Reviewday gets busy!
28/02/2012 by David Maybury · No Comments
We're back after a brief hiatus - namely putting together the next issue of the Inis print edition (it's something very special!) In the run up to the Bologna Book Fair, because it's spring, and because there are so many books to talk about, we'll be releasing twice as many reviews throughout March. Yes, that's not one reviewday... but TWO every week!
Hold onto your hats - and get clicking - this is going to be a busy one. So... what are you reading? (Holds up a copy of Michael Grant's Fear, oh, it is good!)
Stádas na Leabhar Gaeilge do Pháistí
27/02/2012 by Patricia Kennon · No Comments
Tá an-tábhacht ag baint le cur chun cinn na dtéacsanna Gaeilge don aos óg agus tugann Inis an-tacaíocht don ghné thábhacht seo de litríocht an pháiste. Táimid ag súil go mór le comhrá a thosú maidir le stádas na leabhar Gaeilge do pháistí trí bhlaganna a fhoilsiú, a scríobhfaidh foilsitheoirí éagsúla a bhfuil baint acu le leabhair Ghaeilge do pháistí. Beidh peirspictíocht éagsúil le sonrú sna blaganna seachtain i ndiaidh seachtain i rith Mhí Fheabhra agus Mhí na Márta. Scríobhfaid Colmán…
Continue Reading →Monster March Book Bash | COMPETITION
21/02/2012 by David Maybury · No Comments
Fancy spending a morning with bestselling authors Garrett Carr, Don Conroy, Judi Curtin, Oisín McGann and Sarah Webb?
You do? How about winning a family ticket - for 2 children and 2 adults - to the Monster March Book Bash on March 10? Here's your chance!!
All you have to do is tell us who wrote the Alice and Megan series? Was it…
a) Garrett "I keep monsters in my basement" Carr
b) Judi "My two best friends are called Alice and Megan" Curtin
c) Oisín "My Mom says I'm cool" McGann…Continue Reading →
STÁDAS NA LEABHAR GAEILGE DO PHÁISTÍ: A CONVERSATION ABOUT IRISH-LANGUAGE BOOKS FOR CHILDREN
20/02/2012 by Patricia Kennon · No Comments
Tá an-tábhacht ag baint le cur chun cinn na dtéacsanna Gaeilge don aos óg agus tugann Inis an-tacaíocht don ghné thábhacht seo de litríocht an pháiste. Táimid ag súil go mór le comhrá a thosú maidir le stádas na leabhar Gaeilge do pháistí trí bhlaganna a fhoilsiú, a scríobhfaidh foilsitheoirí éagsúla a bhfuil baint acu le leabhair Ghaeilge do pháistí. Beidh peirspictíocht éagsúil le sonrú sna blaganna seachtain i ndiaidh seachtain i rith Mhí Fheabhra agus Mhí na Márta. Scríobhfaid Bridget…
Continue Reading →“Is Féidir Linn! Yes We Can!: Politics and Ideology in Children’s Literature ISSCL conference
17/02/2012 by Patricia Kennon · No Comments
The Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature (ISSCL) will be celebrating its 10th anniversary on Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th February in Dublin City University with a conference entitled “Is Féidir Linn! Yes We Can!: Politics and Ideology in Children’s Literature.” The keynote speaker is Dr Matthew Grenby of Newcastle University and Dr Siobhán Parkinson will give the Children’s Laureate address. With themes varying from Nationalism to Cultural Memory, Ecocriticism to…
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