DLR LIBRARY BLOG

Our Mountains to Sea Round Up
by
Aoife Murray CBI

Oh we do like to be beside the seaside! Especially when there are children's book events taking place. So Mountains to Sea Festival,held in the beautiful maritime settings of Dun Laoghaire, was just the ticket!

Wednesday saw us head to The Mill Theatre for Meg Rosoff(There is No Dog) and Patrick Ness (A Monster Calls) in conversation with Dr Pádraic Whyte of Trinity College. Meg and Patrick had the assembled audience of local school students rolling in the aisles and pondering some cerebral thoughts!

Thursday morning saw us revisit The Mill Theatre again for a reading and Q&A session with national treasure Roddy Doyle. He read from his new novel for children A Greyhound of a Girl and answered many questions from the school pupils present including "what year were you born?" and "how many cars do you have?" (1958 and one respectively!)

Sunday was our CBI field trip to Dun Laoghaire, which saw us at County Hall bright and early for"Stuck on Books" -picturebook whizz Oliver Jeffers in conversation with our very own Inis co-editor David Maybury. Oliver gave a fascinating look at his work and work process via powerpoint (who said powerpoint is boring?!) and after a quick chat with David, Oliver answered questions from picture book fans in the audience.

Sunday afternoon saw the CBI team report for duty at The Family Table Quiz, our specialist subject being....children's books!
Well done to the winning team who won a fab gift bag courtesy of quiz mistress extraordinaire Judi Curtin!
Oh and a special congratulation are due to David again for handling the quiz with aplomb

Aoife

Thanks to Aoife Murray CBI