A fantastic night launching Jan Carson new collection of short stories. Quirky, brilliant and capturing the essence of Northern Ireland on a teaspoon.
PS. Ask Jan about the teaspoon…

Book Quickly While They Still Have Tickets.
Little Acorns 7pm this Wednesday.

eventbrite.co.uk/e/book-launch-…?

Looking for an #artsjob or #charityjob ? A good use of your time this weekend would be taking a look at our Administrator role. Come work with me! ✏️

Writers: our website is still in development but I want new submissions. #mswl 🧵:

High-concept YA - if it includes & addresses untold histories / historically marginalized characters, all the better

YA horror - ALL OF IT

Literary / commercial-literary horror - see above…

Thanks!

Deadline at 5 pm tomorrow.

The Bookaneer808 #ReadIrishWomenChallenge24 Day 2- An unusual family- Secrets, layers, lies & twists galore in Sue Divin YA tale of identical teens set in Northern Ireland

Some great Irish authored /illustrated books selling in @LittAcornsBks in Derry. Do support independent bookstores folks!

Delighted to announce the Special Guest for our #OpenMic 29th March ... storyteller and author, Steve Lally!
His repertoire of tales ranges from ancient Celtic epics of Ireland and beyond, to stories of adventure and magic.

All welcome, 8pm £5
#poetry #music #yarns #armagh

Excited about this! Director Margery Quinn & talented cast from Armagh Theatre Group Developed during ' #WritingTheEarth supported by @irishwriterscentre & @icrag_centre
Tickets - ticketsource.co.uk/whats-on/armag…
#climateaction #climatewriting #theatre #Armagh #drama #sciencewriting

A great thread on journeys into becoming an author from amazing writer and Derry Girl Claire Allan / Freya Kennedy

Great to see Foyle Obon Taiko going from strength to strength today. Launch of powerful research into how Taiko drumming promotes positive mental health and wellbeing.

I’d say that’s officially a good day at the office. Huge thanks to SEUPB, all the amazing folk in our local communities and to our PEACEPLUS Board for their dedication, input and vision.

SEUPB Announce Funding Boost for Local Councils

Derry City & Strabane District Council (Derry Strabane Cncl) has been allocated €9,254,427.63 and Cavan County Council (@cavancoco) will receive €4,334,408.00 through the PEACEPLUS Programme.

The funding will support a wide and diverse…

Thanks Sullivan Upper Library
Esteemed company to be in.

My St Patrick's Day #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks NI YA recommendations. This took me so long, haha. I am, let's say, not a natural TikTok-er. Kelly McCaughrain Máire Zepf Jenny Ireland Sue Divin Dara McAnulty Little Island Books

Kelly McCaughrain Jenny Ireland Sue Divin Shirley-Anne McMillan Clara Kumagai Máire Zepf Pauline Burgess Paul Howard Clive McFarland Children's Books Ireland Ruth Ennis Jane Mitchell Full disclosure - my kids & their mates have 'borrowed' tons (& we still have boxes in storage from moving🫣) but for the day that's in it 🍀☘️💚📗 #HappyStPatricksDay #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #DiscoverIrishYA

YEEEESS! Kelly McCaughrain so important to see the ‘read Irish books’ stuff including Children’s and YA ☘️
I’d add Toffee by Sarah Crossan, Run for your Life by Jane Mitchell and for a picture book, Standing on one leg is hard, illustrated by Clive McFarland

Celebrating #StPatricksDay by eating green pancakes and gazing lovingly at my stack of Irish YA. Def missing some but my elbow is too sore to hunt through this black hole of a house. #discoveririshkidsbooks #yaauthor #bookstagram

A huge (massive!) congratulations to Mr Steve ✍≧◉◡◉≦ for being shortlisted in this years The Yoto Carnegies 🥳

#DiscoverIrishKidsBooks