Belfast folk! Free tickets below to the launch of my third novel, Runaway Road, in No Alibis. Friday 15th May 5.30pm - 7pm. Other events in Derry, Donegal etc. suitable for adults and teens. I’ll be in conversation with the truly inspirational, Cathy Carson. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/runaway-ro...?

The Shortlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration is here! 💫Showcasing a diverse range of unique artistic styles, these illustrations will capture your heart. Congratulations to all the talented illustrators. 🎨 https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-shortlists-announced/

The Shortlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Writing is here! 📖 With subversive storytelling, reimagined folklore, and inventive verse and chronology, this shortlist has a story for everyone. 📚 Congratulations to the talented writers. https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-shortlists-announced/

🎉 Today is the day! Watch this space at 3:45pm GMT 👀

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Fantastic free conference in Belfast for everyone with an interest in books /writing for children and teens. www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/conference...?

There is a bursary up for grabs for the YLG Conference #YLGOxford26 for someone that lives &/or works in London, from @ylglondon.bsky.social (ticket price only). Deadline to apply is 20th March, details in link below www.cilip.org.uk/events/Event...

March is full of brilliant new Irish books for young readers of all ages, from toddlers to teens. Check them out! Together let’s help children and teens #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks and see themselves on the pages of the books they read. Please do share these new titles posters widely.

If you need some inspiration for children, teens, or young adult books, pop in and pick up one of these free brochures. It's packed full of books by authors & illustrators from this little corner of the island. We have some amazing talent here, and this brochure proves it! @childrensbooksireland.ie

CILIP Youth Libraries Group (YLG) annual conference, 12-13 Sep in Oxford #NYoR #GoAllIn www.cilip.org.uk/events/event...

Join Nathanael Lessore, Theo Parish & Tia Fisher, hosted by Jake Hope. Shadowing, AI & creativity, copyright with ALCS + a new ALCS competition. 3 March | 12PM | Online Register: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/HmaQxnFFQGa9ya5YR8t8DA#/registration

Calling booksellers & children’s/YA librarians! 📚 Pen&inc. the free EDI-focused Children’s & YA magazine from CILIP, is now fully digital, open access & completely FREE! Sign up to get all editorial + listings straight to your inbox: https://ow.ly/a3P150Yi6bC

📚 For the National Year of Reading, we’re joined by @gntread24.bsky.social from the @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social to talk about youth librarians, the Carnegie Awards & building reading communities for young people.

Come join us. It's going to be a fantastic weekend!

Announcing the longlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Illustration!🏅🎨 Featuring lively colours and immersive mediums, these 19 works beautifully portray themes of identity, relationships, nature, and life’s journey. 📚🌟 https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-longlists-announced/#Carnegies2026

Revealing the longlist for the #Carnegies2026 Medal for Writing! 🏅✒️ Highlighting diversity and community, these 19 works span from humorous narratives and creative reimaginings to artfully using history to explore identity and relationships . 💫📖 https://carnegies.co.uk/2026-longlists-announced/

📚 Today we’re celebrating the launch of the #NationalYearOfReading2026. Reading and young people’s voices are what #Carnegies2026 shadowing is all about – making it the perfect way to go all in on reading this year and beyond. carnegies.co.uk/take-part/#NationalYearOfReading2026#Carnegies2026#GoAllIn2026

Presenting the shortlist for this years KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 🤩 These 10 titles will compete for six awards at the award ceremony on May 19th. Congratulations to this years long and shortlistees. The standard was exceptional. ⭐️ 🔗 childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

We are pleased to announce the longlist for the 2026 #BranfordBoase Award, recognising the year's outstanding debut writers for children AND their editors 👏#kidlit #booksky Thank you to @alcs.co.uk & @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social for their support. branfordboaseaward.org.uk/2026-longlist/

Your first look the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2026 longlist 🤩 The quality of titles this year were truly extraordinary. Our judges have managed to narrow it down from a total of 151 submissions to these 17 Congratulations to all nominees 🏆 childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

Ireland is voting for its stories 💚 From Derry to Dingle, readers everywhere are casting their votes for the books that moved, thrilled, & inspired them this year. Have you voted yet? Join readers across Ireland and help choose the 2025 winners. VOTE: scxo9qtv33a.typeform.com/apiba25-vote

A new chapter begins Monday — the Carnegie Nominations are coming. 👻📚🕯️ #Carnegies2026

🎵🎶It's the final countdown 🎶🎵 Don't forget to pop your nominations in before midnight tonight! I'm so looking forward to seeing what my reading list is going to look like for the next few months as a Judge!

Don’t miss out! Make sure you nominate by tomorrow night!!

