Alan O'Rourke
@alanorourke.bsky.social
Mild-mannered marketing man by day
Business: wilsonkeys.com
Caped Picturebook maker by night
Kids books: spoiltchild.com
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He/him
Business: wilsonkeys.com
Caped Picturebook maker by night
Kids books: spoiltchild.com
Rep'd by @BLM_Agency
He/him
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Have helped organise a Christmas party for Sun for the children in my building & the person who was meant to be Santy is sick, anyone know anyone with a dream of being Santa in the #Cork area 😂🎅
December 12, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Have helped organise a Christmas party for Sun for the children in my building & the person who was meant to be Santy is sick, anyone know anyone with a dream of being Santa in the #Cork area 😂🎅
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@stephenaryan.bsky.social IKYKWIM!!!!!
December 5, 2025 at 8:41 PM
@stephenaryan.bsky.social IKYKWIM!!!!!
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Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
December 2, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Scott Wills paints a background for the first run of Samurai Jack (2001–2004), created by Genndy Tartakovsky, Cartoon Network Studios
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Tonight⤵️🍿📚🏆
This year, you can follow along LIVE, as the An Post Irish Book Awards are going to be live-streamed. You can be in on all the action and watch as each winner is announced.
Starting TOMORROW AT 9PM!
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/user/AnPostIRE
Starting TOMORROW AT 9PM!
WATCH HERE: www.youtube.com/user/AnPostIRE
November 27, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Tonight⤵️🍿📚🏆
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Every ten minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations has said, as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide
One woman killed by someone close every ten minutes - UN
Every ten minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations has said, as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide.
www.rte.ie
November 25, 2025 at 8:33 AM
Every ten minutes last year a woman somewhere in the world was killed by a person close to her, the United Nations has said, as it decried a lack of progress in the battle against femicide
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Our Elaina will be on this mornings @rteradio1.bsky.social Oliver Callan show for ONE WHOLE HOUR of excellent children's books suggestions.
She will be joined in the studio by some expert young readers.
Tune in and get those Christmas reading lists in check!
11am-12pm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
She will be joined in the studio by some expert young readers.
Tune in and get those Christmas reading lists in check!
11am-12pm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
RTÉ Radio 1
Ireland's Number One. News, arts, drama, music, documentary and debate on 88-90FM, LW252, online, digital radio, satellite, iOS and Android.
www.rte.ie
November 25, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Our Elaina will be on this mornings @rteradio1.bsky.social Oliver Callan show for ONE WHOLE HOUR of excellent children's books suggestions.
She will be joined in the studio by some expert young readers.
Tune in and get those Christmas reading lists in check!
11am-12pm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
She will be joined in the studio by some expert young readers.
Tune in and get those Christmas reading lists in check!
11am-12pm
www.rte.ie/radio/radio1/
What's the latest on selling prints and artwork to the US regarding customs and import tariffs. ?
November 23, 2025 at 5:35 PM
What's the latest on selling prints and artwork to the US regarding customs and import tariffs. ?
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This is a fantastic deep dive rebuttal to this widely lauded John Collison Op Ed.
Recommended reading.
Recommended reading.
I’ve written something on John Collison’s Op-Ed and environmental democracy
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
Next time you’re out in Dublin, check if you’re being “socially de-risked” by a friendly face from his think-tank
elajucd.com/2025/11/21/o...
On Environmental Democracy and the Collisons’ “Abundance-Verse”
Andrew Jackson 21 November 2025 I. Introduction A clamour of praise greeted John Collison’s “how to get Ireland moving” Op-Ed following its publication in the Irish Times on 25th October: the Irish…
elajucd.com
November 21, 2025 at 6:18 PM
This is a fantastic deep dive rebuttal to this widely lauded John Collison Op Ed.
Recommended reading.
Recommended reading.
Writing check: how much is the word 'inch' understood and used in metric countries? Eg 'He inched forward' or 'they progressed inch by inch'.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Writing check: how much is the word 'inch' understood and used in metric countries? Eg 'He inched forward' or 'they progressed inch by inch'.
College project. A mini shrine for collecting objects. With a Tim Burton vibe just in time for Halloween. 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
College project. A mini shrine for collecting objects. With a Tim Burton vibe just in time for Halloween. 🎃
Childrens book writing seems to be 50% looking up synonymes of other words!
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Childrens book writing seems to be 50% looking up synonymes of other words!
Happy Halloween from Ghost gull.
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Happy Halloween from Ghost gull.
I really enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 of Invasion on Apple tv. Season 3 obviously had a big budget cut, which meant they could only afford to run around a Canadian forrest with lots of interpersonal drama. Which sucked all the life out of it. ☹️
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I really enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 of Invasion on Apple tv. Season 3 obviously had a big budget cut, which meant they could only afford to run around a Canadian forrest with lots of interpersonal drama. Which sucked all the life out of it. ☹️
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A brilliant blend of dinosaurs and technology! 🦖
Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenwallacecreates.bsky.social
@alanorourke.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration
Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenwallacecreates.bsky.social
@alanorourke.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A brilliant blend of dinosaurs and technology! 🦖
Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenwallacecreates.bsky.social
@alanorourke.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration
Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenwallacecreates.bsky.social
@alanorourke.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration
Doing a little data analysis of the last 10 years of appeals to the Irish Tax office for the artists exemption. 60 appeals. No numbers to share yet but numbers from the @childrensbooksireland.ie coffee morning today report 50% success rate over the last 12 months. But...
October 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Doing a little data analysis of the last 10 years of appeals to the Irish Tax office for the artists exemption. 60 appeals. No numbers to share yet but numbers from the @childrensbooksireland.ie coffee morning today report 50% success rate over the last 12 months. But...
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Time to share this starter pack again - and ask who I've missed! Are you an Irish or Irish-based children's YA writer? Give me a shout, then go follow @childrensbooksireland.ie 😄
go.bsky.app/2gSbStb
go.bsky.app/2gSbStb
April 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Time to share this starter pack again - and ask who I've missed! Are you an Irish or Irish-based children's YA writer? Give me a shout, then go follow @childrensbooksireland.ie 😄
go.bsky.app/2gSbStb
go.bsky.app/2gSbStb
Louvre theft a mystery says french police.
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Louvre theft a mystery says french police.
It's happening. The insects are fighting back, and they are coming for the artist first as THEY know our power!!
October 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's happening. The insects are fighting back, and they are coming for the artist first as THEY know our power!!
Literary award winners are always sooo boring to read!
Also works for films.
Also works for films.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Literary award winners are always sooo boring to read!
Also works for films.
Also works for films.
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
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
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
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
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
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
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
October 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
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
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
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
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
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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
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
A full tour of the Comic Making Toolkit for kids that I have been building in college.
www.spoiltchild.com/the-comic-ma...
www.spoiltchild.com/the-comic-ma...
The Comic Making Toolkit - Alan O'Rourke - Picturebook Illustrator and Writer
For the most recent module of the one-year Post Grad course I have been doing with NCAD and Creative Spark in Dundalk I was able to design and create a
www.spoiltchild.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A full tour of the Comic Making Toolkit for kids that I have been building in college.
www.spoiltchild.com/the-comic-ma...
www.spoiltchild.com/the-comic-ma...