JCO Journals @jco-asco.bsky.social The latest advances in cancer research to improve the lives of patients.
Read for Good @readforgood.bsky.social Watch 'The Magic of Stories', our new short film capturing the joy of storytelling ✨ link in bio ✨
Read for Good is the UK reading for fun charity.
Laura Keohane (she/her) @laurakeohane.bsky.social Kidlit writer and reader
Debut MG Novel Spring 2026
WIP Irish Mythology MG
PMEP student taking a break from dentistry
Dublin City University @dublincityuni.bsky.social The official account for Dublin City University. For all things #CAO, go to http://dcu.ie/cao, for #postgrad, go to http://dcu.ie/postgraduate #WeAreDCU
MA in Gender and Sexuality Studies @ Dublin City University @magendersexuality.bsky.social Explore and analyse cultural, artistic and social expressions of sexual orientation and gender identity from a range of disciplinary perspectives.
Applications are now open:
https://www.dcu.ie/courses/postgraduate/salis/ma-gender-and-sexuality-studies
Lucy Pearson @lrpearson.bsky.social Scholar of children's and YA literature, Newcastle University UK. 
Siobhán Morrissey @siobhanmorrissey.bsky.social 
Sheena Wilkinson @sheenawriter.bsky.social Award-winning author of novels for children and adults. Royal Literary Fund Fellow, writing tutor, bookworm, animal lover. First Term at Fernside out now from O'Brien Press. 
Ruth Ennis @rurooie.bsky.social 📚 Kidlit and YA Bookworm
📓 Writer in Residence at dlr LexIcon
📖 Reviews with Books Ireland Magazine
🖋 Shorelines with Little Island Feb 2026
✒️ Repped by Alice Williams Lit Agency
👋🏻 She/they
Sarah Webb @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social Award-winning Irish children's author, children’s book reviewer, book events programmer and Events Manager at Halfway up the Stairs Children’s Bookshop
Founder of #DiscoverIrishKidsBooks
Linktree: https://linktr.ee/SarahWebbWriter
Dave Rudden @daveruddenwrites.bsky.social Storysmith. DOCTOR WHO. KNIGHTS OF THE BORROWED DARK. And CONN OF THE DEAD - coming soon!
Elaina Ryan @elainaryan.bsky.social CEO of Children's Books Ireland. Co-artistic director of Towers and Tales Children's Book Festival. I swear I like things that aren't children's books too...
Little Island Books @littleislandbooks.bsky.social Independent press publishing the best new Irish writing for young readers. Supported by Arts Council Ireland. Repped in UK by Bounce Sales & Marketing.
Books create waves.
Halfway up the Stairs @halfwayupbooks.bsky.social Award-winning Children’s Bookshop, Greystones, Co Wicklow, Ireland
www.halfwayupthestairs.ie
Mon - Sat 10-5:30. Closed Sundays & Bank Holidays 
The Irish Times @irishtimes.com Official account of The Irish Times. Diverse opinion, thorough reporting and outstanding writing from http://irishtimes.com
Children's Books Ireland @childrensbooksireland.ie Children's Books Ireland is the national charity & arts organisation that champions every child's right to develop a love of reading.
Charity Reg. No. 20039822
#EveryChildAReader
Ailish Brassil @ailishb.bsky.social PhD candidate in English @ UCC 👩🏻💻📖
DCU Alumna. 👩🏻🎓
Postgrad Officer - Irish Society for the Study of Children’s Literature.
Reviewer/book admin for Children’s Books Ireland. 📚
Trinity College Dublin @tcddublin.bsky.social Official source of news from Trinity College Dublin. Trinity is Ireland's highest-ranked university in the QS World University Ranking 2026 and Times Higher Education 2025 and ranked 75th in the World QS World University Ranking, 2026.
