Me in The New Statesman today on poverty. Please share :)

A cold childhood

My unheated home wasn’t a temporary discomfort. The chill got into my bones.

newstatesman.com

Ooh for anyone wanting to buy Wired Our Way, here's a hige discount code to buy it today 🎉

New Island Books@newislandbooks.bsky.social · last yr.

From now until midnight, Sunday, May 25th, enjoy 40% off all New Island titles in our biggest flash sale EVER! Use discount code FLASH40 at checkout to claim your 40% off. www.newisland.ie/shop #flashsale

I'll be chatting on this panel about curating Wired Our Own Way (a book of #Autistic #Essays published by @newislandbooks.bsky.social ) this Saturday @ilfdublin.bsky.social with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social @chandrikanm.bsky.social and @aislingwalsh.bsky.social

Some amazing new Irish children's books out in May for all ages. Thanks to @bexsheridan.bsky.social for creating the @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social posters. Please do share this post and let everyone know about these brilliant new books. Together let's help children #discoveririshkidsbooks

So glad you enjoyed it!

Fergus Murray@oolong.co.uk · last yr.

I finally got round to making a start on Wired Our Way, an Irish anthology of writing by autistic people. Off to a strong start with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social's beautifully written and very relatable writing about autism and the outdoors...

Time to share this starter pack again - and ask who I've missed! Are you an Irish or Irish-based children's YA writer? Give me a shout, then go follow @childrensbooksireland.ie 😄 go.bsky.app/2gSbStb

Saturday June 21st is the inaugural Discover Children's Books Symposium, a collaboration between @irishkidsbooks.bsky.social and @dculibrary.bsky.social. If you're a kidlit fan, come join us! More info and tix: www.eventbrite.ie/e/discover-i...

Wired Our Own; An Anthology of Autistic Irish Voices is number 4 in this weeks non-fiction #Bestsellers 🎉 Published by @newislandbooks.bsky.social

Gobsmacked to be a winner with @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social (for her hilarious book Dinosaur Pie) of the Junior Great Reads Award from the Library Association of Ireland ( School Libraries Group). Congrats to @meabhmcdonnell.bsky.social for winning the senior category for Into the Witchwood.

Wow, another lovely evening in the books celebrating the launch of Wired Our Own Way📚❤ Thanks to everyone at Dubray Books in Cork! And special shout out to our wonderful contributors @jenwallacecreates.bsky.social, @mikemcgb.bsky.social and Róisín Riley for reading✒

Very glad that I partook in preparing for media sessions with both @societyofauthors.bsky.social and @childrensbooksireland.ie in the last few months, as I got asked to do an interview today on @todayfm.bsky.social regarding my autistic anthology @newislandbooks.bsky.social. Will be on at 17:45ish😊

#Audiobook of Wired Our Own Way; An Anthology of #Autistic Irish Voices released today 🎉 On Audible, Spotify and more.

Just a reminder that the books we call "children's books" are really books written for an audience that includes children, but excludes absolutely no-one at all. They are BOOKS FOR EVERYONE - and you can never, ever be too old to read them, and to love them!