🎄📚 @childrensbooksireland.ie being wonderful www.rte.ie/news/leinste...

Sharing a favourite of mine – The Shortest Day by Susan Cooper, illustrations by Carson Ellis. Happy solstice, folks! 🌞

Made a few festive bits for the library – the halls are decked! 🎄📚

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

Thanks to the generous supporters of the Glen to Glen Hike for Hospice, over €30,000 has been raised for hospice services in Wicklow and the surrounding areas. Thank you, thank you, thank you 💜

Happy, Happy #WITmonth!💃🎉📚 In August we celebrate books written by women in a language other than English that have been translated. Read (even if it's just one book), share, #NameTheTranslator without whom literature would be less rich. For more, do check out www.womenintranslation.org/witmonth

I virtually attended #ARLIS2025 last week and am still going through my notes and the various articles and resources I bookmarked while tuned in – so much food for thought! Congratulations to the @arlis-uk.bsky.social team on an excellent conference.

That’s more like it.

What a day this was! Here we are on the Saltee ferry in our matching Jon Klassen hats. Totally unplanned but very on brand 🐢

Introducing our winners from the KPMG Children's Books Ireland Awards 2025 🤩 Our thanks to lead sponsors KPMG, to the Arts Council & Arts Council NI for their support and our hosts @ilfdublin.bsky.social. Read all about our winners here⬇️ childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

The #KlausFluggePrize shortlist has been announced: "The illustrators [the judges] have chosen to shortlist have very different styles and subject matter but share exceptional ability to tell a story and to create mood and character, while their originality and talent stood out." #KFP25

👋 Join the Poetry Ireland Team! Now hiring for the role of Librarian. Poetry Ireland is seeking a passionate, qualified Librarian to lead the development of the new Seamus Heaney Poetry Library at No. 11 Parnell Square. ℹ️ Find full application details here: www.poetryireland.ie/news/poetry-...

All set for our final book club meeting of the current run! We’re discussing the @childrensbooksireland.ie Awards shortlisted ‘Stitch’ by Pádraig Kenny, published by @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social #ReadingHeroes

Had the loveliest time in Glasgow and Edinburgh over the Easter weekend. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

2025 marks 100 years since the closure of Monto, Dublin’s historic red light district. If you’re interested in the lives of the women who lived & worked there, I highly recommend Caroline West’s book Wrong Women & this episode of the Three Castles Burning podcast: open.spotify.com/episode/3QW0...

Fabulous day spent visiting @marshslibrary.bsky.social and 14 Henrietta Street – two Dublin City gems.

Our junior book club had a brilliant time adventuring with Noah’s Gold by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social! After some great chats about treasure, teamwork, and tech, we made our own island maps and swapped clues to find hidden treasure.

Our junior book club had a brilliant time adventuring with Noah’s Gold by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social! After some great chats about treasure, teamwork, and tech, we made our own island maps and swapped clues to find hidden treasure.

Thanks to inspiration from @dculibrary.bsky.social at the @aslibraries.bsky.social conference, I’ve set up a De-stress Table! Herbal tea, chocolate, fidget toys, mindful colouring, uplifting quotes, a community jigsaw – little things to help students relax and recharge as we near the end of term.

First Mother’s Day without her. Thinking of her today and every day.

Dr Claire McGuinness's talk at #ASL2025 focuses on the public library staff who have gone above and beyond to safeguard the freedom of marginalised communities in Ireland. Read the full report here digitalpolicy.ie/publication/...

Just read the sessions for #ASL2025 & cried (having an emotional day!) Libraries are incredible social institutions #LoveLibraries - The Ripple Effect: How Kindness Transforms Libraries & Communities / Standing Firm: The Role of Public Librarians in Defending LGBTQ+ Resources / & more...

Delighted to be in the beautiful @molimuseum.bsky.social today for the @aslibraries.bsky.social conference. Here’s the #ASL2025 lineup of speakers:

📣 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...

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...

Great book club session on #TheWildRobot by @peterbrownstudio.com this weekend! 🤖 🌱 We discussed nature vs tech, the power of community & what it means to survive. From planning our own island survival to designing unique landscapes, these young readers proved they’re just as resourceful as Roz.

Saltmills and Tramore this weekend 🌊

Ar fheabhas! ☘️ 📚 #SnaG25 #SeachtainNaGaeilge

Looking forward to this! Last few tickets available at the link below 👇

My adventures in Lego continue.

Yes, it’s Valentine’s Day but did you know that February is also Library Lovers’ Month? Students and staff here on campus have been sharing their love for libraries and it would just give you the warm and fuzzies 💕

Delighted to have earned the National Forum’s digital badge in Universal Design Beyond the Classroom! It has deepened my understanding of inclusive learning & inspired me to embed UDL principles into my own practice. Highly recommend to library colleagues! openbadgefactory.com/v1/assertion...

Our next junior book club read is The Wild Robot by Peter Brown 🤖 Some of our members have already seen the film and I’m interested to see how that shapes their perception of the book. #BooksOnTheHook #kidlit

Staving off the Sunday Scaries 🪴 #LEGO

@ravenbooks.bsky.social 🪨

I run a junior book club on our little peninsula and today we discussed The Dragon in the Library by @louiestowell.bsky.social (@nosycrow.bsky.social). We explored friendship dynamics, the pros & potential cons of magic, the story worlds we’d most like to inhabit, & the importance of libraries. 🐲📚

It’s somehow 4 weeks since my mam passed away. At her funeral I read this poem about finding peace – something she struggled with during her lifetime but I hope she has found now. If you find solace in nature maybe it will resonate with you too. 🤍

Drumroll please 🥁 The shortlist for this years KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards is HERE. These 10 titles will compete for six awards at the award ceremony on May 19th. A massive congratulations to this years longlistees and shortlistees. ⭐️ Now without further ado...

Congratulations to the authors and illustrators shortlisted for the 2025 KPMG @childrensbooksireland.ie Awards. Maith sibh! 👏🎉📚 childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...

I’ve just discovered @pdimagearchive.bsky.social – a living database of over 10,000 out-of-copyright works, free for all to browse, download, and reuse. There’s a lot of cool stuff over there: pdimagearchive.org

An excellent choice! 👏

A phenomenal longlist for the 2025 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards! Looking forward to the shortlist announcement on Wednesday 👀