Novelist Eoin Colfer has been named as the third Laureate na nÓg, Ireland’s laureate for children’s literature.
The former primary school teacher, best known for his Artemis Fowl series, is taking on the Laureate mantle after the work of his predecessors Siobhán Parkinson and Niamh Sharkey.
The honour, held for two years at a time, was established to engage young people with high quality children’s literature and to underline the importance of children’s literature to the realms of culture and education.
Eoin Colfer chatted to Matt Cooper about his career.
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