Dublin City Council invites people all over the city to take part in the annual One Dublin One Book campaign by reading the same book during the month of April. This year’s chosen title for One Dublin One Book, is "Leonard and Hungry Paul" by Rónán Hession (Bluemoose Books).
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Thursday, 4th March is World Book Day! It continues on from Ireland Reads - Ireland's new national day to celebrate reading - on Thursday, 25th February.
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We have a new national day to celebrate reading and it started on Thursday, 25th February 2021! Everyone was invited to read on this day.
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World Book Night is the annual celebration on 23 April that aims to inspire everyone to pick up a book and share the joy of reading. It is a key part of The Reading Agency's mission to support everyone in reading their way to a better life and using the proven power of reading to promote skills and learning, health and wellbeing, and build connected communities.
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Dublin City Council donated a box of the book History on Your Doorstep (Volume 3) – Bloody Sunday as part of the Decade of Commemorations to Stratford's History department in early December.
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The Young Adult Book Fest is Ireland’s largest arts festival for teenagers. This 3 day virtual festival will run from November 24th to 26th and can be accessed daily on our new and exciting website YABookFest@Listowel.
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This year's Awards Ceremony, held on Friday 23rd October, was like no other. The 6th Year prefects had pre-recorded the teachers giving their speeches. Students from the Leaving Certificate class of 2020 joined the online Awards Ceremony. Tomi Reichental, as special guest, gave a thought-provoking speech about the privilege of getting an education.
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The shortlist of Junior and Senior books for this year's Great Reads Award 2020 have been announced. All students (and parents/guardians) are invited to read these books. You then rate the books - the school with the most ratings is also in with a chance of winning a prize!
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The summer holidays have arrived and now is the time to escape and relax with a great book! Check out the following links for ideas and inspiration.
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The first years wrote speeches for their Leinster Public Speaking Exam during recent English classes. Carrie Barling speaks about one of her favourite things, books.
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