Little Foxy keeps conquering little readers’ hearts! Get cosy and dive into this heartwarming tale – available in all bookshops. @erikamcgann.bsky.social @shannonbergin.bsky.social

I was absolutely over the moon to get to illustrate this years Christmas RTÉ Guide 🎄✨ Christmas is one of my favorite things to paint, the cosiness, the warmth and magic of it all is exactly what I love to bring to my illustrations. Huge thanks to Catherine and all at The RTÉ Guide 💛

Hellooooo from Richmond Barracks We're here all day from 11-5pm! Lots of St. Pat's and other lovely league of ireland and sports stuff. Award winning children's book Irish book awards winner @shannonberginart is also here with me to help out for the day if you want her to sign your face 🤩

I'm completely over the moon that "Run Home Little Fox" won Best Children's Book of the year at the Irish Book Awards! Thank you to all of you who voted and have sent so much love and support. You're all wonderful, and I appreciate it so much 💛 @erikamcgann.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Such Wonderful news! 🦊💛

Monday Printing! Shout out to this legend who is on the nostalgia train, a copy of Shane Long's world Cup winning goal is on the way to you 🇮🇪 I've gotten a lot of messages asking if a Troy Parrott equivalent will happen, and I am not one to let me people down, so probably 👀

I think this spread is my favourite from the book. Wandering among the woods while the sun dapples through the leaves is my favourite place to be. If you'd like to be very sound and vote for "Run Home Little Fox" in the Irish Book Awards, I would be super grateful! www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

PLEASE LOOK AT SHANNON'S LITTLE FOX. LOOK AT HIS LITTLE FACE.

I'm thrilled to share that Run Home Little Fox has been shortlisted for the 2025 @irishbookawards.bsky.social 🦊 Big thanks to all at @theobrienpress.bsky.social for all of their hard work and to @erikamcgann.bsky.social and Tom for coming up with and writing such a wonderful story to illustrate!

Look who’s behind our new Run Home, Little Fox window @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social - by @shannonbergin.bsky.social It’s Trish! The author of this beautiful book, Tom McCaughren (with Erika McGann) will be talking & signing @ The Whale Theatre Sat 18th Oct 2pm with Marita Conlon-McKenna & Don Conroy!

Okay, this one is for any artists in Ireland who regularly do kids events around the country. Chances are, you've probably had to go through Garda vetting at some point, which you will know is a major hassle for the self-employed. It looks like there's another change coming down the tracks. 1/

Delighted to share the most recent book to take over my desk and brain, "Run Home Little Fox", written by Tom McCaughren and @erikamcgann.bsky.social who, along with all the folks at @theobrienpress.bsky.social did a wonderful job on the story, I hope I can do it justice with the illustration!

It's apparently 17 degrees, who knew it could even get this warm? My cold, weary bones are grateful after the long winter. The daffodils and hyacinths are blooming, the kale is bolting, and it's all wonderful. Hope you all get to spend some time outside today soaking up the rays.

Happy Patrick's Day all, hope you all had a wonderful snake free day ☘️ . . . #paddysday #ireland #irish #stpatricksday #illustration #greetingcarddesign #greetingcard #licensing #irishillustration

I'm so delighted to be exhibiting my tiny book alongside the best bunch of folks in Bologna. Wish I could make it but it wasn't to be this year, so if you happen to be roaming around Bologna and want to see some lovely art, pop by for a look!

Happy International Women's Day All 💛 Especially to those in my small section of the world who make it a far more interesting and altogether better place to exist in. Big love to you all! #internationalwomensday #iwd2025 #iwd #illustration #childrensillustration

Actual footage of myself every day searching for a break in the clouds. The garden needs tending and I am itching for Spring. At the very least, it has meant quite a lot of work has been underway when I take a break from solemnly gazing out the window, weeping. #kidlitart #picturebooks

I was wondering where that frame went...

Over the past few months, preparations have been underway for my first-ever trade show at @Showcase_Ireland If you see me over the next week, please ignore my general chaotic demeanour as the final few days of work are underway. Now, I'm off to do some framing and consume a lot of caffeine.

You wouldn't know it by our expressions but this was a very wonderfully chilly hour today!

✨ Many of my greeting cards are now half price, perfect for a year of celebrations! ✨ I've shifted to smaller cards due to rising costs so larger cards are available on sale for a limited time, grab them while you can! Big love to you all and happy January💛 #irishdesign #greetingcards

I love seeing other folks process so here’s some sketches from the RTÉ Guide, I always scribble away in a little notebook when starting off to get ideas flowing.

Hugest thanks for all your kind words over the past few days, it's so appreciated. I've loved hearing your memories of visiting Toy Shops at Christmas and of your favourite stuffed animals. It's so special to have so many people connect to a drawing and I'm really grateful to hear your stories.

