clara
@claralaherty.bsky.social
✍️ Writer (Oestrogeneration, Poetry Ireland)
🚸 @childrensbooksireland.ie Raising Voices Fellow
🏳️⚧️ editor of the trans zine CAMP CRASH FILTH
🖌️ pfp by @kimberleychiu.bsky.social (my gf whom I love), header by Milly Meredith
🌱 pronouns sídhe/her
🚸 @childrensbooksireland.ie Raising Voices Fellow
🏳️⚧️ editor of the trans zine CAMP CRASH FILTH
🖌️ pfp by @kimberleychiu.bsky.social (my gf whom I love), header by Milly Meredith
🌱 pronouns sídhe/her
Such a lovely weekend at the Dublin Book Festival, especially the Raising Voices Showcase yesterday.
Thank you to @childrensbooksireland.ie and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me!
Thank you to @childrensbooksireland.ie and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me!
November 9, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Such a lovely weekend at the Dublin Book Festival, especially the Raising Voices Showcase yesterday.
Thank you to @childrensbooksireland.ie and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me!
Thank you to @childrensbooksireland.ie and @dublinbookfest.bsky.social for having me!
I'll be speaking at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social about my Irish-mythology YA novel!
Swing by the Bartley's Lounge at the Grafton Hotel, Dublin on Saturday, 8 November at 4.45pm. Tickets free, booking necessary: dublinbookfestival.com/event/raisin...
Swing by the Bartley's Lounge at the Grafton Hotel, Dublin on Saturday, 8 November at 4.45pm. Tickets free, booking necessary: dublinbookfestival.com/event/raisin...
October 29, 2025 at 4:32 PM
I'll be speaking at @dublinbookfest.bsky.social about my Irish-mythology YA novel!
Swing by the Bartley's Lounge at the Grafton Hotel, Dublin on Saturday, 8 November at 4.45pm. Tickets free, booking necessary: dublinbookfestival.com/event/raisin...
Swing by the Bartley's Lounge at the Grafton Hotel, Dublin on Saturday, 8 November at 4.45pm. Tickets free, booking necessary: dublinbookfestival.com/event/raisin...
This might bear some relation to the original Starbucks logo! Their website says the designer Terry Heckler looked through "old marine books".
October 16, 2025 at 6:25 PM
This might bear some relation to the original Starbucks logo! Their website says the designer Terry Heckler looked through "old marine books".
they mixed up the labels for Intermediate and Advanced
October 4, 2025 at 11:14 AM
they mixed up the labels for Intermediate and Advanced
Graffiti on the bridge down to the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick
September 29, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Graffiti on the bridge down to the Crescent Shopping Centre in Limerick
Limerick has a faintly terrifying brutalist obelisk just outside the city centre. Used to form part of the mill Ranks.
There used to be two of these, one on either side of the road. But it took ages to bring the other one down. They tried to blow it up four times but it stayed standing. Too much HP
There used to be two of these, one on either side of the road. But it took ages to bring the other one down. They tried to blow it up four times but it stayed standing. Too much HP
September 27, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Limerick has a faintly terrifying brutalist obelisk just outside the city centre. Used to form part of the mill Ranks.
There used to be two of these, one on either side of the road. But it took ages to bring the other one down. They tried to blow it up four times but it stayed standing. Too much HP
There used to be two of these, one on either side of the road. But it took ages to bring the other one down. They tried to blow it up four times but it stayed standing. Too much HP
I don't usually cop out and crosspost Insta stories outright but I like how I look here. Happy bi visibility day 🤸♀️
September 23, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I don't usually cop out and crosspost Insta stories outright but I like how I look here. Happy bi visibility day 🤸♀️
This was such an exciting, mental weekend – I feel like I've really joined the whole kids lit world this year.
All thanks and praise due to @childrensbooksireland.ie for organising the conference and for making it possible for me to come along!
Here's me with my friends Coireall and Nene:
All thanks and praise due to @childrensbooksireland.ie for organising the conference and for making it possible for me to come along!
Here's me with my friends Coireall and Nene:
September 21, 2025 at 11:30 PM
This was such an exciting, mental weekend – I feel like I've really joined the whole kids lit world this year.
All thanks and praise due to @childrensbooksireland.ie for organising the conference and for making it possible for me to come along!
Here's me with my friends Coireall and Nene:
All thanks and praise due to @childrensbooksireland.ie for organising the conference and for making it possible for me to come along!
