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Celebrating Irish Children’s Books | Online School and Family Book Festival. This year we are part of the Dublin Book Festival.

PROGRAMME SCHEDULE

Supported by the Arts Council of Ireland - Literature

7.45pm | New Irish Books 2021 Showcase – Books for Age 8+

November 19, 2021 7:45 pm
Cost: Free
Until 8:45 pm
ADULTS

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 to 12+ years. 

Join us for an evening of back-to-back presentations from the creatives behind some exciting new children’s books published in 2021. There will be a mix of books, from debut authors, to award-winning writers. Each author will have four minutes to tell you all about their book; the story, their publication journey, and maybe even some sneak peeks from between the covers! 

We invite parents, guardians, teachers, librarians, booksellers, aspiring writers/illustrators and all-round children’s books enthusiasts to attend this exciting event. The books showcased will be suitable for readers ages 8 to 12+ years old. 

With presentations from: 

• Erika McCann (Tabitha Plimtock and the Edge of the World)

• Donny Mahoney (Jason Sherlock: Great Irish Sports Stars)

• Siobhán Daffy (No Ordinary Joe)

• John Hearne (The Very Dangerous Sisters of Indigo McCloud)

• Ian Mark (Monster Hunting for Beginners)

• Lindsay J Sedgwick (Wulfie Saves the Planet)

• Amy Bond (Morgana Mage in the Robotic Age)

• Sinéad O’Hart (Skyborn)

• Padraig Kenny (The Shadows of Rookhaven)

• Paul Howard (Aldrin Adams and the Cheese Nightmares)

• Ger Siggins (Football Spirit)

Chaired by Ruth Ennis

WonderFest would like to thank the authors involved for volunteering their time to present their latest works for this event.

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Tabitha Plimtock and the Edge of the World

Tabitha Plimtock lives in a house at the very edge of the world. When rumours begin to circulate of monsters climbing from the base to gobble up unsuspecting wall-dwellers, Tabitha is determined to discover what’s happening and keep the people she loves safe!

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Jason Sherlock

The inspiring story of how a boy from Dublin’s northside found strength in his difference to become a gaelic football great. Choosing GAA over basketball, soccer and hurling, “Jayo” inspired a generation of fans and players. He went on to be a key member of Jim Gavin’s 5-in-a-row backroom team.

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No Ordinary Joe

The touching and funny story of family life with a boy with special needs. Based on the author’s own family life.

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The Very Dangerous Sisters of Indigo Mccloud

Absurdly enjoyable dark adventure about a boy’s mission to stop his evil sisters terrorising the town

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Monster Hunting for Beginners

“A MAGNIFICENTLY HILARIOUS MASTERPIECE OF MONSTER PROPORTIONS. I HOWLED WITH LAUGHTER!”, JENNY PEARSON, THE SUPER MIRACULOUS JOURNEY OF FREDDIE YATES A monstrously funny new adventure series. Readers of 8+ and fans of Mega Monster and Shrek will adore the first in the brand new fantasy series from Irish debut author, Ian Mark

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Wulfie: Stage Fright

Libby lives a lonely life with her mean stepmother, her ineffectual inventor father, and her nasty step-brother, Rex. Then she makes a new best friend: Wulfie, a purple wolf-like creature who can shrink down very small or grow very big (usually on purpose, often not). Wulfie is a sweet but mischievous character who helps get Libby out of difficult situations at school and to get revenge on Rex – all the while just managing not to be discovered.

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Morgana Mage in the Robotic Age

Young witch Morgana loves robots and longs to attend robotics school in the city. But when she finally finds a way, she learns of a troubling secret hiding beneath its gleaming surface: a secret that threatens the balance of civilisation. Caught between two worlds, only Morgana has the power to find a solution …

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Skyborn

The circus has seen better days, but for Bastjan it’s home. Then the ringmaster makes a deal with a mysterious man by the name of Dr Bauer, putting more than just the circus in terrible danger?

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The Shadows of Rookhaven

It is the time of The Great Configuration, a once in a hundred years event. Family and monsters descend on Rookhaven from all over the country to take part. But amid the guests there is an interloper. One who is disguised and has an eye on their destruction. Meanwhile Mirabelle - part human, part monster - discovers that to those from outside Rookhaven she is not considered family at all... and, forced to search further afield for knowledge of her true history, she risks everything - and everyone.

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Aldrin Adams and the Cheese Nightmares

Aldrin Adams is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary superpower. When he eats cheese, just before he goes to sleep at night, he can enter into other people’s dreams – and their nightmares! But why has he, of all people, been given this ability? What is he supposed to do with it? And why doesn’t it come with some kind of instruction manual that explains how it works? There are so many questions that require answers. Luckily, Aldrin’s dad owns the biggest and finest cheesemonger’s for miles and miles around, offering him unlimited access to some of the stinkiest cheeses in the world as he tries to figure it all out. What Aldrin doesn’t realise, as he embarks on his journey of discovery, is that he is being watched by Habeas Grusselvart, a mysterious, supernatural villain who creates nightmares for millions and millions of children every night.

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Football Spirit

Book 8 in the acclaimed Rugby Spirit series. Eoin Madden and his friends are back at school and it looks like it will be a fun year with new subjects and activities to try. After three years on the Junior Cup team, Eoin is looking forward to a break from rugby this year; when there’s a chance to play soccer instead, he jumps at it! But it’s hard to set up a football team at a rugby-mad school like Castlerock. And who is the ghostly footballer that Eoin and his friends keep meeting? Eoin has had previous encounters with ghosts at Lansdowne Road and Croke Park, so what’s brewing at Dalymount Park? From the Busby Babes to the Castlerock Red Rockets, football links the generations.

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Watch out for the #BookElves2022 during the @RTELateLateShow #latelatetoyshow2022
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