Award-Winning Children's Writer and Champion of Children's Books

Children's Programmer at ILFD - International Literature Festival Dublin and Dubray StoryFest

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WRITING FOR CHILDREN WEEKEND WITH GRAINNE CLEAR and SARAH WEBB - 31ST AUG/1ST SEPT
Bologna Children's Book Fair 2019 - Notes for Children's Writers and Illustrators
Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards 2019
Life as a Professional Children's Writer - the Low Down
The Best Children's Book Agents 2018 - Recommended by their Writers
Raising a Child Who Loves to Read - Recommended Books
How to Pitch to Book Festivals - Practical Tips for Children's Writers
Children's Books Ireland Book of the Year Awards 2018
Interview with Children's Writer, Helena Duggan
Books for Christmas 2017
Make Writing Your Priority
Oh, My! This World - CBI Conference 2017
Friendship and Writing Buddies by Judi Curtin
Sharing Books With Little Ones by Sarah Webb
This Writer's Life - Interview with Sadhbh Devlin

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I adore the Rabbit and Bear books by @julian.gough illustrated by @_jimfield and I was delighted to receive the new one in the post today with an outstanding letter by Julian. ‘You review books, and I write them: we need each other.’ He goes on to explain why he writes these books and how his life experiences are embedded in each carefully chosen word. Thank you @julian.gough - your letter brought a tear to my eye. It IS meaningful work - writing and reviewing children’s books. Thank YOU!
Fantastic photography exhibition @libraries.dlr Lexicon at the moment. Some amazing stories behind the photos. Well worth a visit! @dlr.lexicon
Two excellent graphic novels for adults or older teens. One about the amazing Eileen Gray, the other a wordless book about a park bench. Any recommendations for me? I love graphic novels!
Blazing a Trail has just been reprinted for the 3rd time. Well done little book! #thelittlebookthatcould
New book means notebook time. New term of @storycrewireland and festivals - more notebooks. I do love my notebooks!
Big crowd in the National Yacht Club last night to watch Maiden - about the 1989/90 Whitbread Race - and the all-female crew. Dun Laoghaire woman Angela Heath was one of the crew and talked about her experiences. 32,000 miles around the world in a 58ft yacht. What a woman! @20x20.ie ( she’s on the left)
Sailing in Dublin Bay today and caught this beauty coming out of Dublin Port. Stunning afternoon - I was so lucky to be out on the water!
Striking Alice Neel painting from 1934 in the @nationalgalleryofireland - she’s another artist I love. Great to see the gallery rotating their collection and showing more pieces by women artists. Looking forward to seeing more and more women on the walls of all the Irish galleries.
Delighted to see a painting by Sofonisba Anguissola in the @nationalgalleryofireland She’s amazing! Painted in 1560.
After a wonderful holiday and writing break in West Cork it’s back to work - writing, teaching and programming. First event of the autumn season is a WRITING FOR CHILDREN WEEKEND on Sat/Sun 31st Aug/ 1st Sept in Dun Laoghaire with @grainneclear and @propermiss - only 10 places still avail - email me for booking details - sarahsamwebb@gmail.com - suitable for beginners. Come with an idea and leave with a plan, plus heaps of insider knowledge about the children’s book world! #writingforchildren #writingworkshops #startwriting #kidsbooks
I was sailing a race called the Baltimore Cup yesterday on a 40 ft yacht. It’s an ocean race - sailed around the Cape Clear waters. The spinnaker sheets (the spinnaker is the big blue sail here, the sheets are the ropes) were caught so one of the crew - Cliona - threw on a harness and was hoisted up to fix things. The boat was helmed by a 17 year old girl and her sister (18) was crew boss. Such amazing role models for my daughter (16) who was also on board and for me too! Brave, confident and highly skilled sailors. Truly inspirational. I was lucky to be on board and thanks to Denis and Ann-Marie for the invite. #youcantbewhatyoucantsee @20x20.ie
Five pages of children’s book reviews in the Irish Independent today - thanks to Rachel Dugan for her ongoing support for books for young readers. Included are books by @aoife_dooley @chrispjudge @barryfalls @littleislandbks @scallywagpress @andersenpress @littletigerbooks @egmontpublishinguk @tarsilakruse @theobrienpress @meggrehan @cat_doyle0 @propermiss @sarahcrossanwriter @hoperoadpublishing @carragheralvy #kidsbooks #childrensbooks #bookreviews #childrensbookreview #summerreading