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Kildare County Council announce return of Kildare Readers Festival 2022
Kildare Library & Arts Services is delighted to confirm that Kildare Readers Festival returns to venues across the county from Monday, 3rd October to Sunday, 9th October 2022. Kildare Readers Festival in partnership with the Irish Writers’ Centre connects readers with authors and artists through exciting, innovative, and accessible events and workshops. We look forward… Read more
Last Chance to Collect Starting School Book Bags
Libraries in Ireland in conjunction with the Department for Children, Equality, Disability and Youth have been offering a bag of books and information for young people starting primary school and their families as part of the ‘My Little Library Book Bag‘ initiative. A lot of children who are eligible to avail of this scheme have… Read more
LOTE Kids eBooks Add New Languages
We’ve previously written posts about the various eServices available to library users and one for children is LOTE, or Languages Other Than English which you can read about here. What’s New New Languages Last month LOTE Online for Kids released another 60+ picture books, taking the collection to 1,750+ book titles in 50+ languages! Languages in focus… Read more
Local Writers selected for Irish Writers Centre National Mentoring
Local writers Catherine Gander and Siobhán Hoy have been selected by the Irish Writers Centre for the National Literary Mentoring programme over the next eight months from acclaimed Irish writers. Catherine and Siobhán are among a total of 37 writers who have been selected from a total of over three hundred applicants nationally. Kildare County… Read more
Great Regular Events for Children at Kilcock Library
Our wonderful Reader in Residence for Kilcock Library is Emma-Jane Leeson and she has some intriguing regular events for different age groups. Emma-Jane is the writer of the beloved Johnny Magory books so who better to lead literary events for children! Read Along Session with Author and Reader-in-Residence Emma-Jane Leeson For children aged 5-7 yearsTuesdays… Read more
Kildare County Council Launches Kildare Age Friendly Strategy Consultation Survey
Kildare County Council in association with Kildare’s Age Friendly County Alliance and our Older Persons Council have launched an online survey seeking the views of older people (55 years and over) living in County Kildare. The survey is part of a suite of consultations being undertaken to inform the development of the Kildare Age Friendly Strategy 2022 – 2027 and ensure that age friendly activities… Read more
