Reading Association
of Ireland's 2008 conference centers around the theme The Changing Landscapes of
Literacy - Building Best Practice. The conference will comprise papers and
workshops on the role and development of literacy across the strands of
language, reading and writing. Maureen McLaughlin will open the conference and give a further keynote address. Jackie Marsh (University of Sheffield) and Brian Murphy (University College Cork) are to give keynote addresses.
Held the 25th-27th September in Church of Ireland College of Education, Rathmines, Dublin 6.
October 10, 2008 (9:45 am) Paul H Tubb
(Kilkenny) Poet,songwriter, singer will visit Loughboy library
October 10, 2008 (11:30 am) Paul H Tubb poet
(Kilkenny) Paul H Tubb will visit Graiguenamanagh library
October 10, 2008 (3:30 pm) Digging up the Past
(Kilkenny) Laura Walsh, Field Monument Officer with Kilkenny Co. Co. will host a mini "dig" in Urlingford library. The children will make some "finds" in a sand box consisting of pieces of ancient china, metals, jewellry. These will be documented and recorded in...
October 10, 2008 (6:00 pm) Art-literary workshop
(Waterford City) Donia Sikora Iwa Wisniewska & Dream Team in City Library in Landy Lane, Waterford
The Illustration Cupboard in London will host an exhbition of Niamh Sharkey's work featuring all her original pieces from Cinderella, including roughs, notebooks etc..
The show will be available to view online too at www.illustrationcupboard.com ...
October 11, 2008 (10:00 am) MAMA, TATA...& MYSELF?
(Cork City) Journalism workshop for children by Piotr SBotwinski (My Cork Assotiation)/ Polish School in Cork
