Deirdre Sullivan

Hope, love, trauma: Patrick Freyne hears the stories behind people’s body art

Activities are curbed due to Covid-19, but there’s plenty of ways to keep kids occupied

Schools are planning virtual graduation celebrations for their sixth class students

Celebrities join campaign to send messages to pupils missing out on the end of primary school

Seven well known readers and writers share the books they'll be giving and getting this Christmas

Sarah Maria Griffin's festival book focuses on two young people and a journey they may be unprepared for

YA Fiction: Yasmin Rahman’s All The Things We Never Said, Meredith Russo’s Birthday and more

Among the nominees are Ryan Tubridy, Cecelia Ahern, John Banville, Molly McCloskey, Emer McLysaght and Sarah Breen

Belfast theatre group has devised new ways of opening access for excluded kids

Nicola Colton’s ‘A Dublin Fairytale’; Eoin Colfer and Oliver Jeffers’s ‘Imaginary Fred’ ; Michael Morpurgo’s ‘An Eagle in the Snow’; Rainbow Rowell’s ‘Carry On’

Claire Hennessy reports on last weekend’s inaugural Irish YA convention, a fan event but one rich in debate and author insights

Asking For It engages the media and popular culture but also its own field, YA, which since the 1950s has pushed boundaries and explored adolescence in edgy, realistic ways

Irish Heritage Trust wins Cultural Heritage prize for work on Fota House project

An evening of readings by emerging authors in Dublin last night saw local publishers team up to have fun and create a platform