Ashwin Chacko
@whackochacko
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Award Winning Positively Playful Author-Illustrator, Speaker, YouTuber. Championing creativity! Rep:@kowalstannus
Dublin City, Ireland
Joined September 2015
✨ Give Your P1–P3 Class a FREE Live World Book Day Author Experience ✨ Classes are invited to take part in a live online story and drawalong session led by author and illustrator Johnathan Sung. 🤗 📅 5 March ⏰ 10:30am Register your place 👉 https://t.co/wDk6ps3c0f
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Day 10, Picture Fiction for Early Readers: 'Let’s Play Rugby!' by Gordon D’Arcy, Paul Howard & Ashwin Chacko. An interactive book that’s fast, fun and full of sporting spirit. @LittleIslandBks @Gordonwdarcy @AkaPaulHoward @whackochacko
#Spark12BooksOfChristmas 🎄🎁📚
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A hidden world you can’t live without By Ashwin Chacko (@whackochacko) “The diverse ecosystem of microbes that live all around us and in us, is invisible to the naked eye. Most play important roles in protecting us and keeping the world in balance, but...".
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Creativity was in full flow at @StMarysKillyl today with @whackochacko. Pupils dreamed up amazing characters for a story they’ll craft with Ashwin across 3 sessions this year. We can’t wait to see it come to life! Supported by #NationalLottery through @ArtsCouncilNI #ThankstoYou
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Today we're joining our friends over at @BAbooksellers celebrate #BookshopDay! Why not visit a new bookshop this weekend? Head to our Instagram for a list of recommendations. From all of us at the Nero Book Awards, Happy #BookshopDay 💙 🎨: @whackochacko
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We 🧡 the 2025 Bookshop Day tote bag - it’s so vibrant, and captures the joy that books bring Designed by award-winning, author-Illustrator and motivational speaker @whackochacko it’s available now! And don’t forget - DOUBLE REWARD POINTS all day for #BookshopDay
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Tickets to The Magic of Stories Festival are available this Friday! Delighted to have author-illustrator @whackochacko at the festival on September 27th for some fun! Ashwin recently illustrated Let’s Play Rugby! By Gordon D’Arcy and Paul Howard, one of his many projects 🥳🥳🥳
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Best of luck on this new journey @whackochacko and @CliveMcF
Great to see @whackochacko and @CliveMcF have a new venture - check out Bad Books - a new picture book publisher based in NI 📷 https://t.co/khpDEqES5M
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So you want to be a children’s book illustrator? I can’t wait for you to hear my full convo with Benji Davis for now watch this! How to write a Childrens Book with Benji Davies https://t.co/jmDBlSkrZ8
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📅 Bookshop Day is back on Saturday 11 October 2025! We’re thrilled to unveil this year’s Limited-Edition Bag and campaign artwork designed by the brilliant Ashwin Chacko. ✨ Pre-order this #BookshopDay exclusive from your local bookshop now. #ChooseBookshops @whackochacko
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Join Ashwin Chacko on Empathy Day for a fantastic storytelling and drawing workshop – All inspired by @whackochacko's work! 🙌 📅 Thursday 12 June ⏰ 10:30am – 11:30am 📍 Zoom Register now for our FREE interactive workshop 👉 https://t.co/spVoaWsJKO
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Really honoured to see that my book with @JonniePeacock and @myHappymind_ had been shortlisted for this award
Inspiring young readers one story at a time! 🏅The Children’s Sports Book of the Year, supported by @Literacy_Trust & @Waterstones 2025 shortlist is out. Which book will win? Bobby Bains Plays a Blinder, @balirai, Illustrated by @DanielDuncan (@BarringtonStoke) Fantastically
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I’m starting a new weekly series called Fruitful Friday. To kick things off I just wanted to say we make a perfect pear. Yes lots of silly 🤪 fruit puns coming your way to brighten up your day! #illustration #fruitfulfriday
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It’s spring so I’m offering free shipping on all my prints. Use code: Whacko Print https://t.co/O6vxsdmkqC
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I’m kicking myself for not thinking of this idea a day earlier. It would have been perfect for St. Patrick’s day. Anyway here is my cheeky reflection on life like a pint. #illustration
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My podcast episode with the amazing Don Clark from Invisible Creatures in now live to listen to. Don is a phenomenal designer, illustrator and human. Listen here: https://t.co/IdPetmdCjZ Watch here: https://t.co/K4LAnlGQGK
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A Little Book About Justice was acquired by @dkbooks and is now widely available in the UK and Ireland. And today is the official publication day!! 💥 #childrensbooks
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