Inis #35
Summer 2011
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FEATURES
1
Editorial
Patricia Kennon & David Maybury
4
‘The Past is a Foreign Country’: Humour and Horror in Terry Deary’s Horrible Histories Series
Margaret Scanlon
12
Children’s Literature, Classics and the City
Susan Cahill
16
Dublin: UNESCO City for Literature
Catherine Duffy
22
Poetry, Voices and Echoes: The Soundings Collection
Kevin Kiely
32
Of Avatars and the Man: The Virtues of Virtual Reality in Conor Kostick’s Fiction
Amanda Piesse
38
Léiriú ar an Tíogar Ceilteach i Litríocht Ghaeilge na nÓg
Ríona Nic Congail
48
The Bisto Children’s Book of the Year Awards 2011
REVIEWS
52
Reviews Round-Up
54
Clearing the Fog: Milo and the Restart Button
60
Never Just Black or White: A Monster Calls
68
Múineann Gá Seift: Cad a Tharla don Eolaí Óg?
74
Music Will Set You Free: The Real Rebecca
78
A Taste of Things to Come: Children’s Cookbooks
84
Pulling No Punches: Being Billy
88
A Pound of Flesh: Bruised
92
The Divided Self: Flip
