Oh No George! The Song!

Jessie and Ronan from Dubray Books on Grafton St, Dublin give a rare performance of Oh No George!

Childrens Books Ireland Conference 2013

If you are involved in childrens bookselling, an aspiring author or illustrator or interested in a career in childrens book publishing you should really attend this year conference in The Lighthouse Cinema.
Herve Tullet (pub. by Walker Books and Tate Publishing) and Jon Klassen (pub. by Walker Books) will speak on Saturday and Sunday 18th &19th May.

You will also hear John Boyne interviewed by Robert Dunbar, see Sarah McIntyre discuss the development of Comic book formats,  Alex T Smith on the importance of the 5-8yrs market, Sarah Crossan on the use of poetry in her YA novel and Colman O Raghallaigh on the challenges facing Irish Language Publishing.

Programme details here

Contact CBI for tickets here

John Newman's MIMI featured on TV 3

Here is a link to the feature on Mimi on TV3's The Morning Show.
The Morning Show - Mimi

Scroll to 25 mins 30 seconds for the piece.

John Newman on Ireland AM (TV3)

John Newman's 'Mimi' has been selected by Balinteer Community College for their 'One Community One Book' project. The Morning Show (TV3) has covered the event and will broadcast tomorrow morning, 21st March  2013.

A beautifully written and touching story about one young girl's life following the sudden and unexpected death of her mother.

Despite Mrs Lemon's extra sweeties, and sneaky peaks at her sisters' diary, Mimi is struggling. Her dad is always sad, her sister has a horrible secret, and 151 days ago her mammy died. What is Mimi to do? Mimi's tale is a compassionate, immensely moving, and gently humorous story from newcomer John Newman that powerfully captures the importance of family, of supporting and understanding one another, and sticking up for yourself when other people don’t understand.



    

Walker Eireann Audio

I have produced recordings of Gabriel Rosenstock reading each of the four Walker Eireann books. These are available to all as streaming audio for use at home or in the classroom. Ideal for parents who are a little out of practice with the language If you can't hear the files on this page click here to get them from Soundcloud.

Owl Babies Irish Language Audio