Great afternoon at De Beste Boeken in Utrecht discussing AARDE / EARTH and signing a LOT of books! 📚

Up at 4 am. ✈️to Amsterdam. 🚗to Utrecht. Reading, Interview, Signing in Utrecht. 🚊back to Schipol. ✈️back to Dublin. I've earned this. 😂

I just finished this excellent Icelandic novel, published by Faber Books. It's a thrilling read, but also a scary indictment of what the future might hold with authoritarian states. I recommend it. (The book, not the authoritarian states, that is!😂) 📚 #BookTwitter

My Scotland on Sunday column on the crisis in Creative Scotland. I've never asked for a share, before, but this is a fundamental free speech thing and I'd appreciate any retweets. Many thanks.

308 Irish religious schools implicated in historic child abuse. I've written, spoken about the abuse in Terenure College. My own abuser was due to stand trial in March, but died before then. The damage never fully heals but at least we talk about it now. irishtimes.com/ireland/educat…

How I Write: (Don't reply: badly 😂) uk.style.yahoo.com/write-john-boy…

Congrats Robert Sheehan on PLAYING DEAD's publication. It's a fascinating and personal account of how meditation can help bring a little more peace and happiness into our lives. I'll be interviewing Rob on stage in Dublin & Kilkenny this week. I'm looking forward to the chats!

Delighted to announce I'll be judging & presenting the Short Story Prize at this year's An Post Irish Book Awards Irish Book Awards. The shortlist will be selected from the 12 stories published on the New Irish Writing page in the Irish Independent. Shortlist: Oct 24. independent.ie/entertainment/…

I review GABRIEL'S MOON, the new novel by William Boyd (Viking Books UK) in today's The Irish Times Irish Times Books. irishtimes.com/culture/books/…

We've been working on a very exciting event for a while and are delighted to announce tickets are now on sale for John Boyne in #Malvern on November 12th Snap up your ticket here: ticketsource.co.uk/rossiterbooks/… Transworld Books Malvern Gazette

Getting ready for my second interview with Robert Sheehan, after our great night at the Gate on Sunday, discussing his book PLAYING DEAD. Tonight we’re at the Set Theatre in Kilkenny.

Last night in Kilkenny with Rob Sheehan, discussing PLAYING DEAD with a fantastic audience at the Set Theatre.

Every year, @dymocksbooks booklovers across Australia vote for their all time favourite children’s books. I'm delighted that THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS features at #16 this year! Many thanks to all my Aussie readers! ❤️📚🇦🇺Penguin Kids Aus #BookTwitter dymocks.com.au/book/the-boy-i…

Sending love and thanks to those fabulous folks Doubleday Books Delighted to receive a proof of Fire, the third instalment of the Elements series from John Boyne I'm a huge fan of his work, so I'm very grateful indeed Fire is out on November 7th

How gorgeous is this? A graphic novel of William Golding’s LORD OF THE FLIES, published by Faber Books this week. #BookTwitter by artist Aimee de Jongh.

Tickets are now on general sale for this year's Tring Book Festival This year's festival runs 1st to 16th November incl John Boyne Cecelia Ahern Will Kirk Wayne Sleep OBE Hilary Bradt Neil Ruddock John Lewis-Stempel Louise Minchin Susie Dent Tickets... tringbookfestival.co.uk/whats-on

This'll be good.

Question to Goodreads. I feel there should be a ½ mark on ratings, rather than just a simple ★ - ★★★★★. Sometimes a book isn't a ★★★ but it's not quite a ★★★★ either. Any chance you can instigate half stars, like Letterboxd? Please & thank you.☺️ #BookTwitter

🇳🇱Dutch readers: The Dutch language edition of my first picture book, THE DOG WHO DANCED ON THE MOON, titled DE HOND DIE OP DE MAAN DANSTE, is published today by Meulenhoff.