Alan O'Rourke
@alanorourke.bsky.social
Mild-mannered marketing man by day
Business: wilsonkeys.com
Caped Picturebook maker by night
Kids books: spoiltchild.com
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He/him
Business: wilsonkeys.com
Caped Picturebook maker by night
Kids books: spoiltchild.com
Rep'd by @BLM_Agency
He/him
Writing check: how much is the word 'inch' understood and used in metric countries? Eg 'He inched forward' or 'they progressed inch by inch'.
November 7, 2025 at 11:03 AM
Writing check: how much is the word 'inch' understood and used in metric countries? Eg 'He inched forward' or 'they progressed inch by inch'.
College project. A mini shrine for collecting objects. With a Tim Burton vibe just in time for Halloween. 🎃
November 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
College project. A mini shrine for collecting objects. With a Tim Burton vibe just in time for Halloween. 🎃
Childrens book writing seems to be 50% looking up synonymes of other words!
November 1, 2025 at 6:50 PM
Childrens book writing seems to be 50% looking up synonymes of other words!
Happy Halloween from Ghost gull.
October 31, 2025 at 8:28 AM
Happy Halloween from Ghost gull.
I really enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 of Invasion on Apple tv. Season 3 obviously had a big budget cut, which meant they could only afford to run around a Canadian forrest with lots of interpersonal drama. Which sucked all the life out of it. ☹️
October 25, 2025 at 9:31 PM
I really enjoyed seasons 1 and 2 of Invasion on Apple tv. Season 3 obviously had a big budget cut, which meant they could only afford to run around a Canadian forrest with lots of interpersonal drama. Which sucked all the life out of it. ☹️
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A brilliant blend of dinosaurs and technology! 🦖
Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenwallacecreates.bsky.social
@alanorourke.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration
Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenwallacecreates.bsky.social
@alanorourke.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration
October 23, 2025 at 7:38 PM
A brilliant blend of dinosaurs and technology! 🦖
Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenwallacecreates.bsky.social
@alanorourke.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration
Dino Mode Activated by Jen Wallace, Illustrated by Alan O’Rourke
Review by @sareenmclay.bsky.social
@jenwallacecreates.bsky.social
@alanorourke.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
#cb#childrensbooks#kidlit#childrensbooksillustration
Doing a little data analysis of the last 10 years of appeals to the Irish Tax office for the artists exemption. 60 appeals. No numbers to share yet but numbers from the @childrensbooksireland.ie coffee morning today report 50% success rate over the last 12 months. But...
October 23, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Doing a little data analysis of the last 10 years of appeals to the Irish Tax office for the artists exemption. 60 appeals. No numbers to share yet but numbers from the @childrensbooksireland.ie coffee morning today report 50% success rate over the last 12 months. But...
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Time to share this starter pack again - and ask who I've missed! Are you an Irish or Irish-based children's YA writer? Give me a shout, then go follow @childrensbooksireland.ie 😄
go.bsky.app/2gSbStb
go.bsky.app/2gSbStb
April 28, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Time to share this starter pack again - and ask who I've missed! Are you an Irish or Irish-based children's YA writer? Give me a shout, then go follow @childrensbooksireland.ie 😄
go.bsky.app/2gSbStb
go.bsky.app/2gSbStb
Louvre theft a mystery says french police.
October 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Louvre theft a mystery says french police.
It's happening. The insects are fighting back, and they are coming for the artist first as THEY know our power!!
October 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
It's happening. The insects are fighting back, and they are coming for the artist first as THEY know our power!!
Literary award winners are always sooo boring to read!
Also works for films.
Also works for films.
Tell me your most unhinged literary opinion, as a little treat
October 13, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Literary award winners are always sooo boring to read!
Also works for films.
Also works for films.
If you could step into one of your illustrations?
We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.
Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.
Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
October 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
If you could step into one of your illustrations?
We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.
Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.
Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
What was the first illustration you did for this book?
We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.
Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.
Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
October 1, 2025 at 11:03 AM
What was the first illustration you did for this book?
We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.
Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
We have a few wonderful clips from the launch of Dino Mode Activated with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social and myself in Cork.
Thanks again to the wonderful team in @dubraybooks.bsky.social and @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
I realise I have not shared many illustrations from recent books.
In @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social Dino books I had loads of fun with the in game illustrations, epic fights with end level bosses.
I loved it so much I even painted one up in colour.
Published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
In @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social Dino books I had loads of fun with the in game illustrations, epic fights with end level bosses.
I loved it so much I even painted one up in colour.
Published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
September 30, 2025 at 10:44 AM
I realise I have not shared many illustrations from recent books.
In @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social Dino books I had loads of fun with the in game illustrations, epic fights with end level bosses.
I loved it so much I even painted one up in colour.
Published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
In @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social Dino books I had loads of fun with the in game illustrations, epic fights with end level bosses.
I loved it so much I even painted one up in colour.
Published by @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
A full tour of the Comic Making Toolkit for kids that I have been building in college.
www.spoiltchild.com/the-comic-ma...
www.spoiltchild.com/the-comic-ma...
