I have been a Library technician running the school library at Forest Hill College, a government co-education school in Melbourne, for the past 11 years. I am active in SLAV, presenting at the 2024 SLAV Conference and at a number of webinars. Have also presented webinars for Eduwebinars, and ALIA Schools. I am active in a number of local library networking groups and facilitate a local Oliver user group. As well as running the school library, I am also responsible for marketing for Forest Hill College, with includes running the school social media, maintaining the school website, and co-ordinating the marketing for school events. My passion is advocating for school libraries, reading, and promoting Australian authors and illustrators, whilst keeping the school library a vibrant and relevant part of the school community. I have an active social media presence for my school library on Instagram (@fhclibrary), with over 16,000 Followers around the world. This has allowed me to network with authors and other Bookstagrammers and I regularly attend author events and book launches to support the local writing community.

Madison Dearnaley is passionate about school libraries. She is the Head of Library Services at St Paul’s School, Queensland, Australia, where she leads her school library with a focus on supporting innovation, creativity, and wellbeing. Madison also writes about children’s and YA literature and all things school libraries on her website madisonslibrary.com, where she creates and curates professional learning for school library professionals.