Derek Carney
@derekcarney16
Drummer,
Shag Haired Villains.(@ShagHairedVlns)
Writer, book reviewer, teacher. Blog link below...
Currently reading #AwesomeIrishBooks
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Number 3 in the top ten....this is not a drill 😲😊😃🤪🥳🥹 Thank you so much to everyone who made Milly McCarthy and the Sports Day Shambles a bestseller. Illustrated by Karen Harte, published by Gill Books ❤️ Off now to do a little dance and have a little cry.
Discover Irish Children's Books We believe - for so many reasons - that Irish children’s books matter. At every event I asked the teachers to help us. To introduce Irish children’s books into the classroom. To actively encourage children to read Irish children’s books. To talk to them about the writers.
Today’s the day! We are taking over the Speranza tent at International Literature Festival Dublin for the 2024 KPMG Children’s Books Ireland Awards. Make sure to follow along for all the latest ! 🧵 #ReadingHeros KPMG Ireland
Teachers 📢📢📢t There's a new teaching guide to The Weather Girls on the The O'Brien Press website (4th to 6th class). If you use it in the classroom I'll hop on a zoom to answer all your students' questions. Free of charge too! Notes free to download here: obrien.ie/asset/26679/1/…
I'm delighted to reveal the cover for the fourth book in #MillyMcCarthy series. Milly McCarthy and the ChristmasCalamity! Illustrated by the brilliant Karen Harte Publishing on the 10th of October by Gill Books Pre orders are available via the link in my bio & all bookstores.
⭐️Cover reveal⭐️ We are so delighted to share with you the cover for The Faerie Isle: Tales and Traditions of Ireland’s Forgotten Folklore by Síne Quinn, coming out this October on Walker Books . The folklore of Ireland is beloved by children across the world, but the
1 MONTH TO GO 🤩 I’m giving #TheLastBoy the best launch party I can & would LOVE to see you – a celebration filled with shooting stars & sooty fingerprints, big wishes, fizzy pop & omg the cake!! 😃 Halfway up the Stairs Preorder links in bio PS Perseid meteor shower peaks tonight! 💫
Lots of amazing new Irish releases here as recommended by Triona Campbell rte.ie/learn/2024/081…
Episode 1 of Derek Landy 's story podcast, The Haunted House on Hollow Hill is fab. I'd recommend it for age 10/11+ as it's spooky and people are murdered (it's set in the world of Skulduggery). Well done, Derek, fantastic listening for story lovers! skulduggerypleasant.co.uk/podcast/
A bumper September story harvest 🍂Happy book birthday brilliant ones! 🎉 Annelise Gray Eve McDonnell 💫 Alexander Armstrong Tamsin Rosewell chris riddell Gabriel Dylan 🏄 Piers Torday Katya Balen Rachel Burge Maz Evans Lisa Williamson Louie Stowell Nicola Baker