From picture books about monsters, to teen novels about ghosts, #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks this March.
Congrats to @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
team member Bex Sheridan on her new book.
Download your own March new book posters here: discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/new-irish-ch...
Here are some of our faves:

#discoveririshkidsbooks

“Countless children have died of malnutrition. Tens of thousands more face lifelong impacts — to their physical and cognitive development,” our Sam Rose tells to @aljazeera.com.

More aid is welcome — but not enough. It must be sustained and matched with a ceasefire to stabilize life in Gaza.

I work for Scottish Book Trust and we’re running a survey for parents/teachers/kids book enthusiasts about how they find books for kids. I’d be enormously grateful if anyone can spare 5-10 mins to share their thoughts. #KidLitUK
forms.office.com/e/EdVhWA0T0n

The first census carried out by the State will be available online next year, Minister for Arts, Culture and Communications Patrick O'Donovan is expected to tell the Cabinet. The 1926 Census website will go live on 18 April 2026.

Discover 18 books "full of love, hope and joy": the #JhalakPrize25 shortlists were announced this morning! ✨

The Jhalak Prize celebrates the very best books by writers of colour - find the three dazzling shortlists in a bookshop near you 📚

Find out more:
www.nationalbooktokens.com/the-jhalak-p...

April is full of fab new Irish children's books. Check out the @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social posters for some of our favourites for all ages.

Designed by @bexsheridan.bsky.social
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

The posters can be downloaded free from discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/new-irish-ch...

Please share!

April means @bookaneer808.bsky.social’s annual, month-long #ReadIrishWomenChallenge is back. To round it off, @elainefeeney.bsky.social, Roisín O’Donnell and I will be in conversation with @nadineoregan.bsky.social on April 27th at @paviliontheatre.bsky.social www.paviliontheatre.ie/events/view/...

Calling all readers, here are the prompts for this April's #ReadIrishWomenChallenge25
There's a different prompt for each day of April, starting on the 1st, to encourage conversation, sharing, and discovering new writers.
Happy reading & sharing everyone! 💙📚
#RIWC25

5 Irish nominees among 265 candidates from 72 countries and regions for the 2025 Astrid Lindgren Memorial Award:

Áine Ní Ghlinn, Author
Jane Mitchell, Author
Patricia Forde, Author
Sarah Crossan, Author
Siobhán Parkinson, Author/Promoter of reading

The laureate will be announced on 1 April.

Could your class or book club help pick the best children’s book of 2024? ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Join our Junior Juries' Programme, pick from the shortlisted titles and vote for your favourites. The Winners will be announced at our Awards ceremony in May 🏆

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childrensbooksireland.ie/what-we-do/k...

Between now and Christmas I’ll try to recommend as many great children’s books as I can. Books make a great present but it can be hard to find the right book, especially if you’re looking for something a bit different.
Would you like a recommendation? Ask away!
#bookelves2024 are open!

My newest Lola and Larch story, Lola and Larch Make a Winter Wish, is published on October 24th - the fourth book in my four-book year! 2024 has welcomed three Lola and Larch books, plus Sword of the Sun. Phew. And then there were TEN! Here they all are. How many have you read?

The following events will be happening in September to launch 'The Magic of an Irish Rainforest':

24th Dublin in Hodges Figgis with Pádraic Fogarty
25th Galway in Kennys Bookshop with Saoirse McHugh
26th Cork in Waterstones with Prof. Hannah Daly

Be *really* great to see you at one!! 🌎

The Irish government is asking people to take a survey on climate change action. If you live in Ireland, this affects you. Please take the survey. It's pretty detailed, but it'll be time well spent.

www.gov.ie/en/consultat...

#ClimateChange #ClimateCrisis

A reminder that this is happening on Saturday should you have smallies in want of a charming tale⬇️

Here's the cover for my debut novel Hagstone, out 11/04/24 with 4th Estate Books.

‘Wild, elemental and brimming with ideas and intelligence...
I adored it’ @louisekennedy.bsky.social

'A wonderfully surprising and totally original novel' @elainefeeney.bsky.social

Pre-order: lnkfi.re/xZHHWt

A #ReadIrishWomenChallenge event is finally happening! It will be held in conjunction with Dubray Books at the Pavilion Theatre on 10th April at 8pm.

Nadine O'Regan will chat with Anne Enright, Edel Coffey, Niamh Mulvey & Sheila Armstrong; it promises to be an exciting & lively discussion.

Reposting as the Bluesky app does not like the bigger images (or its the .png format) on the android app.

Is it too early in my career to be recycling jokes?

Is it offensive to compare writers and illustrators to cows? 😀

Anyway, read more Irish Kid’s Books. They are ace.
#discoveririshkidsbooks