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Celebrating World Book Day!

If you saw children roaming the streets with their heads in books - don’t worry! It’s just Wo...

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18.42 6 Mar 2025


Celebrating World Book Day!


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18.42 6 Mar 2025


If you saw children roaming the streets with their heads in books - don’t worry! It’s just World Book Day!

Over 900 thousand book tokens have been given out to students to redeem a free World Book Day title.

Joining Kieran to discuss the day and where it came from is Maria Dickenson, Chair of Bookselling Ireland and Author Helena Duggan to discuss.


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