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Dingle Literary Festival
Learn to Draw Characters and Animals with Katie O’Donoghue
Sat 18 Nov
3pm - 3:40pm
Free
Workshop - The Dingle Library
This is an interactive event for children, suitable for ages 5-10. Katie will read from The Little Otter Who Tried and then children can draw otters. Katie will read from her first picture book, The Little Squirrel Who Worried before the children draw squirrels. Katie will end with another reading from The Little Otter Who Tried.
Crayons/Paper will be provided.
Katie O’Donoghue is the author and illustrator of the children’s books, The Little Squirrel Who Worried and The Little Otter Who Tried, published by Irish publisher, Gill Books. Katie is an Art Psychotherapist, accredited by the Irish Association of Creative Arts Therapists (IACAT), She has a background in Fine Art & Design and is completing a PhD in Health Psychology at University College London.
Children must not be left unattended and be accompanied by a parent/guardian at all times.
Eamon Kelly Award Recipient 2022
I am so happy and privileged to announce that I am one of the 2022 recipients for the Eamon Kelly Arts Bursary. I am incredibly grateful to Kerry County Arts Kerry County Council for awarding me the bursary, it will be a great help in further developing my writing and illustration of children's wellbeing literature
The Eamon Kelly bursary is funded by Kerry County Council and aims to support arts development in the Killarney Municipal District. The bursary has been in existence for over 10 years and continues to support arts development, encouraging high standards of arts practice in music, song, dance, film, drama and visual arts.
Eamon Kelly (1914-2001), was an Irish actor, dramatist, playwright and storyteller.
He was born in Gneeveguilla, Sliabh Luachra in County Kerry. Kerry County Council awards an annual bursary to a creative practitioner who shows talent, accomplishment and ambition in the Arts. The bursary is a commemorative reminder of Eamon Kelly’s contribution to the creative arts.
Ireland Read with Kerry Library
I am so delighted to be collaborating with Kerry Library for Ireland Reads week this year. Please keep an eye on Kerry Library social media this week for all the details
The Little Otter Who Tried
** NOW AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER**
Little Otter is scared to swim on her own. But with tips from her riverside friends, she grows in confidence, and is soon surprised by how far she has travelled all by herself!
The duckling, kingfisher and toad all share their stories about learning to swim, fly and hop, and Little Otter realises every creature has to start somewhere.
A story of resilience and accepting support – Little Otter is scared at first, but she keeps on trying, and succeeds in the end, making friends along the way.