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Marita Conlon-McKenna, Anna Carey, Siobhán Parkinson & Dr Norah Patten

Ireland’s history is full of incredible women, and this very special event celebrates brave and bold girls - past, present and the future! In conversation with Gráinne Clear of Little Island Books, and featuring Marita Conlon-McKenna, one of Ireland’s best loved authors whose award-winning work includes Under the Hawthorn Tree; Anna Carey whose new book, Mollie on the March features a fledgling suffragette and her best friend; Ireland’s first Laureate na nÓg Siobhán Parkinson, author of Rocking the System: Fearless and Amazing Women who Made History; and Dr Norah Patten, an aeronautical engineer who became Ireland’s first Scientist-Astronaut candidate with Project PoSSUM.

#BoldGirls is the CBI campaign to promote strong, bold and brave girls and women in children’s literature.

In partnership with Children’s Books Ireland.

Bookshop on site! Meet the writers and get a book signed.