This week has been a significant one for National Campaign for the Arts. Last night, I was sitting with more than 70 colleagues from the arts world as the Dail debated a private members motion about the arts and particularly about the changes under discussion by the Department of …

We’re eating our way through the books these days! Here are this week’s picks…

Nicola is, shockingly, NOT reading a picture book this week! She was seduced by the pretty, pretty cover of Finding Violet Park by Jenny Valentine and is loving it! Told in the first person in the …

Who made it out to the National College of Art and Design degree show this year? Team CBI took a trip down to NCAD’s Thomas Street campus last weekend to take a look at the work of this year’s crop of new artists and designers, and we were mightily impressed …

Phew! The month of May was a busy one for us here in CBI, what with the Book of the Year Awards and the Annual Conference! While we did have SO much fun, we have to be honest, it’s nice to finally be able to kick back and relax with …