“Shorelines is a perfectly formed pearl of a book … I feel fortunate to have read it.” A STUNNING review of Shorelines by @megcathwrites.bsky.social!

I'm taking bookings for workshops! If you don't know me: Hi! My name is Ruth Ennis. I'm an author and poet based in Ireland and I write books for teenagers and children.

Little Island is exhibiting at the Booksellers Association conference today and tomorrow – come say hello!

🌼Happy launch day to Ruth Ennis!🌼 ❤️Ruth is our fab children's books reviewer & is such a supportive, generous, & talented person—we wish her and Shorelines all the success in the world ❤️ @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @gutterbookshop.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie @rurooie.bsky.social

Happy Book Birthday to Shorelines & Ruth Ennis! @rurooie.bsky.social

I'm about 2.5 scenes away from finishing a first draft of a new book. Normally I'm racing to the finish line at this stage but lately I'm just so disengaged from this story (though I'm very fond of it!) Does anyone have any advice to get over this last hurdle?

Honestly can't really believe I'm typing this. I'm inviting you all to the Shorelines book launch 🧜🏻‍♀️ I'm actually finding it a bit hard to put into words how important this is to me. I've spent so much of my life being shaped by stories, and now I get to shape others with my own. 1/2

A treat from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social! Shorelines by @rurooie.bsky.social is out Feb 5th

The cat just pulled a USB key out of my computer because we hadn't fed him yet jfc I can't cope

These are exciting! The Waters of the Wild is beautiful 💕

New @booksireland.bsky.social article and today it's all about magical realism in middle grade fiction! You can read my reviews below booksirelandmagazine.com/magic-realis...

It's 2026 which means it's officially my publication year! Hard to believe that Shorelines is going to be out in just over a month (screaming, crying, throwing up, etc).

A lil PSA, Dunnes stores on December 23rd is not made for the autistic girlies

I've never seen a plane move this vertically before in my life this is wild

Another day another commute that could be a 45 min drive, should be an 1 hour 15 min train, but actually is a 2 hour journey door to door because the Irish transport system is beyond useless. I hate it here

A note from your friendly bookseller watching the #LateLateToyShow – here are all the books featured so you can show your local bookshop exactly which one you’re looking for 📚 Be sure to follow #BookElves2025 for more book recommendations all week long!

Books books books!! #LateLateToyShow (For even more book recs check out #BookElves2025)

I mean this book was MADE for Layla #LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025

Alright, break time, so now is your chance to get a personalised book recommendation for the young reader in your life! Just tell me their age (0-18) and interests and I'll share a book I think they'll love 📚 #LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025

Aw man there's nothing else in the whole world quite like the moment the bodhrán and fiddle breaks out on the #LateLateToyShow, music is just in our bones isn't it 😭

Alright, break time, so now is your chance to get a personalised book recommendation for the young reader in your life! Just tell me their age (0-18) and interests and I'll share a book I think they'll love 📚 #LateLateToyShow #BookElves2025

If you'd like to read stories about friendships as lovely as Keelan and Dylan, then you should check out the gorgeous Bear and Bird series (for 5+ years) 😭😭😭 #LateLateToyShow

Keelan you're doing so well!! 😭😭😭 #LateLateToyShow

If you're like Lauren and love spywork and cool gadgets then you should check out these books for readers for 6+ years 📚 #LateLateToyShow

Was fully expecting another 6 7 joke to be snuck into the appeal phone line there #LateLateToyShow

Hello books! #LateLateToyShow If you're looking for personalised book recommendations for the young readers in your life, be sure to follow #BookElves2025!

