The academic year might be over but schools are, behind the gates, still working. Computers & IT systems need attention, Classrooms, cor...

Last Friday I was honoured to give a keynote address at the Literary Association of Ireland’s conference in Dublin. The theme of the confer...

“Apparently our kids aren’t reading the ‘right kind of books,’” huffed my friend at our last catch-up.  Then she let out a knowing chuckle ...

I received an email from a teacher at the end of last week which took my breath away. The email itself was a fairly mundane reply to queries...

I was stuck between two subjects this month, but it really is nearly Christmas (please don’t shoot!), so I’m going to go for the happier...

This post is by way of being a Part 2. In Part 1 I wrote about how different kinds of books  reach a reader's hands in different ways....