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Irish Children's Laureate Announced

February 26, 2010 – 4:32 pm

Children’s Books Ireland (CBI) has announced the creation of a new laureate for Children’s Literature in Ireland, The Children’s Laureate | Laureate na nÓg. The position is a joint effort on the part of CBI, The Arts Council, The Office of the Minister for Children and Poetry Ireland:

The Laureate position will be awarded to an established and dynamic children’s writer or illustrator and the position will be held for a period of two years. During this term they will participate in selected events and initiatives. The laureate, in partnership with the steering committee, will develop the focus of their two-year term.

CBI has put out an open call for Nominations. For more information attend the information session at the Dublin Book Festival or read the article on CBI’s website here.

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NEWSFLASH: Poetry Ireland to Livecast Heaney Reading TODAY

February 17, 2010 – 12:11 pm

Poetry Ireland is to Livecast Seamus Heaney’s poetry reading at the National Gallery today.

The link to the livecast is here.

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Arts Council Literature Fund Down 13.48%

February 8, 2010 – 4:15 pm

The Arts Council has announced funding for the Literature Sector of some €1.9 million. That figure is down 13.48% in 2009 because of overall budget cuts.

In an accompanying statement the Council said:

Faced with a particularly difficult budgetary environment – the Council has €9 million less to invest in the arts than in 2009 – it has not been possible to maintain the same level of funding to the same number of organisations as in the past. A number of organisations will cease to be funded under the three main grants programmes.

Among the biggest losers in the sector in percentage terms were:

    The Yeats’ Society Sligo*
    Plearaca
    Cyphers
    Coisceim
    and
    Mercier Press

In terms of value there were significant cut for many including Poetry Ireland, Carysfort Press and Ireland Literature Exchange. The complete list of awards for the sector is here including amounts lost/gained and percentage change on 2009.

* UPDATE: Sarah Bannan (head of literature at the Arts Council) has been in touch to let us know that The Yeat’s Society did not apply for funding this year.

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