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We’re delighted you’re joining us for DEAR 2025, on Friday 11th April, and we’re looking forward to hearing all about any events and activities you might be planning, and especially looking forward to seeing how many minutes and hours you and all of us together can achieve this year.

To Register please click here or click the image below.

While we’re waiting for Friday 11th April 2025, you can look at our Recommended Reads section for some ideas of short stories or books to try and be sure to check out our gallery from previous years below.

Welcome to DEAR

Drop Everything and Read (DEAR) Ireland was founded by Kathleen Moran, beginning in 2016, to promote reading for pleasure and is administered by the JCSP Library Demonstration Project, and supported by City of Dublin ETB, Children’s Books Ireland, LAI Youth Libraries Group, Laureate na nÓg, CDETB Curriculum Development Unit, Poetry Ireland and many more .

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