Farah Mendlesohn @effjayem.bsky.social SF fan, writer etc etc. 🏴Author of The Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein; Rhetorics of Fantasy and Considering the Female Man (Luna Press, Order now!) UK GUFF delegate to Swancon 2028, Member of @brisbanein28.bsky.social 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️🇵🇸 (Farah/they)
Gabriel Duckels @gabrielduckels.bsky.social assistant prof in children’s lit
Ritwika Roy @fangirlrika.bsky.social PhDing in Children's Literature; Co-Founder at Assoc for Children's Lit in South Asia (aclisa.in); pretend grown-up; fangirl; likes rainy days with dry laundry; loves spoilers. #kidlitinsouthasia #postcoloniallit
Anna Gasperini @annaga.bsky.social Lecturer and IRC Starting Laureate Fellow at University of Galway. Italian Galwegian. If it is about books, medical history, children's & YA literature & culture, you have my attention. Terry Pratchett enthusiast.
Dr. Cris Rhodes @crisrhodes.bsky.social Associate Professor of English
Latinx Children's Literature Scholar
Felix's Mom
(she/her/ella)
Dr. Mateusz Świetlicki @drswietlicki.bsky.social Scholar and writer 
Méabh Ní Choileáin / Collins @meabhagscriobh.bsky.social YA novelist, PhD candidate, reader, múinteoir, greyhound enthusiast. Gaeilge agus fáilte 💛
The O’Brien Press @theobrienpress.bsky.social Ireland's leading general publisher of both adult and children's books.
Laureate na nÓg @laureatenanog.bsky.social Laureate na nÓg is an initiative of the Arts Council. It is managed and delivered on Council’s behalf by Children’s Books Ireland. The eighth Laureate na nÓg is author and illustrator Chris Haughton
Jan Carson @jancarsonwrites.bsky.social I’m not terrific but I’m competent
All bookings via website www.jancarson.co.uk
Irish Literary Times @irishlittimes.bsky.social Promoting Irish writers and writing - maintained by Gerard Beirne
@gerardbeirne.bsky.social
MoLI – Museum of Literature Ireland @molimuseum.bsky.social Where Irish writing comes alive.
https://linktr.ee/molimuseum
The Gutter Bookshop, Dublin @gutterbookshop.bsky.social Two lovely bookshops in Dublin, Ireland - named after that famous Oscar Wilde quote... Store Manager Marta posts here whenever she gets a moment.
Claire Hennessy @chennessybooks.bsky.social Writer, book critic, creative writing facilitator.
Latest book: IN THE MOVIE OF HER LIFE (short stories, Doire Press).
Website: http://www.clairehennessy.com/
Blog: https://clairehennessy.substack.com/
Workshops: https://www.clairehennessy.com/store
Oxford Children's Books @oxfordchildrens.bsky.social For news from the Oxford Children's Books team at Oxford University Press, head to @oxfordeducation.bsky.social
The Carnegies @carnegiemedals.bsky.social The UK's best-loved book awards for children & young people, celebrating outstanding writing & illustration; judged by librarians @cilip.bsky.social #Carnegies2026
https://carnegies.co.uk/
Other socials 👉 https://linktr.ee/carnegiemedals
International Journal of Young Adult Literature @ijyalnews.bsky.social An international journal focusing on the theory, critical interpretation, literary history, and cultural production of young adult literature.- S Suzanne van der Beek @suzannevanderbeek.bsky.social
Kristine Moruzi @kmoruzi.bsky.social Associate Professor in Children’s Literature. Currently working on children’s literary culture, far right children’s books, and consent in YA fantasy
Melek Ortabasi @mortabasi.bsky.social Mother, scholar, voter. Unsinkable. Expertise in World lit, Japanese lit, children’s lit, translation studies, and general saltiness. Contributor to @roganslist.bsky.social since 2017 🤯
Rebecca Rowe @drbecca.bsky.social Assistant Professor at Texas A&M Commerce. Children's lit and media scholar. Lover of Disney, animation, adaptation, musicals, and fairy tales.
@ifut.bsky.social @ifut.bsky.social 
Jen O’Sullivan @readwritejen.bsky.social Lecturer in Literacy Education | Teacher Educator | PhD 🎓✏️📝 🇮🇪
Passionate about Early Reading Instruction | Reading Assessment | Reading Difficulties
Books 📚 | Travel ✈️ | Food 🍝
Views = Mine
Fionanimhurchui @fionamur.bsky.social Dreamer, mother, anthropologist of displacement. Noli Timere
Aingeala Flannery 🇵🇸 @aingealaflannery.bsky.social Writer and broadcaster.
