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Category Archive — ireland

Leapin’ Leprechauns! It’s Irish Writers!

Happy Saint Patrick’s Day, bookworms! I know I’ve been a bad book blogger lately and I’m trying to do my best to make it up to you. To start, a St. Paddy’s Day celebration of some of my favorite Irish writers. Just about a year ago, I spent a week in the Emerald Isle for [...]

Happy Birthday, LND!

Exactly one year ago today, I wrote my first blog post for the Librarian Next Door. What started off as a project for a social media graduate school class has now become an integral part of my life. Blogging, it turns out, is in my blood. In honor of my “blog-aversary,” I present a trip [...]

Literary Things I Learned in Ireland

Welcome back, bookworms! Did you miss me? I wish I could say I missed you, but I was having too much fun in Ireland. And, of course, I want to share some of the things I learned. Ireland has a long tradition of storytelling. Stories, folklore, faerie tales and myths were all used by the [...]