Ok, it's a masterpiece. It's not traumatic but I had to wipe away a few tears as the emotions were so vivid - this is a story that stays with you. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social will there be a sequel? I want more!

Just about to start this book published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social After meeting them at the LAI conference this weekend in Dublin - it's also nominated for the AnPost book awards....

🥳@carnegiemedals.bsky.social 2026 noms with a #bookhaiku a day @grainneobrien.bsky.social 🎼Recorder girl, so fragile as her heart breaks in two, disconnected from the cadences of music flowing through her fingers, can friendship and family help Daisy heal from the pain of betrayal

We’re down at the Literacy Association of Ireland conference in DCU: come say hello! #LAICon25

We need your votes! We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social! Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

Azari wants to make a new life in Ireland. She loves to run through the streets around the Direct Provision centre. But the local mood is darkening, and culminates in an arson attack on the asylum seekers’ residence. Read more: www.littleisland.ie/products/run...

Azari wants to make a new life in Ireland. She loves to run through the streets around the Direct Provision centre. But the local mood is darkening, and culminates in an arson attack on the asylum seekers’ residence. Read more: www.littleisland.ie/products/run...

We’re about to release our last book of 2025 and it’s one of the most important we’ve published. MIXED UP by Leon Diop is a groundbreaking memoir about growing up mixed-race in Ireland. Please join us for the launch next week with special guest Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR).

We’re about to release our last book of 2025 and it’s one of the most important we’ve published. MIXED UP by Leon Diop is a groundbreaking memoir about growing up mixed-race in Ireland. Please join us for the launch next week with special guest Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR).

Ashamed to say I’ve not read any of Oscar Wilde's stories for children so am delighted to have received this collection, illustrated by Lauren O'Hara. Out now for 8+ readers, huge thanks to @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social 🥰 #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Really pleased to see Alan Titley’s translation of THE TÁIN (illus Eoin Coveney) recommended by Outside In World! The Children’s Booker will consider translations – wonderful news – and OIN have highlighted a few great children’s translations. mailchi.mp/fd7f15302b50...

Also just a little reminder that SOLO is also on the APIBA shortlist and we would really appreciate your vote to help it win!! bsky.app/profile/litt...

We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing! A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO! Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien! @kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026

Very very proud of these two authors, as well as the Littke Island team that delivered these books so beautifully. Awards like this are for the authors and the writing – but at the same time, if you don’t have great editorial, design and marketing behind a book, it won’t get picked for prizes.

Inventive short tales ideal for reading aloud Maire Zepf with whimsical illustrations Andrew Whitson #TheCloudKingdom @littleislandbooks.bsky.social is #RedReadingHub’s #kidlit #fiction book of the day reviewed on the blog wp.me/p11DI5-dx6

We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing! A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO! Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien! @kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026

We need your votes! We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social! Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

Just 5 more days before this offer closes – order from Dubray by 7 November and be in with a chance of winning an original, signed Lauren O’Hara artwork!

Had such a nice evening at the launch for The Cloud Kingdom at No Alibis Bookstore in Belfast last week. It's published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social - an Irish independent publisher that makes beautiful books. Check it out! @matthewpb.bsky.social

Out now, this week’s #PictureBookFriday read is The Experimenters by @shanedbergin.bsky.social, illustrated by @sayanikoyelartist.bsky.social. @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #KidlitUK #UKKidlit worldssmallestlibrary.wordpress.com/2025/10/31/t...

Please vote for SOLO! Help our 3-person team and debut author win a prize! 🗳️ 🙏

We need your votes! We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social! Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

Happy Halloween! #Win 1 of 3 spooky children's book bundles! 📚🎃👻 To enter... 1. Follow @LittleIslandBks 2. Comment a halloween emoji 3. Tag a friend (ROI and UK only. Ends 2 Nov 2025 at midnight.) #win #giveaway #bookgiveaway #halloween #halloween2025 #trickortreat

Sending 💚 and solidarity to everyone at @knightsofbooks.bsky.social and all their authors. It’s a tough, tough industry for independents. Please support independent bookshops and independent publishers this Christmas.

