📣 We’re open for submissions! 📚 We are looking for the best Irish books for young readers everywhere. You don’t need an agent. You don’t need to have published before. Please do read our submission guidelines: littleisland.ie/pages/getting-…

Happy Tom Gauld Holidays!

Thank you to Dr Siobhán Morrissey for her important TED X talk which mentions the strength and diversity of Irish children's books and why they matter. She talks about the problems she has found in the books of Dahl and Blyton (racism and colonialism). #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Screen Australia drama report reveals production spending decline, with kids TV on brink of collapse c21media.net/news/screen-au…

What’s been your favourite YAs for 2024? Here’s mine: 📖 Us in the Before and After 📖 The List 📖 Let’s Split Up 📖 The Love Dare Abiola Bello 📖 Northern Soul 📖 Lie or Die 📖 The Traitor in the Game 📖 Officially Losing It 📖 Different for Boys 📖 Catch Your Death

Congratulations Polly Crosby & team Scholastic UK ♥️

Listen up, schools! This is a great opportunity!

You know what you don't need to charge in case of a power outage in a storm? A book 💁‍♀️

✨ Want to get a creative project off the ground in 2025? Round 56 of Sound & Vision opens on 8 April. This brilliant programme supports the production of culturally valuable broadcast content, both in Irish and English. ow.ly/C4Qx50UOFNy

Interesting read for authors.... theguardian.com/technology/202…

New releases to read this February - thanks to Triona Campbell: Mainly Updates only & Discover Irish Children's Books #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks Sarah Webb Bex Sheridan Futa Fata Máire Zepf Little Island Books Paddy Donnelly Bloomsbury Kids & YA UK The O'Brien Press Eoin Colfer Sarah Crossan rte.ie/learn/2025/020… via RTÉ

📨You are invited to the launch of Eoin McNamee's latest novel "The Bureau" in Hodges Figgis on April 1! The novel will be launched by author, journalist and broadcaster Dearbhail McDonald. More info in the flyer attached 🙂

New Releases for March - with thanks to Triona Campbell: Mainly Updates only #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks Discover Irish Children's Books Sarah Webb Bex Sheridan rte.ie/learn/2025/032… via RTÉ

A bumper month for younger readers w/ Triona Campbell: Mainly Updates only #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks Discover Irish Children's Books Sarah Webb Bex Sheridan Libraries Ireland Waterford Libraries Culture on RTÉ Children's Books Ireland rte.ie/learn/2025/032… via RTÉ

It's fantastic to see our new children's title, The Friendship Cup, featured on an RTÉ round-up. Author Triona Campbell: Mainly Updates only chooses new favourite books for older readers.mercierpress.ie/books/the-frie… rte.ie/learn/2025/042…

#No.1 on #Amazon.co.uk - massive 🙏🏻 to everyone who has been buying #AGameOfLifeOrDeath (you are all AMAZING).  1 month to go till the end of the #GameTrilogy (#EnterTheEndGame releases on Aug 14th) #VirtualReality #Thriller #Esports #YA #SummerReads #TrilogyComplete