Rachel Pierce
@RacPierce
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Author of Tales for the Brave, Ireland - The people, The places, The stories Bedtime Stories, Incredible Irish Tales from the Past
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Joined February 2009
My sister's latest book - and a fantastic read. It's coming in September.
Out September: Ten wives - Matilda (Wolfe) Tone, Mary (Daniel) O'Connell, Charlotte (GB) Shaw, Constance (Oscar) Wilde, Annette (Edward) Carson, Emily (Ernest) Shackleton, George (WB) Yeats, Sinead (Eamon) de Valera, Margaret (Harry)Clarke & Beatrice (Brendan)Behan @OBrienPress
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Our virtual Winter Reading Festival continues next week with fantastic sessions from @Ivorbaddiel, @RachDavisAuthor, @JimSmithBooks, @MindscapeGames and @RacPierce ⭐❄️ Save your FREE spot at each event here: https://t.co/EQbjjxBiG7
#ScholasticSchoolsLive #readingforpleasure
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We are BACK with our Christmas Gift a Book Appeal. This Christmas, we’re gifting over €14,000 worth of brand-new books to the children who need it most. We are delivering bundles of brilliant books across the country to children experiencing homelessness, living in Direct
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A huge thanks to Gerry Kelly on the Late Lunch at LMFM Radio for a great chat about Tales for the Brave. Talking to a fellow book-lover is always so enjoyable! @kirankhanom @GillHessLtd @LisaRichardsLtd @scholasticuk @LMFMRADIO
Late Lunch Friday November 1st 2024: Blackrock's Tidy Towns win, John Shanahan on the US Presidential election, Alex Mountcharles & the Enchanted Kingdom at Slane Castle, author Rachel Pierce new book and sport with David Sheehan https://t.co/ERC7NEGbqA via @acast
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It's finally here! It's the eve of Samhain - the night when the Otherworld draws closer and the spirits roam abroad. You can meet a whole host of Otherworld-dwellers in Tales for the Brave, and hear their stories for yourself!
Celebrate Samhain with Tales for the Brave, a stunningly spooky collection of Celtic tales for children. With beautiful illustrations, this is a timeless gift to be enjoyed again and again. From @RacPierce, illustrated by @beibhinnmcc, @louise_dukes_, & @oneillustration
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For the week that's in it!! 'Chasing Ghosts' about 1845's doomed John Franklin expedition to Arctic coinciding with a 'true' haunting in Derry as searches fail to find Franklin, 128 crew & his two ships (HMS Erebus & Terror finally found in 2014 & 2016). For readers aged 10 plus.
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For the week that's in it: the 'spirit' of actual 15 year old catch-boy, Samuel Joseph Scott, who describes what happens that night on 14 April 1912, two years after his own April death in 1910. For readers aged nine years plus! @OBrienPress #Titanic #irishhistory
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Thank you @IrishTimes for this excellent review of Tales for the Brave.
Brilliant review of #TalesForTheBrave in @IrishTimes! "[A] glossy hardback compilation of Celtic tales" - packed with stunningly spooky tales, this is the perfect gift as the nights draw in! @RacPierce
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Thank you, Jacqui. I’m so delighted you enjoyed it!
A fabulous spooky collection of Celtic short stories, #TalesForTheBrave by @RacPierce, illustrated by @beibhinnmcc, @louise_dukes_ & @oneillustration, is perfect for KS2 readers and out now #SpookySeason @scholasticuk
https://t.co/o1Fu2qDgbz
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Thank you, Irish Examiner, for this wonderful collection of reviews of Irish writers and illustrators and their books out this autumn. Delighted to see Tales for the Brave in there! @Scholastic @GillHessLtd @kirankhanom #sparkaloveofstories
Spark a love of stories with these new titles from Irish artists
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Sunshine and flowers on pub day (with ghost writer reflection to boot)! Thank you @LisaRichardsLtd for the beautiful surprise!
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Thank you to the incredible illustrators: @oneillustration @beibhinnmcc and Louise Dukes!
Happy book birthday to Tales for the Brave by @RacPierce! Featuring beautiful illustrations by three Irish artists, this is a gorgeous book to be enjoyed time and time again. Out today! #TalesfortheBrave
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Lots of wonderful events for young and old at this year's @HistFest I'm looking forward to my first every proper event in one of my favourite places - Dun Laoghaire.
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Thank you BBC Cornwall and Julie @Skentelbery for a great chat about Celtic myths and folktales - even if the piskies did enjoy a moment of sabotage! Thank goodness U2 were on hand to cover for me.
Julie @Skentelbery has been chatting #celtic myths with author @RacPierce🐲- featuring 2 spooky #cornish folktales. Listen here ⬇️
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That new book feeling! My new book - Tales for the Brave - is out this Thursday, 12 September. It looks utterly incredible thanks to designer Bleddyn Sion, and illustrators @beibhinnmcc, @oneillustration and Louise Dukes. Can't wait to see it on bookshelves!
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If you missed her on Nationwide, you can catch Nicola talking about the history of O'Connell Street in person!
I'm a bit early with this but if you missed my talk about O'Connell St in Henrietta Museum, I'll be giving it again for Old Dublin Society on 2 October in Dublin Central Library, Ilac Centre. Booking is required with centrallibrary@dublincity.ie @OBrienPress
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Retain, Extend and Expand Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts Pilot - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/y9iwy69kAv via @Change
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Retain, Extend and Expand Ireland's Basic Income for the Arts Pilot
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Coming in September!
.@scholasticuk has signed Tales for the Brave, a collection of Celtic folklore and myth by @RacPierce
https://t.co/oxokOx8UOg (£)
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I was never one for long goodbyes. So here goes. The next book is called ‘Don’t Look Back In Ongar’ – and it will be THE LAST IN THE SERIES! After 24 years – and 27 books – I’ve decided it’s time for the final chapter. It's available to pre-order here. https://t.co/KtOu514AWO
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