Eve McDonnell
@evemcdonnell.bsky.social
Children’s writer & artist 💫 Mama to best twins. Wonderlarker. ELSETIME 🪶 (2020), THE CHESTNUT ROASTER 🌰 (2022), THE LAST BOY 🧹 (2024)
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Today for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday, I'm featuring Eve McDonnell's debut ELSETIME. A great read. susanuhlig.com/2025/08/else...
@evemcdonnell.bsky.social
#amreading #bookbooster #kidlit #middlegrade #historical #timetravel
@evemcdonnell.bsky.social
#amreading #bookbooster #kidlit #middlegrade #historical #timetravel
August 25, 2025 at 4:05 PM
Today for Marvelous Middle Grade Monday, I'm featuring Eve McDonnell's debut ELSETIME. A great read. susanuhlig.com/2025/08/else...
@evemcdonnell.bsky.social
#amreading #bookbooster #kidlit #middlegrade #historical #timetravel
@evemcdonnell.bsky.social
#amreading #bookbooster #kidlit #middlegrade #historical #timetravel
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Today we are launching the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (@medicalaidpal.bsky.social)
Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.
You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@sineadohart.bsky.social
Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.
You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@sineadohart.bsky.social
August 4, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Today we are launching the Irish KidLit for Palestine Fundraiser in support of Medical Aid for Palestinians (@medicalaidpal.bsky.social)
Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.
You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@sineadohart.bsky.social
Running from 4th August to 17th August 2025.
You can check out the fundraiser at www.ruthennis.com/irish-kidlit-for-palestine
@sineadohart.bsky.social
Dear reviewer ‘Jasmine', I'm in my writing cave and sometimes that can feel tricky - especially when I'm wrangling with a hyperactive plot, diminishing motivation and all the self doubt that comes with it - so to come up for air to find your review made ALL the difference. THANK YOU! 🙏
April 9, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Dear reviewer ‘Jasmine', I'm in my writing cave and sometimes that can feel tricky - especially when I'm wrangling with a hyperactive plot, diminishing motivation and all the self doubt that comes with it - so to come up for air to find your review made ALL the difference. THANK YOU! 🙏
Our cuckoo surprised us today, coming home early - 4th April 2025 🤗😭 He has flown all the way from Africa to Wexford, Ireland to sing his song once more 💫🥰🪶 (video from 2023)
April 4, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Our cuckoo surprised us today, coming home early - 4th April 2025 🤗😭 He has flown all the way from Africa to Wexford, Ireland to sing his song once more 💫🥰🪶 (video from 2023)
Oh, Fontainebleau, I fell in love with you! No different to Piaf’s chestnut in The Chestnut Roaster, the city is hidden inside a protective shell of thick woodland, and is home to the true abode of kings, delicious cuisine, beautiful boutiques, kind people, and - best of all… 1/3
March 27, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Oh, Fontainebleau, I fell in love with you! No different to Piaf’s chestnut in The Chestnut Roaster, the city is hidden inside a protective shell of thick woodland, and is home to the true abode of kings, delicious cuisine, beautiful boutiques, kind people, and - best of all… 1/3
I’ve had the time of my life in one of Wexford’s most creative schools, Kennedy Park NS, and it’s all thanks to @childrensbooksireland.ie’s Champion of Reading programme where authors are matched with schools to encourage reading for joy. We went Book Whispering - their creativity & energy was pure🥇
March 21, 2025 at 8:28 PM
I’ve had the time of my life in one of Wexford’s most creative schools, Kennedy Park NS, and it’s all thanks to @childrensbooksireland.ie’s Champion of Reading programme where authors are matched with schools to encourage reading for joy. We went Book Whispering - their creativity & energy was pure🥇
A huge thank you to writer and book blogger Rosi Hollinbeck for writing such a wonderful review of Elsetime. She read a review written by the brilliant @valinoratroy.bsky.social and had to meet mudlarker Needle Luckett and his gift-bearing crow for herself! rosihollinbeck.com/2025/03/10/e...
