Gradam Réics Carló 2011

31/12/2011 by Patricia Kennon · No Comments

Gradam Réics Carló 2011

Tá sé mar aidhm ag Gradam Réics Carló litríocht Ghaeilge na nÓg a chur chun cinn agus ceiliúradh a dhéanamh ar na leabhair is fearr do pháistí a fhoilsítear chuile bhliain. I rith an fhómhair, roghnaíodh cúig leabhar do ghearrliosta Ghradam Réics Carló: Cócó an Colgán Cairdiúil scríofa ag Ailbhe Nic Giolla Bhrighde agus maisithe ag Brian Fitzgerald (foilsithe ag Futa Fata); Hiúdaí Beag scríofa ag Eithne Ní Ghallchobhair agus maisithe ag Olivia Golden (foilsithe ag…

How to Draw a Dragon!

23/12/2011 by Patricia Kennon · No Comments

Want to learn one last cool skill before 2011 ends? Discover how to draw a dragon with dragonphile and award-winning picturebook author, Emily Gravett here. 

Head-to-Head with Neal Hoskins, WingedChariot Press

19/12/2011 by Tom Donegan · No Comments

WingedChariot Press is an independent publisher of multi-lingual children’s picturebooks, founded in 2005 by Neal Hoskins. In August 2009, they launched Europe’s first ever picturebook app for a mobile device: The Surprise, by Sylvia van Ommen.Five titles have since been produced for the iPhone, iPod Touch and iPad, the most recent being, My House,by Marianne Dubuc, which has been heralded as the first truly bilingual children’s book app.

Education, and specifically language-learning, is at…

Illustrating for Irish-Language Publishers: A Perspective by Steve Simpson

16/12/2011 by Patricia Kennon · No Comments

Nuair a leag mé cos ar thalamh Bhaile Átha Cliath tar éis dom teacht ó Mhanchain déanach sa bhliain 1990, bhí borradh sa thionscal beochain agus gnólachtaí amhail Sullivan Bluth agus Murakami Wolf i gceannas ar an ngnó seo ar fad. Go gairid ina dhiaidh sin, d’iompaigh mé an treo ó bheochain go maisiú leabhar agus is faoin am sin a chuir mé críoch leis an gcéad 2 leabhar páistí i mBéarla sa bhliain 92/93.Fuair mé an chéad bhlaiseadh ar mhaisiú leabhair Ghaeilge do pháistí sa bhliain 2000 leis…

Australia’s First Laureates of Children’s Literature Announced

9/12/2011 by Patricia Kennon · No Comments

Alison Lester and Boori Monty Pryor were appointed as Australia's first Laureates for Children's Literature at a ceremony in Adelaide today. During their two-years as Laureates, they will travel to every state and territory to inspire as many children to read as possible. The Laureateship position was initiated by the Australian Children's Literature Alliance. Pryor, who won the 2011 Prime Minister's award for Children's Fiction, said as Laureate he will continue the work he is already doing,…