Just a remind that I'm running a six-week illustration course after Christmas – and the Irish Writers Centre in Dublin does gift vouchers! @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social #SpéirGhorm #SpeirGorm irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/book...

The WINNER of the 2025 @specsaversie.bsky.social Children’s Book of the Year - Junior is... Run Home, Little Fox, Tom McCaughren & @erikamcgann.bsky.social, Illustrated by @shannonbergin.bsky.social (@theobrienpress.bsky.social) #APIBA #StoriesMakeUs

‘Run Home, Little Fox’ has charmed Irish readers! With heartwarming illustrations by @shannonbergin.bsky.social, Tom McCaughren and @erikamcgann.bsky.social’s stunning story is one to read over and over again. Available in all bookshops!

Our #BlackFriday sale is now on! 🖤 📚 Enjoy 25% off children's and YA books with the code 'BF25' - only at littleisland.ie until 2 Dec 2025. #books #BlackFriday2025 #BlackFridayDeals #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #YAbooks #booksale #bookstagram #booktok

Surrounded on all sides by water, Ireland and its people have long been shaped by the sea. Read the stirring adventures of Ireland’s seafaring adventurers, available in all bookstores!

I've a new 6-week Book Illustration course starting on the 14th of January, from 6.30pm - 8.30 pm at the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social in Dublin. Want to learn the basics of communicating stories with pictures? Check out the course description. #SpeirGorm irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/book...

I will be posting about this non stop in the days to come but v excited to say this auction is LIVE! Funds will go to Emergency Response Rooms in Sudan. Perfect xmas presents and treats for you! app.galabid.com/creatives4su... #keepeyesonsudan

Something for all the children’s books fans out there, but especially in Ireland! #SpeirGorm

Happy #BookWeekScotland! We’re super excited that every P2 child in Scotland is receiving a copy of The Ballad of Cactus Joe. That’s a lot of books in the hands of young readers! I hope everyone enjoys the story. Thank you @scottishbooktrust.bsky.social @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social #readwritecount 💙

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

The story of Niamh and Oisín in Tír na nÓg, the land of eternal youth, is one of Ireland’s best-loved legends. A tale of love and heartbreak, it's beautifully retold by @erikamcgann.bsky.social and lavishly illustrated for young readers by Conor Busuttil.

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

@eilishfisher.bsky.social just popped in to sign copies of Fia and the Last Deer (now out in a beautiful paperback edition!) and also the The Waters and the Wild! Available in store and online at www.halfwayupthestairs.ie

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

The shortlists are out! We are celebrating another brilliant year for Irish literature, with some incredible books, authors, illustrators, bookshops & publishers on our 2025 shortlists. But have you had your say? Pick your favourite books in each category NOW! scxo9qtv33a.typeform.com/apiba25-vote

There are still tickets left for our talk on Friday for @dublinbookfest.bsky.social in the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social. We'll be offering publishing and business advice for children's writers and illustrators who are just starting out. dublinbookfestival.com/event/proper... #SpeirGorm #BookSky

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

A huge thanks to Antonia Daly of Antonia's Bookstore in Trim for including The First Fire of Halloween in her four recommended books on the Late Lunch on LMFM! A great spot to get. The book section starts at 14min 28 secs in. shows.acast.com/b693e735-811... #Samhain #PucaFestival #SpeirGorm

Perfect Halloween read 🎃👻🎃

“The nomination recognises Pierce’s contribution to Irish historical writing and storytelling, joining a competitive category” Thank you Drogheda Leader for celebrating Nicola Pierce’s shortlisting in the @irishbookawards.bsky.social You can vote here www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/

We are running our Lucky Dip right through midterm! So pop in this week to choose a surprise book for only €5, or order online here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/Luck...

A brilliant night at the GPO for the 2025 An Post Irish Book Awards Shortlist launch! 💚📚 From powerful debuts to beloved favourites, we’re celebrating Irish writing at its best. Now it’s your turn to choose the winners! Vote here ➡️ scxo9qtv33a.typeform.com/apiba25-vote #APIBA #StoriesMakeUs

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

So excited that Run Home Little Fox by Tom McCaughren, @shannonbergin.bsky.social and me has been shortlisted for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social Junior Children’s Book of the Year! 🌟🦊🌟 Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social 😊 You can vote for this and many others at www.irishbookawards.ie

Return to Old Ireland! Tír Na n'Og by @erikamcgann.bsky.social & Conor Busuttil & The Stolen Child by W.B.Yeats, illustrated by Erin Brown; glorious gifts that evoke a timeless, magical past. Perfect! @theobrienpress.bsky.social #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/10/24/r...

