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Diana Esland

Position: Head of English

School: The Mary Erskine School, Edinburgh

Qualifications: BA (Hons) English, PGCE

Experience: Diana used to work in industry and for a charity but her desire to share and spread the joy of reading and the written word proved too much, so she became a teacher in 1996

Summary

Having been involved in the Carnegie shadowing project Diana is now promoting reading by any means possible, including projects with authors, having a team in and helping to organize the World Final of the Kids’ Lit Quiz (Edinburgh 2010) and liaising with librarians.

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