Little Island Books
@littleislandbooks.bsky.social
Independent press publishing the best new Irish writing for young readers. Supported by Arts Council Ireland. Repped in UK by Bounce Sales & Marketing.
Books create waves.
Books create waves.
We’re down at the inaugural and fabulous Dublin Small Press Fair at Pearse Street Library!
Loads of brilliant publishers here of all sorts of books, journals and zines. Come say hello!
@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social
Loads of brilliant publishers here of all sorts of books, journals and zines. Come say hello!
@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social
November 29, 2025 at 12:51 PM
We’re down at the inaugural and fabulous Dublin Small Press Fair at Pearse Street Library!
Loads of brilliant publishers here of all sorts of books, journals and zines. Come say hello!
@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social
Loads of brilliant publishers here of all sorts of books, journals and zines. Come say hello!
@dublinsmpressfair.bsky.social @dublincitylibs.bsky.social
We are so delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social won Teen & YA Book of the Year at last night’s @irishbookawards.bsky.social!!!
Huge thanks to An Post, to International Education Services for sponsoring the prize, and to YOU for voting for SOLO!
🏝️📚🏆
Huge thanks to An Post, to International Education Services for sponsoring the prize, and to YOU for voting for SOLO!
🏝️📚🏆
November 28, 2025 at 4:24 PM
We are so delighted to share that SOLO by @grainneobrien.bsky.social won Teen & YA Book of the Year at last night’s @irishbookawards.bsky.social!!!
Huge thanks to An Post, to International Education Services for sponsoring the prize, and to YOU for voting for SOLO!
🏝️📚🏆
Huge thanks to An Post, to International Education Services for sponsoring the prize, and to YOU for voting for SOLO!
🏝️📚🏆
Save 25% on Christmas gift books for children on www.littleisland.ie this Black Friday
Use code BF25 to save on all books!
Use code BF25 to save on all books!
November 26, 2025 at 11:26 AM
Save 25% on Christmas gift books for children on www.littleisland.ie this Black Friday
Use code BF25 to save on all books!
Use code BF25 to save on all books!
Our #BlackFriday sale is now on! 🖤 📚
Enjoy 25% off children's and YA books with the code 'BF25' - only at littleisland.ie until 2 Dec 2025.
#books #BlackFriday2025 #BlackFridayDeals #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #YAbooks #booksale #bookstagram #booktok
Enjoy 25% off children's and YA books with the code 'BF25' - only at littleisland.ie until 2 Dec 2025.
#books #BlackFriday2025 #BlackFridayDeals #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #YAbooks #booksale #bookstagram #booktok
November 25, 2025 at 9:35 AM
Our #BlackFriday sale is now on! 🖤 📚
Enjoy 25% off children's and YA books with the code 'BF25' - only at littleisland.ie until 2 Dec 2025.
#books #BlackFriday2025 #BlackFridayDeals #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #YAbooks #booksale #bookstagram #booktok
Enjoy 25% off children's and YA books with the code 'BF25' - only at littleisland.ie until 2 Dec 2025.
#books #BlackFriday2025 #BlackFridayDeals #childrensbooks #kidsbooks #YAbooks #booksale #bookstagram #booktok
Lauren O’Hara’s illustrated edition of OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN is @thetimes.com Book of the Week!
Woohoooo! 🥳🍾
Woohoooo! 🥳🍾
November 24, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Lauren O’Hara’s illustrated edition of OSCAR WILDE’S STORIES FOR CHILDREN is @thetimes.com Book of the Week!
Woohoooo! 🥳🍾
Woohoooo! 🥳🍾
Here’s author James Butler at the opening ceremony of the Citywide Read last week.
November 18, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Here’s author James Butler at the opening ceremony of the Citywide Read last week.
We are really pleased that CRYING WOLF by James Butler has been selected as CITYWIDE TEEN READ 2025 by Dublin City Libraries!
Check out the displays at any library in Dublin!
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social
Check out the displays at any library in Dublin!
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 3:10 PM
We are really pleased that CRYING WOLF by James Butler has been selected as CITYWIDE TEEN READ 2025 by Dublin City Libraries!
Check out the displays at any library in Dublin!
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social
Check out the displays at any library in Dublin!
@dublincitylibs.bsky.social @dublincityoflit.bsky.social @dublincitycouncil.bsky.social
Front page of today’s Irish Times Magazine: @leondiop.bsky.social interviewed by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social about his new book, MIXED UP!
November 15, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Front page of today’s Irish Times Magazine: @leondiop.bsky.social interviewed by @patrickfreyne.bsky.social about his new book, MIXED UP!
Huge thanks to everyone who came out on a very wet evening to celebrate the launch of MIXED UP: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging by @leondiop.bsky.social on Thursday!
