Serena Molloy
@serenamolloy.bsky.social
Irish children's author.
'Wider Than The Sea' Winner of the Eilís Dillon Award KPMG CBI. Sunday Times (IRL) Children's Book of the Week. SL The Week Junior Awards '24.
'The Tree That Sang to Me' out now with Hodder.
https://serenamolloy.com/
'Wider Than The Sea' Winner of the Eilís Dillon Award KPMG CBI. Sunday Times (IRL) Children's Book of the Week. SL The Week Junior Awards '24.
'The Tree That Sang to Me' out now with Hodder.
https://serenamolloy.com/
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Serena Molloy
@serenamolloy.bsky.social
· Nov 15
Irish children's writer, living on the Wild Atlantic Way. MG books. Love spreading the joy of books and reading for pleasure, especially there for the struggling readers😍
Absolutely thrilled with this nomination!📚❤️📚
November 10, 2025 at 1:45 PM
Absolutely thrilled with this nomination!📚❤️📚
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Feeling very emotional! The Dad Trap has gone to print!
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#LGBT #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky
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#LGBT #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky
November 4, 2025 at 5:51 PM
Feeling very emotional! The Dad Trap has gone to print!
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#LGBT #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky
uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-...
#LGBT #KidLit #BookSky #PrimaryEduSky
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Like most people I automatically switch to @barringtonstoke.bsky.social too. Fabulous books for all learners. Also important to champion that authentic voice which is why I've chosen Wider than the Sea by @serenamolloy.bsky.social
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
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Only spotted this now. Thank you Kirsten❤️
Visited an amazing library with the most beautiful view in Dun Laoghaire - where I spotted The tree that sang to me by @serenamolloy.bsky.social and George Ermos
This verse novel hit with a punch and I'm crying my eyes out. A different type of grief, loss, change and growing up. Ending in hope.
This verse novel hit with a punch and I'm crying my eyes out. A different type of grief, loss, change and growing up. Ending in hope.
November 4, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Only spotted this now. Thank you Kirsten❤️
This looks wonderful. Massive congrats, Lucy and team❤️
I’m so excited to share the cover of 🧠 #InsideYourBrain 🧠 - a lighthearted gallop through the history of neuroscience co-written with @caswell.bsky.social, stunningly illustrated by María Jesús Contreras and published by @thamesandhudson.bsky.social
Pre-order links here >> linktr.ee/lucyannunwin
Pre-order links here >> linktr.ee/lucyannunwin
May 23, 2025 at 10:54 AM
This looks wonderful. Massive congrats, Lucy and team❤️
SO excited to see my wonderful friend's debut novel out in the world!!! So proud of you Caroline😍😍😍
May 1, 2025 at 1:20 PM
SO excited to see my wonderful friend's debut novel out in the world!!! So proud of you Caroline😍😍😍
So excited to be talking all things Children's/YA verse with @grainneobrien.bsky.social this Sunday 13th April as part of the wonderful @cuirtfestival.bsky.social in my own city of Galway. All welcome!❤️📚
April 7, 2025 at 4:58 PM
So excited to be talking all things Children's/YA verse with @grainneobrien.bsky.social this Sunday 13th April as part of the wonderful @cuirtfestival.bsky.social in my own city of Galway. All welcome!❤️📚
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I'm thrilled that Jodie is included in #SparkReading this year.
This fantastic programme from @BookTrust is designed to spark a love of reading in KS3 students, building reading enjoyment through sociable shared reading experiences.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk/spark-reading
This fantastic programme from @BookTrust is designed to spark a love of reading in KS3 students, building reading enjoyment through sociable shared reading experiences.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk/spark-reading
February 12, 2025 at 3:14 PM
I'm thrilled that Jodie is included in #SparkReading this year.
This fantastic programme from @BookTrust is designed to spark a love of reading in KS3 students, building reading enjoyment through sociable shared reading experiences.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk/spark-reading
This fantastic programme from @BookTrust is designed to spark a love of reading in KS3 students, building reading enjoyment through sociable shared reading experiences.
Find out more: booktrust.org.uk/spark-reading
Delighted to be supporting the wonderful Read It Forward project again this year! uk.bookshop.org/contributors...
February 12, 2025 at 10:25 AM
Delighted to be supporting the wonderful Read It Forward project again this year! uk.bookshop.org/contributors...
Starting a new writing project and having to remind myself it's okay not to see all the way to the end. That's the fun of writing!📚💙
a train is going through a tunnel surrounded by trees and ferns .
ALT: a train is going through a tunnel surrounded by trees and ferns .
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February 1, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Starting a new writing project and having to remind myself it's okay not to see all the way to the end. That's the fun of writing!📚💙
Seems fitting to be diving into this beauty on night five of a power outage and reading by candle light . . .
