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Space Hop at the House of Commons
The UK launch of Space Hop was celebrated at a Summer Reading Challenge Reception held at the House of Commons on Monday 19 July, with the support of Talis and Peters Bookselling Services. As well as Ed Vaizey, MInister for Culture, Media, Sport and the Communicative Industries, speakers included Michael Rosen, the scheme's Patron, and Alan Davey, chief executive of the Arts Council.
Ed Vaizey MP
l to r Anne Sarrag (The Reading Agency), Lord Tope, Rhydian Peters (Peters Bookselling Services), Michael Rosen, Carl McInerney (Peters Bookselling Services), Sarah Foster (Talis), Miranda McKearney (The Reading Agency).
Podcasts available
Talis have published podcasts from the launch, available on their blog here:
http://blogs.talis.com/panlibus/archives/tag/summer-reading-challenge
featuring interviews with Miranda McKearney (Director, The Reading Agency), Janene Cox (Assistant Director for Cultural Services at Staffordshire County Council ), Helen Boothroyd (Children, Young People & Schools Library Service Manager at Suffolk Libraries/ASCEL) and Fiona MacDonald (Head of Library and Education Services at Walker Books).