Here's me with my friends Coireall and Nene:
Jessica Love really got me thinking about 'representation' – when picture books try to Teach Kids About Racism, does that just leave the kid feeling scared, like "I'm supposed to fix this?!"
Instead, she says: "It's not a lesson. It's a rehearsal."
Instead, she says: "It's not a lesson. It's a rehearsal."
September 21, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Jessica Love really got me thinking about 'representation' – when picture books try to Teach Kids About Racism, does that just leave the kid feeling scared, like "I'm supposed to fix this?!"
Instead, she says: "It's not a lesson. It's a rehearsal."
Instead, she says: "It's not a lesson. It's a rehearsal."
this explains itself
September 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
this explains itself
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin told us the history of
⭐ Irish-language kids press Futa Fata
⭐ the Irish language
⭐ himself, for the craic
The illustrations were so fun!
And you know the speaker is good when the ISL interpreter is communicating tone with expressions like that
⭐ Irish-language kids press Futa Fata
⭐ the Irish language
⭐ himself, for the craic
The illustrations were so fun!
And you know the speaker is good when the ISL interpreter is communicating tone with expressions like that
September 21, 2025 at 9:55 PM
Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin told us the history of
⭐ Irish-language kids press Futa Fata
⭐ the Irish language
⭐ himself, for the craic
The illustrations were so fun!
And you know the speaker is good when the ISL interpreter is communicating tone with expressions like that
⭐ Irish-language kids press Futa Fata
⭐ the Irish language
⭐ himself, for the craic
The illustrations were so fun!
And you know the speaker is good when the ISL interpreter is communicating tone with expressions like that
Black and Irish founder Leon Diop talked about his new memoir 'Mixed Up' and about being mixed race – how much his life improved when he stopped thinking of himself as half-anything and instead as "100% of everything I am."
September 21, 2025 at 9:42 PM
Black and Irish founder Leon Diop talked about his new memoir 'Mixed Up' and about being mixed race – how much his life improved when he stopped thinking of himself as half-anything and instead as "100% of everything I am."
Kids are under a lot of pressure to be good readers. Here's a guide on how to be a *bad* reader, supposedly by @louiestowell.bsky.social but really by Loki, God of Mischief.
September 21, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Kids are under a lot of pressure to be good readers. Here's a guide on how to be a *bad* reader, supposedly by @louiestowell.bsky.social but really by Loki, God of Mischief.
Lauren O'Hara's talk included a live painting of a BEAUTIFUL Firebird, complete with Stravinsky:
September 21, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Lauren O'Hara's talk included a live painting of a BEAUTIFUL Firebird, complete with Stravinsky:
Day 2! With so many outstanding writers and illustrators – and a bookstand that threatens financial ruin for me
September 21, 2025 at 9:15 PM
Day 2! With so many outstanding writers and illustrators – and a bookstand that threatens financial ruin for me
It's a gorgeous event: the chats, the buzz, being in a room packed with people who care about the things you care about.
Here ends day 1
Here ends day 1
September 20, 2025 at 10:42 PM
It's a gorgeous event: the chats, the buzz, being in a room packed with people who care about the things you care about.
Here ends day 1
Here ends day 1
And the launch of 'Making It Up As You Go Along: A Children's Guide to Writing Stories'.
A gorgeous thing to make. Mary Murphy's illustration is so funny and smartly pitched. And Trish – well. She's kids-lit's answer to Miggeldy, complete with cries of "Please don't go!"
A gorgeous thing to make. Mary Murphy's illustration is so funny and smartly pitched. And Trish – well. She's kids-lit's answer to Miggeldy, complete with cries of "Please don't go!"
September 20, 2025 at 10:35 PM
And the launch of 'Making It Up As You Go Along: A Children's Guide to Writing Stories'.
A gorgeous thing to make. Mary Murphy's illustration is so funny and smartly pitched. And Trish – well. She's kids-lit's answer to Miggeldy, complete with cries of "Please don't go!"
A gorgeous thing to make. Mary Murphy's illustration is so funny and smartly pitched. And Trish – well. She's kids-lit's answer to Miggeldy, complete with cries of "Please don't go!"
The Children's Books Ireland Annual Award went to Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, founder and director of Futa Fata!
September 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
The Children's Books Ireland Annual Award went to Tadhg Mac Dhonnagáin, founder and director of Futa Fata!
