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  • New Year, New You: How your local library can help with achieving your goals

    New Year, New You: How your local library can help with achieving your goals

    It’s that time of year again. The time when Christmas overindulgence reaches a tipping point. When chocolate for breakfast feels more like a cry for help than a fun little treat, where we lose all sense of time and structure, and loved ones start to disappear under piles of wrapping paper and ribbon. The time… Read more

  • Book Review: This is How You Lose the Time War

    Book Review: This is How You Lose the Time War

    Authors: Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone Genre: Adult Fiction Reviewed by: Heather This is a difficult book to review because it’s honestly a difficult book to describe. If you haven’t read it yet, I’m going to try my best to summarize but I don’t feel like I could entirely do it justice, so apologies in… Read more

  • Brigid 1500 Programme for 2024 Unveiled

    Brigid 1500 Programme for 2024 Unveiled

    This month, Kildare County Council launched the Brigid 1500 festival programme for 2024 and we’re thrilled to see the list of spectacular events we have to look forward to in the new year. Read more

  • Great Line-Up for Kildare Readers Festival Weekend – Part 2

    Great Line-Up for Kildare Readers Festival Weekend – Part 2

    Kildare County Council is delighted to confirm that Kildare Readers Festival will return to venues across the county from Monday, 2nd October to Sunday, 8th October 2023. Poor: Grit, courage, and the life-changing value of self-belief Saturday 7 Oct 2023 20:00 – 21:00Riverbank Arts Centre, W12 D962 Join Katriona O’Sullivan and a guest for a… Read more

  • Bumper Kildare Readers Festival Big Weekend Line-Up at Riverbank Arts Centre

    Bumper Kildare Readers Festival Big Weekend Line-Up at Riverbank Arts Centre

    Kildare County Council is delighted to confirm that Kildare Readers Festival will return to venues across the county from Monday, 2nd October to Sunday, 8th October 2023. Creeping It Real: The Rebirth of Female HorrorFri 6 Oct 2023 20:00 – 21:00Riverbank Arts Centre, W12 D962 Join us for an evening with Sophie White and Rick… Read more

  • Kildare County Council supports County Kildare Social Inclusion Week 2023

    Kildare County Council supports County Kildare Social Inclusion Week 2023

    Kildare County Council is once again supporting County Kildare Social Inclusion Week 2023, which is taking place this week, from Monday 25th â€“ Friday 29th September.  The annual event, which has been running since 2017, is an opportunity to highlight and showcase the great work being done across the county to ensure everyone in our communities is… Read more