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A Day in the Life – the CBI Conference and Thoughts for Writers | Sarah Webb

January 25, 2015 By achuka Leave a Comment

I know many of you could not make the Children’s Books Ireland Conference today in the Lexicon Library in Dun Laoghaire, here are some notes and thoughts on the day…

via A Day in the Life – the CBI Conference and Thoughts for Writers | Sarah Webb : Irish Author – Writer of Popular Fiction and Children’s Books.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: CBI, conference, Ireland

Protest At Cut To O’Brien Press – Letter To Irish Times

December 5, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

Signatories including Robert Dunbar and John Boyne sign protest letter to Irsih Times

irishtimes

This newspaper recently published a profile of Michael O’Brien whose O’Brien Press celebrated 40 years of publishing this year. “Down the years, the company has broken new ground for the domestic trade in the fields of culture, conservation and environment, true crime and, most strikingly, children’s literature,” Mick Heaney commented in his profile.
How disappointing then to learn that the Arts Council has chosen to reward this 40 years of achievement by handing the press an 84 per cent reduction in its grant – from €63,000 in 2014 to a mere €10,000 in 2015.
It achieved this drastic cut by moving the publisher from regular funding to the Title-by-Title Scheme, a scheme designed to support the costs of individual titles by publishers not in receipt of any other funding.
Of the 14 titles submitted by O’Brien Press, a mere two were funded. The clear signal from the council is that Ireland’s leading publisher of children’s books, and one of Ireland’s leading publishers of adult books is undeserving of serious support.

via Arts Council cut to O’Brien Press.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: Ireland, Irish, support

Irish Book Awards Winner – “Junior”

November 27, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

 

The winner

Shh! We Have a Plan

Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton

Shortlist

Brian and the Vikings

Brian and the Vikings by Chris Judge and Mark Wickham

Specs for Rex

Specs for Rex by Yasmeen Ismail

TiN

TiN by Chris Judge

 

http://www.irishbookawards.ie/award/specsavers-childrens-book-of-the-year-junior/

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: awards, Ireland, Irish, prizes

Irish Book Award Winner – “Senior”

November 27, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

Irish Book Awards Winner

 

The winner

Moone Boy

Moone Boy by Chris O’Dowd and Nick Vincent Murphy

Shortlist

Apple and Rain

Apple and Rain by Sarah Crossan

Brilliant

Brilliant by Roddy Doyle

Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light

Skulduggery Pleasant: The Dying of the Light by Derek Landy

http://www.irishbookawards.ie/award/specsavers-childrens-book-of-the-year-senior/

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: awards, Ireland, Irish, prizes

CBI reveals Stories Are For Everyone line-up – includes Dav Pilkey!

October 9, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) has announced the line-up for Stories Are For Everyone, a year-long campaign to get children across Ireland reading.
 
Throughout October, the first month of the campaign, local authors including Louise O’Neill, Nicola Pierce and Andrew Whitsun, will read from their books in libraries and schools, alongside international authors such as the German writer Binette Schroeder, American Dav Pilkey and Jeremy Strong from the UK.

via CBI reveals Stories Are For Everyone line-up | The Bookseller.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: campaign, Dav Pilkey, Ireland

Great books for younger readers this summer – Independent.ie

July 15, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

Sarah Webb’s summer children’s books roundup for the Irish Independent:

http://www.independent.ie/life/family/parenting/great-books-for-younger-readers-this-summer-30424414.html

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: Ireland, review, reviews, roundup

The doom-mongers were wrong, the kids are all write – Independent.ie

May 19, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

Sarah Webb, writing in the Irish Independent:

THERE has been a lot of doom and gloom about the state of the Irish book trade in the press recently. Happily, however, children’s books are holding their own and now account for up to 25 per cent of overall book sales, a figure which is increasing year on year.

via The doom-mongers were wrong, the kids are all write – Independent.ie.

The next big event on the calendar is the Children Books Ireland Conference, where our newly minted Laureate will be joined by fashion illustrator and milliner turned book guru David Roberts (Dirty Bertie), spoken word darling and best friend of Adele (yes, that Adele), Laura Dockrill, and US picture book maker, Leslie Patricelli.

Taking place at the cool Lighthouse Cinema in Smithfield, Dublin, next Saturday and Sunday, it’s a must for anyone who wants to find out more about children’s books.

For further info about the world of children’s books visit www.childrensbooksireland.ie

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: book, Colfer, Dublin, Ireland, MArybury, printed

It’s ‘Gone Girl’ for teens in a very lucrative market

May 16, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

There was a time when contemporary Irish fiction for young adults was thin on the ground.

Not so any more, says Irish author Natasha Mac a’Bháird. “I was always disappointed when I was younger that there were so few books set in Ireland. But I love reading teenage fiction now. You get to read about the Leaving Cert instead of high school or A Levels.”

Natasha’s latest book, her first for teenagers, is Missing Ellen, and it tells the story of the friendship between Maggie and Ellen.

via It’s ‘Gone Girl’ for teens in a very lucrative market – Independent.ie.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: fiction, Ireland, Irish, teen, YA

Eoin Colfer is third Laureate na nÓg for children’s literature

May 9, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

irishtimesNovelist Eoin Colfer has been named as the third Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s laureate for children’s literature.
The former primary school teacher, best known for his Artemis Fowl series, said: “I feel incredibly honoured and incredibly petrified to be taking on the Laureate mantle” after the work of his predecessors Siobhán Parkinson and Niamh Sharkey.

via Eoin Colfer is third Laureate na nÓg for children’s literature – Book News | Literature & Book Reviews & Headlines |The Irish Times – Thu, May 08, 2014.

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Shortlist 2014 | Childrens Books Ireland

March 18, 2014 By achuka Leave a Comment

The shortlist for the 24th CBI Book of the Year Awards was revealed today, Tuesday March 18th 2014. Each of the eight titles will compete for the high caliber awards, which includes the innovative ‘Children’s Choice Award’ voted for by young readers located across the country. The winners will be announced at a ceremony to be held on May 13th.

The shortlisted titles are:

The Sleeping Baobab Tree by Paula Leyden

Warp The Reluctant Assassin by Eoin Colfer

Heart Shaped by Siobhán Parkinson

Hagwitch by Marie- Louise Fitzpatrick

Too Many Ponies by Sheena Wilkinson

Skulduggery Pleasant Last Stand of Dead Men by Derek Landy

Mysterious Traveller illustrated by P.J. Lynch

The Day the Crayons Quit illustrated by Oliver Jeffers

 

via Shortlist 2014 | Childrens Books Ireland.

Filed Under: Blog, Books Tagged With: awards, CBI, Ireland, Irish, prizes

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