Alan O' Rourke
@alanorourke
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Mild-mannered marketing man by day Business: https://t.co/imHSLNL0G4 Caped Picturebook maker by night Kids books: https://t.co/tVmaZiC5Fi Rep'd by @BLM_Agency he/him
Ireland - Dublin
Joined December 2007
Some fab moments captured at yesterday’s KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards 2025! 📚✨ Huge congratulations to all the incredible authors, illustrators, and young readers who make the magic happen. 🏆Honour Award for Fiction: Little Bang by @kmccaughrain and published by
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Massive congratulations to our own @Jenscreativity & @alanorourke whose book #DINOSAURPIE has won the @greatreadsaward Junior Category (in the first year of the category!) & to @meabhmcdonnell and @OBrienPress who won the Senior Category for Into The Witchwood! @bouncemarketing
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Attention schools! Voting for the Great Reads Award closes Fri. 14th March. We are delighted that DINOSAUR PIE, BLACK & IRISH: LEGENDS, TRAILBLAZERS & EVERYDAY HEROES, & MIGHTY MINDSETS are shortlisted. Vote here: https://t.co/RAaDAkz5ne
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My entire scientific career I have been cautioning against climate doomerism. It’s dangerously unhealthy for young people and leads into apathy. Humanity won on ozone depletion. Much of the world has been successful on acid rain and air pollution. Climate is winnable.
not to be barbie but how do you guys cope with the growing sense of dread that the world is legitimately going to end in our lifetimes and everything you know and love will collapse into chaos
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2024 was the year that Retail Media transitioned from a niche interest to being central part of the discussion in retail, marketing, advertising. I've written over 40 columns in the last 7 months, here are 7 of the best: https://t.co/8vVIpYwN8r?
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Delighted to see #DinosaurPie, written by @Jenscreativity and illustrated by @alanorourke on this list from @HalfwayUpBooks of recommended books for Christmas! https://t.co/yacD6Hz7pm
independent.ie
It’s always a tricky one at Christmas to decide whether or not buy your child a book, let alone decide which one. After a year in which Irish writers – inc...
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New blog post: I recently asked writers what tips they had for finishing stories. Here's what the replies were. If you responded, you're probably mentioned here somewhere!
anneolearyblog.wordpress.com
A while back, I posed a question to my fellow writers: how do you finish stories? What tips do you have to help get a story from a mess of ideas in a Folder of Doom to a finished piece that can be …
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"A roar-ing good time!" Thank you @KirkusReviews for reviewing #DinosaurPie, written by @Jenscreativity and illustrated by @alanorourke. Publishing in the US in February! https://t.co/DfRK0jCQWS
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📣 We’re open for submissions! 📚 We are looking for the best Irish books for young readers everywhere. You don’t need an agent. You don’t need to have published before. Please do read our submission guidelines:
littleisland.ie
Little Island Books is an award-winning independent Irish publishing company. We publish only great books for children and young adults.
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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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It’s time for a #ReadingRevolution! With the 2024 general election this month, we are calling on the next government to support school communities across the country to read for joy. Over the next number of days, we’ll be sharing the many reasons why political parties should
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Calling all emerging writers! Apply now for the Raising Voices Fellowship with @KidsBooksIrel. Offering aspiring children's writers and illustrators creative & practical supports while connecting with a community of other artists. Deadline: 14 Nov 3PM https://t.co/i2Few7WTyP
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Enjoy a fun-filled creative imagination workshop with author and facilitator Jen Wallace inspired by her hilarious new book Dinosaur Pie as part of @DublinBookFest 👀 🗓7 - 9 Nov 🌈Ages 5-8 🎟Tickets are free thanks to the support of @DublinCityofLit
https://t.co/Egnwu9IYjH
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Day 15 of the #DIKBChallenge24: share a book with a laugh-out-loud moment Dinosaur Pie by @Jenscreativity and @alanorourke (@LittleIslandBks) I mean, a story about a kid turning into a dinosaur is bound to get laughs, but this one very much nails the modern 8 yo's humour.
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I'm thrilled that Dinosaur Pie is on this shortlist with all these amazing books.
We are delighted to announce this year's new #GreatReadsAward shortlist! Change of format this year to Irish Debut Children's & YA books, fiction and non-fiction. Don't they all look great together?! Link in bio for posters & info on registration #GRAirl
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The music video, created by Phil Shanahan, features me alongside over 45 wonderful people – fans & friends from all over the world – lipsyncing to the track, adding their voices to a collective shout of “fuck that”. Listen to Boys Will Be Boys now: https://t.co/MFk9Ez72dg
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Arts organisations present 10k signatures to retain, extend & expand the Basic Income for the Arts I've ensured the pilot is underpinned by research to gather irrefutable data to move forward I believe it should be expanded and our @greenparty_ie leader @rodericogorman agrees
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The only scientist to win both the Nobel and IgNobel prizes (for amazing science/very silly science respectively) is Andre Geim. He won the Nobel prize in 2010 for the properties of super-material graphene. He won his IgNobel in 2000 for making a frog levitate with magnetism.
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i just discovered the existence of the ig nobel prizes and i'm crying at some of these https://t.co/qeLJKcU7S3
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