Calling all teachers! Wellbeing Through Words Join INTO and author Debbie Thomas in an online webinar demonstrating how creative writing & storytelling can help children facing challenges. Nov 5, 3.30pm Register here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

Londoners! Lauren O’Hara will be on a tour of London indie bookshops later this week! 📚 Grab a limited-edition signed copy of #OscarWildesStoriesforChildren from one of these bookshops while stocks last! #OscarWilde #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #books #Christmasgifts #signedbooks

The Cloud Kingdom by Máire Zepf & Andrew Whitson: stories within a story; seamlessly woven together; Magical, imaginative, playful & utterly, magnificently beautiful. One to cherish. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/10/28/w...

Today we're interviewing Leon Diop about his memoir, MIXED UP #UKYA #UKYASpotlight @littleislandbooks.bsky.social ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/10/27/a...

Over on @ukyaspotlight.bsky.social, an interview with Leon Diop about his memoir, MIXED UP #UKYA #UKYASpotlight @littleislandbooks.bsky.social ukyaspotlight.co.uk/2025/10/27/a...

The artist at work! Some photos of Lauren O’Hara painting The Happy Prince in the iconic window of Dublin’s @booksupstairs.bsky.social The illustration is from our new edition of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children, out now and available wherever good books are sold!

Enormous thanks to @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social for this beautiful copy of The Cloud Kingdom by Maire Zepf, illustrated by Andrew Whitson. Out now for 7+ readers ☁️ #KidlitUK #UKKidlit

Andrew Whitson’s artwork in this book is next level. He’s Irish children’s books’ best-kept secret, because he’s mostly worked on Irish-language books. I feel lucky to have published him before the secret gets out…

We’re taking over Books Upstairs! For now! It’s all Little Island in the @booksupstairs.bsky.social window today!

Thanks to everyone who came to @booksupstairs.bsky.social last night to launch Lauren O’Hara’s OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHLDREN! It was a lovely evening celebrating a very special book.

A brilliant blend of dinosaurs and technology! 🦖 Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social @alanorourke.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social #cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration

Happy publication day to THE CLOUD KINGDOM by Máire Zepf and Andrew Whitson! This gorgeously illustrated archipelago of new fairytales is a celebration of stories and books. An ideal Christmas gift for a young storyteller! Join us in Belfast on Saturday for the launch at No Alibis!

Thanks to @sineadohart.bsky.social for being my bookpusher this morning. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social your goodies are on the way to me (retelling of the Táin)

Good morning! Check out Lauren O’Hara’s Happy Prince painting in @booksupstairs.bsky.social’s window! 😍 Launching this evening at 6.30pm, all welcome!

Come join us this Thursday at @booksupstairs.bsky.social to celebrate the launch of OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN, illustrated by Lauren O’Hara, and containing a new foreword by Colm Tóibín! There will be wine! Some of it will sparkle! And people and books! 📚😍

Congratulations to the SIX Irish nominees for the Hans Christian Andersen Award – including our founder, Siobhán Parkinson, as well as Little Island authors Patricia Forde and Jane Mitchell! alma.se/en/nominatio...

Limited edition artworks! By Lauren O’Hara! From her new book OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN! And you can have some! From Irish bookshops! Read more to find out more! #kidlit #illustration #speirgorm

Tonight on BBC One in Northern Ireland. You lucky, lucky viewers.

Can anyone recommend a courier service in Ireland that is 1. Affordable 2. Reliable 3. Has decent customer service? Because the company we used to use are very uncommunicative!

“A roar-ing good time!” Dinosaur Pie @littleislandbooks.bsky.social offers that age-old question: “What to do when you suddenly find yourself turned into a dino?” #chapterbook series opener Booth 206 #AASL25 www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews...

Thanks to our Dublin bookshop pals there are now signed copies of the new edition of Sam Thompson’s “modern classic” WOLFSTONGUE in: Eason’s O’Connell St Dubray Mary St & Grafton St @booksupstairs.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social and @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social

Working on this book with some extraordinarily talented people has been one of the greatest privileges of my career – it will make a beautiful Christmas gift for a child, or any adult who appreciates beauty in illustration and design!

Limited edition artworks! By Lauren O’Hara! From her new book OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN! And you can have some! From Irish bookshops! Read more to find out more! #kidlit #illustration #speirgorm

Our current bestselling titles in North America THE BRIGHTEST STAR by @megcathwrites.bsky.social GIANT by Judith McQuoid @judithmcquoid.bsky.social THE GIRL WHO FELL TO EARTH by @laureatenanog.bsky.social Patricia Forde LITTLE BIG SISTER by Eoin Colfer THE FAIRY QUEEN by Chrissy Donoghue Ward