Fairy Hill BOOKED OUT Marita Conlon-McKenna

In Partnership with Dublin City Libraries

Age 8+ years

When Anna is sent to stay with her dad at Fairy Hill, strange happenings make her begin to wonder if the fairies she’s heard about are real. And if they are, could her little brother Jack be in real danger? Students will join beloved children’s storyteller Marita Conlon-McKenna for a reading and discussion about her latest book Fairy Hill (The O’Brien Press). 

This is a schools event. Expressions of interest should be emailed to info@dublinbookfestival.com

Marita Conlon-McKenna is one of Ireland’s best-loved, award-winning children’s authors. She has written numerous best-selling books for adults and children, and they have been translated into many languages. Under the Hawthorn Tree, her first novel, became an immediate bestseller and has been described as ‘the biggest success story in children’s historical fiction’. Its sequels, Wildflower Girl and Fields of Home, have also been hugely successful. Marita’s other books include The Blue Horse, No Goodbye, Safe Harbour, In Deep Dark Wood, A Girl Called Blue and Fairy Hill. Marita is a winner of the International Reading Association Award, the Osterreichischer Kinder und Jugendbuchpreis, the Reading Association of Ireland Award, and the Children’s Books Ireland Children’s Book of the Year Award. She is a former Chairperson of Irish PEN. Her work has been adapted for stage and TV.