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Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 22h

✨ Something Wilde this way comes ✨

Please join us at Books Upstairs on 23rd October for the launch of OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN, illustrated by Lauren O’Hara and with an original foreword by Colm Tóibín.

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#kidlit #kidsbooks #speirgorm

Launch invitation with the cover of a book and text:

Little Island Books
cordially invites you to the launch of
Oscar Wilde's
Stories for Children

With Illustrator Lauren O'Hara
Books Upstairs, Dublin 2. 6.30 pm, October 23d 2025
Refreshments provided

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Lucas Maxwell @lucasjmaxwell.bsky.social · 1d

The Readers Award Shortlist is up and voting is open! Check out Solo by @grainneobrien.bsky.social One of my favourite reads of the year!

www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar... @booksaremybag.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 1d

Congratulations to @littleislandbooks.bsky.social and their authors!

Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We are delighted that THREE of our books feature on the 12-strong shortlist for the Literacy Association of Ireland Biennial Book Awards 2025:

TRIGGER by CG Moore
CRYING WOLF by James Butler
SOMEONE’S BEEN MESSING WITH REALITY by John Hearne

Read more here: www.literacyireland.com/about-1-1

Book Awards 2025 | literacyireland

www.literacyireland.com

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Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 1d

These awards are judged by members of the LAI – principally teachers, librarians, academics and other experts. They judge on merit, and many of them are at the coalface of working with young people and encouraging reading for pleasure.

Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 1d

We are delighted that THREE of our books feature on the 12-strong shortlist for the Literacy Association of Ireland Biennial Book Awards 2025:

TRIGGER by CG Moore
CRYING WOLF by James Butler
SOMEONE’S BEEN MESSING WITH REALITY by John Hearne

Read more here: www.literacyireland.com/about-1-1

Book Awards 2025 | literacyireland

www.literacyireland.com

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 1d

Returns from a chain bookshop have reduced our sales to a minus figure in the most important sales month of the year.

Please support independent bookshops this Christmas.

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Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 5d

We are delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social is on the Books are My Bag Readers Award shortlist!

This major award is decided by public vote so please can we ask you to vote for SOLO in the YA category – and tell all your friends!

www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards

Book Are My Bag Readers Awards

The only book awards curated by bookshops and chosen by readers like you!

www.nationalbooktokens.com

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 3d

We are so much looking forward to this new @littleislandbooks.bsky.social title by @pforde123.bsky.social !

MaryEsther Judy @fallenstarmary.bsky.social · 3d

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
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MaryEsther Judy @fallenstarmary.bsky.social · 3d

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...

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The Bookseller @thebookseller.com · 4d

More than 20 independent publishing houses – including Bluemoose Books, Tilted Axis Press and Influx Press – have written an open letter calling for the trade to “work together to ensure the longevity of the UK’s independent presses” as they face an “existential crisis” 👇

Indie presses in ‘existential crisis’ call for trade support

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Matthew Parkinson-Bennett @matthewpb.bsky.social · 4d

Please vote so the book published by a 3-person Irish indie can take take the prize instead of the books from very massive publishers!

Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 5d

We are delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social is on the Books are My Bag Readers Award shortlist!

This major award is decided by public vote so please can we ask you to vote for SOLO in the YA category – and tell all your friends!

www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards

Book Are My Bag Readers Awards

The only book awards curated by bookshops and chosen by readers like you!

www.nationalbooktokens.com

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Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 5d

While we’re at it, we also encourage you to consider voting for BADGER BOOKS from our friends at @theobrienpress.bsky.social in the picturbooks category – imagine if two books from independent Irish publishers won!!

Also, read more about SOLO here 👇

www.littleisland.ie/products/solo

Solo

A novel in verse about teenage love and friendships, lost and found. Written by beloved Irish bookseller Gráinne O'Brien. Daisy’s first love is music. Her second was David. Daisy can feel like a solo ...

www.littleisland.ie

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Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 5d

We are delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social is on the Books are My Bag Readers Award shortlist!

