Gráinne O’Brien
@grainneobrien.bsky.social
Bestselling author with O’Brien Press. Solo coming April 2025 with Little Island. Bookseller with Kennys Bookshop. Rontu Literary Service. www.rontuliteraryservice.com
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Also just a little reminder that SOLO is also on the APIBA shortlist and we would really appreciate your vote to help it win!!
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We need your votes!
We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social!
Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social!
Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
November 3, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Also just a little reminder that SOLO is also on the APIBA shortlist and we would really appreciate your vote to help it win!!
bsky.app/profile/litt...
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We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing!
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
November 3, 2025 at 9:20 AM
We are BEYOND delighted to have two nominations for the 2026 Carnegie Medal for Writing!
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
A FIX OF LIGHT and SOLO!
Huge congratulations to YA debut authors Kel Menton and Gráinne O’Brien!
@kelmenton.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social @carnegiemedals.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
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We need your votes!
We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social!
Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social!
Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
October 31, 2025 at 11:19 AM
We need your votes!
We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social!
Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
We are beyond delighted that SOLO by @kennysbookshop.bsky.social bookseller @grainneobrien.bsky.social, is on the shortlist for the @irishbookawards.bsky.social!
Please help this gorgeous book win the prize by voting for SOLO in the YA category: www.irishbookawards.ie/vote/
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The Readers Award Shortlist is up and voting is open! Check out Solo by @grainneobrien.bsky.social One of my favourite reads of the year!
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar... @booksaremybag.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar... @booksaremybag.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
October 13, 2025 at 2:46 PM
The Readers Award Shortlist is up and voting is open! Check out Solo by @grainneobrien.bsky.social One of my favourite reads of the year!
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar... @booksaremybag.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awar... @booksaremybag.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
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We are delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social is on the Books are My Bag Readers Award shortlist!
This major award is decided by public vote so please can we ask you to vote for SOLO in the YA category – and tell all your friends!
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards
This major award is decided by public vote so please can we ask you to vote for SOLO in the YA category – and tell all your friends!
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards
Book Are My Bag Readers Awards
The only book awards curated by bookshops and chosen by readers like you!
www.nationalbooktokens.com
October 9, 2025 at 12:17 PM
We are delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social is on the Books are My Bag Readers Award shortlist!
This major award is decided by public vote so please can we ask you to vote for SOLO in the YA category – and tell all your friends!
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards
This major award is decided by public vote so please can we ask you to vote for SOLO in the YA category – and tell all your friends!
www.nationalbooktokens.com/readers-awards
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Changing how schools view #readingforpleasure starring @grainneobrien.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social & more!
Read it here!
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Read it here!
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July 10, 2025 at 9:43 AM
Changing how schools view #readingforpleasure starring @grainneobrien.bsky.social @literacy-trust.bsky.social & more!
Read it here!
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Read it here!
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Our top books in June! Starring @grainneobrien.bsky.social @lilybailey.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @tompercival.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Our top books in June! Starring @grainneobrien.bsky.social @lilybailey.bsky.social @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social @tompercival.bsky.social
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Welcome to The Ten-Minute Book Club, a podcast hosted by librarian Lucas Maxwell and bookseller Gráinne O’Brien. In ten minutes or less, we review children’s books to help busy kids and adults find stories young readers will love. @grainneobrien.bsky.social
June 18, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Welcome to The Ten-Minute Book Club, a podcast hosted by librarian Lucas Maxwell and bookseller Gráinne O’Brien. In ten minutes or less, we review children’s books to help busy kids and adults find stories young readers will love. @grainneobrien.bsky.social
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An absolutely fantastic author visit from superstar @grainneobrien.bsky.social talking to hundreds of our students about poetry, creativity & her amazing verse novel Solo! A must have, check it out here: www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr... @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
June 14, 2025 at 12:00 PM
An absolutely fantastic author visit from superstar @grainneobrien.bsky.social talking to hundreds of our students about poetry, creativity & her amazing verse novel Solo! A must have, check it out here: www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr... @kennysbookshop.bsky.social @littleislandbooks.bsky.social
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"I hadn't set out with the intention of writing for the young adult market but this was the story that came to me." University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight on SOLO author @grainneobrien.bsky.social:
www.ul.ie/artsoc/news/... #SoloBook
www.ul.ie/artsoc/news/... #SoloBook
University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight: Gráinne O'Brien
In the latest instalment of the University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight, we speak to BA in English, Sociology and History and MA in Creative Writing graduate Gráinne O’Brien who recently published her...
