

SLANZA Sessions 21-02-2024 Episode 25 - HELLO 2024

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.

02-20
32:02

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