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		<title>Laureate creates new outdoor sculpture trail at IMMA</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Join Siobhán Parkinson at the Irish Museum of Modern Art this Sunday 29th January for the launch of Look No Cows, her new outdoor sculpture trail for children, which will be launched at 1pm at the gallery in Kilmainham. Further details here - http://www.imma.ie/en/page_212469.htm

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		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2012/01/laureate-creates-new-outdoor-sculpture-trail-at-imma/</link>
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		<title>Nominations sought for next Laureate na nÓg</title>
		<description><![CDATA[CBI is currently inviting nominations for Laureate na nÓg 2012 -2014. This important initiative was instigated in 2010 with the inauguration of Siobhán Parkinson as Ireland’s first children’s literature laureate.
Siobhán will complete her imaginative and successful term  in May 2012 so now is the time to nominate an Irish author or illustrator to be [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2012/01/nominations-sought-for-next-laureate-na-nog/</link>
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		<title>Near capacity audience greets Laureates in Conversation</title>
		<description><![CDATA[There was a large and receptive audience for the first of the two Laureates in Conversation events, featuring Laureate na nOg Siobhan Parkinson, and the UK Waterstones Children&#8217;s Laureate, Julia Donaldson, which took place at the Royal Irish Academy in Dawson Street on Friday, 20th January.
The conversation was moderated by Dr. Amanda Piesse of TCD, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2012/01/near-capacity-audience-greets-laureates-in-conversation/</link>
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		<title>Booking for Joint Laureates Reading now closed</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Booking for the Joints Laureate Reading has now closed, because we simply can&#8217;t fit any more people in to the Royal Irish Academy Meeting Room.
Thanks for all the interest &#8211; we&#8217;re all looking forward to a great event.
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		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2012/01/booking-for-joint-laureates-reading-now-closed/</link>
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		<title>Laureate visit to US reported in Publishers&#8217; Weekly</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Siobhan Parkinson&#8217;s recent visit to the US has been reported in Publisher&#8217;s Weekly. Click here for the edition: http://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/by-topic/childrens/childrens-book-news/article/49883-in-brief-december-15.html?utm_source=Publishers+Weekly%27s+Children%27s+Bookshelf&#38;utm_campaign=bb8d706b8d-UA-15906914-1&#38;utm_medium=email
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		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2011/12/laureate-visit-to-us-reported-in-publishers-weekly/</link>
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		<title>Siobhán Parkinson arrives in US for Imagine Ireland visit</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Siobhán spent the first day of her four day trip to the US with a visit to Vermont to meet with US Reading Ambassador Katherine Paterson. Katherine hosted a lunch for children&#8217;s writers from the Vermont area and there was a great exchange of views about the situation for children&#8217;s literature in both Ireland and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2011/12/siobhan-parkinson-arrives-in-us-for-imagine-ireland-visit/</link>
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		<title>Laureate travels to New York for Imagine Ireland programme</title>
		<description><![CDATA[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, [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2011/11/laureate-travels-to-new-york-for-imagine-ireland-programme/</link>
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		<title>Breaking News &#8211; Joint event with Siobhán Parkinson and UK Children&#8217;s Laureate, Julia Donaldson</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Note for your diaries &#8211; Laureate na nÓg Siobhán Parkinson and UK Children&#8217;s Laureate Julia Donaldson will be appearing together at a special event to be held at 2pm on Friday 20th January, 2012, at the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, Dublin 2.   This is an adult event and not suitable for children.   Spaces [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2011/11/breaking-news-joint-event-with-siobhan-parkinson-and-uk-childrens-laureate-julia-donaldson/</link>
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		<title>Books Beyond Borders Seminar 22nd October 2011</title>
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BOOKS BEYOND BORDERS
NATIONAL LIBRARY OF IRELAND, KILDARE STREET, DUBLIN 2, 22nd OCTOBER 2011
PROGRAMME

Saturday 22nd  October : 10am to 1.00pm
10.00-10.10 Welcome by Chair, Celia Keenan
10.10-10.50 – “What to do With a Book – different perspectives” – Rachel van Kooij and Hildegard Gärtner, Publisher,  Jungbrunnen
10.50-11.30  Panel Discussion: An overview of education and immigration and [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2011/10/books-beyond-borders-seminar-22nd-october-2011/</link>
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		<title>Images Beyond Borders has a successful Launch</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Images Beyond Borders, an exhibition of illustrations by children&#8217;s literature illustrators from Ireland and Austria, had a marvellous launch night at the No Grants Gallery, Temple Bar, on Friday 7th October. A crowd of over 50 people gathered to view the exhibition, with a reception hosted by the Austrian embassy. Laureate na nÓg Siobhán Parkinson [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://childrenslaureate.ie/blog/2011/10/images-beyond-borders-has-a-successful-launch/</link>
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