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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 3h

An abundance of apples - thankful for such a good harvest and for good neighbours willing to take some off my hands before I turn into an apple!

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 5d

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Showing Up to Write

With stormy autumn weather and darker evenings well and truly here, it's been good to take shelter and get back to indoor activities, althou...

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 5d

This event is going to be great

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · 5d

We are very excited that Ann Paul will be joining us at our Belfast meet up on the morning of Saturday 8th November and then facilitating our picture book workshop that afternoon.
The event will be in the Seamus Heaney centre at Queen’s University, Belfast from 13.00 -16.00.

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 5d

Looking forward to this

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · 5d

Our next Belfast social will be on the morning of Saturday 8th November. It's a different time & venue - 10.30-12.00 at the Seamus Heaney Centre at Queen's University, Belfast. Anyone writing, illustrating or translating books for kids and teens is welcome to join us over tea and coffee and goodies.

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 6d

Good to take some time out to work on a new project this evening

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · 6d

Good to kick off our SCBWI Ireland Picture This, Write Now sessions this evening. It's good to have this creative space to work on our projects - and we made good progress.

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 11d

Looking forward to catching up with other creatives

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · 11d

Our Picture This, Write Now monthly online creative sessions kick off again at 7.30pm on Monday 6th October. We'd love to see you!

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Picture This, Write Now

This is a space to connect and write/ draw together. You can drop in for just part of the time or all of it. You can come with a project in mind to work on, or if you want to work on something new, we...

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 13d

This is going to be great. We are delighted to have @estrelalourenco.bsky.social sharing insights and experience at our in person event in Dublin this Saturday
But you need to book your place quickly!

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · 13d

SECURE YOUR SPOT NOW at our Dublin event this Saturday - VERY LIMITED CAPACITY! Don't miss this opportunity—register today before all spots are gone! @estrelalourenco.bsky.social

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 14d

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 15d

Lovely few days back in Newburgh catching up with family and friends

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 27d

Excited to come home to find this had arrived - I've a poem 'Sugared Shortbread' in this year's anthology

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 28d

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Celebrating Roald Dahl Day

It was Roald Dahl Day yesterday - a celebration on what would have been his birthday, remembering one of our greatest children's authors. I...

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 28d

It was great to see everyone yesterday morning and hear what everyone's working on. Some exciting book launches to look forward to next year!

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · 28d

A lovely morning of chatting all things children's writing yesterday in Waterstones at our SCBWI meet up in Belfast. Great to see knew faces and old. Thanks to Vicky McFarland for organising this meet up.

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · 28d

Pumpkin time 😀

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Estrela Lourenço @estrelalourenco.bsky.social · Sep 9

I would love to meet new authors and illustrators for this (hopefully) fun talk!

Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 9

Really excited @estrelalourenco.bsky.social is doing this event for SCBWI next month

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are very excited to be hosting an in-person session for illustrators in Dublin on Saturday 4th October from 11.00-13.30 at Dublin Fringe Festival Studio 2, Sycamore Building, Sycamore Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 9

Really excited @estrelalourenco.bsky.social is doing this event for SCBWI next month

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · Sep 9

We are very excited to be hosting an in-person session for illustrators in Dublin on Saturday 4th October from 11.00-13.30 at Dublin Fringe Festival Studio 2, Sycamore Building, Sycamore Street, Temple Bar, Dublin 2.

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 8

Really enjoyed connecting with our SCBWI Ireland group this evening when we met with Venetia Gosling from Gill Books, Ireland

scbwiireland.bsky.social @scbwiireland.bsky.social · Sep 8

Great to see everyone on this evening's SCBWI Ireland Zoom meet up - 'Getting Published - Tips with Gill Books'. Thanks to Venetia Gosling for such an informative session

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 7

Thank you

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Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · Sep 7

Poems uploaded to the Dirigible Balloon for our autumn flight #ImagineTheFuture supporting creativity in schools celebrating next year's 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain.
Find them here >>> dirigibleballoon.org
Hope you like the poems.
JH x 😊

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 6

Honoured and thrilled to have a poem in this exciting Dirigible Balloon flight

Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · Sep 5

Happening NOW !!!
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Imagine The Future

a celebration of poetic creativity supporting the 75th anniversary of the Festival of Britain 1951 Hello Poetry World! Here for your information is the press release concerning the next project hap…

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 5

It's been good 😀

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 5

Congratulations 👏

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 4

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Do the things that make you happy

This morning saw an exciting stage in a project I've been working on for a few months. Instead of pens, pencils, paper and a laptop, the car...

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 2

Thrilled to have a new poem in this next flight. Thanks for everything you do here @northernjim.bsky.social #ImagineTheFuture #kidlit #amwriting

Jonathan Humble @northernjim.bsky.social · Sep 2

We're ahead of schedule. Emails have been sent to all poets who submitted poems on our #ImagineTheFuture theme (check your spam folders if you've not seen the email). If, due to editorial incompetence, we've missed anybody, grovelling apologies, let us know and we'll sort it. JH x 🎈

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Sep 1

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Minding our Language

I've just returned from our annual writing retreat. While the weather may not have been as kind to us as usual, it was perfect writing weath...

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Morna Sullivan @mornawriter.bsky.social · Aug 25

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