ELSETIME — Review & Giveaway
Thought for the Day: “If writing is thinking and discovery and selection and order and meaning, it is also awe and reverence and mystery and magic.” ~ Toni Morrison ~ Gifts for My Write…
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March 13, 2025 at 9:24 AM
A huge thank you to writer and book blogger Rosi Hollinbeck for writing such a wonderful review of Elsetime. She read a review written by the brilliant @valinoratroy.bsky.social and had to meet mudlarker Needle Luckett and his gift-bearing crow for herself! rosihollinbeck.com/2025/03/10/e...
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These humans are taking over Irish kidlit one by one, I adore them. 💜
My lovely writing group (bar @ciaraoconnor.bsky.social) at the launch of The Doomsday Club by @kmoranwrites.bsky.social 🎉
Our group began under the mentorship of @chennessybooks.bsky.social over 10 years ago.
Such a joy to celebrate Kevin and his absolutely fantastic kid's book.
Our group began under the mentorship of @chennessybooks.bsky.social over 10 years ago.
Such a joy to celebrate Kevin and his absolutely fantastic kid's book.
March 7, 2025 at 11:51 AM
These humans are taking over Irish kidlit one by one, I adore them. 💜
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We launched #TheDoomsdayClub by @kmoranwrites.bsky.social last night in #DubrayGraftonSt
Thank you to MD Ivan O’Brien and guest speaker @evemcdonnell.bsky.social for their lovely speeches, and to @dubraybooks.bsky.social for hosting!
Congratulations to Kevin on his debut novel 🎉
Out now!
Thank you to MD Ivan O’Brien and guest speaker @evemcdonnell.bsky.social for their lovely speeches, and to @dubraybooks.bsky.social for hosting!
Congratulations to Kevin on his debut novel 🎉
Out now!
March 7, 2025 at 5:26 PM
We launched #TheDoomsdayClub by @kmoranwrites.bsky.social last night in #DubrayGraftonSt
Thank you to MD Ivan O’Brien and guest speaker @evemcdonnell.bsky.social for their lovely speeches, and to @dubraybooks.bsky.social for hosting!
Congratulations to Kevin on his debut novel 🎉
Out now!
Thank you to MD Ivan O’Brien and guest speaker @evemcdonnell.bsky.social for their lovely speeches, and to @dubraybooks.bsky.social for hosting!
Congratulations to Kevin on his debut novel 🎉
Out now!
I am the chosen one 🤩💫💜😄
#missingbiscuit
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March 2, 2025 at 5:57 PM
I am the chosen one 🤩💫💜😄
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#missingbiscuit
It’s #IrelandReads Day and we shared stories with young readers in Blackrock & Gorey libraries, made Wishprint poems, went book whispering, found golden hares, played chess with pirates, ate stone donuts with diamond teeth… Clearly, we got lost in a book or two - hope you do too!
February 22, 2025 at 6:17 PM
It’s #IrelandReads Day and we shared stories with young readers in Blackrock & Gorey libraries, made Wishprint poems, went book whispering, found golden hares, played chess with pirates, ate stone donuts with diamond teeth… Clearly, we got lost in a book or two - hope you do too!
If you are a fan of children’s books in schools, check out the latest That’ll Teach You Podcast, chatting to @childrensbooksireland.ie’s Schools Outreach Manager, Becky Long. Spoiler - honoured to say #TheLastBoy was Becky’s top choice for 6th class 🇮🇪 (Yr7/8 🇬🇧) 🙌 open.spotify.com/episode/7mqR...
Books! Books! Books! with Children's Books Ireland (Part 2)
That'll Teach You · Episode
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February 5, 2025 at 2:39 PM
If you are a fan of children’s books in schools, check out the latest That’ll Teach You Podcast, chatting to @childrensbooksireland.ie’s Schools Outreach Manager, Becky Long. Spoiler - honoured to say #TheLastBoy was Becky’s top choice for 6th class 🇮🇪 (Yr7/8 🇬🇧) 🙌 open.spotify.com/episode/7mqR...
