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Patricia Forde

Patricia Forde, a white woman with red hair, is pictured with her arms held wide. She wears a blue tshirt and striped blazer with a medal around her neck. A screen is just visible behind her as is a table with some bottles and other items.
Patricia Forde is from Galway. She writes for all ages in Irish and in English and published her first book for children in 1990. Her first novel for older readers, The Wordsmith, was published to great critical acclaim in 2014. In 2019, Bumpfizzle the Best on Planet Earth was chosen as the Dublin UNESCO Citywide Read which involved numerous workshops and talks with young people all over Dublin city. In 2020 she published a picturebook in both English and Irish about Hy-Breasal (To the Island/An tOileán Thiar) which was commissioned to celebrate Galway’s 2020 City of Culture designation. Patricia co-founded the Baboró International Arts Festival for Children in Galway in the mid-1990s; this world-class festival, based on the child’s right to culture continues to run successfully today. Patricia also writes for television and delivers screenwriting workshops to older children. Patricia was Ireland’s seventh Laureate na nÓg (2023-2026).
Is as Gaillimh do Patricia Forde. Scríobhann sí do pháistí do gach aois, as Gaeilge agus as Béarla. D’fhoilsigh sí a céad leabhar do pháistí in 1990. Fuair The Wordsmith, an chéad úrscéal aici do léitheoirí níos sine, ardmholadh ó na léirmheastóirí nuair a tháinig sé amach in 2014. Roghnaíodh Bumpfizzle the Best on Planet Earth mar UNESCO Citywide Read Bhaile Átha Cliath in 2019, agus bhí lear mór ceardlann agus cainteanna do dhaoine óga fud fad na cathrach mar chuid den togra. Coimisiúnadh pictiúrleabhar as Gaeilge agus as Béarla faoi Hy Brasil (An tOileán Thiar/To the Island) mar cheiliúradh ar Ghaillimh mar Chathair Chultúir 2020. Sí Patricia a chomhbhunaigh Féile Ealaíon Idirnáisiúnta Baboró do Pháistí i nGaillimh i lár na nóchaidí; féile den chéad scoth, bunaithe ar cheart an pháiste teacht a bheith acu ar an gcultúr, a reáchtáiltear go bliantúil – agus go ráthúil – fós. Sa bhreis air seo, scríobhann Patricia don teilifís, agus cuireann ceardlanna scríbhneoireachta scripte ar fáil do pháistí níos sine. Ba í Patricia Forde an seachtú Laureate na nÓg (2023-2026).