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Ruth Ennis
@rurooie.bsky.social
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📚 Kidlit and YA Bookworm 📖 Reviews with Books Ireland Magazine 🖋 Shorelines with Little Island Feb 2026 ✒️ Repped by Alice Williams Lit Agency 👋🏻 She/they
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · May 18
Hello, just updating my intro to pin on my profile 👋

📚 Kidlit and YA enthusiast

📖 Reviewer at @booksireland.bsky.social

🖋 Writer (poetry + verse novels)

📘 Rep: Alice Williams Lit Agency

🧜‍♀️ Shorelines (debut) publishing in Feb 2026 with @littleislandbooks.bsky.social

📚 Pieces published here:
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 5d
She just wants someone to play with

Made on the way home from @dlrarts.bsky.social

#StormAmy #SpeirGorm
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 5d
I meant day 3 good god and we're already off the rails
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 5d
Day 4 of #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book that's perfect for bookclub

I feel like a good mystery is always a safe bet for bookclubs, and the intrigue and twists and turns in Arabella Pepper by @ermurray.bsky.social are guaranteed to grip any reader 🔍

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 6d
Day 2 of the #DIKBCHALLENGE25: a book for 15-18 years old

Treacle Town by Brian Conaghan is a gripping YA story about the importance of words and the power of poetry for a young boy who is looking for a way out of the life he is living 🩷🧡🩷🧡

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 7d
Day 1 of the #DIKBChallenge25: share a book with a blue cover 💙

A Dictionary Story by Oliver Jeffers and Sam Winston

A really unique book, full of words and chaos and wildly entertaining definitions

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 12d
I'm just finishing up my first week as Emerging Writer in Residence at DLR Lexicon and wanted to write this. I love it here 💙

#DunLaoghaire
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 15d
We're losing generations of artists to fundamental needs not being met and this is the government's chance to stop failing us.

Graphic from campaign4arts on ig
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 15d
Genuinely folks, there is no future for Irish artists if the Basic Income for the Arts programme doesn't continue. The cost of living and houses crisis impacts us all, but the recent reports indicate artists are 3 times more at risk to be below the poverty line.
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Bob Johnston @bobjohnstonbooks.bsky.social · 17d
When in #Dublin - popped into @childrensbooksireland.ie #CBIconf25 & @gutterbookshop.bsky.social let me sell a book! Great catch-up chats with lovely people incl. @louiestowell.bsky.social & @littleislandbooks.bsky.social & got a proof of @rurooie.bsky.social 's debut #YA novel #shorelines ! #BobWin
Selfie of Bob & Marta Gutter Bookshop grinning outside in front of a #Hogbert picturebook window. Photo of the bookstall with staff holding card machines in the air to get a phone signal Photo of Shorelines proof plus a #Loki keyring & a 'I Love My Local Bookshop' from Cecelia Ahern.
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 17d
It's so funny that photo 🤳 🤳 🤳 so good seeing you Bob!
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 20d
A whole guide! Spoilt!
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 20d
I'm starting to plan things to do in the lead up and around the publication date of my book (Feb 2026)

Children's and YA book folks, what advice would you give to someone with a debut?
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 22d
I've just spent the most lovely day settling into the LexIcon and yapping with Eve who has my whole heart. There are so many good days ahead, I know it.
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 22d
I'll also be facilitating a series of panels for teenagers interested in exploring a career in books and stories. There are so many possibilities for booklovers and I want to do my bit to help them break into this world.
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 22d
It's been a dream of mine to do a residency like this for years. I'll be focusing on writing a verse novel for teens, based on my experience with Guillain-Barré Syndrome.
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 22d
I can hardly believe I'm saying this. I'm so beyond thrilled and grateful to be appointed the Emerging Writer in Residence alongside the wonderful @evemcdonnell.bsky.social as the Established Writer in Residence at Dun Laoghaire CoCo Arts

www.dlrcoco.ie/arts/writers...
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 25d
Genuinely! I learned about everything from ISBNs to event programming, it was excellent
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 26d
I learned so much in the few weeks I started there, genuinely changed my life
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 26d
I think we ALL have had moments like Marsha's...!
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 27d
Olivia is such a fabulous writer and the picturebook world is better for having her in it.
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 27d
The illustrations are so nice and bright and colourful and just so well produced.

This is such a specific sense of humour that really tickles me. I love a story about trying to navigate social cues and this book does it so well and with genuine charm.
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 27d
Marsha the dinosaur loves living in the jungle, but notices that everyone seems to have a friend except for her. When she spots another, smaller dino, she's VERY eager to become best friends. To the point where she comes on a teeeeeeny bit too strong.
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 27d
The Lonely Only Dinosaur by @oliviahopewriter.bsky.social and @annasuessbauer.bsky.social

I'm just on the way back from the lovely launch of this book at Dubray Grafton (at which I took exactly zero photos oops)
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 27d
If you're a teacher and would like to book your school in for this event, check out the link below (and be sure to have a look through all the other wonderful events in this year's programme)

dublinbookfestival.com/event/make-y...
Make Your Own Shaped Poetry! - Dublin Book Festival
Discover how you can bring your poetry to life! Shaped poetry is when the shape of a poem reflects the story of the poem; a poem about a magical box in the shape of a square, or a poem about a forest ...
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Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social · 27d
I LOVE the @dublinbookfest.bsky.social so much, in many ways it started my career in books back in 2017 (I think) when I first volunteered at the festival.

I'm unbelievably excited to be doing a school event this year with the festival, and of course it's all about poetry!
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