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Audiobook: Verify
Author: Joelle Charbonneau Narrated by: Caitlin Kelly Duration: 9 hours Genre: Science Fiction, Young Adult Reviewed by: Joan, Newbridge Library The story is set about 100 years in the future in Chicago. The main character is Meri Beckley, a sixteen year old schoolgirl. The world Meri lives in is one of prosperity and without lies.… Read more
Online Resources & Activities For Teens & More
By: Niamh, Leixlip Library Authors Sharing Stuff Sarah Crossan is posting live Instagram videos about poetry, don’t worry if you missed them you can take a look at the back catalogue here. Sarah reads poetry in these posts and breaks down poetry to give teens the tools to think for themselves when reading poetry for… Read more
RBDigital – Borrowing Magazines from the Library
By : Ciara, Maynooth Library The Libraries may be closed but you can still borrow some of your favourite magazines and periodicals! Follow this link HERE and register using a computer with your library card and pin then log in anywhere using your new account details. Some highlights that are getting me through the long… Read more
T.S. Eliot – The Missing Piece
By: Suzanne, Clocha Rince Library On Thursday 2nd January this year, the long-awaited love letters from the great poet T.S. Eliot to scholar and muse Emily Hale were unveiled at Princeton University Library. The Nobel laureate’s correspondence to Hale has been a fascination of mine since I was introduced to Eliot’s work in 1988 while… Read more
How to Fail
Author: Elizabeth Day Genre: Adult Non-Fiction Reviewed by: Orla Nobody’s life is perfect. Everybody is bound to slip up and make mistakes now and again. Having established failure is inevitable Elizabeth gives you the tools of how to analyse your failures and how to move forward. Some of her failures are similar to most. Her… Read more
Stitched Easter Card
Craft supplied by Mary in Maynooth. Materials: Blank Card – Card used in this project is 5.5 inches by 4 inches. Embroidery Thread, Tapestry Needle (rounded tip – no point). A Larger Needle e.g. a Darning Needle, Scissors, Polystyrene block / (Packaging or layered towel.) Sellotape, Double Sided Tape, Foam Adhesive dots/squares and Glue Stick.… Read more
