President Higgins welcomed author Patricia Forde, the seventh Laureate na nÓg – Ireland’s laureate for children’s literature – to Áras an Uachtaráin.
‘Laureate na nÓg’ is an initiative of the Arts Council with the support of Arts Council of Northern Ireland, the Department of Children and Youth Affairs, Children’s Books Ireland and Poetry Ireland. The honour was established to engage young people with high quality children’s literature and to underline the importance of children’s literature in our cultural and imaginative lives.
