Fantastic to see our titles included in the 2025 Late Late Toy Show! From little Puffling’s new adventure, to an unstoppable GAA duo and the vibrant expression of one of W.B. Yeats’s most memorable poems, these recommendations will delight many of Ireland’s youngest readers.

Puffling and the Stormy Sea in the Toy Show Leabharlann 😀 Well done the book reviewers! @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social #picturebook

Yay! 👏⚡️ Huge congrats to Tom, Erika and Shannon 🥳

“I liked it so much I got another one of the series” A lovely review of ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ on today’s Oliver Callan Show from 6 year old Erin 💫

Join us for our annual Books of the Year Online event on Monday 24th November. Check out the fab line up of authors we’ll be talking to below! And we will be giving out a 10% discount code on the night! Book your free ticket here: halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/2411... @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social

Lots of signed copies of Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me at Dubray books in Cork 😊 @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Fab to spot Puffling’s new book in Dublin’s Winding Stairs window with the gorgeous new book from Lauren O’Hara and Oscar Wilde 😊 @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social #illustration #picturebooks

Lovely to visit J. Joyce & Co. shop in Cork today and sign / doodle lots of new Puffling books! 😊 @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Puffling’s new book by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me spotted in the Eason window on Nassau Street Dublin. Already looking pretty Christmassy! @theobrienpress.bsky.social

🎉 PUB DAY 🎉 I was so lucky to get to work with the wonderful Tom McCaughren on this book, which is gorgeously illustrated by Shannon Bergin. Have read it at a few events already and it's going down a storm! 🌟📚🌟

We always enjoy thinking up endpapers for the Puffling books. For Puffling and the Stormy Sea (just out from @theobrienpress.bsky.social ) we focused on the basking shark who plays a starring role. The front endpapers are a wallpaper. Is that a rabbit with a beak? Yes 😊 @erikamcgann.bsky.social

“Erika and Gerry's Puffling is one of the best picture book series out there, and this new entry meets the bar they've set.” readandreviews.blogspot.com/2025/09/obri... @erikamcgann.bsky.social @gerrydalyart.bsky.social

Happy publication day to ‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ written by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and illustrated by @gerrydalyart.bsky.social 🌊   Available in all bookshops!

🎉PUB DAY🎉 Puffling and the Stormy Sea by me and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social is out today! Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social and available in your lovely local bookshop 😊

Happy book birthday Puffling! 🥳🌟 Out today from @theobrienpress.bsky.social Puffling and the Stormy Sea is an amazing new adventure for Puffling by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and was a total joy to illustrate. Huge thanks to all the OBP team 😊 #picturebook #illustration #discoveririshkidsbooks

Puffling and the Stormy Sea will be published trw by @theobrienpress.bsky.social It was a lot of fun to illustrate @erikamcgann.bsky.social ’s amazing new Puffling story 😊 I really enjoyed painting many stormy sea scenes. Using impasto, gouache, oil pastel. #picturebook #illustration #puffin

Coming soon from @theobrienpress.bsky.social a gorgeous and stunning new book from @erikamcgann.bsky.social and Conor Busuttil! #picturebook #discoveririshkidsbooks

‘Puffling and the Stormy Sea’ is the newest addition to @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social’s Puffling books family! When a brave little puffling from Skellig Michael ends up far from home, will her new friends be able to help her find her way back? Out next week!

More bookish goodness! The super-sweet Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social; games and mystery are afoot in Blowing the Whistle by Gerard Siggins, and it's creepytimes at sea with Amy Clerkin and Where the Shadows Hide. #OBrienPress

Thanks so much! 🙏😊

Thanks a mil for featuring our books! 💜 Fab work everyone @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social And well done all the nature trailers! 👏👏 @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Thank you so much @ravenbooks.bsky.social! 💜

Our new book! 💜 Puffling and the Stormy Sea by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me will be published very soon by @theobrienpress.bsky.social Always mega to get a first copy in hand. Can’t wait to reveal more, and see Puffling’s thrilling new adventure out in the world 😊 #illustration #picturebook

A brave little puffling lives on Skellig Michael. It’s a windy, stormy day – a perfect day for a wild adventure. But she ends up far from home! Can her new animal friends help her find her way back? @erikamcgann.bsky.social @gerrydalyart.bsky.social

“packed with adventure for young readers with many twists and turns” What a lovely review of “Puffling and the Stormy Sea” from @childrensbooksireland.ie @erikamcgann.bsky.social @gerrydalyart.bsky.social

Puifín Beag ar an fhuinneog álainn 💜@ansiopaleabhar.bsky.social @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Freya did great finding on her Puffling Seaside Nature Trail! Running all summer, check it out in store Mon to Sat 10-5:30! @gerrydalyart.bsky.social @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social

A new Puffling book! 🥳 Absolutely loved painting so many stormy scenes.