January 29, 2025 at 11:32 AM
Seems fitting to be diving into this beauty on night five of a power outage and reading by candle light . . .
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We'll always have pride.
January 22, 2025 at 1:23 PM
We'll always have pride.
I am totally blown away! Got my PLR statement from UK libraries today and my books were borrowed thousands of times this year🤯 Thank you librarians for getting them into the hands of young readers. Libraries are magical places and provided a multitude of services for so many👏
(Ballinrobe library)
(Ballinrobe library)
January 21, 2025 at 5:35 PM
I am totally blown away! Got my PLR statement from UK libraries today and my books were borrowed thousands of times this year🤯 Thank you librarians for getting them into the hands of young readers. Libraries are magical places and provided a multitude of services for so many👏
(Ballinrobe library)
(Ballinrobe library)
Love this😍
Faces lighting up! On our senior pupils' and on our friends' faces 🧡 in our community reading project.
#WiderAchievement #Volunteering #Reading #Friendships.
#WiderAchievement #Volunteering #Reading #Friendships.
January 15, 2025 at 11:35 AM
Love this😍
Had a grand old chat with Alex Dunne in this months Inis Magazine, a very talented author and a fantastic interviewer too it turns out😍 Thanks also to CBI for organising!
January 8, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Had a grand old chat with Alex Dunne in this months Inis Magazine, a very talented author and a fantastic interviewer too it turns out😍 Thanks also to CBI for organising!
Still get ridiculously excited to see my book in real bookshops!!! Thanks to my neighbour of 14 years ago, Coral for spotting and buying in Cirencester! Cake and coffee look yummy too😍🌳💗
December 17, 2024 at 4:34 PM
Still get ridiculously excited to see my book in real bookshops!!! Thanks to my neighbour of 14 years ago, Coral for spotting and buying in Cirencester! Cake and coffee look yummy too😍🌳💗
Thanks for including 'The Tree That Sang To Me' in this wonderful list, Linda💗
Just some of the #VerseNovels in my holiday reading stack by Tina Cane, Nadine Aisha Jassat Eilish Fisher Danielle Daniel @serenamolloy.bsky.social Heads up #VerseNovel enthusiasts inc @doucette515.bsky.social @rurooie.bsky.social @librarianages.bsky.social
December 16, 2024 at 8:49 AM
Thanks for including 'The Tree That Sang To Me' in this wonderful list, Linda💗
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Hello. I am open. Come hither and buy all the books, please, and also thank you 🙏
December 9, 2024 at 10:31 AM
Hello. I am open. Come hither and buy all the books, please, and also thank you 🙏
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Wonderful to see FIVE pages of coverage given to Children's books in the Sunday Times Ireland's Culture magazine by Children's Books Ireland! Delighted with this review of my book from @meabhmcdonnell.bsky.social
December 1, 2024 at 12:24 PM
Wonderful to see FIVE pages of coverage given to Children's books in the Sunday Times Ireland's Culture magazine by Children's Books Ireland! Delighted with this review of my book from @meabhmcdonnell.bsky.social
Great service . . . 💗 indie bookshops, where all the book magic happens😍
You know you can send us your Christmas book lists, yes? [email protected]
Either:
"Time of the Child" x2
The new Louise Penny
The Pickwick Papers (need by Dec 15th)
or
6yr old, likes bugs
Romantasy fan (€20 budget)
Mother-in-law (nothing sexy)
My dad, Michael, a customer of yours who buys history
Either:
"Time of the Child" x2
The new Louise Penny
The Pickwick Papers (need by Dec 15th)
or
6yr old, likes bugs
Romantasy fan (€20 budget)
Mother-in-law (nothing sexy)
My dad, Michael, a customer of yours who buys history
November 30, 2024 at 11:51 AM
Great service . . . 💗 indie bookshops, where all the book magic happens😍
A lovely selection!
Happy St Andrew’s Day! To celebrate I’ve put together some collections of great Scottish kids books. #UKKidLit #KidLitUK #PictureBooks #MGBooks #ScottishBooks
November 30, 2024 at 11:49 AM
A lovely selection!
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November 29, 2024 at 10:49 AM
This sounds like great fun!!!
On Sunday 1st December, 2-4pm before all the madness takes over, we are having some fun in store! Bring your Mam, sister, friend, daughter, partner .. or a combination of them all, but most of all give yourself a break & join us for some chat & laughs as The Queens Take to The Mic!
November 27, 2024 at 11:00 AM
This sounds like great fun!!!
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Thank you so much to @serenamolloy.bsky.social for sending through these gorgeous signed books from the Children in Read auction. Can’t wait to read them.
November 25, 2024 at 4:16 PM
Thank you so much to @serenamolloy.bsky.social for sending through these gorgeous signed books from the Children in Read auction. Can’t wait to read them.