Assistant Professor, DCU School of English
Children’s & YA Literature MA Chair
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Dr Jennifer Mooney
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'Fantasy is almost never written by dragons'.
MA student Caoimhe Creed writes about Fighting Word’s work empowering young writers & the significance of children's literature written by children in the latest DCU MA in Children's & YA Literature blog.
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Lovely post this morning!
Thoroughly enjoyed reviewing Eugene O’Brien’s timely study Reading Paul Howard: The Art of Ross O'Carroll-Kelly.
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“To give my shortest review on this programme: I wish it was longer”
Curious about the MA in Children's and YA Literature @dublincityuni.bsky.social ?
Read about Franka Roese's experience as a FT student on our MA blog: dublincityuniversitychildrensandyaliterature.wordpress.com/2026/05/14/m...
Join us on April 2nd @dculibrary.bsky.social to
celebrate the launch of our IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Collection
exhibition curated by DCU MA students.
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Wonderful launch for our new IBBY
2024 Hans Christian Andersen collection. Thanks to all who came to celebrate! The exhibition can be viewed at Cregan library until April 15th.
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View the library guide for the exhibition created by DCU's MA students: dcu.libguides.com/HCAA
Ahead of our launch of the IBBY Hans Christian Andersen Collection @dculibrary.bsky.social on International Children's Book Day tomorrow, read about what it is and how it started in my blog post share.google/KRpkkFOvrkkM...
Wonderful day celebrating our Children’s and YA Lit. MA graduates last week 🎓! Special congrats to Hazel Skinner for receiving the Dean’s List pin in recognition of her exceptional achievement. 👏
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Congratulations @lucyestone.bsky.social on today’s cross faculty event, Reading Well, @dculibrary.bsky.social
A richly rewarding day exploring how titles in the DCU Children's Books Ireland Collection represent illness and disability and their potential use in education and healthcare settings.
What makes a good children’s book? Do good children’s books have to ‘do’ good?
What is the best children’s book? What would you choose?
Great discussion with Adjunct Prof. Peter Hunt! See what he chose & why!
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Looking for some summer reads? 😎📖
Our DCU MA in Children’s & Young Adult Literature students have you covered!
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Dr Jennifer Mooney
The summer months are in full swing now, with the possibility of better weather on our beautiful green isle (“possibility” being an important word here). As the holidays and other leisu…
As the busy side of the 25/26 academic year closes and students of the MA dig deep into putting their dissertations together, one of our students, Franka, gives us an insight into her year in DCU a…
With the 2026 edition of the Irish Times supplement, Fighting Words, being published a few days ago, fellow student Caoimhe Creed gives us an insight into her involvement with it, as well as a part…
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April 2nd is International Children’s Book Day. Dr Jennifer Mooney writes about Jella Lepman’s dream of building peace through children’s literature immediately after the…
