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Monsters are everywhere in these Frankenstein-inspired YA reads

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 9d

Latest YA book reviews for the Irish Times:
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Mary Shelley looms over several titles this month - fitting for a writer who penned the immortal Frankenstein in her late teens

Write By The Sea Literary Festival

Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 14d

Write By The Sea is this weekend! If short stories are your thing, please do come along to myself, Mary O'Donnell & Tanya Farrelly discussing such matters on the Saturday at 5.30pm! ✒️🎉
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Boutique Literary Festival in Kilmore Quay, Wexford, Ireland

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 14d

Starting in October:
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Jumpstart Your Writing with Claire Hennessy - Irish Writers Centre %

Feeling stuck with your creative writing? How about a 6-week online course exploring fresh and interesting approaches to getting words down on the page, Starts Wed 15 Oct

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Laureate na nÓg @laureatenanog.bsky.social · 22d

Do you know a young reader (16-24) who could help us select the next Laureate na nÓg? Applications close next Friday - we'd particularly love to hear from young people from underrepresented backgrounds or communities.

More information + application form childrenslaureate.ie/young-reader...

Poster advertising a callout for young readers. The background is a gradient orange and the bottom half of the image is an illustration of five young people reading surrounded by stacks of books. The main heading text reads "Are you someone who is interested in books and reading? An maith leat a bheith ag léamh as Gaeilge chomh maith? if you are aged 16-24 we want to hear from you!"

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 20d

School stories: off to Fernside

On Sheena Wilkinson's Belfast boarding school series

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Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · 21d

"Irish creatives are in the limelight and rightly being celebrated. But children’s authors and illustrators in Ireland too often fly under the radar."

Support Irish authors and illustrators writing for young people!

✍️Article by our CEO Elaina Ryan

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Best Irish Books of 2025: your Culture Night (and Christmas) guide to children’s literature

Elaina Ryan of Children’s Books Ireland on its latest guide to the best of Irish writing

Arts Council Writer in Residence / Fellowship Scheme 2026 - The Arts Council / An Chomhairle Ealaíon

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 21d

✒️🎓 Arts Council writer-in-residence roles 2026 open for applications: artscouncil.ie/funding-oppo...

The Arts Council Writer in Residence / Fellowship scheme provides mid-career and established writers with residency opportunities at a number of partner Irish universities. It focuses on providing a s...

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 21d

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www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

August’s Young Adult fiction: raising the stakes in sequels

New instalments from Scarlett Dunmore, Brían Dungan, Moira Buffini, Catherine Doyle, Triona Campbell and Vanessa Len

Lucy Caldwell: ‘People often misunderstand the appeal of a short story’

Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 22d

Lucy Caldwell on the challenges & pleasures of short fiction: www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Lucy Caldwell celebrates the undervalued art of the short story

Diagnosed with cancer at 18: ‘It was like, okay, the fun part of life is over’

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 24d

It's CBI Conference week! 🎉📖

Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie · Jul 14

Your first look at the lineup for the Children’s Books Ireland International Conference 2025 🤩

Tickets available here 🎟️:
www.eventbrite.ie/e/childrens-...

Be sure to let us know who you’re looking forward to seeing below!

The poster shows an illustration from Julián Is a Mermaid, written and illustrated by Jessica Love. The illustration is of a parade of colourfully dressed, whimsical characters parading along a sandy beach. Text on the poster reads: Children’s Books Ireland International Conference 2025 “RESISTANCE”. It also lists off the speaker names as well as the date (20th and 21st of September and location (Lighthouse cinema).

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 25d

Brilliant interview here - on illness, writing, publishing, mental health as structural problem, & women in Ireland.
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

The Sugartown author on invincibility, mother-daughter relationships and baring her soul in return for publicity

Writing Short Stories with Claire Hennessy - €30

Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 25d

✒️ Short story workshop this Friday eve (19th Sept) as part of the Knocklyon Literary Festival - www.eventbrite.ie/e/writing-sh...

Look at the challenges of short fiction and explore a few different ways of getting work onto the page.

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Jumpstart Your Writing with Claire Hennessy - Irish Writers Centre %

Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · 28d

Fun, productive generative writing workshop kicking off in Oct (Zoom, Wed evenings) with the @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social!
For anyone who might be in need of a creative boost/nudge etc. 🖋️🎉
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/jump...

Feeling stuck with your creative writing? How about a 6-week online course exploring fresh and interesting approaches to getting words down on the page, Starts Wed 15 Oct

August’s Young Adult fiction: raising the stakes in sequels

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · Sep 1

Having thoughts about YA fiction in the papers again...
www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

New instalments from Scarlett Dunmore, Brían Dungan, Moira Buffini, Catherine Doyle, Triona Campbell and Vanessa Len

Have your say on Artificial Intelligence and how it impacts on young people - National Youth Council of Ireland

Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · Aug 29

wishing you all the best, lady! 💜

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

FYI, 13-22-year-olds in Ireland: www.youth.ie/articles/hav...

We are calling on all young people aged 13 - 22 to join our AI youth Juries. We have 6 juries that will meet on different topics and issues that are important to young people.

www.youth.ie

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Looking forward to Write By The Sea in Sept! writebythesea.ie

Write By The Sea Literary Festival

Boutique Literary Festival in Kilmore Quay, Wexford, Ireland

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Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · Aug 28

Feedback & guidance on your opening pages, synopsis & cover/query letter - for anyone getting a manuscript ready to go. (Online, mid-Sept on) ✒️
www.clairehennessy.com/store/p/nove...

Novel Submission Prep — Claire Hennessy

4 weeks | Google Classroom | writers with a completed manuscript | starts Monday 15th September 2025 (modules go online Monday morning; log in whenever during the week suits) This 4-module course is...

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Jumpstart Your Writing with Claire Hennessy - Irish Writers Centre %

Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · Aug 23

If anyone is organised enough to be thinking about October/November evenings... @irishwriterscentre.bsky.social
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/jump...

Feeling stuck with your creative writing? How about a 6-week online course exploring fresh and interesting approaches to getting words down on the page, Starts Wed 15 Oct

www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...

Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · Aug 9

We Don’t Use Words Like ‘Crazy’: Irish readers will find many points of comparison to this insider’s view of the crumbling NHS

Elliot Sweeney knows the system is broken and how many have fled; he’s still there

Writing Children’s and YA Fiction with Claire Hennessy - Irish Writers Centre %

Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social · Aug 8

Every creative writing workshop is a bit magical in its own way, but I am particularly fond of the thrill that comes when people writing for children or teenagers are in a space where their creative work is taken seriously. Really looking forward to this!
irishwriterscentre.ie/courses/writ...

If you’d like to write for young people but aren’t sure where to begin – this online course is for you, exploring the children / YA market, age ranges/categories, and compelling characters & plots. St...