It's almost LAUNCH TIME!!
Milly McCarthys latest adventure will be celebrated next Saturday 27th April in Douglas Village S.C! I hope you and all friends of Milly can make it! There will be readings, drawalongs, fun and games and plenty of laughs! 🎉👏 leona forde Gill Books

I'm heading to Galway tomorrow to join the Laureate na nÓg Children's Books Ireland #WholeWildWorld bus tour with Patricia Forde and friends!
If you are interested in writing for children check out this great event on Sat night: Sat 20 April 6:30pm
AN TAIBHDHEARC
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3 authors, 1 illustrator, 1 Laureate na nÓg and 340 excited school children, all just #MakingItUpAsWeGoAlong

Hawk's Well Theatre 📍

Patricia Forde Sadhbh Devlin Kim Sharkey Laureate na nÓg Look who we found at during a (totally necessary and slightly wallet emptying) pitstop at the brilliant Liber.

👋 Karen Harte you’re coming with us!

If you’re quick, you can grab signed copies of the books pictured at Liber 📚

Looking for a funny book for a young reader - look no further! I've picked 5 brilliantly funny books for Irish Independent Review inc Pablo and Splash, Nina Peanut and the brand new Milly McCarthy book. Plus the new Rabbit and Bear book by Julian Gough is writing The Egg & the Rock 🥚/🪨 & Jim Field
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Dressing up as Milly McCarthy for WorldBookDayIE - yes please!
We'd love to see children dressed up as Irish book characters and well done to Gill Books for these great suggestions from leona forde and Karen Harte 's books! #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Delighted to see so many fabulous books make their way into my classroom today for #WorldBookDay2024 including leona forde and Karen Harte, Milly McCarthy and the Irish Dancing Disaster and Sarah Webb and Lauren O'Neill, Blazing a Trail #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks .

i cannot believe “if it fits, i sits” transcends boundaries in this way

We love celebrating children’s books, so today’s spotlight is shining a light on just some of the great Irish children’s books being published in the next few months ✨ bit.ly/4b3y2fA

So excited this is published today! Have You Heard Of? Harry Styles ASH Literary Pat-a-Cake Books Hachette Children's Group #HarryStyles #kidlitart

I’m taking part in #kidlitforpeace - a charity art raffle with prizes from U.K. and Ireland’s children’s book authors and illustrators. Raising funds for urgently needed medical and humanitarian aid to children in Gaza. justgiving.com/page/kidlit-fo…

Thank you Halfway up the Stairs for choosing Milly McCarthy is a Complete Catastrophe as one of your books of the year for age 9 plus. 💕 📚 🎄

Here are some of the books I recommended on East Coast FM this morning.
Little Wolf by Peter Donnelly Picture Books
Milly McCarthy by leona forde and Karen Harte
Sally in the City of Dreams by Judi Curtin
Judi will be signing Halfway up the Stairs on Sat 9th at 12pm
#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Thank you so much Sarah Webb & Irish Independent Review for including #MillyMcCarthyisacompletecatastrophe as one of the top 20 books of 2023 ! So happy to feature with so many amazing authors 📚❤️📚️
#Discoveririshkidsbooks

Shane. Unequalled, unrepentant and unrepeatable. RIP ❤️

🌾🍃The Thinning Veil is based loosely on director and producer Natasha Duffy’s own grandfather Barney Carolan, who used to foot turf in this area of Monaghan’s Bragan Bogland.

Check out the film on Sofft’s website now - Link in bio.

Remembering Sinead O'Connor and Shane MacGowan - (photo by BP Fallon) Pink Pop Festival, Holland 1988

#sineadoconnor #shanemacgowan