Author of 'The Amusements'.
Deputy publisher @thedublinreview.bsky.social
❤️ 📚 📻 🎶 🎾 🐕
The Conversation UK @uk.theconversation.com Independent news website. Only publishes articles written by academics and researchers. No paywall, no ads. All Creative Commons licensed.
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Rebecca Solnit @rebeccasolnit.bsky.social Writer of books. Guardian columnist. Newsletter at MeditationsInAnEmergency.com. Board member, Third Act and Oil Change International.
DCU Institute for Climate and Society @dcuclimate.bsky.social Institute for Climate and Society in @dublincityuni. We focus on the policy, media, political and education aspects of climate change.
John Doyle @johndoyle.bsky.social Vice President for Research at Dublin City University 
Derek Hand @dhandprof.bsky.social 
National Library of Ireland @nlireland.bsky.social Sharing Ireland's stories through our unique collections/ Ag roinnt scéal na hÉireann tríd ár mbailiúcháin uathúla.
Explore our collections: https://www.nli.ie/collections/our-collections
Pádraig Murphy @padraigmurphy.bsky.social Associate Professor Science Communication at DCU; research and teaching also in Science and Technology Studies, RRI, engaged research.- Y Eugene McNulty @yesthewholebook.bsky.social Prof @DCUSchoolofEng. Irish literature; Law and Lit (co-founder Irish Network for Legal Humanities @legalhumanities). Chair (2019-20) IHA @IrishHumanities
Kit Fryatt @kitfryatt.bsky.social diminuitivegiant smallsmallth
Books:
forthcoming: All Things That Are Passing, with Ellen Dillon (Spite Press, 2026)
Book of Inversions, with Harry Gilonis,(Veer2, 2025)
Bodyservant (Shearsman, 2018)
Deirdre Flynn @deirdreflynn.bsky.social Lecturer in 21st Literature - Secretary of IASIL - Member of Young Academy of Ireland
#IrishStudies #HarukiMurakami 🍉🇵🇸 #AcademicSky
Miriam De Cock @miriamjane5.bsky.social Assistant Professor in New Testament and Early Christianity at Dublin City University. Writing about early Christian exegesis, exegetical culture, and notions of "home" in Christian Late Antiquity. she/her
RTÉ Brainstorm @rtebrainstorm.bsky.social New ideas, insights & thinking on Ireland & the world. From @RTE.ie with @ucc.ie @dublincityuni.bsky.social @unioflimerick.bsky.social @maynoothuniversity.ie @tudublin.bsky.social @researchireland.ie & @teagasc.bsky.social
@dublinbookfest.bsky.social @dublinbookfest.bsky.social Premier book festival showcasing and celebrating Ireland’s writers, illustrators and publishers. Flagship festival 4 - 8 November with year-round events. Supported by the Arts Council.
https://linktr.ee/dublinbookfestival
The Lilliput Press @lilliputpress.bsky.social Ireland's leading independent publisher, founded in 1984. Proudly supported by The Arts Council. Our Stoneybatter bookshop is open 9.30am-5pm on weekdays.
www.lilliputpress.ie
International Literature Festival Dublin @ilfdublin.bsky.social Ireland's premier literary event, #ILFD celebrates international and Irish writing. Returns 14 - 23 May 2027.
linktr.ee/ilfdublin
Chris Haughton @chrishaughton.bsky.social Author / illustrator
Arts and Humanities Institute, Maynooth @muahi.bsky.social The Arts and Humanities Institute is Maynooth’s flagship institute for groundbreaking, interdisciplinary research across the arts and humanities. The AHI leads research on one of the University’s five research beacons: Heritage, Language and Culture.
