Ros Harding
Chair of Judges 2025
I have loved reading from an early age, devouring all the books that I could get my hands on from home, school and my local library in South Wales. After qualifying as a librarian in 2002, I worked for a charity library in London. I started working as a school librarian when I loved to Wrexham in North Wales because it was the only library job available. However, I quickly realised that I found the perfect sector to work in and loved working with children and young people over the next 18 years (and three different schools) to develop a love of reading. In my present role, I support schools in setting up and managing their digital libraries, and so I still get the joy of talking about and promoting books.
While at The King’s School in Chester, I won the SLA’s School Librarian of the Year award, which was one of the proudest moments of my professional life The ‘dream come true’ and highlight of my career though was being a judge for the CKG awards in 2021/22, representing the North West region. It was a difficult time to become a judge, (the 2021 panel didn’t get to meet in person until the 2022 award ceremony), but it was still an incredible experience. I feel very lucky indeed to be Chair of Judges for 2025 and to support this year’s wonderful judges through the process.