The Comic Making Toolkit - Alan O'Rourke - Picturebook Illustrator and Writer
For the most recent module of the one-year Post Grad course I have been doing with NCAD and Creative Spark in Dundalk I was able to design and create a
www.spoiltchild.com
September 24, 2025 at 8:38 AM
A full tour of the Comic Making Toolkit for kids that I have been building in college.
www.spoiltchild.com/the-comic-ma...
www.spoiltchild.com/the-comic-ma...
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Do you know a young reader (16-24) who could help us select the next Laureate na nÓg? Applications close next Friday - we'd particularly love to hear from young people from underrepresented backgrounds or communities.
More information + application form childrenslaureate.ie/young-reader...
More information + application form childrenslaureate.ie/young-reader...
September 17, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Do you know a young reader (16-24) who could help us select the next Laureate na nÓg? Applications close next Friday - we'd particularly love to hear from young people from underrepresented backgrounds or communities.
More information + application form childrenslaureate.ie/young-reader...
More information + application form childrenslaureate.ie/young-reader...
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I wrote up everything I have learned about doing kids workshops… so far.
Comment if I have missed anything.
www.spoiltchild.com/the-survivor...
Comment if I have missed anything.
www.spoiltchild.com/the-survivor...
The Survivors Guide to Kids Library Workshops (So Far) - Alan O'Rourke - Picturebook Illustrator and Writer
I have been doing kids' book workshops in libraries and a couple of bookshops for one year now. For the summer, I just finished up a 14-event run across Meath
www.spoiltchild.com
September 16, 2025 at 7:05 AM
I wrote up everything I have learned about doing kids workshops… so far.
Comment if I have missed anything.
www.spoiltchild.com/the-survivor...
Comment if I have missed anything.
www.spoiltchild.com/the-survivor...
Despite promising not to, I watched the second season of Foundation, and again just finished the third.
Still gorgeous looking. Still terribly written and frequently stupid.
I now promise not to watch it ever again.
Still gorgeous looking. Still terribly written and frequently stupid.
I now promise not to watch it ever again.
September 15, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Despite promising not to, I watched the second season of Foundation, and again just finished the third.
Still gorgeous looking. Still terribly written and frequently stupid.
I now promise not to watch it ever again.
Still gorgeous looking. Still terribly written and frequently stupid.
I now promise not to watch it ever again.
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Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction
September 10, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Simply the best slide I have ever seen in a powerpoint presentation care of @premeemohamed.com’s talk at @banffcentre.bsky.social re: Putting the Science in Science Fiction
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Fixed it!!
Zogglebox is on tonight on @virginmediatv.bsky.social at 9pm featuring a whole host of celebrities and of course The Den gang back together for one night only!
We had a lot of fun hanging out with Dustin and Ray!
#zigandzag #dustintheturkey #raydarcy #gogglebox
Zogglebox is on tonight on @virginmediatv.bsky.social at 9pm featuring a whole host of celebrities and of course The Den gang back together for one night only!
We had a lot of fun hanging out with Dustin and Ray!
#zigandzag #dustintheturkey #raydarcy #gogglebox
September 10, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Fixed it!!
Zogglebox is on tonight on @virginmediatv.bsky.social at 9pm featuring a whole host of celebrities and of course The Den gang back together for one night only!
We had a lot of fun hanging out with Dustin and Ray!
#zigandzag #dustintheturkey #raydarcy #gogglebox
Zogglebox is on tonight on @virginmediatv.bsky.social at 9pm featuring a whole host of celebrities and of course The Den gang back together for one night only!
We had a lot of fun hanging out with Dustin and Ray!
#zigandzag #dustintheturkey #raydarcy #gogglebox
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Publication week for The Lonely Only Dinosaur by me and Anna Sußbauer, out with Gill Books on Thursday, Sept 11th.
Perhaps you're in Dublin on Thursday evening? Do join me and the loveliest book gang.
Perhaps you're in Dublin on Thursday evening? Do join me and the loveliest book gang.
September 9, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Publication week for The Lonely Only Dinosaur by me and Anna Sußbauer, out with Gill Books on Thursday, Sept 11th.
Perhaps you're in Dublin on Thursday evening? Do join me and the loveliest book gang.
Perhaps you're in Dublin on Thursday evening? Do join me and the loveliest book gang.
See you on Thursday!
Cork folk, I am hoping you can join Jen Wallace and myself for the book launch of Dino Mode Activated in Dubray Cork this Thursday, 11/09/2025, 6:30pm.
It will be a fine evening of lovely booky people, wine, sweets and Dinosaurs.
Cork folk, I am hoping you can join Jen Wallace and myself for the book launch of Dino Mode Activated in Dubray Cork this Thursday, 11/09/2025, 6:30pm.
It will be a fine evening of lovely booky people, wine, sweets and Dinosaurs.
September 9, 2025 at 8:53 AM
See you on Thursday!
Cork folk, I am hoping you can join Jen Wallace and myself for the book launch of Dino Mode Activated in Dubray Cork this Thursday, 11/09/2025, 6:30pm.
It will be a fine evening of lovely booky people, wine, sweets and Dinosaurs.
Cork folk, I am hoping you can join Jen Wallace and myself for the book launch of Dino Mode Activated in Dubray Cork this Thursday, 11/09/2025, 6:30pm.
It will be a fine evening of lovely booky people, wine, sweets and Dinosaurs.