Children’s Books Ireland hosts the exciting Children’s Book of the Year Awards. The awards, sponsored by KPMG, aim to recognise excellence in writing and illustration in children’s books in Ireland. …
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Few of us could have imagined the kind of world in which we find ourselves, with all the old certainties blown over like the seeds of a dancing dandelion. Life …
When I was in secondary school, I had an excellent English teacher who was passionate about teaching poetry. We worked from an admittedly intimidating book, four-hundred pages of works from …
Virginia Woolf is one of those authors who, unfortunately, has a reputation for intimidating readers. Having been a massive fan of her since I was a teenager, I thought I …
You’re not supposed to judge books by their covers, but I knew straight away that this one could only contain wonder, beauty, strangeness, and longing for far-away places. And I …
One of my favourite aspects of children’s literature is the way that the unbelievable and impossible become believable and possible. Take for example The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Hugh …
Of course there are plenty of books I have never read, but the ones staring down from my bookshelves really bug me. At some stage I paid good money for …
Imagery and a sense of place are extremely important and add to the full enjoyment of a good novel. These contribute to the proper immersion of the reader within the …
While it may seem unusual to most people to want to be scared when already feeling uneasy, the horror genre has become a place of intrigue rather than fear to …
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