Scores of young bookworms packed Cork City Library yesterday to hear international best-selling author Darren Shan read from his latest book.

WITH the Children’s Book Festival imminent, now is a good time to introduce the very young to the pleasure of reading.

HUNDREDS of events are being held across the country in a bid to cultivate a life-long love among children for the wondrous world of books.

YOUNGSTERS Aoife McKenna and Danielle Winckworth sat spellbound yesterday as author and storyteller Larry O’Loughlin spun his web of magic.