Join me in Christ Church Crypt next Saturday for some rib-tickling tales and Kooky Comic-making! QR code link in photo…
TOMORROW!! AND SUNDAY!! The Whale Theatre have released a limited amount of extra tickets for each performance – but be quick, they won’t last long! whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/... @theobrienpress.bsky.social
*LOW TICKET ALERT!!* Saturday’s shows are SOLD OUT and there are limited tickets available for Sunday! whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
This was the nicest compliment I ever received. ‘Why, thank you, kind sir!’
It’s always a joyful experience to write these two words ... Draft One of ‘The Grand Central Cinema Club’, my new children's book set in Dublin in 1937 is off to Helen, my eagle-eyed editor in The O'Brien Press!
Join me tomorrow in Fingal Libraries Blanchardstown where I will be talking about all things comics and we will be designing our very own unique and individual superheroes! www.fingal.ie/events/desig...
A *small* announcement ... Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in the Curious Case of the Irish Yeti, a brand new children's musical, will be opening at the Whale Theatre Greystones for a micro-run in April! whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/...
A letter from a young book lover that found its way to my house -- at least the postman knows me! @theobrienpress
In Gutter Bookshop last night with my author pal Sadhbh Devlin for the jam-packed launch of Eoin Colfer and Steve McCarthy’s gorgeous new picture book Beanie the Bansheenie!
@ghollandphoto.bsky.social so great to see you last night, Ger!! xx
RTÉ radio’s Oliver Callan rocks! This morning’s show was devoted to children’s books! Thanks to Elaina Ryan and the kids for the kind words, and to Oliver and his team for featuring so many amazing books by so many amazing Irish authors and illustrators! #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #EveryChildAReader
Thanks so much to Dubray Books for featuring ‘The Riddle of the Disappearing Dickens’ in their ‘Books for Christmas’ Catalogue, and right beside my pals Judi Curtin, Sinéad Moriarty & Sinéad O’Hart – dog bless us every one!
Happy Monday! I'm thrilled to have written the children’s short story for this year’s Christmas edition of the RTÉ Guide – it’s the Theatre Royal, Dublin 1859 and young Molly Malone & Bram Stoker come face-to-face with a farcical phantom ... the Pantomime Ghost!
What an amazing lineup of Irish children’s books in the Sunday Times - thanks so much to the brilliant bookseller Samantha in @DubrayBooks for choosing #DoubleTroubleAtTheDeadZoo - Molly’n’Bram are delighted!! @OBrienPress #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Thanks so much to @AkaPaulHoward and Marita Conlon-McKenna for choosing Molly’n’Bram as their Christmas gifting picks in the Irish Times today! I couldn’t be more delighted! @OBrienPress @cluskeydraws Big day for the parish!
Getting ready for my ‘Double Trouble at the Dead Zoo’ Pirate Treasure Hunt in Dublin Castle for @DublinBookFest today! #DBF23 📚🏴☠️🦜@obrienpress YARRRRR, me hearties!! #PiecesOfEight #ShiverMeTimbers
A big hand (or big foot?) for @cluskeydraws’ cover for my upcoming @WorldBookDayIE 2024 book ‘Molly Malone & Bram Stoker in The Curious Case of the Irish Yeti’ published by @OBrienPress next year – Shane, you’re a purple-eyed genius! #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #WBD24 #WorldBookDay
Day 12 of the @IrishKidsBooks #DIKBChallenge23 Challenge: an Irish children’s book with an illustration you love: ‘Fox & Son, Tailers’ by @paddydonnelly – I adore every image in this book, but this spread with its sense of urgency and frenetic, unbridled creativity wows me every time! @OBrienPress
Looking forward to talking about children’s books with my pals @shanehegarty @oharasisters @d_ruddenwrites @aliwea @MeganWynneWrite Judi Curtin & more at the #RathgarChildrensBookFestival this weekend! Come along, it’s going to be tons of fun! Tickets: www.eventbrite.ie/e/rathgar-ch...
Some pics (by the amazing Peter Cavanagh) of the #HookedOnBooks Readers’ Day at @dlrLexIcon last weekend – @sadhbhdevlin @Eve_Mc_Donnell @gnorthfield @arclighter1 and I had an absolute blast – thanks so much to @DLR_Libraries for making this happen!
TODAY! Join us in @dlrLexIcon today for #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us!
TOMORROW! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there! @sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell @arclighter1 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks Hurry! Limited FREE tickets left www.eventbrite.ie/e/hooked-on-...
TWO MORE SLEEPS! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there! @sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell @arclighter1 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks Hurry! Limited FREE tickets left www.eventbrite.ie/e/hooked-on-...
THREE MORE SLEEPS! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there! @sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell @arclighter1 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks Get your FREE tickets at www.eventbrite.ie/e/hooked-on-...
With my great pal Nicola Pierce (AKA ‘Giggles’) at the launch of this year’s MS Ireland MS Readathon -- I can’t wait to read read read all November long! Sign up for the Readathon here msreadathon.ie/register-2023 @OBrienPress #MSReadathon2023
5 MORE SLEEPS! #HookedOnBooks a family readers’ day all about the books that inspire us is on NEXT SATURDAY in @dlrLexIcon - see yiz there! @sadhbhdevlin @gnorthfield @Eve_Mc_Donnell @arclighter1 #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks www.eventbrite.ie/e/hooked-on-...
Molly & Bram made the RTÉ guide! #discoveririshkidsbooks @OBrienPress
Thanks to Kate Lynch for this lovely review of #DoubleTroubleAtTheDeadZoo! @OBrienPress #MollyMalone #BramStoker #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Up until it was on the shelves, the only people who had read #DoubleTroubleAtTheDeadZoo were myself (obvs), my fab editor Helen, and the great Eoin Colfer – Eoin was kind enough to send me a few nice words, which we quickly stuck on the cover before he had a chance to object. Thanks so much Eoin!