“The whales do not sing because they have an answer, they sing because they have a song.” — Gregory Colbert #TheBigBookOfTheBlue

It’s out last Coffee Morning of the year!! ☕️ We are delighted to welcome librarian, social media whiz, Book Doctor & reviewer for Children’s Books Ireland Lori Moriarty to the stage! 👏 Lori will talk about time management for children's artists when using social media, dos

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So honoured and humbled to have shared my Viva Voce today with such experienced and inspirational educators Gene Mehigan Patricia Kieran mags nohilly. It was a very positive and affirming occasion. A special word of thanks to my amazing supervisors Dr. Anne Dolan deirdre flynn

What an honour to co-supervise Lorraine with the fabulous Dr. Anne Dolan such a hardworking, motivated and inspiring researcher - delighted to see her excel at the Viva today

Warmest congratulations to Dr Lorraine Lawrance on her excellent dissertation and defence. This work will make an invaluable contribution to research on the power of picturebooks Mathew Tobin @marygtroche.bsky.social Faculty of Education, Mary Immaculate College. Mary Immaculate College (MIC)

Thrilled to have a chapter in The Routledge Companion to Twenty-First-Century Irish Writing-eds Anne Fogarty Anne Fogarty & Eugene O'Brien My chapter 'The Rise of Ireland's Campus Novel' features Sally Rooney, Paul Murray, Catherine Kirwan & lots more! taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/…

It's here! "Developing Curriculum for Deep Thinking: The knowledge revival" is an open-access book that explains why knowledge needs to be at the heart of the curriculum: bit.ly/41XMBzf

Would highly recommend educators to attend this important webinar on the teaching of sustainable development.

Exploring Nature: Children's Picture Books for Budding Bee Lovers alibrarylady.blog/2025/01/15/exp… Two lovely picturebooks to help us look forward to Spring. Thank you Anna McQuinn Rosalind Beardshaw Kathy Urban 𝙰𝚕𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚊 𝙼𝚊𝚡 Little Steps Publishing UK

Children’s Books Ireland and West Cork Education Centre are pleased to announce two Webinars this month on Reading for Joy in the classroom. Led by our very own Education Outreach Manager Dr. Becky Long, these webinars will offer participants insights into how to use new books

Our new Vocabulary Across the PLC resource is now available online. This wonderful webpage provides teachers with a range of strategies and resources for teaching vocabulary across the Oral Language, Reading and Writing strands. oideresource.my.canva.site/vocabulary-acr…

Is Print Awareness Part of the Science of Reading? shanahanonliteracy.com/blog/is-print-…

Congratulations Dr. Anne Dolan 🎊

Speaking today in the The Irish Times about Precarity, Young Academy Ireland and how the new minister needs to address the funding crisis Mary Immaculate College (MIC) irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

This is the story of some men who escaped from the French train that my father's uncle and aunt were on, heading to Auschwitz. They escape. One of them seeks help from strangers. Do they help? True story.

Here’s our weekend round-up of book reviews for you. Thank you Lisa Hagan, Eve Bearne, David Reedy Stephen Dilley Ros Steward, Helen Dearing and Jo Bowers for your reviews this week: justimagine.co.uk/childrens-book…

Looking forward to spending the next few days engaging in all things Literacy! #WLS2025

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