‘Based on a true story, the characters demand to be heard and the world created will stay with you. Look up to the stars and make a wish’
Delighted to see The Last Boy reviewed over on @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social’s fab blog 🙌🙌🙌
Delighted to see The Last Boy reviewed over on @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social’s fab blog 🙌🙌🙌
Our new blog: https://buff.ly/4hkoCPx
📗 Thunderboots @naomijones1.bsky.social & @familyofbeasts.bsky.social
📘 The Last Boy @evemcdonnell.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social
📙 Feather by Manon Steffan Ros, @fireflypress.bsky.social
📕 Darkly by Marisha Pessl, Walker Books
#ReadingForPleasure
📗 Thunderboots @naomijones1.bsky.social & @familyofbeasts.bsky.social
📘 The Last Boy @evemcdonnell.bsky.social @everywithwords.bsky.social
📙 Feather by Manon Steffan Ros, @fireflypress.bsky.social
📕 Darkly by Marisha Pessl, Walker Books
#ReadingForPleasure
February 5, 2025 at 9:19 AM
‘Based on a true story, the characters demand to be heard and the world created will stay with you. Look up to the stars and make a wish’
Delighted to see The Last Boy reviewed over on @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social’s fab blog 🙌🙌🙌
Delighted to see The Last Boy reviewed over on @bookclubsinschools.bsky.social’s fab blog 🙌🙌🙌
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Some lovely advance reviews for #TheDoomsdayClub! Are they right? Find out for yourself when Doomsday arrives on March 3rd. Link in bio for preorders
#DoomsdayIsComing
#debutauthor #discoveririshkidsbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #teenbooks #horror #fantasy #2025books
#DoomsdayIsComing
#debutauthor #discoveririshkidsbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #teenbooks #horror #fantasy #2025books
January 28, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Some lovely advance reviews for #TheDoomsdayClub! Are they right? Find out for yourself when Doomsday arrives on March 3rd. Link in bio for preorders
#DoomsdayIsComing
#debutauthor #discoveririshkidsbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #teenbooks #horror #fantasy #2025books
#DoomsdayIsComing
#debutauthor #discoveririshkidsbooks #kidlit #middlegradebooks #teenbooks #horror #fantasy #2025books
Huge thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social for including news of the upcoming unveiling of a blue plaque for George Brewster, the chimney sweep climbing boy who stars in #TheLastBoy, in his weekly round-up in the Irish Times. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
January 27, 2025 at 8:21 AM
Huge thanks to @martindoyle.bsky.social for including news of the upcoming unveiling of a blue plaque for George Brewster, the chimney sweep climbing boy who stars in #TheLastBoy, in his weekly round-up in the Irish Times. www.irishtimes.com/culture/book...
@franquinnwrites.bsky.social is one of the best writers I know and just wait till you see what she has made!!! Book reveal coming sooooooon!!!! 👇
January 24, 2025 at 9:40 PM
@franquinnwrites.bsky.social is one of the best writers I know and just wait till you see what she has made!!! Book reveal coming sooooooon!!!! 👇
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'The Last Boy' is at once a story of darkness and hope as Brewster wishes on each star that he will be the last climbing boy. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @everywithwords.bsky.social @evemcdonnell.bsky.social @susancahill.bsky.social @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social
Children’s book reviews: Dickensian child poverty meets Victorian scientific advancement
Pet O’Connell rounds up a selection of the latest children’s books, featuring history, rhymes, and the surreal
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January 20, 2025 at 1:48 PM
'The Last Boy' is at once a story of darkness and hope as Brewster wishes on each star that he will be the last climbing boy. www.irishexaminer.com/lifestyle/ar... @everywithwords.bsky.social @evemcdonnell.bsky.social @susancahill.bsky.social @sarahwebbwriter.bsky.social @theobrienpress.bsky.social
My enormous thanks to Pet O’Connell for this stunning review of #TheLastBoy in today’s Irish Examiner 🎉💫🧹
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
@everywithwords.bsky.social
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
@everywithwords.bsky.social
January 18, 2025 at 7:02 PM
My enormous thanks to Pet O’Connell for this stunning review of #TheLastBoy in today’s Irish Examiner 🎉💫🧹
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
@everywithwords.bsky.social
@irishexaminer.bsky.social
@everywithwords.bsky.social
FINALLY, George Brewster - the chimney sweep climbing boy who features in my book #TheLastBoy - is having his true story told to the masses! Media outlets are sharing his legacy - how his death resulted in a change that impacted the lives of children forever. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Chimney sweep whose death changed child labour laws honoured with blue plaque
George Brewster, youngest to get plaque, died aged 11 in 1875 after getting stuck in flue, leading to law banning ‘climbing boys’
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January 15, 2025 at 1:23 PM
FINALLY, George Brewster - the chimney sweep climbing boy who features in my book #TheLastBoy - is having his true story told to the masses! Media outlets are sharing his legacy - how his death resulted in a change that impacted the lives of children forever. 1/2 www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
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Finally got to listen to this this morning, what an absolute treat! Fascinated by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social's description of The Baby Lab experiments (much more delightful than that sounds) and thrilled to hear @evemcdonnell.bsky.social's The Last Boy recommended at the end
If you’d like to listen to a meandering podcast about children’s literature, it is here.
