🍂🍃COVER REVEAL: I am so excited to be finally able to share the beautiful cover for my debut novel, Into the Witchwood! I am in awe of how beautifully it has been illustrated by @erinbrownillo!

Well done to @ST__Ireland and @KidsBooksIrel for giving FIVE pages of coverage to the best children's books of '24 in their Culture magazine!!! And thanks to the lovely @meabhmcdonnell for this gorgeous review of 'The Tree That Sang to Me'☺️🌳🎵

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

Day 31 & last day of #DIKBChallenge24! A book you learned about during challenge Into the Witchwood by @meabhmcdonnell. Such a fun challenge! Thanks to @rurooie & @IrishKidsBooks for organising. Look at all the Irish kids' & YA books we posted about! @Oide_English @FoxrockLoreto

Thanks to everyone who took part in this year's #DIKBChallenge24 We hope you enjoyed the experience and discovered some new Irish children's books too! Thanks to @rurooie who created the challenge and to @Triona_Campbell and @sarahwebbishere for posting. #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks

Irish books I'll be gifting this Christmas 2024! 🎄🎅🎁 Fabulous selection of children's MG (age 9-12 ish) novels by: @alexdunnewrites @meabhmcdonnell @daughterofbard Sheena Wilkinson @sarahwebbishere @judi_curtin All great books #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks #IrishBookWeek 📚🎅🎁🎄

Also over on the We Love Books podcast, author @meabhmcdonnell will be chatting about reading, writing, bookselling and her magical story Into the Witchwood. Perfect October listening! 🧙‍♀️🎃 https://t.co/YenZzVolQd

Thank you very much @KidsBooksIrel and @RTEjr

Next up is Into the Witchwood by @meabhmcdonnell. A Great #Fiction Read for upper Primary / Lower Post-Primary #GRAIrl #GreatReadsAward 7/10

I loved recording this episode with the #WeLoveBooks Podcast!!

Day 9 of the #DIKBChallenge24: share a book that is a debut Into the Witchwood by @meabhmcdonnell (@OBrienPress) The opening chapter of this fab debut gives me chills every time. A young witch, her sister, and friend enter a woods filled with dark magic all around. 9+ yrs

'Nana was doing magic again. I could smell it through the gaps in the windowframe. The scents of dust, smoke & burned feathers were trickling out... Into the Witchwood by @meabhmcdonnell is a gripping spooky adventure inspired by Irish myth/folklore! #magic #FolkloreSunday 🧙‍♀️🪄

Very honoured and happy to be considered among this list of incredible books! Thanks so much #GreatReadsAward!

Happy Publication Day to The Lost Dogs by the incomparable @LaureatenanOg Patricia Forde!!

Ruth! You star ✨ Thank you so much for taking the time to #passthebook today! We really appreciate it 💕 and what a great author to pick! Remember tomorrow is the National Public #LibrariesOpenDay So call in and #takeacloserlook at all that's on offer!

Thank you for having me #CBIConf24 !!

Thank you to Sarah for capturing my #newvoices experience at #cbiconf24!

‘If you don’t see yourself in them, you won’t carry them with you.’ @Oeiny shares how stories are alive, and can and should evolve with us so that we can find ourselves inside. A fascinating chat with @Oeiny, @KirtleySophie , Tristan Rosenstock at the @KidsBooksIrel #CBIConf2024

Aw man the new voices panel is such a joy every year and this one is no different. The future of Irish children's books is bright! @ZainabBoladale @EilishFisher @msniamhgarvey @meabhmcdonnell @Jenscreativity @KidsBooksIrel

Awww! Thank you @sarahwebbishere and @IrishKidsBooks !!

Delighted to see my book hanging out in the bookshop window on Shop Street and in such fine company @meabhmcdonnell 😊Thanks @easons Galway