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Eibhlís Carcione
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Poet ❤️Gaeilge. Children's writer. Teacher. BLACK GABLES. THE MIDNIGHT HOUSE. WELCOME TO DEAD TOWN RAVEN MCKAY Rep'd by Silvia Molteni PFD
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Cork, Ireland
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Eibhlís Carcione @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social · Nov 3
Absolutely thrilled that Black Gables has been nominated for the Carnegie Medal for Writing.
Huge thanks to all the librarians and readers @carnegiemedals.bsky.social
Special thanks to @everywithwords.bsky.social and Silvia @pfd
Congrats to all the nominees!
#Carnegies2026
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'Winter hares in conversation' by UK contemporary printmaker Angela Harding #WomensArt #ArtAdvent
Print featuring three hares in snow below small birds in a tree.with red berries and a larger black bird
December 16, 2025 at 6:54 AM
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“Once upon a time, on a cold winter’s day, as the snowflakes were falling softly and swiftly, a Queen sat sewing by her window. As she looked out, the snow scene was framed like a picture by the black ebony of the window frame”
Artist: EricWinter
Writer VeraSouthgate
The text and illustration come from the first page of the ladybird version of ‘Snow White and the seven dwarfs’, from the 1960s
December 15, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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A perfect poem for these blustery days. 🌬🧥

'Winter Coat' by Rosita Boland, published in Poetry Ireland Review Issue 58, edited by Catherine Phil MacCarthy.
December 10, 2025 at 3:41 PM
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'Crookery Hall' by the immensely talented Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) The house is so haunted even the ghosts are fleeing. #Gothicadvent
December 12, 2025 at 9:10 PM
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The House With Chicken Legs Runs Away ARCs are landing! Cover by Melissa Castrillón, internal illustrations by Elisa Paganelli. You can read the first chapter here: issuu.com/usbornepubli...
& signed dedicated copies are available from @samreadbookseller.bsky.social & @bookendscarlisle.bsky.social🙏
December 14, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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Santa Claus
by Arthur Rackham

#LegendaryWednesday
Illustration of Santa Claus walking through a snowy landscape accompanied by his elves. He has a long beard and is dressed in long robes and a pointed hat. He carries a large sack on his shoulder. There are houses in the distance.
December 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
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‪Day 16 of the #NewIllustrationOfTheDay #AdventCalendar quiz. Two children’s book characters whose name begins with P. Your task: name the ILLUSTRATORS. The second is a famous illustrator but a rather unexpected vision of a familiar character.
(Answers will be posted on Christmas Eve.)
December 16, 2025 at 8:39 AM
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Remembering Edna O'Brien
December 15, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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Grimogen Darkstar: Bat-cat-tastrophe is a Spooky and Magical Story for Animal Lovers and spooky characters. Ideal for aves 6 and up. A Young Girl's Quest for a Pet Leads to Moonlit Mayhem! amzn.eu/d/bNvFtwg

#GrimogenDarkstar #books #christmas #ChristmasGift #reading
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December 16, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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Illustration from 'The Snow Leopard', 2007 by author and illustrator Jackie Morris, who lives and works in a small cottage in Wales #WomensArt #ArtAdvent 🎄
December 10, 2025 at 5:12 AM
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Day 12 of the #NewIllustrationOfTheDay #AdventCalendar. Characters whose name begins with L. A family name for all the characters in the first picture and the child in the second. Your task: name the ILLUSTRATORS.
Answers to the whole quiz will be posted on the afternoon of December 24th.
December 12, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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Eeeeekkkkkkkk!!!!!

My copy of THE DAD TRAP arrived yesterday and I was so excited and overwhelmed and EMOTIONAL and did I mention I was EXCITED?!?

If you’ve got kids aged 8-13 who love silly, action-packed, fun stories full of chaos and mischief, they might like this!

