Library of the Month and WBD!

On Feb 20

A very belated congratulations to Kilfinaghty Library, Sixmilebridge, Co Clare for winning our facebook Library of the Month competition for January. What do you mean you haven’t nominated your favourite library yet? All you have to do is head over to our facebook page, upload a picture of the library in …

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Childhood, Ireland and Fiction

On Feb 20

Wednesday 15th February saw CBI head to the National Library of Ireland for Dr Pádraic Whyte’s lecture ‘It’s Not the Past that Matters, it’s the Way you See it’: Childhood, Ireland and Children’s Fiction. This lecture was organised in conjunction with the photographic exhibition Small Lives- Photographs of Irish …

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Nominate your next Laureate na nÓg!

On Feb 14

The deadline for nominations for the next Laureate na nÓg is fast approaching.

This important initiative was instigated in 2010 with the inauguration of Siobhán Parkinson as Ireland’s first ever children’s laureate. Siobhán will complete her imaginative and successful term in May 2012, so the time has come to nominate …

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Giddy Studios Art Camps

On Feb 13

Giddy Studios have some great art camps coming up to keep the kids occupied during midterm and easter breaks! Each day the kids will leave with fantastic spring-themed works of art. Activities covered include pottery painting, keyring making, paper crafts, clay and fabric work and beading work.

February mid-term camp:…

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And The Nation’s All-Time Favourite is:

On Feb 6

Voters across Ireland have chosen John Boyne’s The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas as their all-time favourite of the 21 books which have won the annual Bisto Children’s Book of the Year Award since the awards began in 1990!

The Bisto Ballot was launched in March 2011 to mark the …

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