Writer Eoin Colfer was Ireland’s third Laureate na nÓg (2014-2016). His Laureate project was Once upon A Place, a two-year story tour aimed at bringing stories to children all over Ireland, extending to remote or disadvantaged communities that may not have had a visiting writer or storyteller before. The second strand of Once upon a Place was a specially commissioned anthology of stories and poems for children, edited by Eoin Colfer, and illustrated by PJ Lynch, exploring the link between story and place in Ireland. The anthology, featuring many of Ireland’s leading children’s writers was also titled Once upon A Place, and was published by Little Island Books in October 2015.