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The Caterpillar is a magazine of poems, stories and art, created by grown-ups for children. It is the younger sibling of The Moth, an art & literature magazine for grown-ups.
The Caterpillar is for kids between the ages of 7 and 11(ish), though grown-ups are bound to like it too. It appears four times a year ‒ in March, June, September and December ‒ and is jam-packed full of entertainment.
John Hegley chose The Caterpillar as one of his 'top ten children's poetry books' in The Guardian and it's not even a book, or a poetry book for that matter! How about that for sneaky? Sharing the limelight with the likes of Carol Ann Duffy, Michael Rosen and Jacqueline Wilson. You can check out the list here. The Caterpillar includes some GREAT writing by the likes of Michael Morpurgo (of War Horse fame, of course), Meshack Asare, Julie O'Callaghan, Dennis Lee (the man who wrote the words to Fraggle Rock!), Chrissie Gittins, Frank Cottrell Boyce, Mo O'Hara, Mark Lowery, Hilda Offen and Janet Wong (she's read her poems on the Oprah Winfrey Show!). The magazine is edited by Rebecca O'Connor.
You can purchase a single copy for €7, or an annual subscription (4 issues) for just €28 (Ireland/UK) or €32 (rest of world) here.
THE CATERPILLAR POETRY PRIZE
An annual prize for a poem written by an adult for children. The winner receives €1,000 and publication in the summer issue of The Caterpillar. The prize closes 31 March. An annual prize for a story written by an adult for children. The winner receives €1,000 and publication in the winter issue of The Caterpillar. This prize is currently suspended.
REBECCA O'CONNOR
Rebecca is co-founder and director of The Moth, which publishes The Caterpillar. She edits and designs The Caterpillar and The Moth. Her debut novel He Is Mine and I Have No Other was published by Canongate in June 2018. Her debut poetry collection We'll Sing Blackbird was shortlisted for the Irish Times Shine Strong Award and she is a recipient of a Geoffrey Dearmer Prize from Poetry Review.
WILL GOVAN
Will is co-founder and director of The Moth. He conducts the interviews and takes photographs of the interviewees for The Moth. He studied portraiture at Heatherley School of Fine Art in London and paints in The Moth Studio. He also sometimes visits schools to read from The Caterpillar.
HELEN SHARP
Helen is an editorial assistant at The Moth. She holds a PhD in Philosophy and is an artist and writer. Helen spends lots of time with her horses and dogs in her spare time.
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The Caterpillar is stocked in the following outlets:
Antonia's Bookstore, Trim
Article, Dublin
Book Culture, New York Bookseller Crow, London
Boulder Bookstore, Colorado
Charlie Byrnes Bookshop, Galway
Crannóg Bookshop, Cavan
Dingle Bookshop, Kerry
Do You Read Me?, Berlin
Eason nationwide
Foyles, London Kenny’s Bookshop & Art Gallery, Galway
Lithic Bookstore, Fruita, Colorado
Little Acorns Bookstore, Derry
London Review Bookshop, London Magalleria, Bath Rathgar Bookshop, Dublin
The Reading Room, Carrick-on-Shannon
Shakespeare & Co., Paris
The Winding Stair, Dublin
Under the Greenwood Tree, London
Woulfe's Bookshop, Listowel
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