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.

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

SLANZA Sessions 27-12-2023 Episode 24 - 2023 REVIEW

We have survived 2023, so Alan, Sash and Chris have a chat about how it's gone. The highlights, their favorite moments, and of course how cool it is doing a podcast together!

12-26
31:41

SLANZA Sessions 13-12-2023 Episode 23 - BOOK TO MOVIE

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.

12-12
32:03

SLANZA Sessions 29-11-2023 Episode 22 - BOOK HUB

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: Bookhub is an exciting new website that helps readers find their favourite reads at NZ booksellers. We chat with Tony Moores Chair of BSNZ BookHub project about the passion behind this project.

11-28
31:52

SLANZA Sessions 15-11-2023 Episode 21 - BOOK REVIEW SITES

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.

11-14
32:01

SLANZA Sessions 01-11-2023 Episode 20 - NAT 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.

10-31
32:09

SLANZA Sessions 18-10-2023 Episode 19 - TERM 4

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.

10-17
31:55

SLANZA Sessions 04-10-2023 Episode 18 - Post 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.

10-03
30:18

SLANZA Sessions 20-09-2023 Episode 17 - Teritary Grants

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. SLANZA/LIANZA tertiary grounds open in October! On this week's podcast, the team chat about opportunities for qualifications and grants available to all of you awesome Librarians (current and new) out there.

09-19
32:01

SLANZA Sessions 06-09-2023 Episode 16 - Absence of School Libraries

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.

09-05
32:18

SLANZA Sessions 23-08-2023 Episode 15 - Reading for Pleasure

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.

08-22
34:30

SLANZA Sessions 02-08-2023 Episode 14 - GRAPHIC NOVELS

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.

08-01
32:40

SLANZA Sessions 19-07-2023 Episode 13 - What Is A "Classic"?

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. On this episode: Sash, Chris and Alan ask the crazy questions Who/What?Why/how about children’s Classics?

07-18
31:44

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