I don’t get it. Irish adult readers buy Irish written books for themselves and yet, when it comes to their kids, they’re not.
Can anyone explain this please? It’s not as if we don’t have the writers. 🤷‍♀️

Leprechaun Whisperer claims Irish folklore creatures' population is dying out #folklore
irishcentral.com/culture/craic/…

My review of #MyFavouriteMistake by Marian Keyes
Thanks for writing it for us 🥰 #NetGalley

This! This! #TheMinistryOfTime A time travel book where people are brought from the past, into the very near future to be assimilated into ‘our’ time. #Audiobook #TimeTravel #NetGalley #Excellent #TBR #KalianeBradley Narrated by George Weightman; Katie Leung Published 07/05/2024

Ghosts twitter please support this wonderful idea! We are in desperate need of a Ghosts Lego set 👻
ideas.lego.com/projects/a72b9…

So as they say !!
'As one door closes another opens'
'That's a Wrap'
'Another day another adventure'.
My industry has change dramatically, over the last 15 months, funny actually since I have had my Heart attacks and open heart Surgery. and as freelancer, it is a tough gig to do.

Author life is hard, but you know what makes a huge difference? When you feel championed and supported by your publisher. Look at them - like proud parents - popping a Carnegie longlist sticker on the reprints of #ElectricLife 😍 thank you Troika Books 🙏

Off to bed now but will I sleep tonight? Just about to start #MyFavouriteMistake by Marian Keyes #ARC #NetGalley

“Since her death in 1979, the woman who discovered what the universe is made of has not so much as received a memorial plaque. Her newspaper obituaries do not mention her greatest discovery. […] Every high school student knows that Isaac Newton discovered gravity, that Charles

Today’s is the 2nd sunset this year to take place after 6pm. The next time the sun will set before 6 again is October. If that doesn’t give you a bit of a lift I’ll eat my wellies. Here are a couple of ox eye daisies I sat among last summer 🌿

Have a great day Folks….

…volume up!

#StillBringingSunshine 👓🌞♥️
#MorecambeAndWise #EricAndErnie

March shout-out to Magnolias, among the most ancient of flowering trees: up to c.95m yrs old.
They evolved long before bees did & were chiefly pollinated by beetles––thus the tough carpels & petals of their goblet-shaped flowers.
Magnolias bloom in both spring time & deep time.

When a child is feeling stressed and anxious, they usually show us this through their behaviour. They become disruptive, or unhappy, or they say they won’t go to school. Perhaps they start refusing to do things they were doing before – like turning up on time, or finishing their

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Liza Tarbuck has been a wonderful presenter for #SteveWright love songs on #BBC2 this morning 🥰Thanks Liza and goodbye Wrighty

I could watch this all day

What's the most important thing you can do for your kids? READ TO THEM EVERY DAY! Reading aloud is incredibly powerful - even 10 minutes a day can change their lives forever. #literacy

(Art: chris riddell)