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Let’s Talk About Parenting: Healthy Sleep Habits for Children
This event is brought to your from our Lets Talk About Parenting – Online! Programme. Sleep consultant Erica Hargaden is on hand to give you some tips and solutions to help your babies and children (and more importantly the Parents!) a more restful nights sleep. Read more
Circe
Author: Madeline Millar Reviewed by: Aoife , Leixlip Library This tells the story of Circe, her childhood within Helios. But she is different from the other Titans. She is not powerful, like her father or as alluring like her mother. Turning to the world of mortals, Circe discovers that she does have power – the… Read more
Behind The Books – Blog #4 Nick McLean Behind The Camera
The latest installment of author Wayne Byrne’s ‘Behind the Books’ series, where he discusses his book ‘Nick McLean Behind the Camera: The Life and Works of a Hollywood Cinematographer’. Read more
Me
Author: Elton John Review by: Dolores Mee, Like a lot of people, I was vaguely familiar with the public persona of Elton John; his illustrious music career, countless accolades and of course, his infamous temper. Born Reg Dwight in Pinner, Middlesex, his upbringing by two deeply unhappy and emotionally cold parents drove him to constantly strive… Read more
A Pinch Of Magic
Author: Michelle Harrison Reviewed by: Aisling Kelly, Maynooth Library Betty Widdershins and her two sisters Fliss & Charlie livein Crowstone, a bleak and oppressive Island surrounded by marshes, grey skies and muddy waters. They live with their cranky grandmother at their family owned pub “ThePoachers Pocketâ€. Betty is determined that there is moreto the world… Read more
Shadowplay
Author: Joseph O’Connor Reviewed by: Betty Maguire, Maynooth Library ‘ShadowPlay’ by Joseph O’Connor tells the story of the friendship between Abraham ‘Bram ‘Stoker (1847- 1912), , author of Dracula, Henry Irving (1838-1905), born John Brodribb, a great Shakespearian actor of his era , and Alice ‘Ellen’ Terry (1847-1928), the highest paid actor in England at… Read more