Here we gooooooooo #LateLateToyShow

It's day one of #BookElves2025 and today I want to match some Irish picturebooks with the theme of the #LateLateToyShow: The Grinch! All these fab picturebooks have a protagonist who is pretty grumpy, but underneath they have a heart of gold 💚 🦡 Badger Books 🐈 Kevin's in a Mood 🐀 The Dead Zoo

It's the #LateLateToyShow and that means it's time for #BookElves2025! All evening I'll give personalised book recommendations for the young reader (0-18) in your life! Just tell me their age + interests and I'll share a book I think they'll love! @latelateshow.rte.ie @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social

I'm putting in my prediction for the #LateLateToyShow surprise celebrity nice and early, Cynthia Erivo is gonna rock up to sing For Good with a kid I just know it 💚🩷

I've to wait for a few hours in an unfamiliar town and have found the cosiest corner in the local library to settle in. Countless books to hand, computers to get some work done, lovely librarians that don't mind if you just hang out without having to buy anything. Libraries are truly a wonder

The @dublinbookfest.bsky.social has been a constant companion in my bookish career so far, I was so delighted to be asked to write about my experiences with them over the years for the DBF blog. Thank you team DBF, yee are wonderful. Link to read the article below 🩵💛

Me when literally anything comes along that I let distract me from actually writing the book

I'm halfway through the Wicked double bill and I'm so glad I'm watching For Good this way, with a bunch or pink and green dorks in love with these two girls, sobbing at the Oz Dust, ready to have our hearts broken in part 2

I'm so so thrilled that the cover for Shorelines was revealed earlier today, isn't she a beaut? 🧜🏻‍♀️ Shorelines is YA verse novel retelling of The Little Mermaid told through the lens of a fat protagonist. Out February 2026!

Introducing Booked Up: Futures for Young Readers As part of my community outreach programme during my time as Emerging Writer in Residence at DLR LexIcon, I'll be facilitating monthly workshops and panels for teenagers interested in exploring careers and opportunities involving books.

Freddie has spent the morning scratching at the door, eating our hair, knocking stuff off the locker, swiping at our does, chewing the phone charger, and huffing in anger. You try convincing an orange cat that it's not actually breakfast time because the clocks went back and see how far you get.

New @booksireland.bsky.social article is up and it was such a joy to interview Dagogo Hart about his new picturebook Lantern Smoke. I love yapping with poets, I could have listened to Dagogo talk for hours 🧡

Seeing as it's #IrishBookWeek, I've put together a Starter Pack of bricks 'n' mortar bookshops. Terrified I've forgotten someone obvious so please let me know of additions go.bsky.app/G4kmxVq

Introducing Booked Up: Futures for Young Readers As part of my community outreach programme during my time as Emerging Writer in Residence at DLR LexIcon, I'll be facilitating monthly workshops and panels for teenagers interested in exploring careers and opportunities involving books.

The shameless self promo begins: My debut novel is called Shorelines and it's a young adult verse novel retelling of The Little Mermaid told through the lens of a fat protagonist Out February 2026 with @littleislandbooks.bsky.social (here's me with my proof copy, deliriously excited)

She just wants someone to play with Made on the way home from @dlrarts.bsky.social #StormAmy #SpeirGorm

Day 4 of #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book that's perfect for bookclub I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social

Day 2 of the #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book for 15-18 years old Treacle Town by Brian Conaghan is a gripping YA story about the importance of words and the power of poetry for a young boy who is looking for a way out of the life he is living 🩷🧡🩷🧡 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Day 1 of the #DIKBChallenge25: share a book with a blue cover 💙 A Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston A really unique book, full of words and chaos and wildly entertaining definitions #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social

I'm just finishing up my first week as Emerging Writer in Residence at DLR Lexicon and wanted to write this. I love it here 💙 #DunLaoghaire

Genuinely folks, there is no future for Irish artists if the Basic Income for the Arts programme doesn't continue. The cost of living and houses crisis impacts us all, but the recent reports indicate artists are 3 times more at risk to be below the poverty line.

When in #Dublin - popped into @childrensbooksireland.ie #CBIconf25 & @gutterbookshop.bsky.social let me sell a book! Great catch-up chats with lovely people incl. @louiestowell.bsky.social & @littleislandbooks.bsky.social & got a proof of @rurooie.bsky.social 's debut #YA novel #shorelines ! #BobWin

I'm starting to plan things to do in the lead up and around the publication date of my book (Feb 2026) Children's and YA book folks, what advice would you give to someone with a debut?

I can hardly believe I'm saying this. I'm so beyond thrilled and grateful to be appointed the Emerging Writer in Residence alongside the wonderful @evemcdonnell.bsky.social as the Established Writer in Residence at Dun Laoghaire CoCo Arts www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/writers...