This beautiful cover of the RTÉ Guide Christmas Issue was illustrated by Shannon Bergin, illustrator of ‘Over the Red-Brick Chimney’ (written by Una Leavy). Have a read of how @shannonbergin.bsky.social created this festive picture!🎄

Well, the news is well and truly out there, I did indeed do a wee drawing for the RTÉ Guide✨ I am impatiently awaiting its arrival and am very excited to see it in real life. It was an absolute joy to work on and brought so much Christmas wonder and magic along as the days got shorter. 💛

Hello gang Today is the last day for orders to Murica', Australia, Canada and other extremely far flung places, that I can likely get prints out to you in time for Christmas, there's some express post options for another few days, but let's not worrying about that. shop.barrymasterson.com

Morning all. Almost €11,000 in my Xmas appeal for the DSPCA and UNICEF Ireland's Gaza and Lebanon appeal. We reached €40,000 last year, but this is the first I've been doing this without being on Twitter. Can Bluesky step up to the plate? Every little helps... www.gofundme.com/f/therickosh...

I'm helping Barry at Richmond Barracks and I brought along a few calendars if you're in the area and would like one!

This Black Friday shenanigans is not my cuppa tea but I do have a siopa and there's a bunch of prints, calendars, cards, tea towels, washi tape and Christmas ornaments over there.

We're just home from a wonderful night of green tinged shenanigans at the Irish Book Awards ✨ It was an amazing night and an absolute honor to be shortlisted alongside a bunch of incredible authors and illustrators whose work I admire so much 🥰

This is Julie, my parents dog and the best lady in all the land, ignoring my undying love to focus solely on her true love @barrymasterson.com Heartbreaking, yet I persist.

Being anti-ai is not ableist. What is actually ableist is to suggest that disabled people need to resort to plagiarism and theft to create art.

Sending off a couple more calendars today alongside some other bits and bobs. Waiting for the snow to melt a little before attempting to leave the house though, so there's still time to be in on this week's delivery ❄️ www.shannonbergin.com/calendar

It's sleety and cold out there ❄ If you happen to be migrating across the Atlantic you might want to take a pitstop or two in case you lose someone on the way.

Cure for insomnia? A lovely rainbow-y puzzle designed by Katie Abey🧩

BTW since a lot of people have arrived recently, I wanted to make sure everyone knows about two AWESOME FEATURES that would have been great on twitter: 1) if someone quotes a post of yours to be a jerk, you can detach your post from theirs! It vanishes & they can do nothing about it. It feels good.

i cannot stop imparting this advice

"How often do you see unfiltered righteous indigenous woman rage get an audience?" This is excellent stuff.

Go follow Seán around the country and pick up several copies of his book while you're at it! Maybe don't follow him around, that'd be weird, but definitely go get a book, it'll be lovely.

I made the thing

Ehem *taps mic* is this thing on? Fáilte! I'm Shannon, I'm an Irish illustrator, artist, gardener and friend to all dogs. I love all things colourful with a touch of magic ✨ Here's some of my work, feel free to stick around if you like books and art and that sort of thing 💛 #kidlit #illustration

Hello Lovely Humans! The deadline to vote in the Irish Book Awards is almost upon us and I would so appreciate you heading over to vote for "Over the Red Brick Chimney." Voting closes tomorrow so this is your last chance to be kind and lovely 💛 #illustration #irishillustration #picturebooks

Cup Final day! Good luck to my Derry and Drogheda pals! Enjoy it, speaking from experience, you never know when you'll get there again. Wonderful to see the crowds that are supporting football now, and what a big event this has become. Who takes it home? 🇮🇪🏆

We spent the other morning waiting for some sunshine to take these and then the sunshine arrived and I could not see a thing. Anyway, here’s the obligatory selfie with new picture-book post 📖📕 “Over the Red-Brick Chimney” is out now in places where you buy books! 💛

Just a little while until Little Goose here is on the shelves and she's looking forward to meeting you all! She's a barnacle goose and will be heading off on her first flight from Greenland as she migrates with her family over to Ireland.

A new picture book about migration by Una Leavy, illustrated by @shannonbergin.bsky.social, published by O'Brien Press. Always love a book with a map.

I was delighted to create a zine for "Welcomings" A series of tiny books created by members of IGI as a gesture for refugees & asylum seekers in Ireland Date: Thursday 20th June Time: 4pm-6pm Location: Garter Lane Arts Centre garterlane.ie O’Connell Street, Waterford, X91 DX57 #igiwelcomings

Happy #kidlitpostcard day! I’m Shannon, an illustrator of all things colourful and a bit magic. I would like to live in this treehouse, if anyone knows of any available, let me know. Also, if you have a cool project you think I could be a good fit for, get in touch! #kidlitartposrtcard #kidlit

Spent a long time on this one I wanted to try and create a dreamy sequence, reminiscent of what I used to get up to at football matches for most of my early childhood. What happened on the pitch was very much secondary to milling around stadiums, kicking a ball if we could was top priority.

Hello friends. Congrats to Bartley and Joe on the recent release on their book. I was honored to be asked to illustrate the cover and play my part in this piece of Finn Harps history. On sale in Bookmark in Letterkenny Shopping Centre and Alexander’s in Ballybofey, as well as online on Amazon.