rurooie.bsky.social
📚 Kidlit and YA Bookworm
📖 Reviews with Books Ireland Magazine
🖋 Shorelines with Little Island Feb 2026
✒️ Repped by Alice Williams Lit Agency
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A more than fair reason, congratulations on the shortlisting!! Hope you had an amazing time. And yes it was a really lovely day, went very well!
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I've never understood why instability in a career in the arts is just normalised. Frankly it's exhausting, and hinders any growth in artistic practise and innovation. Oisín writes it better than I ever could. If you're an artist in Ireland, I strongly recommend you read this.
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I love this book. It's so unique and really inventive. I'd recommend it to all comic lovers, poets, and dreams, 8+ years
Thanks to @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social for the recommendation!
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The poems are really strong and could easily stand on their own, but the illustrations lift them to a whole new level. This book has some really clever panel work, and the more abstract illustration style to accompany more introspective poems is just perfection.
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Each chapter is divided by the seasons, filled with short and sweet poems and energetic illustrations. Inside you'll find musings on best friends, school life, nature, writing poetry and finding yourself.
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I'm really passionate about both of these forms of writing and it makes a whole lot of sense to combine them together. They're truly compatible and meet to create something new and wonderful.
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Throughly enjoyed it! Thanks for a great show and commitment to the bit 😂
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Exactly!
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*scripting* is my favourite social pastime
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Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my questions so thoughtfully!
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You're so welcome, I love getting the right books to readers when they need them the most. My heart goes out to her, I hope they help. Happy reading!
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Sorry last one I promise, same premise as Starfish minus the swimming. Protagonist is also wicked smart and big into trivia quizes
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To varying degrees* autocorrect
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I know situations like these are complicated. The line between friends being occasionally hurtful and bullying is so difficult to determine at that age. I hope that these books help her feel more at home in herself and trust that she's deserving of kindness and love.
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Last one is more for 13+ years (there's a bit of kissing!). An autistic girl is friends with girls who aren't very nice to her (they're unaware she's autistic). It's all about her navigating tricky social circumstances, while also finding new friends who love and accept her for who she is.
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A trio of girls begins to drift apart as one girl gets her first boyfriend. Then our MC discovers her first crush on a girl. The trio are all lovely kids in their own way, and any hurt they cause each other is primarily through miscommunication which they work through. A really lovely book, LGBTQIA+
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An (initially undiagnosed) autistic girl gets bullied a lot and learns to stand her ground and not tolerate hurtful behaviour. Has a lovely close friend who supports her through thick and thin.
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A girl is bullied relentlessly for her weight. She befriends a new neighbour who makes her feel comfortable in her skin (though can be quite abrasive at times too!). All about finding the right people who love and respect you for who you are.
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Two best friends are starting to drift apart. Our MC is upset when her bestie unintentionally hurts her feelings / is distant. MC also lashes out in response. Ends with them being maybe not as close as before but understanding of each others differences and that's okay, they have other new friends.
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Absolutely, any time. Always happy to help. Here are some books that kinda touch on this topic on verifying degrees, I'll let you decide what is the most applicable. Descriptions in the thread below.
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I read through bits of the report this morning and it's simultaneously fascinating and not at all surprising regarding how successful it's been. Looking forward to reading the rest of it in full
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Short and sweet, a proper catch up soon!
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Had such a fun time! Now to go binge some Storyshaped episodes 🎧
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Non-book stuff:
🎭 Musical theatre lover
🐈 cat fiend, caterer to Freddie
📸 amateur photographer
🎨 occasional doodler
🌊 swimmer and sea lover
💚 Based in Ireland
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Was so happy to see this as an option 🇵🇸
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Cute cute cute 🖤 was so good seeing you!
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I picked up this really exciting sport called "email refreshing" - very high stakes, will an email come in, and if so will it be what I'm waiting for? Tough on the auld thumb but worth it?
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Verse novels are the future of kidlit! They are accessible, versatile, great for building confidence in readers and encouraging deeper engagement with texts. Publishers, please take more chances on verse novels, it will stand to you in the long run and will lead to diversity of genre within the form