1/ We are delighted to announce the launch of our Puffling Seaside Nature Trail, running through July and August, kindly supported by the #booksatonecommunityfund Inspired by the Puffling books, by @erikamcgann.bsky.social & @gerrydalyart.bsky.social , published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social

“Is scéal é seo a thógfadh do chroí, agus chuirfeadh sé i gcuimhne duit d’óige fosta!” July’s Inis Magazine features a brilliant review of @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social’s ‘Puifín Beag agus an Dorchadas’ - a sweet, endearing picture book translated by Muireann ní Chíobháin.

Illustrator @gerrydalyart.bsky.social spent a lovely Saturday at @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social reading Puffling stories, bringing them to life through gorgeous illustrations, signing copies and, this time, he even launched a Puffling nature trail!   Make sure you check out his handy work!

Always fab to visit @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social Paint the window! Read stories! Draw pictures! & sign books! We also launched a Puffling nature trail 😊 Tnx everyone for coming! @theobrienpress.bsky.social @erikamcgann.bsky.social

Join us for a Puffling event with illustrator @gerrydalyart.bsky.social tomorrow (Saturday) at 3pm!

Can’t wait to visit @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social this Sat 😊

Out today in paperback 😊 It’s Too Dark, Puffling by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and me is published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social Available in all bookshops “Adorable” The Irish Times

The beloved tale of ‘It’s Too Dark, Puffling’ is now available in paperback!   Available in all bookshops, the perfect night-time read. Thank you Arts Council for their help in making this publication possible. @gerrydalyart.bsky.social

The new greenway in Dublin port is so fab! 💜 will be visiting this a lot #dublin #bike

💜 go Puffling! And little puffling too 😊

Out today in paperback! From @theobrienpress.bsky.social Finn’s First Song was the first book I wrote as well as illustrated. It’s been such a joy to bring Finn to schools and libraries. The kids have great fun singing like whales & drawing Finn and his friends. #illustration #picturebook

My piece on Éamon de Buitléar, part of Praising The Dead exhibition from Illustrators Ireland. Opening on Thurs at Culturlann, Belfast.

Four new and forthcoming children's books from @theobrienpress.bsky.social - Titles from @gerrydalyart.bsky.social , Paddy Donnelly, Eithne Massey & Judi Curtin. All publishing early May! thebookshop.ie/obrien-press...

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Back home from the ever growing whirlwind that is Bologna Children’s Books Fair 💚🤍♥️ Wonderful to see such a large Irish contingent! Met many creatives from around the world. Puffling had a fab time! 😊 @theobrienpress.bsky.social @erikamcgann.bsky.social @flockdublin.bsky.social #bcbf25

Puffling is loving her first visit to Bologna Childrens Book Fair! @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social #illustration #picturebook #bcbf2025

Beannachtaí na Féile Pádraig ó Puifín Beag! Happy Saint Patrick’s Day from Puffling! Written by @erikamcgann.bsky.social Illustrated by mise. Translated by Muireann Ní Chíobháin @theobrienpress.bsky.social #happystpatricksday #láféilepádraig

There is still time to enter the Design-A-Cover competition for ‘The Clubhouse Mystery’ by @erikamcgann.bsky.social Parents and teachers check it out here: obrien.ie/childrens/de... @childrensbooksireland.ie

Puifín Beag agus an Dorchadas 💜 Amach anois! It’s Too Dark, Puffling 💜 Out now in Irish! @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social #picturebook #discoverIrishkidsbooks #illustration

Working on the wish list for ten new pieces in the next Irish Writers Handbook. What would you like to see? Here are the topics covered already: mailchi.mp/790204897691... (Thanks for suggestions so far!) RTs much appreciated ❤️ @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social

Very busy with school events for Book Week! Fun online sessions today with Mary Queen of Ireland NS, St. Margarets, Dublin. 3 books read together and 5 drawings 🤓 @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social #bookweek #picturebooks #illustration

Bookshop Buddies at Winding Stairs Bookshop today 😀 Where Are You, Puffling? by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and myself, with the fab The President's Glasses by Peter Donnelly @theobrienpress.bsky.social #picturebooks #illustration #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks