An engaging, interactive workshop for emerging book reviewers! Whether you’re passionate, puzzled, or opinionated – bring your feelings and discover how to turn them into powerful, purposeful words on the page.
Join writer Claire Hennessy to explore how to read with a critical eye, frame reviews with context, and stick to word count guidelines. With a focus on YA fiction, this workshop unpacks how books balance entertainment and education.
Claire Hennessy is a writer, book critic, and creative writing facilitator. She is the author of twelve YA novels and is the YA reviewer for the Irish Times. Her latest book is a short story collection for adults, In The Movie Of Her Life. Created for writers, artists, dreamers, and doers, Paper Lanterns is the YA-focused literary magazine promoting the voices of young people in Ireland and across the world.
More information here: https://ilfdublin.com/whats-on/festival/paper-lanterns-young-reviewers-workshop-with-claire-hennessy/