A stirring speech by POOR author Katriona O’Sullivan launched this brilliant book into the world.
📷 Tobias Mbanusi
A stirring speech by POOR author Katriona O’Sullivan launched this brilliant book into the world.
📷 Tobias Mbanusi
November 14, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Huge thanks to everyone who came out on a very wet evening to celebrate the launch of MIXED UP: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging by @leondiop.bsky.social on Thursday!
A stirring speech by POOR author Katriona O’Sullivan launched this brilliant book into the world.
📷 Tobias Mbanusi
A stirring speech by POOR author Katriona O’Sullivan launched this brilliant book into the world.
📷 Tobias Mbanusi
Back in print!
CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again
White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇
Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇
Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇
“Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟
CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again
White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇
Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇
Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇
“Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟
November 10, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Back in print!
CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again
White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇
Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇
Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇
“Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟
CG Moore’s TRIGGER is back again
White Raven Award 2025 winner 🥇
Children’s Book Council 2025 Favourites x3 🥇
Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2025 🥇
Kirk is Reviews Best YA Verse Novels list 2024 🥇
“Raw and fiercely gripping”: School Library Journal starred review 🌟
Join us this Wednesday as Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR) launches MIXED UP: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging by @leondiop.bsky.social at Eason, The Square, Tallaght!
November 10, 2025 at 12:25 PM
Join us this Wednesday as Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR) launches MIXED UP: An Irish Boy’s Journey to Belonging by @leondiop.bsky.social at Eason, The Square, Tallaght!
The LAI Biennial Children’s Book Award ceremony is taking place in a few hours: we have three books shortlisted!
CRYING WOLF by James Butler
SOMEONE’S BEEN MESSING WITH REALITY by John Hearne
TRIGGER by CG Moore
CRYING WOLF by James Butler
SOMEONE’S BEEN MESSING WITH REALITY by John Hearne
TRIGGER by CG Moore
November 8, 2025 at 2:21 PM
The LAI Biennial Children’s Book Award ceremony is taking place in a few hours: we have three books shortlisted!
CRYING WOLF by James Butler
SOMEONE’S BEEN MESSING WITH REALITY by John Hearne
TRIGGER by CG Moore
CRYING WOLF by James Butler
SOMEONE’S BEEN MESSING WITH REALITY by John Hearne
TRIGGER by CG Moore
the experience of losing your sense of self that is often accompanied by drifting away from a lifelong passion, like playing music.
SOLO has resonated with so many teenagers and ex-teenagers!
Oh and did we mention it was on the Irish Times bestseller list??
SOLO has resonated with so many teenagers and ex-teenagers!
Oh and did we mention it was on the Irish Times bestseller list??
November 8, 2025 at 1:00 PM
the experience of losing your sense of self that is often accompanied by drifting away from a lifelong passion, like playing music.
SOLO has resonated with so many teenagers and ex-teenagers!
Oh and did we mention it was on the Irish Times bestseller list??
SOLO has resonated with so many teenagers and ex-teenagers!
Oh and did we mention it was on the Irish Times bestseller list??
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 8, 2025 at 12:48 PM
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/
Selected for the School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Books of 2023 List
Selected for the Read for Empathy Collection 2023
Shortlisted for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2023
Shortlisted for the Badger Books Award 2023
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Selected for the Read for Empathy Collection 2023
Shortlisted for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2023
Shortlisted for the Badger Books Award 2023
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November 6, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Selected for the School Library Journal Best Middle Grade Books of 2023 List
Selected for the Read for Empathy Collection 2023
Shortlisted for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2023
Shortlisted for the Badger Books Award 2023
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Selected for the Read for Empathy Collection 2023
Shortlisted for the KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2023
Shortlisted for the Badger Books Award 2023
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Followers may recall @leondiop.bsky.social’a previous book, BLACK & IRISH: LEGENDS, TRAILBLAZERS AND EVERYDAY HEROES, co-authored with @brianafitzsimons.bsky.social (illus by Jessica Louis), which won at the @irishbookawards.bsky.social in 2023.
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November 5, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Followers may recall @leondiop.bsky.social’a previous book, BLACK & IRISH: LEGENDS, TRAILBLAZERS AND EVERYDAY HEROES, co-authored with @brianafitzsimons.bsky.social (illus by Jessica Louis), which won at the @irishbookawards.bsky.social in 2023.
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Honest, emotional and uplifting, MIXED UP follows Leon from his first day as “the only brown kid in school”, through struggles with his identity, to the man he is today: activist, award-winning author, and proud mixed-race Irishman who is “not half of anything but 100% of all that I am”.