Loads of amazing stuff today:
⭐ Two Children's Laureates in conversation, Patricia Forde and Frank Cottrell-Boyce – SO funny
⭐ Anna McQuinn on US book bannings, the racism that causes them, and how to fight that – with stories
⭐ Briony May Smith on her new book Hogbert (the art is gorgeous???)
⭐ Two Children's Laureates in conversation, Patricia Forde and Frank Cottrell-Boyce – SO funny
⭐ Anna McQuinn on US book bannings, the racism that causes them, and how to fight that – with stories
⭐ Briony May Smith on her new book Hogbert (the art is gorgeous???)
September 20, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Loads of amazing stuff today:
⭐ Two Children's Laureates in conversation, Patricia Forde and Frank Cottrell-Boyce – SO funny
⭐ Anna McQuinn on US book bannings, the racism that causes them, and how to fight that – with stories
⭐ Briony May Smith on her new book Hogbert (the art is gorgeous???)
⭐ Two Children's Laureates in conversation, Patricia Forde and Frank Cottrell-Boyce – SO funny
⭐ Anna McQuinn on US book bannings, the racism that causes them, and how to fight that – with stories
⭐ Briony May Smith on her new book Hogbert (the art is gorgeous???)
I'm up at the Light House Cinema for the @childrensbooksireland.ie Conference! Stacks of children's writers, illustrators, and all the different people who make it happen – all in one place.
September 20, 2025 at 10:11 PM
I'm up at the Light House Cinema for the @childrensbooksireland.ie Conference! Stacks of children's writers, illustrators, and all the different people who make it happen – all in one place.
Had a gorgeous week on residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre last week!
@childrensbooksireland.ie have done loads for me – I'm halfway through my second draft now, somehow.
And I adore everyone else in Raising Voices 💜
@childrensbooksireland.ie have done loads for me – I'm halfway through my second draft now, somehow.
And I adore everyone else in Raising Voices 💜
September 16, 2025 at 7:45 PM
Had a gorgeous week on residency at the Tyrone Guthrie Centre last week!
@childrensbooksireland.ie have done loads for me – I'm halfway through my second draft now, somehow.
And I adore everyone else in Raising Voices 💜
@childrensbooksireland.ie have done loads for me – I'm halfway through my second draft now, somehow.
And I adore everyone else in Raising Voices 💜
nice evening yesterday :)
August 26, 2025 at 10:36 AM
nice evening yesterday :)
an old story calls for old tech
my version of 'the tale of balor' will appear in 'Radiant Work-ings II' this week, including an accessible audio version on my trusty 2009 ipod nano
opening this thursday the 28th, 6–9pm at spacecraft studios, limerick. running for the rest of the week from 11am–5pm
my version of 'the tale of balor' will appear in 'Radiant Work-ings II' this week, including an accessible audio version on my trusty 2009 ipod nano
opening this thursday the 28th, 6–9pm at spacecraft studios, limerick. running for the rest of the week from 11am–5pm
August 25, 2025 at 8:07 PM
an old story calls for old tech
my version of 'the tale of balor' will appear in 'Radiant Work-ings II' this week, including an accessible audio version on my trusty 2009 ipod nano
opening this thursday the 28th, 6–9pm at spacecraft studios, limerick. running for the rest of the week from 11am–5pm
my version of 'the tale of balor' will appear in 'Radiant Work-ings II' this week, including an accessible audio version on my trusty 2009 ipod nano
opening this thursday the 28th, 6–9pm at spacecraft studios, limerick. running for the rest of the week from 11am–5pm
I have a short story in an exhibition!
My story is a retelling of an old folk tale about Balor, a wicked general prophesised to be killed by his own grandson.
We're kicking off the show on Thursday the 28th from 6–9pm in Spacecraft Studios, Limerick. See you there?
My story is a retelling of an old folk tale about Balor, a wicked general prophesised to be killed by his own grandson.
We're kicking off the show on Thursday the 28th from 6–9pm in Spacecraft Studios, Limerick. See you there?
August 23, 2025 at 12:24 PM
I have a short story in an exhibition!
My story is a retelling of an old folk tale about Balor, a wicked general prophesised to be killed by his own grandson.
We're kicking off the show on Thursday the 28th from 6–9pm in Spacecraft Studios, Limerick. See you there?
My story is a retelling of an old folk tale about Balor, a wicked general prophesised to be killed by his own grandson.
We're kicking off the show on Thursday the 28th from 6–9pm in Spacecraft Studios, Limerick. See you there?