Frank Cottrell-Boyce and I chat about 2024 in kids books and generally waffle on:
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Frank Cottrell-Boyce and I chat about 2024 in kids books and generally waffle on:
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By the fireside
Podcast Episode · The Island of Brilliant! · 01/01/2025 · 43m
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January 5, 2025 at 12:42 PM
Finally got to listen to this this morning, what an absolute treat! Fascinated by @frankcottrellboyce.bsky.social's description of The Baby Lab experiments (much more delightful than that sounds) and thrilled to hear @evemcdonnell.bsky.social's The Last Boy recommended at the end
Thrilled to see The Last boy here, @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social - thank you! Can’t wait to read your next book - it looks amazing!!
Some of my favourite books read in the last few months. Loved them all. @jackjackman.bsky.social @evemcdonnell.bsky.social @piudg.bsky.social @eviewriter.bsky.social @alatkinson.bsky.social @eibhliscarcione.bsky.social @lindsaygalvin.bsky.social
January 6, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Thrilled to see The Last boy here, @sarahmerrett1.bsky.social - thank you! Can’t wait to read your next book - it looks amazing!!
This morning’s roll-in-the-mud ritual resulted in an exaggerated smoky eye for the holiday season. Of course I told her that her makeup looks beautiful today 😍🐶🐾
December 29, 2024 at 9:55 AM
This morning’s roll-in-the-mud ritual resulted in an exaggerated smoky eye for the holiday season. Of course I told her that her makeup looks beautiful today 😍🐶🐾
Choo-choo! There’s a new book by @susanbrownrigg.bsky.social coming down the tracks! This historical mystery adventure thunders along with umpteen twists, triumphs & trials 🚂 Susan has packed so much history between the lines that thrill seekers will love it!
Out Jan @uclanpublishing.bsky.social 9+
Out Jan @uclanpublishing.bsky.social 9+
December 22, 2024 at 7:48 PM
Choo-choo! There’s a new book by @susanbrownrigg.bsky.social coming down the tracks! This historical mystery adventure thunders along with umpteen twists, triumphs & trials 🚂 Susan has packed so much history between the lines that thrill seekers will love it!
Out Jan @uclanpublishing.bsky.social 9+
Out Jan @uclanpublishing.bsky.social 9+
It’s #LateLateToyShow night which means the #BookElves2024 are back, recommending great children's books 📚 🎉🤩 The toy show kicked off with pets - here’s one good doggo book for 7+ It’s a wild and happy adventure with plenty of laughs too 🐶 The Lost Dogs by Patricia Forde #DiscoverIrishKidsbooks
December 6, 2024 at 10:02 PM
It’s #LateLateToyShow night which means the #BookElves2024 are back, recommending great children's books 📚 🎉🤩 The toy show kicked off with pets - here’s one good doggo book for 7+ It’s a wild and happy adventure with plenty of laughs too 🐶 The Lost Dogs by Patricia Forde #DiscoverIrishKidsbooks
The @thebookcentre.bsky.social Christmas Catalogue is now out! It’s chocoblock with fab book recommendations - thrilled to see #TheLastBoy there! Also, WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THEY HAVE A WINE BAR IN THEIR WATERFORD STORE??!! 🎉😍
www.thebookcentre.ie
@everywithwords.bsky.social
www.thebookcentre.ie
@everywithwords.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 7:56 PM
The @thebookcentre.bsky.social Christmas Catalogue is now out! It’s chocoblock with fab book recommendations - thrilled to see #TheLastBoy there! Also, WHY DID NO ONE TELL ME THEY HAVE A WINE BAR IN THEIR WATERFORD STORE??!! 🎉😍
www.thebookcentre.ie
@everywithwords.bsky.social
www.thebookcentre.ie
@everywithwords.bsky.social