If you're a school librarian or simply interested in getting children into books don't miss the annual conference of the School Libraries Association: Opening Doors - Your Library is the Key . Talks will include fiction for children and teenagers, how to encourage reading and the future for school libraries. Children's books illustrator PJ Lynch will show how he uses illustrations to enhance text.

The conference will be held on November 21st and 22nd at the Marino Institute of Education, Dublin. Cost: £35 nonmembers; £30 members. Contact Sue Miller, St Andrews College, Booterstown, Dublin. Phone - (01) 288 2785.