#KidLit #PrimaryEduSky
December 13, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Great to see The Midnight House on this fabulous list of the best Cork books of 2025. Thank you @marjbrennan.bsky.social @irishexaminer.bsky.social 📚✍️✨ www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar...
December 10, 2025 at 7:48 AM
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#OwlishMonday 'December' by Quentin Blake, from Roald Dahl's 'My Year'
Drawing of a scene at night. A large full Moon is visible through bare tree branches and in the lower right corner is a house with a single lit window. In the centre of the picture, just below the Moon, an owl is flying past.
December 1, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Huge thanks to Leia at @fullhouselitmag.bsky.social for featuring one of my short stories alongside brilliant creatives over on their website. 🥰
December 9, 2025 at 10:03 AM
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It's my turn on the Stories 4 You blog today, I'll paste the link below 🙂
#GrimogenDarkstar #kidlit #childrensbooks #writing #writerslife #writingcommunity #reading #books
@tinytreebooks.bsky.social

asmallgangofauthors.blogspot.com/2025/12/meet...
Meet Author Emma Finlayson-Palmer
A lover of nature and art
asmallgangofauthors.blogspot.com
December 9, 2025 at 10:06 AM
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Day 7, Picture Fiction for Early Readers: 'Super Nani and Captain Yaz' by Saira Shah & Maria Gabriela Gama. A joyful superhero adventure starring an unstoppable gran. @sairaswrites.bsky.social @templarbooks.bsky.social
#Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚
December 9, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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Théophile Alexandre Steinlen, 'Cat in the Moonlight' #Caturday
November 29, 2025 at 4:51 PM
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Hi guys, I’m fundraising, join me? Christmas won’t be magical for every child. A book gift could add sparkle to Christmas for a child who needs it most, giving them something to cherish for years to come. Will you help? Find out more here: www.booktrust.org.uk/xmas @booktrust.org.uk #MagicOfBooks
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December 8, 2025 at 6:01 PM
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'Driving home...' by contemporary Welsh painter Sarah Evans #WomensArt
Landscape painting in snow with curved road between snowy fields on which two cars are shown emerging in the background, under a grey winter sky
November 28, 2025 at 5:41 PM
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So here they my favourite 40 picturebooks of 2025 (actually there are 42). Merry Christmas!

#FavePicturebooks25 #PicturebookPage
December 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
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📢 Amazing news alert!

Our brilliant #WriterInResidence Matt Goodfellow has launched his poetry competition for children - and his favourite entries will win a signed bundle of his books!

Get more info on how to enter here 👇

https://bit.ly/3Khwki9
December 3, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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Poem-a-day advent calendar 🎁Day 3 is 'A Spell to Banish Grief' by @theferocity.bsky.social from 'Alive at the End of the World' @coffeehousepress.bsky.social 🌹
Cover of Alive at the End of the World features a man in an orange jump suit and a space helmet leaning into a silver car in a field A Spell to Banish Grief Only when you wake to a fistful of pulled hair on the floor beside your bed and, from a glance, can guess its weight, when you study dried tear streaks on your cheeks like a farmer figuring out where the season went wrong, when a friend calls out your name three or four times before you know your name is yours, when your name fits like clothes you've suddenly outgrown, when there is too much of you, too few of you, too you of you and the mirrors wish all of you would just look away, when the clocks can't feel their hands and the calendars begin to doubt themselves, when you begin to agree with the glares from mirrors but your reflection follows you around the house anyway, when you catch yourself drunk on memory, candles lit, eyes closed, your head tilted in the direction of cemetery grass, yellow and balding above what's left of the body that birthed you, and you try to remember the sound of laughter in her throat and fail, only then, orphan, will I take all my selves and leave.
December 3, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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'The Witch'
by Ida Rentoul Outhwaite
Illustration from 'Fairyland'
Illustration to accompany the verse 'The Witch' by Annie R Rentoul. A witch on a broomstick is poised at the edge of a cliff, ready to fly. There are red toadstools at her feet, their colour matching her shoes and cloak. Bats circle in the sky, and in the background there are more cliffs and a glimpse of the sea.
October 30, 2025 at 6:15 PM
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Want to do a six month writing course with me? Or looking for a great Christmas present for the writer in your life?
Sign up quickly as there are only 15 places.
I would love to see you there!
The Six-Month Writing Course with Kit de Waal - Gladstone's Library
Join Kit de Waal for a six-month journey into the art and discipline of storytelling, with two visits to the UK’s finest residential library.
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November 17, 2025 at 1:02 PM