📚 Calling all @cilip.bsky.social members! It's that exciting time once more! Join us in nominating your favourite children's and YA books for the 2026 Carnegies. Each member can nominate one exceptional title per Medal. 🏅 🗓️ Submit yours by 26 September carnegies.co.uk/nominations

ICYMI: The 2024 Yoto Carnegies won Best Development of an Existing Awards Event at the 2025 #AwardsAwards 🏆 Judges praised the “vibrant, youth-powered reinvention” as “massively scaled, emotionally resonant, and culturally important.” We’re honoured! Read more 👉:

“Manhood’s become a rock / I cannot lift alone.” Joseph Coelho’s The Boy Lost in the Maze remakes the Theseus myth into a mirror—reflecting modern masculinity, identity and the timeless search for self. My review for @justimaginecentre.bsky.social justimagine.co.uk/childrens-bo...

📚 Thrilled to share that I’ve been shortlisted for the @sla.org.uk Secondary School Librarian of the Year Award! Honoured and grateful to be recognised among such dedicated professionals. 🌟 #SchoolLibraries

Applications for the Klaus Flugge Bursary for a sponsored place at Journeys Into Reading: #YLGConference2025 are now open! See the following post for details. Thank you to @andersenpress.bsky.social for sponsoring this bursary

Relive the magic of the 2025 Carnegie Awards💫 You can now watch back the ceremony on our website! Don’t miss the heartwarming moments and powerful speeches 🏅🎥 #Carnegies2025 📷: Tom Pilston / Beth Prodger Find the full recording and photo gallery: carnegies.co.uk/take-part/st...

🎟️ General sale tickets now available 🎟️ Join us for a weekend of joyful Resistance at the Children’s Books Ireland International Conference 2025. 🗓️20th & 21st September 📍Light House Cinema 🎟️ www.eventbrite.ie/e/childrens-... #CBIConf25

The winners of the @cilip.bsky.social #CarnegieMedals have been announced! 📚📜

It’s fantastic to see the winners of the Carnegie Medals announced today at the #Carnegies2025 awards ceremony. Huge congratulations to the winners, shortlistees and the judges from CILIP Youth Libraries Group!

Homebody has won the 2025 Shadowers' Choice Medal for Illustration! Congratulations to Theo Parish and @panmacmillan.bsky.social‬! ‏#Carnegies2025

Clever Crow has won the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration! Congratulations to Olivia Lomenech Gill and @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social‬! #Carnegies2025

King of Nothing has won the 2025 Carnegie Shadowers' Choice Medal for Writing! Congratulations to Nathanael Lessore and Bonnier Books UK! #Carnegies2025

And the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing goes to Glasgow Boys! Congratulations to @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social and @faberchildrens.bsky.social @faberbooks.bsky.social! #Carnegies2025

A huge thank you to the Awards Team, to @youthlibrarygroup.bsky.social and to all our judges, led by Ros Harding! Their dedication makes the Carnegie Awards possible 👏

🎉 Congratulations to the 2025 Winners of the Carnegie Medals for Writing and Illustration, and Shadowers' Choice Medals: @margaretmcdonald.bsky.social, Nathanael Lessore, Theo Parish and Olivia Lomenech Gill! ‏#Carnegies2025 Read the press release: carnegies.co.uk/2025-winners...

The Discover Irish Children’s Books Symposium 🗓️Saturday 21st June from 11am to 4pm 📍Cregan Library, St Patrick’s Campus, DCU, Drumcondra, Co Dublin Booking details & more: www.writing.ie/news/discove... @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social #kidslit #illustrators #booksky #teachers

Those picture books look awful fine!

April is full of fab new Irish children's books. Check out the @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social posters for some of our favourites for all ages. Designed by @bexsheridan.bsky.social #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks The posters can be downloaded free from discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/new-irish-ch... Please share!

From the Guardian: This year’s chair of judges Ros Harding said this year’s shortlists “highlight the diversity and high quality within publishing for children and young people in the UK”. #Carnegies2025 www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...

The Carnegies shortlist is out, for the awards' 88th year. Shadowing starts tomorrow, awards are 19 June. Lovely to hear the panel talk of librarians as "equalisers" who know their readers and how to hook them on reading #Carnegies2025 #LBF25 carnegies.co.uk

The shortlists for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing & Carnegie Medal for Illustration are here! 16 books, 8 in each category. Congratulations to all the shortlisted authors & illustrators and explore the lists now 📚 🏆 #Carnegies2025 #UKKidLit buff.ly/CBjsXur

Revealing the shortlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Illustration! 🏅 These fabulous books transmit stories in ways that words alone cannot. 🎨✨ Congratulations to the brilliant shortlisted illustrators! #Carnegies2025 🎉 Explore the full list here: 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/illustration...

📣 Announcing the shortlist for the 2025 Carnegie Medal for Writing! With a focus on marginalised perspectives, these books highlight diversity and empathy ✨✍️ Congratulations to the exceptional authors shortlisted for the #Carnegies2025! 🏅 Delve into the books here: 🔗 carnegies.co.uk/writing-shor...

Interested in books and reading? 📚 If you are aged 16-24, we want to hear from you! We're currently looking for two young readers to help select the next KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards shortlist, longlist and winners for 2026. Apply here ⬇️ childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

Brilliant to see so many Irish writers and illustrators on the Carnegie Medal longlists! Congrats to all! #discoveririshkidsbooks