Day 12 of #ReadIrishWomenChallenge24 : a book where setting is key

In Between Worlds by Nicola Pierce (@OBrienPress)

The story of the teenage girls who fled Ireland during the famine and their experiences on the ships as they travel to Australia. An absolutely brilliant book!

Here are the prompts for #ReadIrishWomenChallenge24 which begins on 1st April & runs for the whole month.
It's extra special this yr as in conjunction with Dubray
we're holding the first ever live event for the challenge.
Hope to see you there!
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#ReadIrishWomenChallenge24 Day 7 - a book with a fresh start
Without Warning and Only Sometimes by @[email protected] brilliant memoir on family, difference & moving on through education
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In Between Worlds by Nicola Pierce children's novel of Irish women fleeing famine for Australia

I'm so looking forward to being a Book Doctor at the Children's Books Ireland Book Clinic at the Towers and Tales Festival in May, hope to see some friendly faces there! 📚

✨✨ Book Launch ✨✨

Come celebrate the launch of #TheTowerGhost by Natasha Mac a'Bháird on Saturday 20th April at 3.00pm in Hodges Figgis!

All welcome, we hope to see you there!

April belongs to one ship in particular but, in the meantime, this is a brilliant read about another ship's final journey!

Just 12 mops and one potato peeler on board the Titanic: the forgotten details

🎙️ The Rest Is History breathes new life into the story of the disaster, from the Home Ruler who built it to 125 children from one school who lost a brother, dad or uncle belfasttelegraph.co.uk/life/features/…

'In Between Worlds, the Journey of the Famine Girls' is my first novel with solely female protagonists. I worried whether it might not appeal to boys (having written about the Titanic, WWII etc) so I'm delighted with eleven year old Sean's positive response!

Great to see Queen of Coin and Whispers by Helen Corcoran & In Between Worlds by Nicola Pierce in Barker & Jones, Naas' 'Books to Buy a Child When ...' recommendations! 📚

On the train home after last school event for a month. Book Skirt returns to wardrobe while I try to remember how to sit down and write again. The O'Brien Press

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Thanks so much Donal Fallon for having me into the wonderful 14 Henrietta Street this evening to talk about 'O'Connell Street'. The O'Brien Press

URGENT: I just joined over 3 MILLION people urging the President of Tanzania Samia Suluhu to oppose the eviction of the Maasai people from their ancestral lands. Join here & RT #IStandwiththeMaasai secure.avaaz.org/campaign/en/ma…

Talking about the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, via my novel 'Kings of the Boyne', in Drogheda last week! The O'Brien Press

Many thanks to Nicola Pierce who spoke to 2Ys about her historical fiction. Her latest book ‘In Between Worlds’ tells the story of teenage girls travelling to Australia to escape the awful consequences of the Famine. Nicola brings the past alive...

One of my favourite reviews ever - I always try to end my books with hope, whether it's WWII or a doomed expedition to the Arctic or the Irish Famine. Many thanks to Marybrigid Hodges Figgis The O'Brien Press

Wonderful to see The O'Brien Press books on display in Dubray #Cork ! #DubrayFavourites

To celebrate #WorldBookDay Ireland 2024, acclaimed children’s authors Alan 'Double Trouble is my middle name' Nolan, Sadhbh Devlin, Nicola Pierce, Ellen Ryan Writes and Sarah Webb have been visiting libraries and schools across Fingal this week for the Fingal Libraries World Book Tour.

Fingal County Libraries

For once I get to celebrate World Bk Day here in Drogheda #worldbookfair2024 This morning I'm talking about the 1690 Battle of the Boyne in St Joseph's NS and, after lunch, I'm in Presentation PS talking all things Titanic! The O'Brien Press