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June 11, 2025 at 8:44 AM
"I hadn't set out with the intention of writing for the young adult market but this was the story that came to me." University of Limerick Alumni Spotlight on SOLO author @grainneobrien.bsky.social:
www.ul.ie/artsoc/news/... #SoloBook
www.ul.ie/artsoc/news/... #SoloBook
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Thank you @irishexaminer.bsky.social for highlighting @grainneobrien.bsky.social as a BRILLIANT Irish author. Gráinne's YA debut SOLO is out now!
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #SoloBook
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #SoloBook
Children's books review: Thrilling reads from a trio of brilliant Irish authors
Pet O’Connell rounds up a diverse selection of the latest children’s books that tackle everything from AI and young love to ancient mythology and the recorder
www.irishexaminer.com
May 27, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Thank you @irishexaminer.bsky.social for highlighting @grainneobrien.bsky.social as a BRILLIANT Irish author. Gráinne's YA debut SOLO is out now!
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #SoloBook
www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... #SoloBook
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irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Futuristic fantasy holds a mirror to today’s world, where it is perhaps not AI we should fear, but those who would use it for nefarious ends. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social
June 3, 2025 at 1:14 PM
irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... Futuristic fantasy holds a mirror to today’s world, where it is perhaps not AI we should fear, but those who would use it for nefarious ends. @walkerbooksuk.bsky.social @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social
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Thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social for including @grainneobrien.bsky.social’s SOLO in his round-up of books to watch out for in 2025!
@bouncemarketing.bsky.social @cormackinsella.bsky.social
@bouncemarketing.bsky.social @cormackinsella.bsky.social
December 28, 2024 at 7:56 PM
Thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social for including @grainneobrien.bsky.social’s SOLO in his round-up of books to watch out for in 2025!
@bouncemarketing.bsky.social @cormackinsella.bsky.social
@bouncemarketing.bsky.social @cormackinsella.bsky.social
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Thank you @littleislandbooks.bsky.social for this amazing YA proof by @grainneobrien.bsky.social!
Pre order it here from @kennysbookshop.bsky.social!
www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr... #books
Pre order it here from @kennysbookshop.bsky.social!
www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr... #books
January 6, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Thank you @littleislandbooks.bsky.social for this amazing YA proof by @grainneobrien.bsky.social!
Pre order it here from @kennysbookshop.bsky.social!
www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr... #books
Pre order it here from @kennysbookshop.bsky.social!
www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr... #books
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We're delighted to announce the Kennys Signed Limited Edition of Solo by Gráinne O'Brien, a YA novel in verse being released in April. It tells the story of Daisy, a teenager learning all about love & life. This is the only hardback edition of the book & will be signed! www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr...
December 10, 2024 at 5:09 PM
We're delighted to announce the Kennys Signed Limited Edition of Solo by Gráinne O'Brien, a YA novel in verse being released in April. It tells the story of Daisy, a teenager learning all about love & life. This is the only hardback edition of the book & will be signed! www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr...
