We are delighted to welcome Ashwin and Sheena back to WonderFest! In this live online event Ashwin and Sheena will talk to you about their
Do you love magical stories with wonderful illustrations? This live online event is for you! Nicola, Peter and Úna will share the words and pictures
Presented in association with Children’s Books Ireland A live, interactive event, delivered online. Come with questions and leave with answers! Have you ever thought about
WonderFest Inspires This event is for adults Check out our schools and family programme for children’s events A live, interactive event, delivered online Welcome to
Comhrá spraíúil idir beirt scríbhneoirí clúiteacha Patricia Forde agus Sadhbh Devlin. Pléifidh siad scríbhneoireacht agus saol an scríbhneora agus beidh siad ag féachaint ar leabhar
Hear tales of the villainous Dublin baddie, Mr Spicebag, the brave schoolboy, Stick Boy, and the wonder of nature and the joy of being a
Presented in association with Children’s Books Ireland and Dublin Book Festival Come with questions and leave with answers! Have you ever thought about writing a
Welcome to the New Irish Books Showcase! We are delighted to introduce you to some wonderful new Irish children’s books for ages 0 to 12+.
Award winning picturebook author/illustrator Paddy Donnelly reveals how he creates illustrations for his books in this interactive workshop. With tips on everything from sketching, creating
Eoin Colfer is one of Ireland’s best-loved and most popular writers (he’s pretty popular in other countries too!) His Artemis Fowl books are modern classics
The theme for this year’s WonderFest is creativity and Oliver Jeffers is one of the world’s most exciting creatives working today. As well as producing
Welcome to the New Irish Books Showcase! We are delighted to introduce you to some wonderful new Irish children’s books for readers of age 8
Numbers are limited for this event, please book early! Chris Haughton has created many award-winning and outstanding picturebooks for young children. Join him live as
Judi Curtin is one of Ireland’s best loved and most popular writers. For many years now she has been writing kind, warm family and friendship
What is a Leafling? Among the branches and roots of some of our planet’s most important inhabitants live the Leaflings, the guardians of the trees.
PJ Lynch is one of Ireland’s most highly regarded and best loved children’s book illustrators. Recently he has also written some of his own stories
Bí i dteannta Muireann agus Róisín agus uan beag gleoite darbh ainm Eoinín d’imeacht dátheangach speisialta. Beidh do chúnamh ag teastáil, mar is fútsa amháin
Did you know that creativity is a muscle? That’s right; like your brain, your heart, your abs, the more you exercise it, the more creative
After last year’s highly popular WonderFest event, we are delighted to have the Skulduggery dream team back! Join Derek Landy in conversation with book guru
At WonderFest we believe that creative children are happy children. Writing stories and poems, drawing, designing and making things, they all help to build a
A blend of practical writing tips along with creative strategies for developing and sustaining work on a novel for children/teens over the long haul. It
Illustrating for a children’s book (or for a children’s comic or graphic novel) is not just drawing pictures to go with the words. Pictures can
You have a yen to be involved in picturebooks? You want to write them? Illustrate them? Maybe do both? Step this way… In this masterclass,
Does your story idea have a thimble-full of fantasy or does it bring readers to wild and curious worlds? Join Eve as she explores the
