{"id":25286,"date":"2018-02-12T10:32:47","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T10:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=25286"},"modified":"2018-02-12T10:32:47","modified_gmt":"2018-02-12T10:32:47","slug":"citywide-reading-campaign-for-children-citywideread","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?p=25286","title":{"rendered":"Citywide Reading Campaign for Children #citywideread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Jackie Lynam, Librarian with Dublin City Public Libraries, talks to Noel McGuinness about the 2018 Citywide Reading Campaign for Children (#citywideread). The chosen book for this year is &#8220;Making Millions&#8221; by Erika McGann. Jackie explains that the aim of the campaign is to promote reading for pleasure and girls and boys across the city are encouraged to pick up a copy of &#8220;Making Millions&#8221;, the second book about Cass and the Bubble Street Gang, in their local library or bookshop. The book is suitable for children from 7 to 10 years of age. Key events during the campaign include: Saturday 10th February\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1929687782\"><span class=\"aQJ\">3-4pm<\/span><\/span>, Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane &#8211; author Erika McGann will read from her book followed by Q&amp;A. In addition, Vince Reid, the illustrator of the book will discuss the illustrations and lead a practical demonstration on what it takes to make a great illustration. Suitable for ages 6-10 years. The other event is on\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1929687783\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sunday 18th March<\/span><\/span>\u00a0from\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\" tabindex=\"0\" data-term=\"goog_1929687784\"><span class=\"aQJ\">12-5pm<\/span><\/span>\u00a0&#8211; &#8220;St. Patrick&#8217;s Festival. Big Day Out 63 Merrion Square&#8221;. Children of ages 6+ are invited to join the creepy ghost tour with storytelling by torchlight, shadow puppetry, illustration workshop, adventure room with puzzles and an outdoor gymnastics zone. In addition, author Erika McGann will read from &#8220;Making Millions&#8221; throughout the day. see also\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dublincityofliterature.ie\/projects\/citywide-read\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?hl=es&amp;q=http:\/\/www.dublincityofliterature.ie\/projects\/citywide-read\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1518514779516000&amp;usg=AFQjCNEhR2TRr2nQJwPe5H75S1eSucHPVw\">http:\/\/www.<wbr \/>dublincityofliterature.ie\/<wbr \/>projects\/citywide-read\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6475\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6475','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=25286-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 11:57 &#8212; 16.4MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jackie Lynam, Librarian with Dublin City Public Libraries, talks to Noel McGuinness about the 2018 Citywide Reading Campaign for Children (#citywideread). The chosen book for this year is &#8220;Making Millions&#8221; by Erika McGann. Jackie explains that the aim of the campaign is to promote reading for pleasure and girls and boys across the city are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_6476\"><a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('6476','http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/listenagain.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/powerpress\/playbutton-443.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?powerpress_pinw=25286-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/media.blubrry.com\/nearfm\/neararchive.org\/upload\/NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"NorthsideToday-9-2-18-002.mp3\">Download<\/a> (Duration: 11:57 &#8212; 16.4MB)<\/p><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/?feed=podcast\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":24371,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,33,5611,44],"tags":[9494,9493,9496,9492,9495,2152,2205,2239],"class_list":["post-25286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-currentaffairs","category-general","category-listenagain","category-northside-today-2","category-northside-today","tag-2018-citywide-reading-campaign-for-children","tag-dublin-city-public-libraries","tag-erika-mcgann","tag-jackie-lynam","tag-making-millions","tag-nearfm-2","tag-noel-mcguinness","tag-northside-today"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25286","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25286"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25286\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25287,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25286\/revisions\/25287"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/24371"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25286"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25286"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/listenagain.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25286"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}