Anne Matthews @annematthewsdub.bsky.social Full Professor of Nursing, Associate Dean for Teaching & Learning, Faculty of Science & Health at Dublin City University
Prof. Dimitra Fimi @dimitrafimi.bsky.social #Tolkien expert, Professor of #Fantasy and Children’s Literature at the University of Glasgow. Substack: https://dimitrafimi.substack.com
Website: http://dimitrafimi.com
CILIP @cilip.bsky.social We are the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers. Our purpose is to unite, support and empower information professionals across all sectors. cilip.org.uk
@worldkidlit.bsky.social @worldkidlit.bsky.social 🌟non-profit helping readers of all age discover diverse, translated and global children's books and YA
🌟anti-racism through reading
🌟year round, and especially September #WorldKidLitMonth
Irish Film Institute @irishfilminstitute.bsky.social The Home of Film in Ireland.
A historic 3-screen cinema in the heart of Temple Bar, with Ireland's only 70mm projector 🎞
Visit http://ifi.ie + watch online via http://ifiarchiveplayer.ie and https://www.ifihome.ie
Charity Number: 20021429
Hodges Figgis Dublin @hodgesfiggis.bsky.social Ireland's oldest bookstore, established 1768.
Follow us here to keep up with the day to day going-ons within the shop, our newest store features, as well as projects and news of the greater book community.
Dingle Literary Festival @dinglelit.bsky.social Arguably the best book festival in the west!
#DingleLit will take place again on November 21st, 22nd & 23rd 2025
Hay Festival @hayfestival.bsky.social ...a world of different...
hayfestival.org 
Patricia Forde @pforde123.bsky.social I write books for children
Laureate na nÓg (2023-2026)
Wonderland Bookshop @wonderlandbookshop.bsky.social An independent bookshop for children and young adults in Retford, North Notts. Quite possibly the cutest little bookshop in the world. British Book Awards Children's Bookseller of the Year 2025.
wonderlandbookshop.co.uk
Robin Stevens @redbreastedbird.bsky.social Author of the Murder Most Unladylike series and the Ministry of Unladylike Activity. 🏳️🌈
Frances Hardinge @franceshardinge.bsky.social Writer of downright odd children's/YA books. Hobbies include travelling, dressing in period costume and scuba diving. Addicted to volcanoes and trying new things.
Patrick Ness @patricknessbooks.bsky.social Author of Chaos Walking, Monster Calls, More Than this, Burn, Different For Boys. Won a couple Carnegies and an Olivier. Four wins away from an EGOT.
Gráinne O’Brien @grainneobrien.bsky.social Bestselling author with O’Brien Press. Solo coming April 2025 with Little Island. Bookseller with Kennys Bookshop. Rontu Literary Service. www.rontuliteraryservice.com
Kit de Waal @kitdewaal.com Optimist, writer, swearer. common person. Co-founder Big Book Weekend with @MollyFlatt. Proud Primadonna. Professor, University of Leicester. FRSL. Photo by Paul Chambers. No DMs please. To email use contact@kitdewaal.com
Dara McAnulty @naturalistdara.bsky.social 20 ~ autistic ~ award winning author of ‘Diary of a Young Naturalist’ and the ‘Wild Child’ series ~ Nature Nerd and biology student ~ University of Cambridge. He/him
📍Co Down / Cambridge
https://daramcanulty.com/
Anna Carey @urchinette.bsky.social Writes things. My new book, Our Song, is out now. First book The Real Rebecca won an Irish Book Award. Latest book The Boldness of Betty, about teen strikers in 1913, was shortlisted in 2020. Co-hosts @svhpodcast She/her
@dubraybooks.bsky.social @dubraybooks.bsky.social 
Discover Irish Children's Books @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social The aim of Discover Irish Children’s Books is to highlight and celebrate Irish children’s books.
Check out our website:
https://discoveririshkidsbooks.ie/ 
DCU Library @dculibrary.bsky.social Dublin City University Library based in three locations in Dublin, Ireland: O'Reilly Library (Glasnevin Campus), Cregan Library (St Patrick's Campus) and Woodlock Hall (All Hallows Campus)
Darren Chetty @darrenchetty.bsky.social Welsh Indian South African Dutch Londoner. PhD in Philosophy of Education. Specialising in Philosophy for Children, Children’s Literature, & Antiracist Education
Rep: Rachel Mann, CAA https://www.darrenchetty.com/ https://linktr.ee/DarrenChetty
Patrice Lawrence @lawrencepatrice.bsky.social Writer, Feminist, Furious.
