The winners of the 22nd annual CBI Book of the Year Awards have been announced! This year’s awards were presented by Fergus Finlay yesterday at a ceremony in Wood Quay, Dublin. Friends, families and colleagues of the nine shortlisted authors and illustrators gathered to see the six CBI Awards dished …

We’ve just landed back down to earth after a thrilling weekend at this year’s CBI annual conference, Weaving a Shared Story, which took place Saturday and Sunday the 19th and 20th of May. Time to gather our thoughts about what was an informative, inspiring and, above all, fun-filled two days at …

The Irish Museum of Modern Art last year invited Laureate na n’Óg Siobhán Parkinson to write a new trail for children featuring its outdoor artworks. The museum was looking for a more literary approach to its sculptures that would encourage families to explore artworks through the eyes and words of …

We’re slaving away here at CBI towers getting everything ready for this weekend’s conference, Weaving a Shared Story, at the National Library on Kildare Street! Check out our pretty badges and bags! Oooh…aaah!

We’re really looking forward to seeing all your lovely faces at the weekend. If you haven’t booked…

We’ve been a bit quiet here on the blog over the past few days, only because we’re currently whirling about preparing the final bits and bobs for the CBI annual conference, Weaving a Shared Story, which is taking place this weekend, Saturday 19th and Sunday 20th May. We’re terribly …

Quite a mixed bag as it turns out! Feast your eyes on all the books we’ve been devouring this week at CBI Towers…

Greedy Jenny is reading not one, but two books: Insurgent by Veronica Roth and Fracture by Megan Miranda. Jenny has just started Insurgent and is really looking …

Attention all you talented young writers!! Have you heard about the Guardian Hot Key Books Young Writers Prize? The competition is open to writers aged 18 to 25 residing anywhere in the world, who could win the chance to be published by Hot Key Books and an advance of £10,000.…

Earlier today, President Michael D Higgins announced Niamh Sharkey as Laureate na nOg 2012 -2014. You can read more about the project here and about Niamh here.

Stay tuned and we’ll have photos and footage for today’s special event available soon!

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