Irish primary school teachers - if you use my book, The Weather Girls as a class novel I will answer any questions the children have on zoom free of charge. If you are interested, get in touch. It's suitable for 4th to 6th class and there are teachers' notes available.

Join us tomorrow at 4 for the launch of The Last Boy by Eve McDonnell 💫 !!

Wow! The new graphic novel of Lord of the Flies is so good. William Golding’s original book has been beautifully adapted by Aimée De Jongh. Her artwork is sublime and it’s a must for any senior school or library. Simply stunning. Age 14+ and adults. Avail Halfway up the Stairs

A starburst of children’s writers visited Halfway up the Stairs today to celebrate the launch of The Last Boy by Eve McDonnell 💫 From the left: me, Alan Nolan Author Alison Weatherby Sinéad O'Hart 🌈🌿🍉 , Eve, Mary Cathleen Brown, Kevin Moran & Sadhbh Devlin 💫💫💫💫

The wonderful Martina Devlin is on RTÉ One Miriam O'Callaghan this morning talking about her new book, Charlotte. A brilliant book about Charlotte Bronte’s time in Ireland with her Irish husband.

We had a wonderful afternoon celebrating the launch of #TheLastBoy by Eve McDonnell 💫 yesterday. Thank you to everyone who came along - it really was a special occasion 💫

The Halfway up the Stairs Book Club will be talking about The Secret of Golden Island by Natasha Farrant next week. It gave me a great excuse to read it again and it’s SO good. If you’re looking for a cracking adventure, with brilliant characters, I highly recommend it. Age 9+

Big shout out to teens Oscar+Leo visible in this window reflection on ⁦RTÉ⁩ campus. Great lads on work experience Irish language programmes.I lassoed them to take my pic en route to ⁦Miriam O'Callaghan⁩ re my novel #Charlotte #Bronte Listen back here rte.ie/radio/radio1/c…

The new Nina Peanut has just landed Halfway up the Stairs 🎉🎉🎉 Catch Sarah Bowie at our #JumpingoffthePage Children’s Comic Book Festival 4/5th October.

JUMPING OFF THE PAGE COMIC BOOK FESTIVAL presents Frankie’s World with Aoife Dooley at The Whale Theatre 🐳 on Sat Oct 5th at 10:30am with a signing afterwards. This is a Relaxed Event with fewer numbers. Tickets start from €6, available here whaletheatre.ticketsolve.com/ticketbooth/sh…

I’m delighted to have 2 books in the Children's Books Ireland #RecommendedIrishReads guide, avail in libraries & some bookshops inc Halfway up the Stairs Fri 20th Sept. Join children’s authors on #culturenight Dubray Grafton St 5pm to 7pm for the launch &storytelling. #sparkaloveofstories

The #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks campaign needs another designer to help create material like this great If you like Dav Pilkey, you'll love... poster (by Alan Nolan Author ). If you are a designer who loves Irish children's books and is willing to donate some time pro bono, get in touch!

Does your child love Dav Pilkey and the Dog Man Books? We have some brilliant Irish comic books that they will also love. From Milly McCarthy to Pablo and Splash, try an Irish comic today and help your child #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Want to hear what Tracy said about Fia and the Last Snow Deer by SpookaPúca ? Check it out in this link below. We are delighted to be launching Eilish's brilliant book next week Halfway up the Stairs