Welcome back to the blog!

The team behind The Language People — Carmelina Lanza-Volpe (Business Owner), Gail Forrer (Journalist), Nicole Arias (Business Development and Social Media Creator) and Flora Koszorus (Customer Service and Admin) — have come together to create a fresh range of informative and entertaining website content designed to inspire teachers, students and language lovers alike.

Through engaging stories, interviews and features, we will take you beyond the shelves and into the world behind the books we sell — introducing the publishers, authors, educators and ideas that can make a real difference to teaching and learning.

In the first of our new Behind the Book series, journalist Gail Forrer speaks with authors and independent publishers Carmel Davies and Sharon Duff about the power of teaching English through the arts, particularly music, and why creative learning can significantly enhance language development.

You will also discover our monthly Book Spotlight, featuring a selected title of the month, along with our Hows and Whys series, exploring the researchers, educational thinking and real-life experiences behind many of today’s leading ESL and vocational education resources.

We hope these stories will not only inform, but also add another dimension to your professional and personal learning journey.

And the conversation does not stop here — keep an eye on our social media channels for more updates, features, interviews and ideas throughout the year.