{"id":414,"date":"2022-03-15T08:00:54","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T07:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/?p=414"},"modified":"2022-05-15T13:34:35","modified_gmt":"2022-05-15T12:34:35","slug":"a-love-of-reading-read-dl-explained","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/2022\/03\/15\/a-love-of-reading-read-dl-explained\/","title":{"rendered":"A Love of Reading – Read DL Explained"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Emilia Niewulska, Adult Literacy Organiser<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Emilia Niewulska is one of our Adult Literacy Organisers and also a committee member of the county-wide Read Donegal (Read DL) initiative which is currently underway. In this blog she tells us more about this reading initiative\u00a0which we’ve supported since it’s inception.<\/em><\/p>\n

Read Donegal<\/a> (Read DL) is an annual reading initiative which aims to encourage people of all ages in Donegal to read the same book, going by the worldwide project and motto \u201cOne Book, One Community\u201d.\u00a0The great welcoming of the initiative within the community is seen in how its initial origins as Read Letterkenny (Read LK) expanded quickly to become Read DL just two years after it started.<\/p>\n

Each year, since 2012 when the project began, Read DL announces a book choice and invites the Donegal community to register and participate in the project.<\/p>\n

The uniting element of the initiative, the love of reading, has grown significantly since its inception with over 3,000 books distributed throughout the county this year following registration completed by local schools, further education programmes, families and others who are interested in getting involved; it successfully promotes literacy and shines a light on topics of importance affecting the lives of both children and adults.<\/p>\n

The launch of the project each year is held on World Book Day (first Thursday of March) with Donegal ETB\u2019s Chief Executive and LYIT\u2019s President (as the two main funders) and other guest speakers on the day to represent and help promote the project.<\/p>\n

The annual book choice and its theme suggest the topical activities and events that always accompany reading the book in the month of its launch. That exciting part of the project, in the form of\u00a0an Online Festival, includes various workshops, writing competitions, art displays, quizzes, performances and book author interviews, followed by the closing ceremony.<\/p>\n

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Buncrana Youthreach students reading Wonder during Read DL 2015.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Over the years we have read Brilliant<\/em> by Roddy Doyle (2021), Hopscotch in the Sky<\/em> by Lucinda Jacob (2020), Mr Stink<\/em> by David Walliams (2019), A Monster Calls<\/em> by Patrick Ness (2018), The Breadwinner<\/em> by Deborah Ellis (2017), Blood Upon the Rose<\/em> by Gerry Hunt (2016), Wonder<\/em> by RJ Palacio (2015), Donegal Folk Tales<\/em> by Joe Brennan (2014) and Artemis Fowl<\/em> by Eoin Colfer (2013).<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s book is Stewart Foster<\/a>\u2019s Check Mates<\/em> with great\"Book resources available to schools and students through Read DL\u2019s website as well. From 29-31 March this year\u2019s Read DL Online Festival of Activities will take place. It\u2019s a fantastic opportunity to get together for some quality time and have something in common: the joy of reading.<\/p>\n

It has a multi-agency committee that includes Home School Community Liaison coordinators from Errigal College<\/a> and Letterkenny Educate Together National School, Donegal Education and Training Board Learning for Living Programme, Letterkenny Institute of Technology and Donegal County Council Library Service<\/a>. We also have two retired members from Donegal ETB’s Errigal College and Further Education and Training (FET) Service who both still work as dedicated members of our team.<\/p>\n

Read DL is also one of the many initiatives of the Education and Learning Subcommittee of the Donegal Children and Young People\u2019s Services Committee (CYPSC) and its main funding comes from a partnership between Donegal ETB\u2019s Further Education and Training (FET) Service<\/a> and LYIT<\/a> and it\u2019s also important to highlight the work done each year by the Read DL members contributing to the overall success of the initiative.<\/p>\n

For more information on the Read DL, you can visit the website https:\/\/readdonegal.com\/<\/a> and social media accounts (Facebook<\/a>, Instagram<\/a> and Twitter<\/a>).<\/p>\n

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Emilia Niewulska is one of our Adult Literacy Organisers and also a committee member of the county-wide Read Donegal (Read DL) initiative which is currently underway. In this blog she tells us more about this reading initiative\u00a0which we’ve supported since it’s inception. Read Donegal (Read DL) is an annual reading initiative which aims to encourage […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":419,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[12],"tags":[],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":458,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414\/revisions\/458"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/419"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/donegaletb.ie\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}