Mat Tobin @mattobin.bsky.social 📚 Lecturer - Primary English & Children's Lit | Co-Author of "Understanding & Teaching Primary English" 📖
Lucy Farfort @lucyfarfort.bsky.social Kidlit Illustrator/Author based in Newcastle UK. SCBWI & SOA member. FAB Prize 2017 winner. Rep'd by Ash Literary.
Picture book - In Our Hands, Jhalak Prize shortlisted & Little Rebel Awards longlisted.
Melanie Ramdarshan Bold @drmrb.bsky.social Researching children's & YA books, authors, publishers, and readers at the University of Glasgow.
Formerly @ILoveCopyright on Twitter
Aisha @actuallyaisha.bsky.social .
Imogen Russell Williams @imogenrw.bsky.social Kids’ book critic, esp for The Guardian
David Fickling Books @dfbstoryhouse.bsky.social ✨Where good stories begin...
📚We're an independent publisher of superb books for readers of all ages. Join the adventure here!
BookTrust @booktrust.org.uk We are the UK’s largest children’s reading charity. We get millions of children & families reading together from the earliest possible age.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk
Books for Keeps, the children's books review journal @booksforkeeps.bsky.social Launched in 1980, we review hundreds of new children’s books each year and publish articles on every aspect of writing for children. Explore new issues and our 40 year archive for free on our website www.booksforkeeps.co.uk
Nicolette Jones @nicolettejones.bsky.social Author
Hon FRSL
RLF Fellow
Sunday Times Children's Books
#NewIllustrationoftheDay
Blog, biog, gallery, books: on www.nicolettejones.com
Events: phil@showmetherabbit.com.
Art by John Jones: www.johnedwardjones.co.uk
Daisy May Johnson @chaletfan.bsky.social Author of How To Be Free, How To Be Brave & How To Be True. I also research school stories, juvenilia, and girlhood in children's literature.
didyoueverstoptothink.com
CLPE @theclpe.bsky.social The Centre for Literacy in Primary Education (CLPE) is a UK based charity that creates and delivers award-winning literacy training and resources for the teachers of early years and primary school children.
Poetry By Heart @poetrybyheart.bsky.social National schools poetry recitation competition, open to all schools and colleges in England, re-igniting a love of poetry. poetrybyheart.org.uk
Teresa Cremin @teresacremin.bsky.social Professor of Education (Literacy), The Open University. Fellow EA, RSA and AcSS. Committed to social justice and reading for pleasure.
RfP Website: https://ourfp.org
Own profile: https://www.open.ac.uk/people/tmc242
Letterbox Library @letterboxlibrary.bsky.social Est. 1983. Not-for-profit children’s booksellers celebrating equality, inclusion & diversity. Schools/EY supplier. Co-runs Little Rebels Award. Workers’ Cooperative. www.letterboxlibrary.com
#kidlituk #ukkidlit
Little Tiger @littletigeruk.bsky.social Publisher of award-winning and best-selling children's books, from birth to young adult. Sign up to our newsletter: https://bit.ly/LittleTigerNewsletter
Kate Wakely-Mulroney @kateblyn.bsky.social Assistant Professor @ NTU Singapore | Interested in the history of children’s literature and poetry’s sounds 📚🗣️
Corinne Matthews, Ph.D. @corinnekathryn.bsky.social Scholar of Children’s and Young Adult Literature, Fantasy, & Consent | English PhD | Cohost of Sex. Love. Literature., a Pop Culture Podcast, found at @sexlovelitpodcast.bsky.social
Michael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social Writer, performer, broadcaster, university professor
Website: www.michaelrosen.co.uk
YouTube Channel: 'Kids' Poems and Stories with Michael Rosen'
Radio show: BBC Radio 4 'Word of Mouth'
Goldsmiths University of London, Prof Children's Lit., teaching MA