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

Children's Programmer at ILFD - International Literature Festival Dublin 

Creative Writing Teacher

Story Captain at Story Crew: Write, Draw, Create!

Story Crew holding logo.jpg

Books for Children

Books for Adults 

My Blog 

Featured
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
It Takes a Library to Raise a Child: My Final dlr Writer in Residence Post
Writers - Call for Mentors from Words Ireland
Open Call for dlr Libraries 2017 to 2019

Twitter

Instagram

I’m at the launch of the Dunleary Lifeboat Project exhibition in @libraries.dlr @dlr.lexicon this evening. Do go and see it if you like wooden boats and history!
Today I have a lovely writing companion to keep me company!
Storyteller Liz Weir is now Dame Liz Weir after being awarded an MBE for her services to literature in the north of Ireland. Huge congrats, Liz! @lizstoryteller
At @poetryireland today for #EventsforAll day - we are training writers, illustrators + storytellers to delivers events and workshops for children with autism. @kidsbooksirel
Today we are creating story chains in @storycrewireland Writing Club. The children will draw story elements - characters, setting, plot elements - onto discs and will string them together to create a story. It’s a great way of teaching story structure and most importantly, it’s fun!
Spent an inspirational day with @sharkeydoodles @innikmusic and @josephcoelhoauthor - planning a v special @ilfdublin event in May for families. Thanks to @poetryireland for use of their space - the perfect setting for creative thoughts!
Goodbye, Sligo! You’ve been swell!
Great view of Sligo from my hotel room balcony. I’m here to give a library training g day tomorrow morning - looking forward to meeting the librarians!
I’ve always liked the Dublin LUAS seats with their iconic Dublin buildings. It’s the little things!
Oh, I’ve been waiting for you, little book! I can’t wait to listen to the poets reading their own work.
Last night some of the remarkable women from Blazing a Trail lit up the GPO. Here’s Anne O’Brien who played professional football in France and Italy for 18 years. Art by @oneillustration @theobrienpress
Images from #BlazingaTrail are lighting up the GPO this weekend - art by @oneillustration