Join us at our Festival Hub where Claire Gleeson and June O’Sullivan will be in conversation with Sophie Grenham about their beautifully written and deeply affecting debuts exploring resilience and hope in the most challenging of times 🎟️ bit.ly/4oFBS4C

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!

Voting is now open, make sure to show some love to your favourite books. www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/?fbclid...

A fabulous evening celebrating our outstanding authors and stories shortlisted in the @irishbookawards.bsky.social An immense congratulations to Paddy Donnelly, Tom McCaughren, Erika McGann, Shannon Bergin, Kevin Moran, Méabh McDonnell and Nicola Pierce.

Congratulations to everyone, but especially to my sister Erika, and her co-creators, Tom McCaughren and Shannon Bergin on their shortlisting for Run Home, Little Fox, and to Nicola Pierce for Great Irish Wives. Brilliant news!

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!

“This mostly rhyming picture book has bright, eye-catching illustrations that will appeal to younger children” m.independent.ie/life/family/... @erikamcgann.bsky.social @clivemcf.bsky.social

In spite of yesterday’s rain, the creators behind ‘Run Home, Little Fox’ braved Dublin’s chilly streets to sign copies of their wonderful new picture book. Signed copies will now definitely warm the hearts and spirits of many readers, grown or young 🦊 @erikamcgann.bsky.social

Thanks so much to Natasha Mac a’Bhaird for calling in to sign copies of her books, The Tower Ghost and her latest, The Vanished Girl, yesterday! We love this mystery series set in a boarding school in Donegal!

1/ We can’t wait to welcome our good friends @sineadohart.bsky.social & @unawoods.bsky.social this coming Sat at 3pm! They will read and draw front their brilliant new book, Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee. You can order a copy to be signed here halfwayupthestairs.ie/product/9781...

Wonderful event this Saturday in Greystones at The Whale Theatre with @halfwayupbooks.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! 🌟📚🌟

Making It Up As You Go Along by @pforde123.bsky.social ; a wondrous guide to encourage childrens' writing & creativity; imaginative, exciting, funny, joyous! This is no ordinary creative writing guide…not by a long shot. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social fallenstarstories.wordpress.com/2025/10/11/m...

We can't wait for our special book event at The Whale Theatre in Greystones on Saturday 18th October at 2pm. Hosted by @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social Marita Conlon-McKenna, Tom McCaughren and Don Conroy - in coversation with Patricia Forde. Tickets here: whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...

Delighted and honoured to announce that Ellora McGee, Trainee Banshee: The New School is one of several BRILLIANT books chosen by @childrensbooksireland.ie and Eason as their quarterly Recommended Irish Reads. Check them out in your local branch of Eason! And keep an eye out for signed copies...

Come to meet Chris Judge this Saturday at 4pm!

There are some amazing Irish books for children and teens out in Oct and Nov - check them out - from picture books to teen novels. There's something for every child this season. #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social See the posts below for all the authors and illustrators.

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!

If you're in Ireland, you're looking for a copy of The First Fire of Halloween and you don't want to order one from the Evil Empire, it's available from Antonia's Books, an indie bookshop, at antoniasbookstore.com/product/the-... A púca comes to #Halloween Hill! #SpeirGorm #PucaFestival #Samhain

Excellent #BookPost from @theobrienpress.bsky.social today! Wonderful to revisit the world of Tom McCaughren with @erikamcgann.bsky.social and @shannonbergin.bsky.social, and it's a heartwarming tale of Flossie McFluff with Eoin O'Brien and Audrey Dowling. Out next week! #IrishKidsBooks

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

The First Fire of Halloween is currently ranked on Amazon.ie.: No.1 for YA Horror No.1 for YA Fairy Tales and Folklore No.1 for YA Myths and Legends Thanks to everyone who's already bought a copy, and for all the reposts, it all helps! www.amazon.ie/First-Fire-H... #Halloween #Samhain #SpeirGorm

Near the town of Athboy in Meath, lies the site called #Tlachtga, where the first fires of Samhain were lit to mark the onset of winter. And it has attracted an ancient evil. #Halloween #Samhain #SpeirGorm Order for Ireland: www.amazon.ie/First-Fire-H... For the US: www.amazon.com/First-Fire-H...

Gorgeous review from Read and Reviewed for Tír na nÓg 😊🌟

Lovely review for Pub Day! 🎉🎉