We Love Books

Warning: this episode is NOT for the faint of heart - Niamh chats to horror queen Kat Ellis about her spooky books and what inspired them, plus we've got tons of tips, review, stories and more to tickle any young bookworm's fancy!

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It's a brand new season of WLB and a brand new way to enjoy book festivals - find out how the authors and organizers of the Towers and Tales festival are beaming their literary magic into your homes, plus we've got reviews, stories and more!

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Niamh chats to Ray Cuddihy aka Múinteoir Ray from RTÉ's Home School Hub about his role as ambassador for Ireland Reads Squeeze in a Read campaign AND about other fun things to squeeze in during lockdown

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Happy Christmas from the We Love Books HQ! Join Niamh for a truly jam-packed festive kid's book extravaganza and maybe even a chat with the man of the moment - Santa himself - if those pesky gremlins don't get in the way...

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Stuck for ways to keep up with the wonderful world of kids books during the pandemic? Niamh chats to writers Sarah Webb and Eve McDonnell about Wonderfest, an online festival kids can attend November 20th-22nd from the comfort of their own home!

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Children from all across the country wrote fantastic stories for our We Love Books writing competition and now it's time to hear from our winners - they tell us what they wrote about and share their top writing tips. You'll be able to hear the winning stories on forthcoming episodes.

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Niamh drops in on a creative writing club for kids led by award-winning author Sarah Webb and finds out what makes snow happy and what makes rain sad, CBI Book Doctor Anne has excellent reading recommendations for the adventurous at heart and we've got a story that'll scare the socks off you written by 12-year-old Sean!

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Dream team meteorologist Joanna Donnelly and illustrator Fuchsia MacAree chat about creating their award-winning The Great Weather Book, plus we've got all the usual goods including stories, reviews and a trip to CBI Book Doctor Anne's clinic of riveting reading recommendations.

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Kelly McCaughrain chats about her multi-award-winning debut novel Flying Tips for Flightless Birds, CBI Book Doctor Anne has top reading recommendations, we've got stories, reviews and more!

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Holly Rivers chats to Niamh all about her book Demelza and the Spectre Detectors and what it was like growing up inside an actual book, almost, as an actress on the original Worst Witch series, plus we've got reviews, stories, reading recommendations and more!

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