LAUREATE NA NÓG TRAVELS TO NEW YORK FOR IMAGINE IRELAND PROGRAMME
IRELAND OF THE IMAGINATION: MEETING IRISH CHILDREN’S LAUREATE, SIOBHÁN PARKINSON
Children’s writer Siobhán Parkinson is Ireland’s first Laureate na nÓg, or Children’s Literature Laureate. The author of some 20 novels for children, young people and adults, Ms Parkinson’s most recent publication is Long Story Short, published by Roaring Brook in the US in September 2011. Siobhan will discuss recent developments in children’s literature in Ireland, from her perspective as Literature Laureate, as well as talking about her own work as a novelist and teacher. This event is being sponsored by Culture Ireland’s Imagine Ireland programme – a year-long celebration of Irish Arts for American audiences.
WHERE
New York Public Library’s Childrens’ Center, 42nd Street, New York
WHEN
1pm, December 10, 2011