Summer Stars runs from Tues 4 June to Sat 31 August . Get Reading! Now that school is over you can still spark your imagination, join in activities and take part in our exciting Summer Stars challenge.
Being able to read is no doubt an important life skill. Reading is seen as a valuable activity, as something that is good for your child. And it is! But like with anything that is beneficial to our children, we parents tend to, consciously or unconsciously, put ourselves under pressure to “get it right”.
In this brilliantly odd and hilariously told travel memoir, Dom Joly sets out on a quest to visit those destinations from which the average tourist would, and should, run a mile.
The novels nominated and shortlisted for the Award will be available for readers to borrow from Dublin City Libraries and from public libraries around Ireland, or can be borrowed as eBooks and some as eAudiobooks on the free Borrowbox app, available to all public library users.
Snowflake by Louise Nealon is the One Dublin One Book choice for 2024. One Dublin One Book aims to get everyone reading the same book in Dublin during the month of April!
Iarr cead ar do thuismitheoir chun páirt a ghlacadh sa chomórtas seo. Cuirfear gach iontráil sa chrannchur duaiseanna. Beidh deis ag an mbuaiteoir dearbhán leabhair a roghnú nó dearbhán cluichíochta. Roinnfear na físeáin is fearr ar ár meáin shóisialta.
Dublin City Council will unveil a commemorative plaque for the writer Maeve Brennan at her childhood home (48 Cherryfield Avenue) in Ranelagh on 6 January 2024 at 11am.