The story behind Beyond the Stars

Sarah Webb explains how she persuaded the cream of Irish children’s writers and illustrators to combine on an anthology to raise funds for Fighting Words



The monster success of the Hugglewugs

Niamh Sharkey’s delightful picture book ‘I’m a Happy Hugglewug’ has led to the hit Disney series ‘Henry Hugglemonster’ – and to a careful consideration of her responsibility to her young audience


Deirdre Madden on space and time

Deirdre Madden’s new novel is about a slippery subject. But it’s far from being weird, obscure or overly philosophical


‘Irish illustrators are on fire at the moment’

Ahead of the Rebels and Rulebreakers Children’s Books Ireland Conference, which takes place this weekend, we asked some of the participants about which books rocked their world




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