November 5, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Honest, emotional and uplifting, MIXED UP follows Leon from his first day as “the only brown kid in school”, through struggles with his identity, to the man he is today: activist, award-winning author, and proud mixed-race Irishman who is “not half of anything but 100% of all that I am”.
We’re about to release our last book of 2025 and it’s one of the most important we’ve published.
MIXED UP by Leon Diop is a groundbreaking memoir about growing up mixed-race in Ireland.
Please join us for the launch next week with special guest Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR).
MIXED UP by Leon Diop is a groundbreaking memoir about growing up mixed-race in Ireland.
Please join us for the launch next week with special guest Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR).
November 5, 2025 at 2:22 PM
We’re about to release our last book of 2025 and it’s one of the most important we’ve published.
MIXED UP by Leon Diop is a groundbreaking memoir about growing up mixed-race in Ireland.
Please join us for the launch next week with special guest Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR).
MIXED UP by Leon Diop is a groundbreaking memoir about growing up mixed-race in Ireland.
Please join us for the launch next week with special guest Katriona O’Sullivan (author of POOR).
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
the experience of losing your sense of self that is often accompanied by drifting away from a lifelong passion, like playing music.
SOLO has resonated with so many teenagers and ex-teenagers!
Oh and did we mention it was on the Irish Times bestseller list??
SOLO has resonated with so many teenagers and ex-teenagers!
Oh and did we mention it was on the Irish Times bestseller list??
October 31, 2025 at 11:42 AM
the experience of losing your sense of self that is often accompanied by drifting away from a lifelong passion, like playing music.
SOLO has resonated with so many teenagers and ex-teenagers!
Oh and did we mention it was on the Irish Times bestseller list??
SOLO has resonated with so many teenagers and ex-teenagers!
Oh and did we mention it was on the Irish Times bestseller list??
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/
Happy Halloween!
#Win 1 of 3 spooky children's book bundles! 📚🎃👻
To enter...
1. Follow @LittleIslandBks
2. Comment a halloween emoji
3. Tag a friend
(ROI and UK only. Ends 2 Nov 2025 at midnight.)
#win #giveaway #bookgiveaway #halloween #halloween2025 #trickortreat
#Win 1 of 3 spooky children's book bundles! 📚🎃👻
To enter...
1. Follow @LittleIslandBks
2. Comment a halloween emoji
3. Tag a friend
(ROI and UK only. Ends 2 Nov 2025 at midnight.)
#win #giveaway #bookgiveaway #halloween #halloween2025 #trickortreat
October 31, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Happy Halloween!
#Win 1 of 3 spooky children's book bundles! 📚🎃👻
To enter...
1. Follow @LittleIslandBks
2. Comment a halloween emoji
3. Tag a friend
(ROI and UK only. Ends 2 Nov 2025 at midnight.)
#win #giveaway #bookgiveaway #halloween #halloween2025 #trickortreat
#Win 1 of 3 spooky children's book bundles! 📚🎃👻
To enter...
1. Follow @LittleIslandBks
2. Comment a halloween emoji
3. Tag a friend
(ROI and UK only. Ends 2 Nov 2025 at midnight.)
#win #giveaway #bookgiveaway #halloween #halloween2025 #trickortreat
Londoners! Lauren O’Hara will be on a tour of London indie bookshops later this week! 📚
Grab a limited-edition signed copy of #OscarWildesStoriesforChildren from one of these bookshops while stocks last!
#OscarWilde #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #books #Christmasgifts #signedbooks
Grab a limited-edition signed copy of #OscarWildesStoriesforChildren from one of these bookshops while stocks last!
#OscarWilde #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #books #Christmasgifts #signedbooks
October 28, 2025 at 11:18 AM
Londoners! Lauren O’Hara will be on a tour of London indie bookshops later this week! 📚
Grab a limited-edition signed copy of #OscarWildesStoriesforChildren from one of these bookshops while stocks last!
#OscarWilde #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #books #Christmasgifts #signedbooks
Grab a limited-edition signed copy of #OscarWildesStoriesforChildren from one of these bookshops while stocks last!
#OscarWilde #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #books #Christmasgifts #signedbooks
The artist at work! Some photos of Lauren O’Hara painting The Happy Prince in the iconic window of Dublin’s @booksupstairs.bsky.social
The illustration is from our new edition of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children, out now and available wherever good books are sold!
The illustration is from our new edition of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children, out now and available wherever good books are sold!
October 27, 2025 at 2:31 PM
The artist at work! Some photos of Lauren O’Hara painting The Happy Prince in the iconic window of Dublin’s @booksupstairs.bsky.social
The illustration is from our new edition of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children, out now and available wherever good books are sold!
The illustration is from our new edition of Oscar Wilde’s Stories for Children, out now and available wherever good books are sold!