Patricia Forde

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460 appearances 4 recordings 2 series first heard May 2026 last heard 5d ago

Patricia Forde’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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They're always on the screen.

We have to fight for it and we're going to have to fight for it.

When I went out in the first year as laureate, we took a bus from Malin to Mezzan.

We took 26 writers and illustrators.

Every school had bunting up.

They were out on the road to meet us.

I wanted it to feel like the circus was coming to town.

And I wanted that so that children would see that books are cool, that there is something there for them.

Because like all drugs, once we get them reading, they're hooked.

There is no problem after that.

We have to.

Children's Books Ireland are very keen that we meet children where they are and where they are is in school.

That's where we'll definitely meet them.

So for people who say, oh, well, you know, we have the public libraries, they can go there.

You can go there if mommy and daddy will bring you or whoever takes care of you.

You can't go there on your own steam if you're six.

So in school, we can get books into their hands.

It is.

And you definitely have to give up something to do it.

Also, like you said, children have so many other things going on, you know, like sport and music.

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