This major award is decided by public vote so please can we ask you to vote for SOLO in the YA category – and tell all your friends!

www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards

Book Are My Bag Readers Awards

The only book awards curated by bookshops and chosen by readers like you!

www.nationalbooktokens.com

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Alan O'Rourke @alanorourke.bsky.social · 6d

If you could step into one of your illustrations?

We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.

Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

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Good Night To Read @gntread24.bsky.social · 8d

Choose books on your current TBR shelf. #MakingItUpAsYouGoAlong by Patricia Forde & Mary Murphy.Sparking with Creative writing ✍️ ideas for young people. @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @laureatenanog.bsky.social @childrensbooksireland.ie #bookbloggers @bookcraic.bsky.social @slatterymr.bsky.social

Orange border. Coloured writing. Child surfing on book. Child holding pencil.✏️

Book promo press release describing imaginative writing exercises like inspiration for stories, crafting plots, creating characters & world building.

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Books Upstairs @booksupstairs.bsky.social · 8d

A small fire at the front of the bookshop was started last night after rubbish bags that were awaiting collection were set on fire. The guards don’t have reason at this time to believe it was a targeted attack. Thankfully the damage was limited and everyone is safe. We are open for business as usual

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Jacqui Sydney 📚 @jacquisydney.bsky.social · 12d

Huge thanks to @thelifeofdivia.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social for this fab selection of titles! Authors and illustrators credited in next post 🙂

Chapter book Dino Mode Activated and nonfiction titles The Experimenters and Making it Up as You Go Along.

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Alan O'Rourke @alanorourke.bsky.social · 13d

What was the first illustration you did for this book?

We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.

Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

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Alan O'Rourke @alanorourke.bsky.social · 14d

I realise I have not shared many illustrations from recent books.

In @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social Dino books I had loads of fun with the in game illustrations, epic fights with end level bosses.

I loved it so much I even painted one up in colour.

Published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 15d

Patricia Forde discusses her time as Laureate na nÓg @littleislandbooks.bsky.social publishes #kidsbooks by her available to North American readers www.thebookseller.com/trade-interv...

Laureate na nÓg Patricia Forde: ‘For a country that prides itself on our storytellers and our books and our literature, it is heartbreaking to think that we might cut these children off from that thre...

The current Irish Children’s Literature Laureate reflects on the highlights of her tenure and on what she still hopes to achieve.

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Shane Bergin @shanedbergin.bsky.social · 16d

My new children’s book is available in bookshops from today!

Join Luke and Ruby in ‘The Experimenters’ on cosy adventures where you think, test, & experiment like a real scientist.

It’s been so much fun working with with illustrator Sayani Mukherjee & publisher @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

Book cover showing two children and two adults playing in a garden. Children are digging & writing in a notebook. There are birds and flowers and a man looking over the wall at them

The Experimenters book on bookshelf facing out with other books near it

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Shane Bergin @shanedbergin.bsky.social · 18d

Delighted to see my new book - The Experiment’s - at my local bookshop @ravenbooks.bsky.social .

Published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social with illustrations by Sayani Mukherjee , you can find the book in local bookshops all across Ireland

Raven Books @ravenbooks.bsky.social · 18d

⚠️Scientist at work!⚠️

Huge thanks to @shanedbergin.bsky.social for signing copies of his new kids books, The Experimenters, a treat for curious minds

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Publisher Spotlight @pubspotlight.bsky.social · 22d

“Set in Ireland, this story about self-acceptance and friendship is universally relatable” THE BRIGHTEST STAR from @littleislandbooks.bsky.social “explores themes of friendship, struggling with identity, and mental health care” says @ala-booklist.bsky.social www.booklistonline.com/products/981...

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kel menton @kelmenton.bsky.social · 23d

Signed some copies of A Fix of Light in @chaptersbookstore.bsky.social & was so happy to see it was a staff recommendation!!!! (Whoever you are, Joanne, you’re a legend!!) 🦊✨🫶🏻🌻

A photograph of author Kel Menton, a white person with short brown hair, wearing a brown wax jacket, as they sign copies of their book, A Fix of Light, in Chapter’s Book shop

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Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social · 23d

Delightful illustrations by Tarsila Kruse throughout Tadhgh’s presentation 😀 #CBIConf25

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