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Solo is an amazing new YA, @grainneobrien.bsky.social is the real deal, this is essential reading. Pre-order it here! www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr... @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
December 10, 2024 at 7:35 PM
Solo is an amazing new YA, @grainneobrien.bsky.social is the real deal, this is essential reading. Pre-order it here! www.kennys.ie/shop/solo-gr... @kennysbookshop.bsky.social
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Every year, we build a book tree for Christmas at Kennys. Here is this year's which we put up this week, and we especially love this one. We hope you do too! ✨️
November 15, 2024 at 11:58 PM
Every year, we build a book tree for Christmas at Kennys. Here is this year's which we put up this week, and we especially love this one. We hope you do too! ✨️
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Every Monday we release a 1 hour #dungeonsanddragons podcast with humour & heart - we just hit 10,000 downloads, thank you to everyone who listens!
You can get caught up here!
sites.google.com/view/youshou...
@alexdunnewrites.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social
You can get caught up here!
sites.google.com/view/youshou...
@alexdunnewrites.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social
November 16, 2024 at 9:13 PM
Every Monday we release a 1 hour #dungeonsanddragons podcast with humour & heart - we just hit 10,000 downloads, thank you to everyone who listens!
You can get caught up here!
sites.google.com/view/youshou...
@alexdunnewrites.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social
You can get caught up here!
sites.google.com/view/youshou...
@alexdunnewrites.bsky.social @grainneobrien.bsky.social
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My story won a prize!
"The best Saturdays are when old girls return with their babies. Time was, a girl would leave school and return four or five years later with her first, for congratulations, tea, and Celestine’s special ginger biscuits. Fewer babies now, and later. Same with vocations."
"The best Saturdays are when old girls return with their babies. Time was, a girl would leave school and return four or five years later with her first, for congratulations, tea, and Celestine’s special ginger biscuits. Fewer babies now, and later. Same with vocations."
18: Redemption III — Silver Apples Magazine
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November 23, 2023 at 4:56 PM
My story won a prize!
"The best Saturdays are when old girls return with their babies. Time was, a girl would leave school and return four or five years later with her first, for congratulations, tea, and Celestine’s special ginger biscuits. Fewer babies now, and later. Same with vocations."
"The best Saturdays are when old girls return with their babies. Time was, a girl would leave school and return four or five years later with her first, for congratulations, tea, and Celestine’s special ginger biscuits. Fewer babies now, and later. Same with vocations."
Loads of stuff coming up for Rontu in 2024, starting with a four week Flash Fiction Speed Dating course beginning in January. #amwriting #writingworkshop
November 11, 2023 at 6:27 PM
Loads of stuff coming up for Rontu in 2024, starting with a four week Flash Fiction Speed Dating course beginning in January. #amwriting #writingworkshop
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I’m about to submit the 1st draft of my #dungeonsanddragons aimed at helping #autistic players & DMs & I’m very proud of it! I have learned a ton, and I’m excited for it as I think it will be practical & useful for everyone who enjoys playing #dnd.
October 28, 2023 at 8:17 AM
I’m about to submit the 1st draft of my #dungeonsanddragons aimed at helping #autistic players & DMs & I’m very proud of it! I have learned a ton, and I’m excited for it as I think it will be practical & useful for everyone who enjoys playing #dnd.
It’s six months since A Limerick Fairytale came out, debuted at number five on the Irish children’s bestsellers and changed my life. This week I went back to the library in Sixmilebridge where I found Babysitters Clubs, Point Horrors and Tamora Pierce. A wonderful way to celebrate Irish Book Week ❤️
October 22, 2023 at 7:00 PM
It’s six months since A Limerick Fairytale came out, debuted at number five on the Irish children’s bestsellers and changed my life. This week I went back to the library in Sixmilebridge where I found Babysitters Clubs, Point Horrors and Tamora Pierce. A wonderful way to celebrate Irish Book Week ❤️
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Read more here! www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
October 22, 2023 at 4:54 PM
Read more here! www.goodreads.com/book/show/15...
Cats on a shelf.
October 1, 2023 at 6:59 PM
Cats on a shelf.
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Shoutout to #Limerick #Storytellers, via Simon Thompson who is @clownnoir in the old place
September 27, 2023 at 4:39 PM
Shoutout to #Limerick #Storytellers, via Simon Thompson who is @clownnoir in the old place