How to raise a creative child – who’s also happy, empathetic and imaginative

Small children may seem innately creative, but adults can help or hinder this impulse

New schools ‘struggling’ to fill libraries due to cut in books grant

Campaign launched to reinstate primary school library fund abolished 15 years ago

New fund to provide libraries for Irish schools

Memorial fund is named after children’s literature champion Robert Dunbar

Doodle 4 Google drawing competition opens to public vote

Record 5,000 entries submitted by children aiming to get their logos on Google.ie

Radio review: Sex and Spacey calm Anton Savage during first Today FM show

Nervous broadcaster forgot to pay for parking and was clamped while on air

The big draw: an A to Z of great children’s illustrators

Illustrations are a touchstone of children’s literature. Here is a potted guide to the artists behind some of the best-loved stories

Smithfield Square all a-glow

The story behind Beyond the Stars

Sarah Webb explains how she persuaded the cream of Irish children’s writers and illustrators to combine on an anthology to raise funds for Fighting Words

Eoin Colfer is third Laureate na nÓg for children’s literature

Novelist ‘incredibly honoured and petrified’ to be taking on role

The monster success of the Hugglewugs

Niamh Sharkey’s delightful picture book ‘I’m a Happy Hugglewug’ has led to the hit Disney series ‘Henry Hugglemonster’ – and to a careful consideration of her responsibility to her young audience

Deirdre Madden on space and time

Deirdre Madden’s new novel is about a slippery subject. But it’s far from being weird, obscure or overly philosophical

‘Irish illustrators are on fire at the moment’

Ahead of the Rebels and Rulebreakers Children’s Books Ireland Conference, which takes place this weekend, we asked some of the participants about which books rocked their world

Creativity, independence, heart: the future of design

As the Offset design conference kicks off, we ask designers what lies ahead, and look at the best of what’s on offer this weekend