It's July, so I must surely be the first person this year to use the phrase 'grand stocking filler'. Don't hate me.

Congratulations Alex Dunne 🧚‍♀️🍂! We are THRILLED for you!

Thanks to eagle-eyed @catriona0576 for spotting O'Brien Press and some of our lovely books hanging out on BBC's 'Magpie Murders' :-)

Friendly reminder to come join us for the launch of Fairy Hill by #MaritaConlonMcKenna tomorrow at Dubray Grafton Street! Full details below 👇

Thanks so much to St Joseph's CBS Primary in Drogheda for an AMAZING #WorldBookDay !! They went all out for Puffling and it was absolutely incredible. I was even gifted my own Puffin suit! 😆 Many thanks to Poetry Ireland for supporting the visit.
Gerry Daly The O'Brien Press

Spotted Fox & Son Tailers and An Slipéar Gloine in Hodges Figgis’s window! Popped in and signed a bunch of copies today. /cc The O'Brien Press Futa Fata

A gigantic golden Clockwork, mysterious lost whispers, migrating forests that roam the Earth, and a creature with a shark-like fin that gets very VERY attached.
Not long til Pub Day 😁📚
The Strange Tale of Barnabus Kwerk, with illustrations by Phillip Cullen
The O'Brien Press

Iranian LGBTI defenders #ZahraSedighiHamadani & #ElhamChoubdar have been sentenced to death after being targeted for their gender identity. Khamenei.ir must quash their sentences & release them now! bit.ly/3C1cvEZ amnesty.ie/?p=382670 via Amnesty Ireland

#WorldKidLitMonth #EarphonesAward “Irish actor Ruairi Conaghan's narration enhances this captivating story of the TITANIC” by Nicola Pierce who recounts the fateful voyage from the POV of the ghost of a construction worker Bolinda audio bit.ly/3r3eotV

Puffling's latest adventure is all about the egg! And of course a very determined #puffling . But what could be inside? 🙃
#HappyEaster , I'll be in West Cork. I'm sure those bunnies will still find me!
#PufflingAndTheEgg by Erika McGann pics by me published by The O'Brien Press 🥚

#ReadIrishWomenChallenge22 Day 1 - a fun read.
These are our picks at Dubray Books in Dundrum - a mix of fiction, nonfiction, teen, middle grade & picturebooks.
What would you choose as s fun read? 📚
#RIWC22

My cousin Sarah's book, Ash + Salt, is now available for pre-order, with publication on the 7th March. It's an incredible book: fiercely brave and honest, offering help to others and demanding change to how sexual assault survivors are treated.

Read and Reviewed: Ah...That's Gas by Sarah Cassidey and Kunak McGann

The O'Brien Press Elena Browne
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Mohamed Baker is a brave human rights lawyer. He’s been in prison for more than 2 years in cruel conditions for defending some of the most marginalised people in Egypt. Egyptian authorities must release him NOW! @alsisiofficial Egypt MFA Spokesperson وزارة الداخلية #Free_Baker #الحرية_لباقر

After losing her husband to suicide, author and mountain runner Moire O’Sullivan shares how swiftly depression ravaged her beloved Pete, an incredible man, husband and father, and why she has written a book about the impact of his loss on their family independent.ie/life/health-we…

My cousin, Sarah, outlines the changes she wants to see in how our shockingly out-dated legal system treats sexual assault survivors: irishtimes.com/news/crime-and…

My cousin, Sarah, talking about what can be done to change how survivors of sexual assault are treated in the aftermath. Her strength and her calm assessment of what needs to be changed are just amazing ❤️
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I am so, so proud of my fiercely brave cousin, Sarah, who wants changes to how victims are treated and more open conversations around sexual violence, to help survivors take their power back.

I doubt there are many outside of Norway that know that the Norwegian pop group A-ha was critical in the introduction of electric car incentives in Norway. I certainly didn't. Read on...