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Erika McGann
@erikamcgann.bsky.social
Children's author with lots of books out for kids of all ages 🌟
So excited that Run Home Little Fox by Tom McCaughren, @shannonbergin.bsky.social and me has been shortlisted for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social Junior Children’s Book of the Year! 🌟🦊🌟

Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social 😊

You can vote for this and many others at www.irishbookawards.ie
October 28, 2025 at 11:57 AM
🎉PUB DAY🎉

Puffling and the Stormy Sea by me and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social is out today!

Published by @theobrienpress.bsky.social and available in your lovely local bookshop 😊
September 29, 2025 at 10:39 AM
September 10, 2025 at 1:24 PM
September 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#discoveririshkidsbooks have some fab new posters showcasing Irish books out this month 🌟📚🌟
Delighted to have two books in there - Tír na nÓg with Conor Busuttil AND Puffling and the Stormy Sea with @gerrydalyart.bsky.social
September 10, 2025 at 1:17 PM
🎉PUB DAY🎉
New edition of The Clubhouse Mystery out now!
With a FANTASTIC new cover by 🌟Naomi Osibodu🌟 - Winner of the Design A Cover Competition from @childrensbooksireland.ie and @theobrienpress.bsky.social

Some brilliant runners-up featured back and inside too! 😊
August 25, 2025 at 11:00 AM
📚 COMING SOON 📚
I was so lucky to get to work with the wonderful Tom McCaughren on Run Home Little Fox, coming October from @theobrienpress.bsky.social 🌟
The artwork by @shannonbergin.bsky.social is beyond gorgeous - I cannot wait to see it in print!
June 30, 2025 at 3:35 PM
10.30am Sat 28th June I'll be at the wonderful Hinterland Festival in Kells ☀️📚☀️
Reading picture books, playing games and talking all things Puffling!
There are so many fab book events available - check out the programme here

www.hinterland.ie/m-14-hinterl...
June 20, 2025 at 1:25 PM
Reading Wired Our Own Way, ed. by @niamhgarvey.bsky.social - it's excellent. Have Songs for Ghosts by @clarakiyoko.bsky.social lined up next 😊
May 16, 2025 at 1:38 PM
The glossy and gorgeous Canadian edition of It's Too Dark, Puffling - by me and @gerrydalyart.bsky.social 🎉
Published by the wonderful people @boulderbooks.bsky.social 📚🌟
So lovely to see Puffling take another trip across the pond 😊
May 9, 2025 at 11:03 AM
New translated editions!! 🎉🎉
Lithuanian ed. of Tabitha Plimtock and the Edge of the World (Terra Publica, translator Viktorija Uzėlaitė).
Czech ed. of The Strange Tale of Barnabus Kwerk (Grada Publishing, translator Eva Kadlecová).
Both with all the amazing ills by @phildrawsthings.bsky.social 🌟
May 6, 2025 at 10:14 AM
The Design-a-Cover Competition from @theobrienpress.bsky.social and @childrensbooksireland.ie is OPEN!! The winning cover will be used on the new edition of The Clubhouse Mystery published this autumn 🎉📚🎉 Parents and teachers, check out the details below!
childrensbooksireland.ie/news-events/...
February 12, 2025 at 12:28 PM
Thanks so much New York Public Library for including #ChasingtheShyTown in their Best Books For Kids 2024 🎉🎉
December 10, 2024 at 2:40 PM
Many thanks to the lovely people of @booktrust.bsky.social Northern Ireland and @clivemcf.bsky.social for a truly wonderful Author Tour last week. EVERY SINGLE KID we met got their own copy of #WhatisaPeachick to take home. The programme is pure magic, and it was such a joy to be a part of it 🌟📚🦚
December 3, 2024 at 3:22 PM
Fab recommendations from booksellers and @childrensbooksireland.ie in The Sunday Times today! 📚
Thanks so much @meabhmcdonnell.bsky.social and Charlie Byrne's Bookshop for the gorgeous review for Peachick by me and @clivemcf.bsky.social ♥️🦚♥️
December 1, 2024 at 4:06 PM