Home arrow Children's Book Festival arrow CBF Archive 07-09 arrow 2009 Media Coverage
CBF 2009: Press clippings and media coverage Print E-mail

Here are some highlights from press coverage of the festival so far: newsboy.jpg

Lead in/ Week 1:

Author/ Vet Susan E Connolly talks about balancing her two work passions in the Evening Herald 10/9/09 (read online)
 
Food for thought from author Sarah Webb in the
 
Mary Arrigan discusses top reads for very young readers in the

Sarah Rees Brennan answers some cultural questions in the

Nadine O'Regan previes the festival in the Sunday Business Post 26/9/09 (PDF)
 
Sarah Rees Brennan tells us about some of her favourite friends in the
 
CBI, Philip Ardagh and students from Griffeen Valley Educate Together kick-off the festival in style on RTE's News2Day 29/9/09 (video - requires Real Player)
 
Sarah Webb discusses the festival and her career as a writer with young interviewers on RTE's Kazoo TV 29/9/09 (web video)
 
Fiona McCann talks festival and favourite children's books on her excellent Pursued by a Bear blog 30/9/09
 
Tom Donegan and Cliodhna Lyons talk festival, reading habits and 24 Hour Comic Book Day on the City Channel 30/9/09 (video - requires Real Player)
 
Festival preview and book review on TV3's Ireland AM 1/10/09 (web video)
 
Sarah Webb (wearing her journalist hat this time!) picks out her festival highlights in the Irish Independant 2/10/09 (read online)

Week 2:

24 Hour Comic Day selected as a 'great day out' in the Irish Independant 3/10/09 (JPG)
 
News from Cork in two pieces from the Evening Echo 3/10/09 - launch (JPG) and Judi Curtin (JPG) both featured.
 
Nice overview of the festival plus CBF authors' favourite books in the Irish Post 3/10/09 (JPG)
 
New CBF competition announced in the Sunday Independant 4/10/09 (PDF)

Sarah Webb continues her media blitz in the Irish Examiner 9/10/09

Week 3:

Philip Ardagh interviewed plus famous faces' favouite childhood reads in the

Celine Kiernan is faces a Q&A grilling from the Sunday Independant 18/10/09 (JPG)

 
[ Back ]
July 2010 August 2010
Mo Tu We Th Fr Sa Su
Week 26 1 2 3 4
Week 27 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Week 28 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
Week 29 19 20 21 22 23 24 25
Week 30 26 27 28 29 30 31





Lost Password?
No account yet? Register

Coming Up

Little Island Launch Summer YA Titles!
August 04, 2010 (6:00 pm)
(Dun Laoghaire/Rathdown) All are welcome to join Little Island for a celebration of the new young adult novels NEW TOWN SOUL by Dermot Bolger...
Monsters Attack Downpatrick!
August 07, 2010 (11:00 am)
(Northern Ireland) As Part of the IMAGINE festival join Garrett Carr, author of The Badness of Ballydog (the first of a trilogy of...
National Print Museum - Calligraphy & Crafts Workshop
August 09, 2010 (9:30 am)
(Dublin City) Date: Monday 9th August 2010 Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm OR 1.30pm – 4.30pm Ages: 8-12 years old Cost: €30 Details:...
Natinal Print Museum - Bookmaking Workshop
August 10, 2010 (9:30 am)
(Dublin City) Date: Tuesday 10th August 2010 Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm OR 1.30pm – 4.30pm Ages: 8-12 years old Cost: €30 Details:...
Natinal Print Museum - Papermaking Workshop
August 11, 2010 (9:30 am)
(Dublin City) Date: Wednesday 11th August 2010 Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm OR 1.30pm – 4.30pm Ages: 8-12 years old Cost: €30 Details:...
Natinal Print Museum - Batik Workshop
August 12, 2010 (9:30 am)
(Dublin City) Date: Thursday 12th August 2010 Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm OR 1.30pm – 4.30pm Ages: 8-12 years old Cost: €30 Details:...
Natinal Print Museum - Printmaking Workshop
August 13, 2010 (9:30 am)
(Dublin City) Date: Friday 13th August 2010 Time: 9.30am – 12.30pm OR 1.30pm – 4.30pm Ages: 8-12 years old Cost: €30 Details:...
ENCHANTED AT GARTER LANE GALLERIES
August 13, 2010 (10:00 am)
(Waterford City) Ravenous Beasts, princesses in distress, weird and wonderful creatures are just some of the features of Enchanted....