Gráinne Gaiscíoch Gael
Siobhán Parkinson
2019 • Cois Life
If all our children are to get a slightly fairer crack of the educational whip, they need access to books that they are going to want to read. That’s what reading for pleasure is all about: it’s doing it because you want to do it. Children need to be able to find these books for themselves, to discover the pleasure of reading – the fun books, the amazing books, the sad books, the exciting books, the intriguing books, the puzzling books, the challenging books.
— Siobhán Parkinson
Gráinne Gaiscíoch Gael
Siobhán Parkinson
2019 • Cois Life
If all our children are to get a slightly fairer crack of the educational whip, they need access to books that they are going to want to read. That’s what reading for pleasure is all about: it’s doing it because you want to do it. Children need to be able to find these books for themselves, to discover the pleasure of reading – the fun books, the amazing books, the sad books, the exciting books, the intriguing books, the puzzling books, the challenging books.
— Siobhán Parkinson
Description
Tá iomrá ar Ghráinne Ní Mháille i seanchas na hÉireann. Sháraigh sí fir a linne féin le gal agus gaisce, ar muir agus ar tír. Tá insintí iomadúla ann cheana: cuntais stairiúla, úrscéalta grafacha, drámaí agus ceol, a nochtann crógacht, laochas agus dílseacht Ghráinne. Ach nochtann gné eile den bhanlaoch san úrscéal seo. Cuirtear i láthair í ina cruth daonna anseo, fuil agus feoil uirthi. Feictear croí agus anam an bhanlaoich, mar chéile agus mar mháthair, agus na bealaí inar mhúnlaigh an grá, an chrógacht agus an chalaois a saol eachtrúil. Agus tugann sí dúshlán Éilís 1 i gcathair Londan agus ar an bhfarraige mór.
Overlooked by history for centuries, Gráinne Ní Mháille has acquired near-mythic status in recent years. Schoolchildren learn about her, and her colourful life has given rise to interpretations of all kinds, from non-fiction to graphic novel to drama and music. But her extraordinary exploits and bravado have hogged the limelight, and until now there has not been a novel that seeks to present her as a woman with an inner life.
Interviews
- The Bookseller: Q&A with Siobhán Parkinson
- Cinders Magazine: Rocking the World – An Interview with Siobhán Parkinson
Prizes & Awards
Reviews
Video
- The Attic Sessions TV: The Attic Sessions #22 - In Conversation with Siobhán Parkinson
- Laureate na nÓg: Laureate Q&A part 1
- Laureate na nÓg: Highlights of Siobhán Parkinson's term as the first Laureate na nÓg
- Laureate na nÓg: Introducing Laureate na nÓg
- Irish WritersCtr: Writing For Young People @ Irish Writers' Centre
Resources For Readers
- Tuairisc: Seo agaibh leabhair Ghaeilge na Bliana 2019…
- Tuairisc: ‘Deireadh ré agus a leabhar deireanach foilsithe ag Cois Life’
- The Irish Times: Reading matters - Why our Children Need Libraries
- The Irish Times: ‘Laureate na nÓg Sarah Crossan, PJ Lynch, Eoin Colfer, Niamh Sharkey and Siobhán Parkinson on Family Reading’
