Belturbet school benefits from Culture Night book bid

Fairgreen National School will benefit from the initiative, which is aimed at encouraging all parents to participate in reading with their children.

A Belturbet Deis school will receive a gift package of new books by leading Irish authors as part of an Arts Council initiative to ensure that as many people as possible can experience Culture Night, September 18.

Fairgreen National School will benefit from the initiative, which is aimed at encouraging all parents to participate in reading with their children.

The Arts Council has partnered with Children’s Books Ireland to publish a special guide to 100 of the best Irish books for children. The 'Books Make Things Better' reading guide will be distributed free of charge through bookshops and libraries, or can be downloaded on the Internet.

“This is the first year that the Arts Council has taken on the stewardship of Culture Night, and it’s a year of extraordinary challenges, not least for artists and the entire arts sector,” said Arts Council Director Maureen Kennelly of Culture Night tie-in.

“We believe passionately that the arts are for every single person in Ireland, and that is at the heart of the Equality, Human Rights and Diversity policy we launched last year. That’s why we have invested in broadening and diversifying audiences and participation in Culture Night.”