Believe it or not, I was presented with an award for the first time ever in my career yesterday morning, and it was from some of the finest people in the book world - librarians! So thank you from the bottom of my heart to the @laibluesky.bsky.social and new president Lorna Dodd...

... for selecting me to join the handful of recipients of their President's medal - an award given to someone who, while not working in libraries, has an exceptional record of promoting libraries and reading. It was genuinely humbling. Thank you all.

The Library Association of Ireland has a new President! Congrats to Lorna Dodd, Deputy University Librarian @ucdlibrary.bsky.social. Huge thanks to @wxlibrarian.bsky.social for her Presidency over the past 2 years @laibluesky.bsky.social

Fantastic night at the A Post Irish Book Awards. Congratulations to all of the authors shortlisted and the winners. A wonderful celebration of books, reading and libraries!